Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-302

STATE OF NEVADA ) ) SS: COUNTY OF CLARK ) DICK LOCHRIE, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that he is foreman of the LAS VEGAS EVENING REVIEW-JOURNAL, a daily newspaper, of general circulation, printed and published at Las Vegas, in the County of Clark, State of Nevada, and that the attached was continuously published in said newspaper for a period of two weeks from Sept. 8th, 1947 to Sept. 15, 1947 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: Sept. 8-15. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. Signed Dick Lochrie___________ Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of September, 1947 A. E. Cahlan_______________________ Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada. My Commission expires Jan 12, 1951. ----oOo----- EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 338 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS TO BORROW $125,000.00 ON THE CREDIT OF THE CITY AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE BY TEE CITY OF ITS NEGOTIABLE COUPON BONDS IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $125,000.00 TO BE DESIGNATED POLICE STATION BONDS, 1947, SERIES A, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE RETIREMENT OF AN EMERGENCY LOAN PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY SAID BOARD, ACCORDING TO LAW, FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POLICE STATION; PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SAID BONDS AND PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF AN ANNUAL TAX TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON SAID BONDS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BY REASON OF THE FACT THAT THE POLICE STATION NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY CANNOT BE COMPLETED WITHOUT THE EXPENDITURE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLIC SALE OF SAID BONDS AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SALE NOTICE; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF SAID BONDS AND PRESCRIBING OTHER DETAILS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. WHEREAS, by the result of an election held on Tuesday, the 8th day of May, 1945, the tax-paying electors of the City of Las Vegas authorized the issuance of bonds in the amount of $140,000 for the purpose of constructing a police station and necessary facilities for the use of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada; and WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 310 adopted and approved on November, 7, 1945, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, authorized the issuance of Police Station Bonds in the principal amount of $140,000 for the construction of a police station and facilities in the City of Las Vegas; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the authority so conferred, the Board of Commissioners has heretofore issued and sold said bonds in the amount of $140,000; and WHEREAS, due to the rising costs of building, and in order to expedite the construction and completion of the police station and jail facilities, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, in accordance with the Laws of the State of Nevada, and the Charter of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, has heretofore made a temporary emergency loan in the sum of $125,000, the proceeds of which were and are to be used for the completion of the construction of the police station and facilities for the use of the City of Las Vegas; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Laws of the State of Nevada and the Charter of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, the Board of Commissioners of said City has heretofore caused to be issued and published a proclamation of the intention of the City to submit at the general election held May 6, 1947, the proposition of issuing bonds of the said City in the sum of $125,000, the proceeds of which are to be used to provide for the payment of an emergency loan authorized according to law, and required for the completion of the construction of the City Police Station, which said proclamation was published and posted in its entirety as required by law; and WHEREAS, at the general election held on the 6th day of May, 1947, there was submitted to the qualified electors, both property owners and non-property owners, the follow question: "Shall the City of Las Vegas issue bonds in the sum of $125,000 to secure the necessary funds to finance the payment of an emergency loan for the completion of the construction of said police station"; and WHEREAS, Thereafter on May 16, 1947, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas met for the purpose of canvassing the votes upon said question cast at the municipal election held May 6, 1947, and did find and declare that said question of issuing said bonds for the purpose and in the amount aforesaid, was carried by the approving vote of a majority of the qualified electors, both property owners and non-property owners. NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That all proceedings heretofore taken by the Board of Commissioners and by the officers of the City of Las Vegas directed toward the issuance of the $125,000 emergency loan and the issuance of its bonds for the purpose of obtaining funds to finance the payment of the emergency loan, be and the same are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Section 2. That for the purpose of securing funds in the sum of $125,000 to finance the payment of an emergency loan for the completion of the construction of the city police station, pursuant to the powers vested in the City and its Board of Commissioners under the Charter of the City and the general laws of the State of Nevada, there be issued bonds of the