The Nome nugget., 1903-02-11
A LARGE
 SLUMP In Receipts of Munici. pal Court. NOT MANY ARRESTS New Warrants for Lumber COm- pany if They Will Drop Suit
 Against the City.
NOT MANY ARRESTS

A new feature was introduced at the regular meeting of the cIty council un Monday evening, when 1t was learned that Guy Clerk Whtte had been pre- sented with an assistant, a l2 pound baby boy aud the cong lutulaLiuIIs ol the cuure council were extended to the Clerk and Mrs. White.
 The monthly report of Municipal Judge Reed showed a fallln. of in the receipts ol tues and iorieltures over last month ol s4c1. Last muuth, aItei ueduct.ng the salary of Sl25, lhe bal auce turned over Lu the city treasurer was S55O, while $65 covered the amoun, Tor the same pellod thls month.
 The Chlei of Police, in his statement reported 9 arrests, convictions, 2 re- leased, while had been bound over to grand jury. otl n property to he value of sll9 had been reported to the department, SV4 worth of which was re- covered. Out of Sl3J worth of prop erty reported as lost, @i25 worth was found by the department.
 The law and ordinance committee acting on recommendations in the may or's message of some weeks ago, intro duced an ordinance entitled "an Ordl- nance to prUvlue fur the prevention O. tires, and deiuing certain duties ui the chlet ot the fire department. The or. dinance is an eXlenslve one, and il properly enforced, will greatly reduce the number of fires. In conjunction with the chief of pOlice's report when assuming the office, all Oruihauce pro hiOItiu. minor, from irequentingi sa- looms and gambling houses, and pro- hiblting certain nulsanceS and indecent exposures, was aisu introduced, uOtb Ot which will be adopted at tue next reg ular meeting.
 Upon the advice of City Attorney Sullivan the finance committee recOln- mended that warrant No. l95, issued 10 the klevrslde Lumber Co.,, amounting le D, .UoS 10. be cauce led and new war rants issued. If the Riverside Lumber Co., will ui,mi,, the suit now pend ,ns against the city. 1lle blu Is for Ill., GAO feet of lumber furnished uurlLH Y June and July iYUl. The warrants tu be issued Tn lieu of the old are in amounts as follows: Forty warrants for SlUO each, seven for 91UU each aud one for S3Sy. 72, all oi which are interest bearing.
 Fire Chief Baldwin submitted a statement aud a number of blils of the Hremeu mess since It's inception last iuIi, showing the cost of nIututaIniny the same to be S9o4O4. The four pald men of the department pay S25 per | month for heir board, witch amounted to SjU0, leaving d balance of S6bi. .O4 } ct to be paiu by the city. A requi,iLlOu for supplies for he month of eOl uary was also submitted aud the clerk was instructed 10 Issue the same. Nine thousand dollars was the estimated loss ot last week The chief also recoin- mended for the consideration of the council the building of d slnall shed on the beach in which to place the fire engine, thus reducing the tune of get. ting water to d fire. Tue water Is uOw lifted l7 feet and dragged 200 feet be- fore it gets to the engine, and to do this it requires l5O pounds of steam.
 A resolution, introduced by Archer, was adopted prohibiting the use of
 liquors by the members of the fire de- partmenL during any fires, under penalty of suspension.
 T police committee reported the cost of putting in the partition in the city jail, making an office for the chief, to be S25, and the clerk was instructed to issue requistion for the same.
 Blanks for use of the health depart ment were also ordered to be procured by the clerk.