Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, March 1, 1922 to May 10, 1929, lvc000002-27

WHEREAS, said Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meet­ing of said Board of City Commissioners, held on the 5th day of April, 1922, and more than fifteen days after the first publication of said notice and resolution, as aforesaid and WHEREAS, said Resolution was thereafter transmitted by cer­tified copy thereof to the State Board of Finance of the State of Nevada, and thereafter and on the 19th day of May, 1922 the said State Board of Finance duly approved said Resolution, and the Resolu­tion of said State Board of Finance, approving same is hereby re­corded in the minutes of said Board of City Commissioners, said Resolution of said State Board of Finance being in words and figures , as follows, viz: " Meeting held May 19,1922. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE City of Las Vegas TO MAKE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY LOAN WHEREAS It being made to appear to the satisfaction of the State Board of Finance, duly called and met in session under and pursuant to the provisions of that certain Act of the Legislature of Nevada entitled ' An Act Regulating the Fiscal Management of Counties, Cities, Towns, School Districts and other Governmental Agencies,' approved March 22, 1917,as amended 1919 that a great necessity or emergency has arisen in the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, and that necessity now exists for authorizing the obtaining of a temporary loan by and on the part of the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas for the purposes of meeting such emergency as expressed in and shown by the preamble and resolution unanimously adopted at a meeting of said Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas duly called and held on the 5th day of April, 1922, authorizing a temporary loan for the purposes set forth in said resolution ,a duly certified copy of which is now on file and of record in the office of the State Board of Finance; and WHEREAS It further appearing that notice of intention to adopt said emergency resolution was duly published according to law; therefore, be it RESOLVED, By the State Board of Finance ,that said act and resolution of said Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, authorizing a temporary loan of Three Thousand Dollars as in said resolution set forth and authorized, be and the same is hereby approved; and he it furthers RESOLVED, That a duly certified copy of this resolution be transmitted by the Secretary of the State Board of Finance to said Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas in order that the same may be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of said Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, as provided by law. I, Gilbert C. Ross, certify that I am the duly authorized and acting Secretary of the State Board of Finance and that the foregoing is a fall true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted by unanimous vote of the State Board of Finance at a meeting held on the 19th day of May, 1922. Dated this 19th day of May, 1922. Gilbert C. Ross Secretary of the State Beard of Finance." and WHEREAS, First State Bank of Las Vegas, Nevada, Incorporated, has offered to loan said City the sum of Three Thousand Dollars for a period of two years with interest from date of loan to ma­turity and until paid at the rate of six per cent per annum pay­able at maturity, NOW THEREFORE, Be IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor Pro Tem and City Clerk, in pursuance of said Resolution, adopted by this Board and approved by said State Board of Finance, as aforesaid, be and they are hereby authorized and directed to borrow for the purposes set forth in said Resolution the sum of Three Thousand Dollars for a period of two years from the date of such loan, and execute and deliver on behalf of said City of Las Vegas its promissory note in said sum of Three Thousand Dollars, to be payable on or before two years from the date thereof, and to bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, to be redeemable at the option of this Board at any time when money is available in the Emergency Tax Fund, "to be known as the "City of Las Vegas, Nevada Emergency Tax" ,to be levied by this City at the first tax levy following the creation of such indebtedness as by law provided. Thereupon, on motion of Commissioner Gorton, seconded by Commissioners Hodgens, and duly carried, the following Preambles and Resolution were duly adopted on the following vote: Commission­ers Hodgens, Arnold, and Gorton, and His Honor the Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, on April 5,1922 United States Rubber Company Mechan­ical Goods Division, Eureka Fire Hose Department, of New Jersey, offer­ed to sell and deliver F.O.B. Las Vegas, Nevada One Thousand feet Blue Queen Jacket Brand fire hose, coupled complete, 2 1/2 ins. inter­nal diameter and capable of standing a pressure of 400# per square inch when delivered, at One Dollar per foot, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Police and Fire Commissioner, be and he is hereby authorized to enter into a written contract and order for the purchase of said 1000ft. of Blue Queen Jacket Brand fire hose with said United States Rubber Company, Mechan­ical Goods Division, Eureka Fire Hose Department, as above specified, the same to be paid of the $1000 set aside from the funds of the Police and Fire Department by resolution of this Board at a special