The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-08
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.


 Regular meeting of the Common Council held August ,, 1908. All members present.
 The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Upon motion an electric street light was ordered placed at the corner of Front and Mill streets.
 The committee appointed to consi d. CT the advisability of opening set of books for city business reported in | favor of the requisition system for city purchases and the loose leaf system for all city accounts. The report was adopted and the city treasurer in- structed to secure the necessary blanks and filing cases.
 The report of the city magistrate le was received and ordered filed, also requsition of the school board for funds for the ensuing year, also the petition of F. H. Bold and others for an ordinance restricting chickens and JULIET lONi IlOtli bCihS aIiONOo the premises of others.
 The salaries of city officers for July were allowed and ordered paid.
 The bills of the Ketchikan Power company and c. L. P. & W. Co.,, were referred to councilman Torry for investigation and report.
 The following bills were allowed and ordered paid: Eagle Restaurant 8. co. Fire Department pay roll soO.OO. l Upon motion Councilman Torry was appointed purchasing agent for the city.
 The clerk was instructed to notify all persons owing the city for street assessments to pay in same immedi- ately. The clerk was also instructed to notify by publication all creditors of the city to have them present their bills at the next meeting of tn council and that herafter no purchases for the city would be recognized without a requisition duly signed by the pur- chasing agent copy of which must a ccompany invoice.
 The matter of investigating. the l flow of water across main street and 1 in the rear of the property of John Koel and Richard Nuckolls was re- | ferred to the street committee for in- estigation to report on at the next meeting. Adjourned.
 c. H. COSGROVE, Clerk.
 NO. O14. UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, Juneau Alaska, July II, 1908. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that George E. Green, the legal as signee of Alfrt d A. B. White, bene ficiary under Section 2306, Revised Statutes of the United States, grant ing additional lands to soldiers and sailors who served in the ar m and navy during the war of the rebellion. has applied to enter the lands embrac- ed in U. s. Surveys Nos. 813 and Sl4, situated or the northeast coast of Tongass Narrows and more particu- larly described as follows:
 Survey No Sl3. Beginning at Cor. No. l. stone marked s. N. 8l3 Beg. Cor. l, whence U. s. L. M. No 2 bears 5. 59 deg. p min., E. I65. 5. 3..chs. dist. ;thence North 2o.oo chs. to to Cor; No. ?, stone West 20. % chs. to Cor. No. 3, stone marked s. N. 8l3 Cor. 4; thence East, 20.O0 chs. to Cor. No. l, the place of beginning. Magnetic Vari- ations at all corners 29 deg. 30 min. East. Area 40 acres.
 Survey No. 814.
 Beginni ing at Cor. No. l. stone marked s. N. Sl4 Cor. l, whence U. s. Initial Monument No. bears s. 47 deg. B min. E., 11213 chs. dist. :: thence North 20. % chs. to Cor. No. ,. a stone ID, ed $. N. 814 Cor. 3, thence West GOO chs. to Cor. No. 3. stone marked $. N. 8l4 Cor. 3 whence Cor No. of Survey No. SIP bears North 2.25 chs. dist. thence South, along line 2-l Survey No. SIP. 20. % chs. to Cor No. 4, stone mark ed s. N. 8l4 Cor. 4; thence East, 20. % chs. to Cor. No. l, the place of beginning. Magnetic Variation at all corr CTS 29 deg. 30 min. East. Area 40 acres.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- yersey any portion of the above de- scribed tract are required to file. with the. Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim there against, under oath, during the period of publication of the above notice, or within thirty days thereafter, or they