The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-04
CITY COU.iCIL
 HOLDS SESSION

The city council transacted much | .mpo. uant business at the session held 1 ...st nghc at winch was present May or Chambernn and Counclmen holn- er, LuSworph, McNeer, Glaet and Or lander. A request was read from the school board for loan of 5000 to pay teachers salaries and other cur rent expenses to May First. A motion was made that the matter be referred to the school committee and to bc reported at the council meeting on April 17th. Upon vote Ellsworth, Homer and Orlander voted "no", Graef and McNeer voted yes. The mo- ton was lost. Councilman Ellsworth said that past councils had always given loans to the schOo. board, until territorial funds had been received, and as the present case was for sal aries of teachers due on May lst, he thought the present council should do as had previously been done. Els worth made a motion and this was seconded by Orlander, that the city clerk draw a warrant in favor of the school board for 5000 loan to be re- funded as soon as the territorial funds were available. This motion carried unanimously.
 A communication was read from Fl S. Balderston, of the Bank of Seward offering an office for the city clerk at @ rental of S2O month, including heat, janitor service, lights and vault space. The office to be let was the one in the bank building formerly occupi- ed by r. l.. Ballanc. Upon motion of Councilman Ellsworth, seconded by Councilman Homer, and carried un- animouSly, the offer for new clerks office was accepted.
 L. V. Ray presented bill for $50 for legal advice furnished between April 10, and April 20, and for $lOO appearance before the District Court in the matter of the delinquent list foi 1919. Mayor Chamberlin stated that Mr. Ray had told him he would ac- ccpS a monthly retaining fee Of S5C as legal adviser of the city, the same sum as paid during the past year. Coun- cilman Ellsworth moved and Council. man McNeer seconded, the motion was cairled unanimously that Mir. Ray be
 cVained legal advisor of the city, be- ginning April 10th at a retaining fee oi $50 monthly and that the clerk draw q warrant for $100 for MT. Rays appearance for the city before the .nsrlc, courC in the matter of the de- linouent tax.
 Clerk Estes read monthly bills and other incidcntals amounting to $679.- 2S. As the claims had been O. ked by the finance committee, the clerk was ordered to draw the warrants. Various bonds were then taken up and the council moved that the city treasurer be bonded for S50O0; city clerk be bonded for 5000, and that the Bank of Seward and Hartman Ma tional Bank CT Alaska, at Seward be bonded for $500 each as city depos- , itories.
 1 Councilman Ellsworth reported on various street improvements and the council unanimously authorized the street committee to make minor i'm provements as necessary.
 i The matter of a clean up day was also left with the street committee and 
 ! the committee decided that May 17th would be the day designated for the citizens to clean up their yards and alleys and attend to the hauling away of the debris at their own expense. A 1 notice was authorized to be published in the Gateway regarding cleanup day Mayor Chamberlin announced that improvements in the Federal Tract amounting to perhaps SSOOO would be done by the Alaskan Engineering Commission this summer.
 The resolution requiring the city
 treasurer to deposit city funds equally as ,raeticaI in the Bank o{ Sewaft