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if any such taxes are to be levied for the year 1912. Thereupon upon motion of Commissioners Stewart, seconded by Commissioner Coughlin, and duly carried, the following resolution was duly adopted: " Resolved that an Ad Valorm tax of one dollar ($1.00) be and the same hereby is levied for the year 1912. upon each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property situated an d lying within the limits of the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, including the net proceeds of the mines, except such property as is exempt by law from taxation, said tax to be known and used as "The City of Las Vegas Tax for the year 1912," according to the provisions of sec. 51 of an act of the State of Nevada, entitled " An act to incorporate the town of Las Vegas in Clark County, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a City Government therefore, and other matters relating thereto, Approved March 16, 1911. and Be It Further Resolved, that the Board of County Commissioners of Clark County be and they hereby are requested to levy the above mentioned tax for the above mentioned purposes under the above mentioned Act at their regular meeting in the month of March 1912. and Be It Further resolved, that the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas transmit to and file with said Board of County Commissioners prior to said meeting in March, 1912. a certified Copy of this resolution, and that such certified copy be the authority and request for the levy of such taxes by said Board of County Commissioners". The vote on said resolution was as follows: Commissioners Von Tobel, Stewart, Coughlin and his Honor the Mayor Peter Buol voting aye. No votes to the contrary. Upon motion of Commissioners Coughlin, seconded by Commissioners Stewart, the following resolution was duly adopted: Whereas, the City of Las Vegas has been unsuccessful in placing its Forty thousand Dollars of sewer bonds heretofore authorized to be issued, and it is necessary to enter into negotiations with other then those heretofore making bids and propositions for the purchase of the same, Now, therefore, Be it resolved, that the City Clerk, Harley A. Harmon, and the Mayor Peter Buol, be and they hereby are constituted and appointed a Committee for the purpose and with the authority to enter into negotiations upon the terms obtainable for the sale of the said Forty Thousand dollars of sewer bonds, provided, however that no actual sale of such bonds shall be made by said Committee until the price and terms of sale shall have been approved by this Board. the vote being cast as follows towit:- Coughlin aye, Stewart, aye, Von Tobel, aye, and his Honor the Mayo Peter Buol. voting aye. Upon motion duly made and carried it was ordered that the Board adjourn until the next regular meeting of the Board.