The Nome nugget., 1903-04-29


 regard to the relations between the municipal and federal officers as fol- flows.
 The rlayor's Remarks.
 ''The subject brought to the atten- tion of the council by Councilman Hill Is one of the graveot importance to the city, and it should be thoroughly under stood, both by the council and by the public. In the opinion of d good many It is the duty of the police department and the members of the new council to make faces at the U. 5. marshal, or in some other way show their disapprOval of him when they meet him on the street. Personally l believe in being courteous to friend and foe alike, and 1 have advised the chief of police to follow out that doctrine.
 'ln the short time l have been in public office l have discovered some thing which has proved d complete sur prise to me. and 1 cannot but feel that a lot of us during the late campaign have made all kinds of fools of our selves. Some matters came up yester- day which led me to examine into the proper relations 70 be maintained by tllc pollCc dlIu tllc shal'S office.
 "I find that police officer of Nome has no greater puwer to make arrests | than has prlvate citizen. 1 hat Is to | say, he can make arrests only for crlmeS committed III his presence. If he wants d man apprehended for larceny he must go to the U. $. marshal and get the loan of Il deputy to go with hlm and make the arrest. If he wants some premises searched for stolen goods he must get the loan of deputy marshal to go with him and serve the warrant. | Now, the fees paid by the federal gov ernment for making arrests and serv- | ing search warrants etc. do not go into | the pockets of the marshal, but of the deputy performing the work. Thus, when the chlel of police was deputlZed as marshal he served his own papers and received his lee therefor If that could be done in the future the chief Ot police would earn some S4UU or S0UO per annum in fees. and this could be de- ducted from his salary, thus giving the city the benefit of a saving of that much in the expense of the police de- partment. Both Chief Jolley and the immaculate predecessor of the present chief, were deputy marshais. What can be done to have the present chef depu1lZed
 Il do not know, but shall look into the matter. It is very evident that the police department Oi Nome can in no way be an and to tue marshal, but it is absolutely certain that the police of this city cannot get along without the hearty support and cooperation of that officer. For this reason 1 have taken upon myself the responsibility of ln- structing the chief to show all courtesy to the marshal and hls deputies and have requested that the marshal give his hearty support and assistance to the police of this place.
 'ln regard to prisoners, l can state that if we keep them Tn the city jail we have to feed them, and if it is cold we have to keep the fire going. In the case referred to by Dr. Hill the pris- Oner had to be kept over Sunday and to save expense he was taken LU the fed eral jail. l believe the custom has been that where prisoner was likely to pay a fine he was treated as city prisoner, in erder that the city might get the benefit of the fine. If he were not likely to pay a fine he would be treated as federal prisoner with the result that the government paid the ex- pense of supporting him and the officer received ice for making the arrest. This system has saved the city of Nome thousands of dollars, and l am anxious that both the council and the pubic understand this situatiUn.'
 The election of the remaining ap. pointive officers was then taken up, the first being that of municipal judge, and Councilman Bard was unanimously elected Councilman Hill was elected health officer by five votes, Hoxsie passing. The vote on city attorney stood Bard, Calvin, Hoxsie and Rowe f for James w. Bell, while Hill, Stevens aad Rustgard voted for NJ. l.. Sullivan, l and Mir. Bell was declared elected. Jas. Houghy was elected driver o1 the chemicah while tN office of cap. tain of the chemfcN ist still unsettled
 Calvin nominated Lloyd Bolts to the position, seconded by Hoxsie, and Stev sns placed the name of F.. G. Lefehldt , seconded by Hill. On roll call Calvin l HoXsie and Rowe voted for Bolts, the | other three for Lefehldt. thus requir ing the vote of the mayor, which wa: deferred one week. he stating that he , was unacquainted with either ant . wished to vote intelligently. Thos : Rollins was elected engineer by a full I vote.
 f City Clerk White reported sl60 col l lected from licenses and sS}.20 as delin f quent taxes. The treasurer's repor g showed cash in the general fund f372. Il l ire fund $500; hospital fund $lO6.5O s attorney fund $46: school fund $35j9. .46 t The meeting adjourned to meet mex e Monday evening in one of the Barrack Q square buildings.