The Nome nugget., 1920-02-07
[. PoLET APPOINTED
 CITY TREASURER


 CT of the City of Nome and action by the council which placed Charles Alilot. its absent member. on the re- tired list, were the outstanding fea- lures of the last regular meeting of the city council Monday evening. The selection of Mir. PoIet to fill the city treasurership was made following be- lated acceptance of the resignation of |G. l.. Jackson, handed in some weeks |ago, but not accepted at the time of presentation owing to the alleged failure of Mir. Jackson to render re- port.
 With the exception of the absent Nil, Milot, the councilmen were all present when the meeting was called to order by Mayor Holt around the usual meet ing hour. The first business of i'm portance to appear was a report from the School Board covering the school expenses of the period from June l to November 30. The report disclos- ed a total expenditure of $6.773.27 during the indicated period, of which a. .166 .O0 comprised the salaries of the teaching staff and s1,291 .OO expended in repairs and alterations to the school house. In letter accompany
 ing the statement the Board stated that the report was rendered in ac- cordance with the understanding reached at the last meeting of the council but indicated that the board is still obdurate regarding the matter of making reports to the council by an intmat ton that the report in question was made until the matter was finally settled by law" The communication informed the council that the city at. torney has in hand all information on the subject and he will shortly ad- vise." After delivering this some what cryptic statement, the letter re- quested the council to issue warran. for $2.000 for January school expenses on the Territorial school fund. for which new funds were forthcoming from the Territorial School Board d few days ago. The council accepted the report without comment and granted the warrant request.
 The report of City Treasurer G. R. Jackson was read by the clerk and disclosed q balance to the credit of the city amounting to $s,0l7.1G.
 Chairman Tarnutzer of the Street Committee reported that his commit tee. accompanied by Road Commits sioner Barney Gibney and Chief Haughey, had conducted a survey of the Dry Creek bridge and found that extensive repairs are necessary to place the structure in shape for sum- mer traffic. The planking is known to be in bad shape and one pier is damaged. The committee found that q portion of the present surfacing lumber can be used but considerable new two men luIflueT VIII OC lSQuitA to place the bridge in shape.
 Chairman Griffiths of the special committee appointed to look into the proposal of John A . Braun to purchase the Tom Albright property on East Front Street for the taxes and other accrued delinquency costs reported that in the view of the committee $50 was too small price to accept and believed by advertising the property fer sale to the highest bidder larger sum would be realized. The council did not agree with the committee. however. and on motion of Council- man Tarnutzer it was ordered that tho property be sold for the amount of the accrued taxes and costs to date. the total representing something over $15o The council then turned to the long deferred resignation of Mir. Jack son as city treasurer and granted him release. Mir. Polet was then elected to fill the vacancy without opposition. The question of securing lumber for the use of the city during the open season was then brought up and re- suited in the mayor appointing a com- mittee. consisting of Councilmen Griffiths and Tarnutzer. to look into the question. The committee was instructed to secure prices and data, etc.. from local lumber dealers for