The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-22


 showing a cash asset of S1,738.49.
 Proposed ordinance: An ordi- Inance to provide for compensation Ito the mayor and the members of 1.-the common council and tor) the , special meeting called to transact ithe business of regular meeting Inot held for the lack of quorum.
 Be it ordained by the Common | Council of the City of Skagway:
 Section That the Mayor of the lC.ty of Skagway he paid the sum ,cf 525 for the meeting, if present, section II-That the members of ithe Common Council be paid the Isum of $l0 each for the meeting, fl jpresent.
 i Section III-This ordinance shall take effect end be in force from and after it's approval
 Sscticn IV-Tnat all ordinances conflicting herewith are hereby ab- gogated and repealed.
 4 survey was made Of jae prop lsrty of George Rapuzzi at Second 1 and Broadway by Hans SoIdln. He stated that he found the damage to have been done by leaking fire hydrant. The wallpaper had been 1 iextensiyely cracked. It was his opin- ifon that the building should be lfepapered in the spring and a bill presented to the City for payment The mayor stated that the City at torney had advised payment so the matter would be taken up in the spring.
 A letter from M. R Giipin of the Corps of Engineers. Anchorage, AL aska, ask ng to change the sewer {, manholes from the original plans, 1 was read and permission granted l A letter from Frank T. Calvin, City Clerk of Sitka, to M. P, Mul- laney, Tax Commissioner of the Territory of Alaska, was read ty the Mayor It stated that the pg esent i commissions are inadequate and do rot commensurate with the work in- yolvsd for the issuance of auto li- censCs by the cty clerk. The clerk was instructed to send q fonow-up iletter to the Territorial Tax Com missioner. A letter from Hal John stcn, Jr., offering $50 for lot p
 n hlock was read The clerk was instructed to inform MT. Johnston that the City would sell the lot for S75 CMr Johnston bought the lot it this price)
 It was reported that It. Nelson of Whitehorse lad informed the mayer that he had a long telegram from f Anchorage giving the negotiations tween the City of Skagway and the Army for furnishing water to Inc Tank Farm. Mr. Nelson thought that the City should repair the present break in the line. The mayor stated that no previous council could o.nd another council by contract and that the present council had no recollection of entry into contract. The contract was cancelled.
 The financial statement of tho ] Gays Of '98 Connittee-l9 -l949:
 Gr0ss income, 24 dances, s3,512 to; dishursemants paid by check and casl $t,83i05, net to be distributed
 -tes, shares, $1,68135; checks and oank statement attached, $1 ,681. .35: balance, nothing.
 i A pot-luck supper was held Mon day evening at the Community i Center After the supper the an- lnual congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church was held The annual reports of all the organiza- lions were given MT Elwin B. Dell was elected trustee to fill the un- eXpired term of MT. P E. Olsen. lirs Guy SippIell and MT. F. A. Larson were reelected as trustees for three years.
 4 meeting of the Skagway Cham Ter of Commerce was held Tuesday evening, January II, after a turkey dnner at the Derry Inn. President William Feero, Jr., introduced the gutsts-Mr and Mrs. c. F. Abrams, 1 Dr. and Mrs. Fred Swanson, MT. and Mrs. T. o. Givans, and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Smithson.
 The treasurer reported a balance in the bank and on hand for de- posit of $1,012.61. On unfinished l business Mrs. Christine Lamereaux reported that little had been done on the old cemetery aside from Hal Johnston, Jr., working three days to brush out the trails.
 c, A. Carroll reported that a meeting of the Days of '9S Commit tee rad been held at the City Hall 2t ' pm. January '. Ten cheeks 9G S166,t3 each were distributed 10 the various organizations who had participated in the dances. The committee was dismissed
 The President read the fol- owing letters-a letter from H. L | Johnston telling of a letter to the