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Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-579

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    SECTION 1. That those certain documents, three copies of each of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas, being marked and designated as follows: (a) Specialized Electrical Ordinance - Part I, and (b) Specialized Electrical Ordinance - Part II, otherwise known as the 1956 National Electrical Code as recommended by the National Fire Protective Association and approved by the American Standards Association together with all, tables of contents, definitions, articles,tables, indexes and appendixes, be and the same hereby are referred to as the "Specialized Electrical Ordinance of the City of Las Vegas" and by this reference and adoption become the "Specialized Electrical Ordinance of the City of Las Vegas" the same as if they were fully set forth herein. SECTION 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $900.00 and/or imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six months, or by any combination of such fine and imprisonment. Every day of such violation shall be a separate offense. SECTION 3. Ordinances 610,648,673 and 743 are specifically repealed, and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith are also hereby repealed. SECTION 4. This ordinance shell be in full force and effect from and after its pas­sage and adoption as provided in Chapter II, Section 30, of the Charter of the City of Las Vegas. REED WHIPPLE, Mayor Pro Tem ATTEST: SHIRLEY LODWICK, City Clerk The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Commissioners on the l6th day of April, 1958, and referred to the following committee composed of Commissioners Bunker and Sharp for recommendation; thereafter the said committee reported favorably on said ordnance on the 18th day of June, 1958, which was the regular meeting held on said day; thereafter a Notice that said proposed ordinance would be considered for adoption, was published and the committee reported on the 2nd day of July, 1958, which was the regular meeting held on said day, that the Notice that the Code was on file had been published as re­quired, and thereupon the proposed ordinance was adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Bunker, Fountain, Sharp and Mayor Pro Tem Whipple. Voting "Nay": None Absent: Mayor Baker ATTEST: APPROVED: SHIRLEY LODWICK, City Clerk REED WHIPPLE, Mayor Pro Tem AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION of NOTICE STATE OF NEVADA, ) ) SS. COUNTY OF CLARK ) ANTHONY CINA, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is Foreman of the LAS VEGAS MORNING SUN, 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 7 days from June 23, 1958 to June 29, 1958 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: June 23,24,29,26,27,28,29, 1958. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. s/ ANTHONY CINA Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of July, 1958 s/ BARBARA J. GREENSPUN Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada My Commission Expires Mar. 17, 1960 ORDINANCE NO. 768 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 33, CODE OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 1949, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 486 BY PROVIDING INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR TAXICABS; ADDING NEW SECTIONS; REQUIRING A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO; REPEAL­ING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 33, Code of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949, is hereby amended to read as follows: Unless it appears from the context that a different meaning is intended, the following words shall have the meaning attached to them by this section: (a) A "vehicle" shall mean and include any taxicab, ambulance, rent service car or self- propelled motor vehicle employed in the business of carrying passengers for hire within the City and not operated over fixed routes or between certain definite points.