The Nome daily nugget., 1916-06-20
COUNCIL MEETING

[ With the exception of Councilman Ross all the city dads were in their accum-
 toned places when Mayor Blake called ] the second bi-monthly meeting of the
 common council to order at the city ! hall last evening Ross showed up later,
 however. and took an active hand in 1 the proceedings.
 AS is usually the case, large part ot the meeting was devoted to windy 1 discussions of unimportant things. much or which was simply waste of time as far as results were concerned After reading of the minutes the same , were approved and the city clerk pre- sented drawing submitted by the Sand spitters which embodied plans for the construction of the much desired bridge across the river One of the plans was for semi-draw and the other for suspension bridge. No communication accompanied the plans and the matter was handed over to the street committee. i Councilman Thompson of the police ! committee stated that during the past
 week the district attorney had practically taken oyer Jurisdiction of the restricted section The reason given was that the city had failed to observe the request of the .dstrlct attorney in the matter of limiting the number of inmates therein City Attorney O'Neill replied to Thomp- sons remarks by saying that at this time he would state that the district attorney could not do such a thing. He declared that the city had concurrent
 Jurisdiction at all times No action was taken in the matter
 Councilman McAllister reported that the beacn was being cleaned but had
 been repaired
 McAllister also stated that he had in- reviewed Wittenberg with respetc to se- curing charter on the Challenge for i the purpose of Investigating the Lis burne coal mines with a view 10 bringing i coal to .>ome He said that the owner
 was willing to take committee to Lis 1 burne and leave them there when the l schooner went north but otherwise there
 was nothing doing.
 l Sundry and divers accounts against the n
 usual course of procedure.
 Councilman Burgh then brought up the
 loose dog ordinance and thought that the same should either be enforced or
 else repealed
 l Councilman Thompson stated that the
 law was more hon ,"el |. the breach than ir he observance ansl ow, but if the
 council wanted to enforced he would se-
 bat it was All he wanted was instruc-
 tions Mayor Blake came through with
 the instructions and it's woe to loose l pups hereafter if they come within range
 of official eyes.
 ! McAllster again revived the matter
 of installing a public scale and stated i that he was not satisfied with the weights l of coal returned when he purchased that
 commodity He then moved that the city purchase and install a scale in front of
 the city hall.
 Mayor Blake wanted to appoint com- | mittee and Thompson moved that a com mttee be appointed to investigate the costs and report back to the council
 before further action was taken. The
 amendment was lost and the council then
 ,vpted its approval of the McAlister 1 motion.
 On motion of Ross Al Gawn was ap pointed to act as city electrician at a
 salary of s15 per month and with the 1 privilege of hiring a helper at cost not to exceed 80 per month. Ross stated that the fire alarm system 1 needed an overhauling and some extra wiring was needed and a helper was
 necessary.
 1 The question of purchasing the James
 lot for pumping station, etc, was brought up and MT. George James. the