The Nome nugget., 1903-05-27
ELECTION
 MAY 29 E:or. d Municipal Magis' trate For Nome. WORK OF COUNCIL A Long Session of Which Talk and Wrangling Were
 the Features,
WORK OF COUNCIL

At the regular meeting of tnp city council on Monday evening, all mem h&rS present except Stevens. it took three and one-hllf hour, to transact .he following business:
 Award the contract for the city print ing to the NOME NUGGET for the com ing six months.
 Appoint committee, Hoxsie, Bard md Calvin, to take appropriate action toward q recognition, of the services rendered the city by District Attorney Melvin Grigsby at Washington last winter.
 Pass on recommendations of Fire Chief Chapman and elect Lloyd lSott> IS driver of the chemical.
 Grant permiss oppto the Northwest ern Commercial Co.,, to erect d bridge 20 feet above Front street, connecting heir lighteraGe plant with their ware houses.
 Receive tho report of Municipal Judge Bard, together with check of BIOS received from fines and forfcitureo.
 Receive tue reports of the various committees.
 And lastly. pass an ordinance creat ing the office of municipal magistrate. fix the date of election. appoint one in- spcctor and two judges. The election will be 1ald next Friday.
 The first poW-wOw was over accept ing bid of the Gold Digger on city printing. The ci1y attorney. in his opinion, said as councilman and q pro prIetor of the Digger. stevens could not tender bid. He could not be em- ployer and employee at the same time. Hill objected, and made quite q defense for his colleague, stating that there was such thing as persecution and that at this time Stevens was being perseeuted. His tiOwery remarks, how ever, had no effect, the contract being awarded to the NOME NUGGET for l25 cents per line.
 No action was taken on recommeu- dation of Chief Chapman, for an in- crease in the salaries of the engineer, captain and driver of the chemical, and that five men, to be known as "call men, be paid S20 each per month to make their headquarters in the engine house. J. McCahey, who at the last meeting was elected driver of the chem tool cesinnoI I 1n,1 elected to fill the vacancy. The city attorney was Instructed to draw up an ordinance increasing the salaries of the chief of police, md the engineer.
 City Attorney Bell submitted an or dinance, providing for the office of mu- nicipal magistrate and the election thereof, fixing the date for Friday next May 20. Hill objected to section 6 of the proposed ordidance, which provid- ed that all candidates for the office must De practicing attorney at law, admitted to practice in the district court. After about an hours wran.- ling, the ordira lea twas adopted, the registration for the last election to be used, J. J. Ryan to be inspector, F. T. Chesnut and J. J. Groom judges of cleo :ion. The new city hall will be the polling place.
 Municipal Judge Bard submitted report dating from May to May 25, in- elusive. The sum of s3OS had been re ceived from fines and forfeitures. with no expense. aud a check for the full amount accompanied the report. Dur ing thSt time 34 arrests were made. :,S pleaded guilty, 3 were found guilty and 3 discharged.
 The street committee were given authority to purchase supplies for re- pairing the planking on Front street.
 The health committee reported on the unsanitary condition of the city jail but no action will be taken until some substaptial repairs are made.
 The fire committee. with Councilman Rowe. was given plenury power to pur-