The Alaska daily empire., 1922-04-08
COMMITTEES FOR YEAR ARE NAMED
 BY NEW COUNCIL
New Municipal Government Ready for Business-No
 Offices Are Filled.

Following a brief SeSSlOn last HlSHl in which the retiring City Council concluded the work of last year, the 1922 Council held it's first meeting last night at Council Chambers in the City Hall. Its work last night consisted mainly of organization.
 Although number of applications were received from persons desiring appointment to positions in the muni- cipal government all of them were laid on the table. In three instances only was there more than one ap- plication received, these being for night patrolman, tax assessor and street commissioner. The Council will meet next Friday night to elect an assessor, but the remaining ap- plicatons will not be acted on until the next regular meeting on Friday, April 21
 Names of Applicants
 The positions applied for and the names of the applicants follow: City Treasurer, B. M. Behrends; Street Commissioner, Robert A. Semple and c. w. Bender; Chief of Police, T. E. P Keegan; night patrolman, V, l.. Tibbets and William Steinback; cem- etery caretaker, c. BernhOfer; fire truck driver, Martin Lavenik; assist ant fire truck driver, John Prem ming; City Clerk, A. k. Gurr; city tax assessor, C. E. Cartwright and c. A. Baldwin; assistant city wharf finger C. w. Kutcher
 Reports Received
 In the annual report submitted by the Fire Department, Chief J. L. Gray recommended that the Council take up without delay the question of furnishing adequate fire protection to the residents in the Scatter tract ad- dition Mir. Gray's report showed a total of 32 calls. two of which were occasioned by false alarms. During the year ending March 31, there were 30 fires. The department held six drills Estimated losses from fires during the year were placed at $1S,- 0O0 Fees to firemen for attendance at fires during the year amounted to s783 The loss of one life was re- ported, resulting from a gasboat fire.
 School Treasurer's Report
 The report of Guy McNaughton, retiring treasurer of the School Board, showed receipts during the school year between October 1, 1921, and March 31, 1922, to be $36, 6,45574. Disbursements during the same pe- miod were 29,7S2S5, leaving a cash balance on hand of $6,672S7, which was turned over by MT. McNaughton to Grover c. Vim, newly elected treasurer of the board.
 Wants Tennis Ground
 IA petition was received by the new Council from the Juneau Tennis Club asking for permission to erect a tennis court on two lots owned by the municipality in the Casey-Shat tuck addition near Gold Creek. The club requested the Council to set a price on the lots, intimating that it desired to acquire title to them in the near future The matter was turned over to J. J. Woodland for report at the next regular meeting.
 Mayor Robertson also instructed MT. Woodland to consider at the same time the matter of the city participat- ing in the establishment of a muni- cipal playground.
 Committees Appointed
 The regular standing committees appointed by Mayor Robertson fol- low:
 Assessment and tax collection, Me Kinnon, chairman; Wicklander, Woodard. Cemetery. Reck chair man; Wicklander. Woodland. Election and printing Woodland chairman; Coldstein, Reck Finance and claims, Reck. chairman; McKinnon, Connors Fire protection and water supply Woodland, chairman; Reck, Wicklan- dor. Public health and police pro tection, Goldstein, chairman Wood ard. Connors. Public schools. Wick lander, chairman McKinnon, Con nors. Streets, lights and sewerage, Connors, chairman; McKinnon, Gold stein Cold Creek committee, Con