The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-14
COUNCIL FIXES
THE SALARIES
Reduced Some Of the Figures Pre-.
yiously Suggested and Passed
Ordinance to Print.
OFFICIALS PROTEST IN Vain
Ordinance Fixing Regulations for
Working Prisoners Also Passed
to Print.
OFFICIALS PROTEST IN VAIN

The above were the salaries fol
the city officials adopted at last
nights meeting of the council. Or.
dinance No. 4, fixing the salaries
was adopted and passed to print. AT
ter being published a week the or.
dinance will become law.
A few changes were made in the
amounts previously suggested, the
mayors salary being reduced from
$500 to 5000. The council suggested
that his salary be fixed at $500, but
Mr.. Clark said he thought 5000 the
proper amount.
A change of $100'was made in the
salaries of the councilmen.
The treasurer objected to his sal
ary, saying he thought $75 month
nothing more than right. The cOun-
ell, however, was of the opinion that
$500 was sufficient compensation for
that office.
City Clerk Oldfield's salary was
cut down 5000 year, the former
amount being $1200
Justice Cartwright addressed the
council stating that he thought
$1,000 was little enough compensa-
ton for the police magistrate. He
said that if it were fixed at that
amount he would be earning from
800 to $3.50 a month less than at
the present time. The council de-
cided that $1,000 year was. suf1i-
cient salary and acted accordingly.
The salary of the city attorney was
left as first suggested, namely, $3.50
a month.
During the discussion it was stated
that a city engineer would have to
be appointed and that his salary
would have to be fixed. Some one
suggested that he be paid $1,000 a
year.
Mayor Clark said that health Of
ficer should be appointed. He said
that one physician had offered to per-
form the work for $50 a month. The
salary of SIS month was suggested
as the proper pay.
The ordinance regulating the pay
of the city officials, reads as follows:
Ordinance No. 4.
IAN ordinance fixing the salaries
of the elective and the appointive Of
ficers of the city or Ely.
1.-The city council of the city of
Ely do ordain:
Section 1.-THE compensation
and salaries of the respective officers
of the city of Ely shall be as follows:
THE mayor shall receive the sum
of 5000 per year.
Each member of the city council
shall receive the sum of $500 per
year.
"The treasurer shall receive the
sum of $500 per year.
THE city clerk shall receive the
sum of $1,000 per year. /.
"The police Judge shall receive
the sum of $1,000 per year.
1.-THE city attorney shall receive
the sum of $500 per year.
"Sec. 2.-The salaries above men,
toned shall be payable monthly in
equal installments, and claims there
for shall be allowed by the city cOun-
Gil at the first regular meeting of
each month for services rendered
during the next preceding calendar
months: when SO allowed the same
shall be approved by the mayor and
warrants drawn therefor according gly.
"Sec. 3.-This ordinance shall
take effect and be In force from and
after it's passage, approval and pub
lication.'
Ordinance No. 5. giving the au-
tborities the mower to have city pris-
oners work on the streets, in other
..The nolice iudg eshall receive
also nassed to print.
According to this ordinance, pris-
oners can he mt to work for the city,
the davis work being eight hours.
prisoners who are serving time for