The Nome nugget., 1903-11-21
Fifty.five Per Cent. of
 License Money
BALANCE TO SCHOOL
The Court POintedIy Refuses to Give the City All That
 Was Asked.

Fifty-five per cent. of the moneys de- rived from general licenses, approxi- mately $32, 900, will be paid over to the city for general municipal purposes the remainder, 45 per cent, will be diverted to the school fund. This is the apportionment made yesterday by Judge Moore, of the district court after Chairman Hill had presented the state- ment, which appears below, to the court.
 This morning Mayor Bard, and Coun- cilmen Hoxsie and Hill waited upon the judge, their object being to see if a larger percentage of the money would not be given the city. The councilmen met with flat refusal and retired, after the judge had told the councllmen that the B per cent. apportionment must stand.
 Following is the statement presented on Thursday to the court by the chair man of the finance committee:
 "Hon. Alfred $. Moore:-The con- mon council of the City of Nome, Alas ka, pursuant to your request that a statement be made setting forth the financial condition of said city and the expense of operating and maintaining the government of the same, beg leave to submit the following report:
 "That at the time of the incumbency in office Ot the present council, tO-wit, on the 29th day of April, 1903, the in- debtedness of the city amounted to the sum of $33, ,5ll.11. Since that time the indebtedness of the city has been re- duced, and on the second day of Novem- Der, 1903, amounted to the sum of $29, 47299.
 "The cost of maintaining the city at the present time amounts to apprOXi- mately the sum of S2, 2,2l5.00 per month, incurred as follows:
 City pay roll ............ Sl, ,985. co Feed for horses .......................... 5000 Coal ................ ....... 5000 Fire, incidentals and hospital 100 90
 Total ............ .................. $2, 2l5. co
 "Ever since the incumbency of this present common council they have been conducting the city on practically a cash basis-in fact they were compelled to do so, in as much as the city had no credit whatsoever. The city is now without funds or any available means of obtaining any, and none will be re- ceived by the city before May, 1904, when the license tax for conducting and carrying on certain lines of bus- ness within the city shall become due and payable. except the money that is to be turned over by the federal gov ernment, and small amount that will be collected from delinquent taxes and fines and forfeitures.
 "The city therefore needs enough money to defray the operating expenses of the city until next May, period of six months, which will aggregate the sum of $l3, ,290.OO.
 ''In addition to this amount we in- tend to reduce the indebtedness of the city with every available dollar we can get, and fully expected to make war. rant call for the payment of general warrants of about $l0,00O.OO, which would reduce the general indebtedness of the city to about $2O,00O.OO.
 ''In as much as we have expended a large sum of cash money on our fire de- partment, lumber for streets, bridge over Dry creek and many other things necessary for the city, we feel that we have done as we'll as it was possible for us to do.
 "DR. k. E. HILL,
 Chairman Finance Committee