Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933, lvc000013-33

Image

File
Download lvc000013-033.tif (image/tiff; 118.62 MB)

Information

Digital ID

lvc000013-033
    Details

    Rights

    This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

    Digital Provenance

    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    nor more than Fifty Dollars for each offence, or by in the City Jail until such fine is paid, not exceeding one day for each two dollars of such fine, in case such fine is not paid . and upon complaint and proof that any owner, manager, lessee or anyone having charge of or conducting any such place above described repeatedly violates this ordinance or any of the provisions thereof, the license for such place of business may be revoked by the Board of City Commissioners. The necessity appearing to the Board that an emergency existed it was upon motion of McGovern and seconded by Stewart ordered that this ordinance be passed as an emergency ordinance, the vote being cast as follows to-wit.: Coughlin, aye, McGovern aye, Stewart, aye, Von Tobel, aye, and his honor the Mayor Peter Buol, voting aye. Passed by the Board of Commissioners this 3rd, day of April 1912, upon the following vote Commissioners Coughlin, aye, Stewart aye, McGovern aye, Von Tobel aye, and his honor the Mayor Peter Buol aye. First reading April 3rd, 1912. Second reading April 3rd, 1912. Approved, Peter Buol. Mayor. Attest: Harley A. Harmon, City Clerk. (SEAL) Affidavit of Publisher. Chas C. Corkhill, being first duly sworn, deposes and says, That he is a citizen of the United States, over the age of eighteen years, that he is the publisher of the Clark County Review, a weekly newspaper of general circulation printed and published at Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada and that the ordinance No. 28, of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, of which the attached is a true copy, was published in said paper one issue, on the following dates, to-wit April 6th, 1912. Chas c. Corkhill. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th, day of April A.D. 1912. (SEAL) Harley A. Harmon, City Clerk. Ordinance No. 29. An ordinance to prevent Minors from Frequenting Saloons and Disreputable places. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1, It shall be unlawful for any minor to frequent or loiter around any saloon, gambling house, bar room, billiard room, cigar store, bowling alley or house of ill-fame or to purchase any beer, wine, spirituous liquors or other intoxicating beverage from any such place, any minor violating the previsions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty five Dollars ($25.00), or in the City Jail until such fine is paid, not exceeding one day for which two dollars of such fine, in case such fine is not paid. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any saloon keeper to sell or permit to be sold to minors any beer, wine, spirituous liquors or other intoxicating beverage, or to permit minors to frequent or loiter around his saloon. Any violations of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty five Dollars ($25.00) for each offence, and upon complaint and proof that any saloon keeper repeatedly violates this section of the ordinance his license may be revoked by the Board of City Commissioners, Section 3. Any proprietor, keeper, bartender, Clerk, or any other person having charge or control of any saloon, bar room, billiard room or pool room, cigar store, bowling alley, or any other public place within the City of Las Vegas, who permits any minor to play or engage in, or be prevent at any game of billiards, pool bowling or of cards, without the express consent of the parent or guardian of such minor, is guilty of a misdemeanor who plays or engages in it present at any game of billiards, pool, bowling or of cards in any public place