The Nome nugget., 1901-12-25
E Costly institution and tt
 Will Be Investigated.
IT COSTS TOO MUCH
Ah Attempt Will Be MadesTeLocate the Leakages-Suit to Be- Brought Against Deliuquents Taxpayers to Test Legality of..Assessments.

The only feature of the' regular weekly meeting of the city council on Monday evening wasthe presentation by the city clerk of a report showing ths receipts and expenditures ot' the corporation since,the inception of the city,governinent, aad discussion whlch followed, wherein Councilman Jourden criticised what he, termed the extrav- agant manner in.which the fire depart rasnt had been cSnductesl the clerks report showing that the depantment was charged with the expenditure of nearly $2S, ,o00s',
 A committee composed of Jourdsn and Valentine was 9ppointeadto act with the, finance. committee and make aa, inxestigation~ of fire department affairs.
 Another discussion arose over the 6hral of the indigent dead J. w. Downing offered to buay the dead at s30 each, but no action was taken. A bill for sl9, presented by Councilman 5eiger, for burying JIG. Malloy was ordered paid.
 Geiger stated that the Electric Light Company would begin-the work of in- stalling the city lights this week.
 Harris asked for two lights at the hospital corner, and it was so ordered.
 City Treasurer Solner's report showed ehs following: Cash on. hand, fire fund.- sl4s7.5o; attorney fund, s3S.45; school fund, S4, 512.40.
 Then the city clerk read his report, referred to above; The report is very complete and the essentials are pub lished elsewhere in the NUGGET.
 The city clerk added that, according 70 the expenditures shown on account Of the fire department, it would take .he entire sum raised by assessments on zealand personal property to defray Che cost of maintaining the fire depart hient-'
 Jourden said: there had been,a.very extravagent expenditure of money on account of the fire department. An investigation should be, made, but he did not suppose it would do much good, Nut he would like to know where the xponey went; S2, 900 had been paid for tabor on the fire hall, and nearly $500G in all on that building.
 Harris said if that much had been spent some of it must have been stolen and he thought an investigation was in 0rdePA
 Councilman alentine offered reso. lption, which was adeptsd, authorizing tAe city tFeasurerf to pay. warrants drawn on the school fund numbered from ]. to 20, inclusive, Nos 9 and Nos 28 to 6s,. inclusive, amounting to $l3, 7OO.44.
 JOurden wanted the city attorney .in- structed to bring suit against de- Hhquent taxpayers. and. the city attorney remarked that he was willing to bring any action the citycould main tsii1a In the matter of collecting de- linquent assessmentseen en real, and per s0nabproperty an action for debt would hamss to.'be. brought. As to- the taxes for street, Improvements he said the law did not give the city the power to maintain-.a lien against the property improved.
 It was finally decided to- instruct the city attornsy to brlng an action against some delinquent taxpayer, in order to nuke test case in the district court. s. Consideration of number of com manifestations and bill of J..B. Ivory for $i0 for services rendered as clerk at the lats1 election were indefinitely post pQned, and then the council ad djourned.