Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949, lvc000006-188

168 WHEREAS, by reason of the foregoing, a great necessity and emergency exists in connection with the continued governmental operations of the City of Las Vegas, requiring the immediate acquisition of the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighteen Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($119,218.75), which is the total of the sums aforesaid, to defray the costs of such continued operations, and WHEREAS, on or about the 8th day of December, 1947, there will be an unused surplus of One Hundred Twenty-seven Thousand Six Hundred Fifteen Dollars and Thirty-one Cents ($127,615.31) for the 1947 Budget period in the Police Station Construction Fund, and the fiscal affairs of said City can be carried on without impairment after the transfer on said date of the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the aforesaid surplus in said Fund to the Emergency Loan Retirement Fund to meet the emergency aforesaid, and WHEREAS, there is an unused surplus of Thirteen Thousand Sixty Dollars Ninety-five cents ($13,060.95) for the 1947 Budget period in the Street Department Salaries Account of the General Fund, and fiscal affairs of said City can be carried on without impairment after the transfer of the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) from the aforesaid sur­plus in said Account to the Street Department Expenses Account of the General Fund to meet the emergency aforesaid, and WHEREAS, there is an unused surplus of Ten Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-three Dollars and Twenty cents ($10,433.20) for the 1947 Budget period in the Airport s Account of the General Fund, and the fiscal affairs of said City can be carried on without impairment after the transfer from the aforesaid surplus in said Account of the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) to the Motor Vehicle Account of the General Fund, Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) to the Sewage Disposal Account of the General Fund, and One Thousand Two Hundred Eighteen Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($1,218.75) to the Swimming Pool Bond Interest and Redemption Fund, to meet the emergency aforesaid, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, pursuant to an Act of the Legislature of the State 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, that a temporary loan by the City of Las Vegas in the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighteen Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($119,218.75) be and the same is hereby authorized for the purpose of meeting the necessity and emergency afore­said, and be it further RESOLVED that, after said emergency loan is approved by the State Board of Finance, as in said Act provided, the Board of Commissioners of said City shall effect the acquisition of the monies aforesaid by a transfer of surplus funds as hereinabove set forth, and be it further RESOLVED that if any Fund from which the loan is made, at the time of the transfer of monies therefrom as aforesaid, contains a surplus that in the judgment of the State Board of Finance is or will not be needed for the purposes of said Fund in the ordinary course of events, then the emergency tax provided by Section 13 of said Act shall not be levied, collected, and placed in the Fund from which the loan was made, but such transfer shall be deemed refunded for all purposes, and be it further RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and she is hereby authorized and directed to immediately forward a certified copy of this emergency resolution to the State Board of Finance, at Carson City, Nevada, for its approval, as required by the Act aforesaid. Commissioner Clark moved that the foregoing resolution be approved. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Baskin. RESOLUTION NO. 109 On motion of Commissioner Whipple, duly seconded by Commissioner Moore and carried unanimously the following resolution was duly adopted: WHEREAS, the legal affairs of the City of Las Vegas have become manifold in recent years as a result of the rapid growth of said City, and WHEREAS, C. Norman Cornwall, the present incumbent of the Office of City Attorney of said City, has efficiently conducted the affairs of his Office, but due to a recent impairment of health, has been ordered by his personal physician to curtail his business activities, both private and public, and WHEREAS, S. George Gilson has been in the employ of said City for upwards of Two (2) years as a law clerk in the office of the City Attorney, and has faithfully and conscientiously discharged the duties of his position and ably assisted C. Norman Cornwall in the efficient administration of the legal affairs of said City, and WHEREAS, S. George Gilson has applied to the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada for admission as an attorney in said state and has had his fitness to practice law tested by written examination given by the Board of Bar Examiners of the State of Nevada in the month of September, 1947, which application was denied for the reason that he failed to attain the passing grade of 75% on said examination, he having attained the grade of 73.2% which was 1.8% short of said passing grade, and