The Nome nugget., 1902-02-12
Adjustment of Taxes C0asid-
 cred at Last Meeting.
ssEaES ST2ATs(gss LAW
4 Bcg;Slralion Ordinance to Be Pre- pare1, hs Wei: A@ R;iies For Govr cramcnt cf Next Aun;a! Mun:c:p8l Election U2Et;iug By hiuor5.

The matter of adi9>tin@ taxes wa~ again discussed at the regular meeting ol thc cjtA councl on Monday evening, Councilman Stevens, chairman of lbe law anI Or,luarce committee. regis tered several complaints of excessive taxation. While 93.075 wa, the yalua-
 tion placed on Sietfert X Gjbson's property the owners considered @l,j.5 the correct valuation. Larsen and Tictnan. who own a building aud lot
 l6N31 feet on Front street. next to Jose X Co.,. claimed their property WAS worth only x, j00 as against 33,0O0, as valuCd by the city assessor. George Chapman owns q lot l4.9 feet opposite Cianin Bros. and was assessed Sl. .950 for the same. but cannot get &Io0 for il. as he oilelod it at that pr.ce all last sumner While the board of cqualiza- tiUn sat last summer Mir. Chapman was in the hougarok and was unable to tile d complaint.
 Five and Une-hGlg feet Waa the cause of contention between Charles Wat2 rand the city council, Mr. Waiz claim ing to own bat l6l feet, while he was ee,essad for p A. Jose, who owns he property on which the Hall Mercantile Company is situated, also claimed to he assessed for more property than he owned. His lot was lSX2S. instead of lSNl00. The Who'e mater was laid over for one week. by which time the committee Wal, instructed to investi gate the matter nc rc fully and submit it's report in writing. Councilman Valentine thought 1t very bad prece- dent to start cutting taxes, aa the board of equalization had sat for the purpose of adjusting such matters and that If the councll cut one they would have the rest of the delinquents to at tend 10 in the same manHer.
 Attorney Garrison presented bill of $l0 Ior swearing Joe Warren at the po- lice invest gatiOn, and J. CoushN, Jr., considered his services to be worth $20 fer swearing the witnesses at the same, and both bills were laid over for a week.
 A resolution authorizing the treas urer 10 pay school warrants numbered I4S, :02, -O,j, a06--08. PIP. 2l3. 2l5, 2l6, 2i9 and 22l to 2..i, inclusive, amounting tU Sl,iI3.1o, was adopted.
 The city trta,urer'a report showed a cash balance on hand in tie general fund ot S3:!.S.73, fire fund s44b SO and the school fund $904.69.
 On recommendation of City Attorney Hoggatt $l0J wa, ordered taken out of the general fund and placed in the at toiney fund, a> he intended bringing suita against dClinquents.
 It. resolution by Councilman Nalen- tine the city attorney was instructed to draw up an ord nance for the regulat- ing of registration of voters and gen eral election laws governing future elections to be held in Nome in con furmity with the law.
 Chief Palmer wanted to know why a portion of his salary had been withheld from his last m' 'nth'S salary, and the clerk informed him that he had not paid his taxes on d certain lot on Front street east, whereupOn Chef Palmer denied having any interest in the same. The lot. he said. belonged to r. ]. Kelly. Councilman Jourden thopght that that was not the proper way to collect taxes, and the matter was re- ferred to the committee on streets. Councilman Geiger stated that sev- eral complaints had been made to him in regard to boys being allowed to gamble. In several places, he said, boys were permitted to shake dice for pop. cigarettes and to even gamble for money and the chief of police was in- structed 10 investigate and report at the next meeting.