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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, August 11, 1942 to December 30, 1946, lvc000005-222

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    MATERIAL AND Commissioner Smith moved that Material and Service SERVICE WARRANTS Warrants Nos. 228 to 229, inclusive, in the sum of $5,207.62 he approved. Motion seconded by Commissioner Corradetti and carried by the following vote: Commissioner Bates, Corradetti, Smith and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Clark. RENEWALS OF Commissioner 0orradetti moved that applications of SLOT MACHINE the Nevada Bar and Thrifty Market for slot machine APPLICATIONS renewals be granted. Motion seconded by Commissioner Smith and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bates, Corradetti, Smith and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Clark. AGREEMENT: Commissioner Smith moved that the City of Las Vegas Union Pacific Railroad accept the easement offered by the Union Pacific and the City of Las Vegas Railroad Company to the City of Las Vegas under the terms and conditions of the agreement heretofore signed and executed on June 14, 1944 by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, save and except as to that provision requiring the City of Las Vegas to maintain and repair the fences on each side of said easement and that said easement be accepted by the passing of resolution by the City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas to read as follows, to-wit: PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the City of Las Vegas is cooperating with the Department of Highways, of the State of Nevada, in the construction of a standard highway extending on, over and across the land of Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company and its Lessee, Union Pacific Railroad Company, situate in the South half of the Southeast Quarter (S½SE¼) of Section Twenty-nine (29), and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE¼NE¼) of Section Thirty-two (32), Township Twenty (20) South, Range Sixty-one (6l) East, M.D.B. & M., in the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada; and WHEREAS, the City has requested said Railroad Companies to grant to it an Easement over said land for said highway, which said Railroad Companies are willing to do upon certain terms and conditions, one of which is that the City would cause to be vacated a certain portion of what is now known as Tonopah Highway, hereinafter more particularly described, and the public interest and convenience requiring, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That that portion of that certain highway commonly known as Tonopah Highway, located on a portion of the abandoned Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad 100 foot right of way, and extending in a direct line across the South Half of the Southeast Quarter (S½SE¼) of Section Twenty-nine (29), the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE¼NE¼) of Section Thirty-two (32), and the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW¼NW¼) of Section Thirty-three (33), Township Twenty (20) S., Range Sixty-one (61) E., M.D.B. & M., as said 100 foot railroad right of way is described in Book 6, at page 260 and 261, of Deeds, Records, of Clark County, Nevada, and not described or included, in that certain Easement for highway purposes over and along a strip of land 150 feet in width, extending across portions of said Sections 29 and 32, dated the 14th day of June, 1944, from Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, a corporation, and its Lessee, Union Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, to the City of Las Vegas, be and the same is hereby closed up and vacated. * * * STATE OF NEVADA ) COUNTY OF CLARK ) SS CITY OF LAS VEGAS) I, HELEN SCOTT REED, the duly elected, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of that certain Resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 21 day of _____October___________, 1944, as the same appears in the Minute Book of the Commissioners' proceedings, now of record in my office. Motion seconded by Commissioner Corradetti and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bates, Corradetti, Smith and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent; Commissioner Clark. GASOLINE PUMP Commissioner Smith moved that the agreement between AT CITY BARNS Independent Oil Company and the City of Las Vegas for use of gasoline pump at the City Barns during such time as they serve gasoline to City of Las Vegas be approved and the Mayor and City Clerk authorized to sign same.