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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, May 14, 1929 to February 11, 1937, lvc000003-155

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    OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, CITY OF LAS VEGAS, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. MARCH 12th, 1931. At a Recessed regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, held on the 12th day of March 1931 at the hour of three o'clock P.M. Present Mayor Hesse, Commissioners German, Thomas and Smith together with the City Attorney and Clerk. Absent Commissioner Hansell. At this time the Board took up the matter of providing for the General City Elect­ion, to be held on the 5th day of May, 1931, for the purpose of electing two commissioners and a Mayor for the City of Las Vegas. Thereupon, on motion of Commissioner Smith seconded by Commissioners Thomas, the following Preamble and Resolution was duly adopted: WHEREAS under the provisions of Section 3, of Chapter 2, of the Charter of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, as amended by the Legislature of the State of Nevada in the year 1929 a General City Election must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1931, and it appearing therefrom that such election should be called and prepared for, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a General City Election be, and the same is hereby ordered to be held in said City of Las Vegas on said 5th day of May, 1931 for the purpose of electing a Mayor and two commissioners, namely a Commissioners of Class 1 and a Commission­er of Class Three, at the places hereinafter set forth: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that for the purpose of complying with the provisions of said Section 3 of Chapter 11 of said Charter of said City of Las Vegas, as amended in 1923, said City of Las Vegas be, and it hereby is, divided into nine election precincts, as follows: PT^iuet;No'kl.Whaeht;is h&undad. on 5R0 South by Fremont Street, on the west by the Union PacifiorRailro5^^rackstito,Ranthr Clty limits;C-boundadtpn the east by Third street from Fremont StP3e&jto? 'SteiwtSQg&ree&i itheogLa-, along: thrt Street and from thence north on FifthjjStreet jxn ,nori^^ityuLimi,tsil-rl St. no.ur H-Jn St; Praag.aa%tNco.%,5 w&iChris.: bounded on-theu East by 'ihird.,&traet^t'OiL1tjie north by Fremont Street, on .thersou^h by Brrdger &tpeat, on the west by thewas^ City limits including Union Pacific sho.R-ggghty&Edogrounds... j -cl * h Fifth St; P2aai.ap%t3 which Asi hounded on:-,the: north .byrd&d-RgBF Street, on the east by Third Streetjc&Rcthe sphthtby.uClark-Street, and pn thee west by the Union Pacific R.R.Tracks. Precinct No.4, which is bounded on the north by Clark Street on the east by Third Street, onthe south by Garces Street, on the west by the Union Pacific R.R. tracks. Precinat No. 5, which is bounded on the south by Fremont Street, thence running north on Seventh Street from Fremont Street to south line of Union Pacific grounds thence back to State Street in Stewart addition; thence north to Crosiant thence back along Crosiant Street to east City Limits: thence northerly to north City limits thence west along north City limits to Fifth Street; thence south on Fifth Street to Stewart Street thence west on Stewart Street to Third Street; thence south on Third Street to Fremont Street. Precinct No 6 which is bounded on the west by ihird Street, on the south by Bridger Street, and the extention ^thereof to Charleston Blvd; thence along Chareston Boulevard thence to east City limits; thence north along east City limits to Crossiant Street; thence west along Corssiant Street to State Street; Thence south on State Street to southeast corner of Union Pacific Grounds; thence west tp Seventh Street; thence south on Seventh Street to Fremont Street; thence west on Fremont Street to Third Street, thence south on Third Street to Fremont Street. Precinct No. 7 which is bounded on the north by Bridger Street, and extention thereof to Charleston Boulevard;.on the west by Third Street, on the south by Garces Street, and Charleston Boulevard. Precinct No.8, which is bounded on the north by Garces Street, and Charleston Boulevard; on the east by the east City limits; and on the south by the south City limits; on the west by the west City limits; Precinct No. 9, which is bounded on the north by the north City limits, on the east by the Union Pacific R.R. tracks; on the south by ^lark Ave; on the west by the west City limits. The boundaries of each of the said precincts are more fully shown on map thereof on file with the County Clerk, of Clark County, Nevada, to which reference is hereby had and mad$3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the polling places in said election precincts shall be established as follows: No.l at the Fire House. No. 2, at the Library Building. No.3, at Montana House, 305 South Main St; No.4, At Clark Garage, Clark Street near main St; No.5, Lou Martin Garage, Ogden near Fourth Street. No.6, L.D.S. Church, Sixth and Carson Streets. No.7, at Juinor High School No.8, F. A. Gibson Garage, Fourth and Garces Streets. No. 9, Mankewiecz Store Bldg; Westside. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the inspectors and clerks of said election precincts shall be as follows, to-wit: