The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-21


hat he had forfeited his contract
and requesting him to comply
with the terms of said contract.
The letter was ordered hled
with the balance of the reports
There were no other reports from
city officers and the school board
also delivered no report.
The city pay roll, amounting to
Sso4.3I was ordered paid. Burgh
moved that vote of thanks be
extended to City Attorney
Hobbies. 1t was done.
A recess. WIS then taken at the
suggestion Of the city attorney
to allow n: clerk to close the
minutes. When this was done
the council adjourned sine die on
iao,:on OF J ehmann. After
short della, during which an i'm
promptu caucus was held in the
clerks Office by a few OF the
cc"ncil elect, the sixteenth COM
mon council was called to order
BY Cle''. Grimm. Burgh, Poteet,
Pose, McAllister, Ross and
Thompson responded. Mavor
Blake was escorte to the chair
by retiring Mavor Diamond amid
loud applause from the specta-
tors. James NJ. Streeten admin
istered the oath of office to the
mavor, the corncilmen, Civ
Clerk Grinsm. Treasurer Phil
Murphy. and City Attorney Hugh
O'Neill in that order. The MAYOR
read a short address expressing
his appreciation of the honor of
being the first elected MAYOR of
Nome, said that he knew the
platform on which he run was
largely RESPONSIBLE for his cleo
ton and that he would do his
best to bring into being the vari-
Gus municipal improvements to
which he was pledged and also
expressed the hope that the coun-
ell would unite in harmonious
work for the city.
The work of drawing lots for
the one and two year terms was
then taken up and resulted as fol
lows: One wear term, McAllister
Poteet, Thompson, two year term
Rose, Ross and Burgh. Thomp-
son presented a copy of the rules
governing the meetings of the
previous council and moved that
they be adopted and read. Rose
seconded but Hurgh entered an
objection stating that the legisla-
ture had created new laws gov
erning city councils and he
thought that new rules should be
adopted to conform thereto.
The mayor called for vote on
the matter but Burgh again OBJ
jected. Thompson rose to a point
of order and roll call was ordered.
Burgh, Ross and McAllister vot.
ed no and Thompson, Rose and
Poteet, yes. AS the vote was
: tied, Mayor Blake announced that
he would vote yes. Burgh stated
that he did not think that the
mayor had vote and also offered
some remarks about going too
fast and that the council better
adjourn and hold caucus. The
mayor replied by stating that the
question of whether the mayor
was eneitled to a vote was, like
many other things, open to de-
bate and he would vote in this
case anyway. He then ordered
a reading of the rules just adopt
ed. The procedure of adopting
first and finding out what had
been adopted afterward brought
smile to many face in the big
audience, while Burgh subsidized
with an air of disgust. The rules
were read and the mayor then
inquired if they had been adopted
stating he thought that it was
voted that they be read. Thomp-
son said that he had moved that
they be read and adopted and
they were, therefore, adopted.
The mayor asked if a second
reading was required and Thomp-
son informed him it was not
necessary. Thompson then hand
ed in an ordinance fixing the sal