The Nome daily nugget., 1913-07-15
tW GAMBLING:
 LAW PASSED

warm one last evening and the lines
 oe cleavage between the old council
 msmbers present and the new major
 ,,v were very evident during the de-
 bsts which occurred especially dur
 ias. the consideration of the new or
 dlnance on gambling. The new gamb-
 rns ordinance makes 1t an offence to rent or lease . house for gambling purposes. Gilmore. as chairman of the
 law and ordinance committed. reported ssainst the ordinance and recom- msnded laying 1t aside. He said that no conviction could he obtained ssainst q man just because a houoe owned by him had been used for
 ambling. He compared such cOurs, , as sims,ss to holding liable :or crime the owner of a mine or which the lesses had committed some offence. He also called the ordinance un- Amer ,eaa..pd several other things but City Attorney Reed showed where the calusa relating to letting houses for rambling was taken entirely from ihe
 Washington state statutes. Walker of the police committee. who lntso,iu :cd the ordinance. said the report of the committee was misleading.
 Gilmore suggested that the ordi- nance would result in raidtng homes. Murphy .aaid 1t would prevent people from fooling the police by renting Aousss for gambling . little way out. snd also prevent them from using rooming houses.. eta Gilmore sug- gesaed that a man may not know that hls house WAS being used for gamb- hng and that 1t would be wrong to bold him responsible. Reed said the courts would ronstrue it to mean that . man must knowingly rent his house oe premises for gambling Walker atd the police would not arrest AAh unless he knew that he was doing | wrong. The only intention of his department was. he said. to correct n evil not to injure anyone. Gilmore ' Aid Nome Is no Puritan village. He psrsonally knows of big games going oa some miles outside of the city. koller. of course. was on Gilmore's ads and they were the only ones who voted against the ordinance. 0ilmore's ssport vas turned down prior to the sSSs on the ordinance itself.
 The meeting was lively one ih @aer respects also. It was oroereo
 Aa . man now in the hospital be sAt to the home at Sitka at his own nquest. The Fourth of July. com atttse recommended giving the resi- ous Of the funds to the fund for the fsception of the excursionists and 1t sas done. A new ordinance govern 'aa the assessment of the city prop efty and the collection of the taxes SeA introduced and referred to the committee.
 Then came a long discussion on the 0Fuinance to make the beach between make river and Sessnon's highway s0d so make 1t q misdsmeanor to dump sAfbage thereon. It was decided after some dtscussioa to abandon the ordt- nancs and to put up notices instead o@ when the health Oficer and the e'ty attorney pointed out that notices sFs no good without an ordinance to eatcsce them the council very sensi- eV re-constdered their vote and the oroshance was passed for that reading. |" vas suggested that garbage cans should be placed on the beach for ths convenience of the people wllo. I wanted to dump there bus Walker 'oinsed out tbst thera was no moro 'ason to supply cans for the ps'op's en ths ssa side of the street than fcri sas reDpls on the other.
 Murphy moved that John. Wsnssr bs sepointed assistant assessor and the soes for waugsr was unantmous.:.
 When the same councilman an- aounced that the committee which wsa. looking after the school repairs Aa4 .saii>4 sbe sbsts for Sasee.as sea a1etaaG lMa,isR pAjexpd .apA waEniy SeotonfoA araimse Aoing any such