Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, March 1, 1922 to May 10, 1929, lvc000002-170

of the City of Las Vegas; Nevada; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all provisions of the law relating to general elections so far as the same shall he made applicable, and not inconsistent with the provisions of the City Charter of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, shall be observed in conducting such election; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor of the said City of Las Vegas, Nevada, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to issue a proclamation giving notice of the holding of said election. Such proclamation to contain the substance of this resolution and such other matters necessary to fully and fairly appraise the qualified voters of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, the date, time and places of holding such election, the purpose thereof, the condition under which held, the names of the Inspectors, the method and manner of classifying the commissioners on ballot and such other matters as may be deemed proper in the premises AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that such Proclamation be published in the Las Vegas Age, a news­paper printed and published in the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, for a period of at least four consecutive weeks, (four issues) prior to the date of such election and printed copies of such proclamation be posted by the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, in fifteen public places in said City of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the same period of time, three of such Proclama­tions to be posted in each of said voting precincts, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, be and she is hereby authorized and directed to notify the duly elected and acting registry agent in and for the County of Clark, State of Nevada, to open Registration Books for the registration of the voters of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, for said election at the time and in the manner provided by the laws of the State of Nevada, governing the registration of voters in incorporated cities. Registration books shall be open March 14th, 1925. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that for the purposes of complying with the general law of the State of Nevada governing elections and for the purpose of giving the qualified voters of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, a full and fair opportunity of casting their ballots at such election the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, be and it is hereby divided into three (3) voting election precincts described as follows to-wit: All that portion of said City lying and being north of the center of Fremont Street shall be designated and known as Voting Precinct No. 1; all that portion of said City lying and being between the center of Fremont Street and the center of Lewis Street shall be designated and known as Voting Precinct No. 2; and all that portion of said City lying and being south of the center of Lewis Street shall be designated and known as Voting Precinct No. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, be and she is hereby authorized and directed to have the official ballots prepared and to do and perform all such acts and give such notices as may be necessary or required of her in order that the said election may be called and held and the qualified voters may have due notice thereof as required by the laws of the State of Nevada governing and as required by the provisions of the city charter of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, and this Resolution." Voting on said Resolution: Commissioners Anderson, Matzdorf, and Mayor Pro Tem Elwell, Aye. Noes, none. There being no further business to come before the Board at this time, it was ordered, on motion duly made and carried, that the Board adjourn until the next regular meeting to be held on the 7th day of April, A.D. 1925, at the hour of seven-thirty o'clock P.M.