The Nome nugget., 1901-09-10
<1> Established in the City. of Nonle.. < X
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ACTION of COUNCIL
foredeter Councilmen Will Be Elected
 by the Respective Wards and Not by the City at Carge-Three School Districts Also Created.

The city has been divided into wards, and hereafter when a councilman is to De elected.the seven wards of the city will each elect it's own representative. Tha-tit~ has also been divided into Ehree districts for the election of school trustees, and hereafter each district will be expected to vote for its own trustee.
 The ordinance empowering the mayor to fill any vacancies that may hereafter exist in the council was rescinded.
 .This radical departure from the existing order of things was determined at the meeting of the city. council last night. The ordinances which were 'psssed creating the new order of things were not passed without strong pro- test from 'minority" members of the council, Rickard, Harris and Stevens. Charges of ''railroading," the ordin- -apces threugh the council in order to preserve the balance of power in the handssbf the Big Four as somebody dubbed them-Giese, Hoxsie, Geiger and McPhee-ilew thick and fast.
 The ball was sent rolling hy, Stevens, wxo, after the transaction of an ordinary amount of routine business arose and stated that he had resolution to intro 'duce with particular reference to the ordinance passed hy the council at the adjourned meeting last Wednesday night, which empowered the mayor to fly any vacancies that may exist, by appointment. Stevens said. that he was confident that the. councilmen knew that the ordinance was illegal. and the best thing to do was to repeal it and do as the Alaska code provided --let the people elect councilmen.
 '-.That's all right" said Geiger, >"but ,vellaet on that later"
 "How long?" iueried Stevens.
 --aIn absut,haA ah -hogr," Geige1- re- tpIisd, ,sand just then Mayor Giese said that he didn't think that it was his : duty .te appoint councilmen to any ' vacancies that might arise. He didn't want to do it. He said he had a num- Der of ordinances which had been pre- pared, and he would submit them for the consideration of the council.
 Then Clerk McGinnis proceeded to read batch of ordinances as follows:
 Ordinanca No. 5, dividing the city into seven wards.
 Ordinance No. 5, providing for the election of councilmen by wards.
 Ordinance No. 54, declaring the rep rekentatives in the council by wards.
 Ordinance No. 55, defining what operates as and creates a vacancy in tho council.
 Ordinance No. 56, providing for fill ing vacancies that may occur by the ward in which the vacancy occurs.
 Ordinance No. 5, providing that the election ior all offices and members of she council, except by special election, be,held at the same time.
 Ordinance No 5S, providing for the election of school trustees by districts .Alfthe ordinances were passed, the last one by a unanimous vote. Ordin- a1ce No. 52, defining wards, was voted for by all the councilmen except Harris, who voted in the negative. According to the ordinance, the sandspit will be known as ward No. l. Ward includes that portion of the city from the vest ern boundary to D street; ward 3, from D street to Hunter way: ward 4, from Hunter way to the eastern boundary of she N. C. Company; ward 5, from the N. C. Company to Steadman avenue; ward 6, from ..Steadman avenue to the N. A. T. X T. Company; ward ', from the N. A. T. X T. Company to the east erncity limits.
 Ordinance No. B was opposed by Harris, Rickard and Stevens; No. 54 naming the representatives of the various wards. met the same vote GeiHer, McPhee, HOxsie and Giese for, Rickard, Harris and Stevens against. Under this ordinance, Geiger repre- sepss the first ward, McPhee, the sqcond; Giese, the. third; Rickard, the fourth; Harris, the fifth:4 Stevens, the sixhh, and Hoxsie, the seventh.
 Ordinance No. 55, defining what operates as,. and. creates vacancy in thae.copncil, 'was passed, -Rickard and Harris voting no.
 Ordinapce No. 56, providing for filling vacancies in the council by the ward in in which the vacancy occurs, went through, Harris, Riokard and Stevens objecting.
 Harris alone voted against No. 57,