The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-16
COUNCIL MEETING

All the members with the exception of councilman Webb responded to the roll call at last nights meeting of the Nome Common Council and the session passed with but little to disturb the Iusual spirit of kindly benevolence that labor bills and the cost of telegraph has distinguished the meetings of late. After the readino of the journal of the previous meeting bills amounting to total of $S363i were given the second reading and it was moved by Councilman Kiesele that warrants be drawn and bills paid. New bills were read totaling SS2.05. Moller moved l that the rules be suspended and all l labor bills and the costs of telepraph- 1 ing to the Seattle mail authorities in relation to the sending of the mail by steamer Corwin. be paid, which motion was carried. Councilman Murphy. vocing the recommendations of the l special committee investigation of the request of Oliver St Germain for rcbait of taxes. on city property, stated that il was the opinion of the commit 1 tee that the assessment of s20.3S was ! too high and thereupon moved that the city accept the sum of BIO 30 which was more equitable. on being seconded by Kiesele the motion was carried. Under the head of new business Murphy brought up the matter of the taxes real and personal of Frank j.
 Mcilke for the year 1913 and 1914 stat ing that Miclle had protested that the assessed valuation was excessive but that he would pay if the assessment was reduced $3.100 and released from the interest and penalties was granted Mielke also wanted to turn over to the city lot F in block X. in payment of tn, taxes assessed thereon. Councilman Kiesele moved that the offer to tender the lot in payment for the taxes he
 
 carried The matter of the reduction on the personal and improved property however brought forth vigorous pro test from Councilman Orland who stat ed that the Mielke taxes were no higher in proportion than those of many others. that evervhody was overtaxed and that the ma jority had paid without protest and he saw no reason to grant the reduction asked as Mielke was far better able to pay than the majority. Murphy in reply stated that the Goun- cil had adopted a policy of reducing the assessment wherever it was found to he excessive and no exception should be taken to the Mielke request In reply to the question of the Mayer. Murphy stated that in his opinion the property was assessed relatively higher than most of the property on the tax rolls Moller stated that he personally knew that one piece of property had been udlllaSeu m the lSlo HOOu Wlll q consequent lessening of the value and I further remarked that he also was of the opinion that the property was as l sossed too high and should be reduced, winding up by seconding the motion
 to accept the tax with a reduction Of $3,70o on the original assessment The motion was carried
 The Mayor then states that he had
 looked over communication which
 had been handed in by the irrepressible
 Gus Bo,tz in re,ahca to taxes, and IS most of it was unfit for publication he
 would order it placed on file whereupon Mir Boltz who was in the Council Chambers grinned fiendishly There
 being no further business the Council ladiourned.