White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-16
MAYOR AND COUNCIL JANGLE;
STILL NO CHOICE FOR MARSHAL


ness transacted:
The minutes of the last meeting
were read by City Clerk Fannie Gu
pid and approved.
Relative to dog pound, City Mar
shall Moorman reported that the pro
posed location in the canyon in the
rear of the courthouse is not adapt
ed, for the reason that the building
and corral on the lot are in such a
dilapidated condition that the ex-
pense of repairs would be more than
is justified for the purpose. The
16atter was left in the hands of the
city marshal, with instructions to
make further investigation and an
other report will probably be forth
coming
Several bills against the city were
read and approved. with two excep-
tions-the salary bills for the city
marshal and the night marshal.
These bills had been presented at
the meeting the week before and pay
ment protested by the council. The
bills were accordingly held over and
came up for further action Monday
night. The councilmen declined to
attach their signatures OF approval
! and the question of the salaries of
Marshal Root is still pending
| Previous to Monday night action
relative to these bills the council had
taken formal action of protest
against the payment of the bills,
which action amounted practically
to an Injunction against cashing the
warrants. ALI this is in connection
with the deadlock which has existed
| for the last several weeks between
the mayor and the members of the
council over the appointment of a
city marshal
The mayor maintains that the pay
ment of the city officers salaries is
regulated, by city ordinance and that
no vacancy exists In the office of city
marshal, holding that the encumbent
Is entitled to act and receive pay for
his services until his successor is ap-
/ pointed and approved.
The council takes the view that at
the present time there is no city
marshal and therefore no bill for
salary. The deadlock lies in the fact
that the candidates put forward by
the council for this Office have failed
to receive the approval of the mayor.
while the candidates presented by
the mayor are as persistently op-
posed by the council. suggestions and
petitions from outside sources not
withstanding.
! All hands in this interesting mu-
nicipal family mixup appear to be
standing pat and every day brings the
same answer. Nothing new in the
situation" Eventually the question
will be settled
The amendment 10 the city ordi-
nance reducing the impounded cattle
/ penalty from SIS to SO was passed
ON second reading. This Is an amend
ment to section 3 of ordinance No
13, as amended by ordinance No 9s.
The matter relative to an audit OF
! the city accounts was brought up but
no action was taken City Attorney
Lockhart has been in correspondence
with several accountants outside of
Ely who are anxious and willing to
undertake the auditing OF the books
of the city of Ely. but aside from
this no official action has been taken.
AT Monday nights meeting there ap-
peared to be a sentiment favorable TO
having the auditing job done by
local accountant
At last weeks meeting Mayor Gal
lagher presented the name of C. Fl.
Bent for the Office of city marshal.
Mr.. Bents name was suggested by
Ely post OF the American Legion and
his candidacy was approved by a pc
| tition bearing the names of 100 prom
inent Ely citizens and taxpayers. The
| council was unanimous in opposing
Mr.. Bent and the mayor instructed
the city clerk to enter on the rec
ords the presentation of Mr.. Bent's
name as a candidate and no action
taken. This action was strenuously
opposed by Councilman Mcknight.
but the action of the mayor was up
held by City Attorney Lockhart
AT Monday nights meeting c. H.
Rent for city marshal was again put
before the meeting by the mayor.
Again Councilman Mcknight oppos.
ed. claiming that this matter had
been disposed OF at the preceding
meeting because of the councils
failure TO approve of the presenta-
tion of Mr. Bent's name as a candi-
date.
City Attorney Lockhart held that
the action of the mayor was in order
and that the name OF Mr. Bent was
before the meeting and that no ac-
tion had been taken
This brought the situation to a
point where a motion of some sort
would be necessary, or else the city
clerk could again be instructed to
enter "No action taken"
Councilman Mcknight then made
a motion to the effect that the name
of c. II Bent for city marshal be re-
jected, and rollcall being taken the
motion was unanimously carried.
At last weeks meeting one of the
bills read, approved and since paid
was for hauling garbage away from
the grade school grounds. Some un-
certainty appears TO have developed
as to whether this bill should have
been paid by the city or by the school
board. After some discussion the
matter was left for further investi-
cation.
1t was moved and so voted that for
the present no fines be collected from
girls in the restricted district
AT the request of City Attorney
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