School District Bonds
^ All types of school dist
ricts in Alaska are now le
gally empowered to issue
bonds for construction of i
school buildings. Action
on Delegate Bartlett’s bill
to make this possible was
completed this week when
President Truman affixed
his signature to the bill.
Bureau of Land Manage
ment.
The General Land Of
fice in the Department of
the Interior is no more. The
Grazing Service and the
General Land Office were
consolidated in accordance
with the President’s Reor
ganization Plan No. 3 which
became law a few days ago.
*Fred W. Johnson, Commis
sioner of the General Land
Office since 1933, is acting
director of the new agency
which will be known as the
Bureau of Land Manage
ment.
BOYD REPORTS ON
(COUNCIL DREDGING
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Guy C. Boyd, mine operator of
Council, is in town this week for
repair parts for the dredge. He
reports that Council is humming
with activity and his company
has been busy overhauling their
frsr' ' ' ^
Lhome made candies
4ade to order — $1.75 pound
Call Helen McShan — Red 148
Evenings
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CHARLES R.
GRIFFIN CO.
107 Cherry St. {
SEATTLE .4 WN,
Nome Directory
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meet* First and Third
Thursday each month
DONALD J. LYLE, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
— NOME LODGE
A-5
Meets Second Friday
S. DAVID MAZEN, N.G.
ROBERT BALDWIN. Secy.
HAGEN
AC JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
O. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phene Main 121
Name, Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nemo. Alaska
( Seattle Office:
Ml T swan Building
Telephone EL. 02M
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dredge after its long period of
shut-down. Considerable repair
was found to be necessary before
actual mining starts.
uEGAL ADVERTISMENT
ORDINANCE No. 313
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING
THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE
TO THE NORTHERN LIGHT
& POWER COMPANY TO MAIN
TAIN AND OPERATE AN ELEC- j
TRIC LIGHT AND POWER |
PLANT WITHIN THE CITY OF
NOME.
BE IT ORDAINED AND EN
ACTED BY THE COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NOME AT A SPECIAL MEETING
THEREOF AS FOLLOWS:
Sec. 1. That the Northern Light
Sc Power Company, a corporation
authorized to do business in the
Territory of Alaska, and its as
signs, be and they are hereby
empowered, authorized and in
vested, for a period of twenty
years, with the right of construct
ing, owning, equipping, using and
maintaining an electric light and
power system in the City of Nome.
Sec. 2. That the electric light
ana power system of the said Nor
thern Light St Power Company
as now and heretofore construct
ed, operated and maintained by
said company, is hereby legalized,
when this ordinance or franchise
is ratified by the electors of the
municipality of the City of Nome,
as prescribed by the Laws of the
Territory of Alaska.
Sec. 3. Permission is hereby
granted for the period aforesaid
to the said Northern Light Sc Pow
er Company, for the purpose of
constructing, equipping, using and
maintaining said electric light and
power plant and system, to erect
poles at suitable places in the
streets, squares and alleyways of
the City of Nome, and to maintain
thereon overhead wires, cables
and other necessary appliances
and apparatus for the distribution
of electric light and power to all
parts of the City of Nome.
Sec. 4. For the purpose of erect
ing, maintaining, equipping and
using said electric light and pow
er system, the said Northern Light
8c Power Company are hereby
authorized for the period afore
said, under such reasonable regu
lations as may be prescribed by
the Common Council of the City
of Nome, to enter upon streets,
alleys and squares of the said
^ City of Nome, and to make neces
1 sary excavations therein as may
be required for the purpose afore
I said, and to temporarily take up
j for that purpose the planking or
l other paving of the streets, alleys
and squares.
Sec. 5. Should the said
Northern Light & Power
Company decide to discontinue
electric light and power service
ia City, the City < »»nc is to
be given a written notice at least
six months previous to such ♦con
templated discontinuance. ‘'And
furthermore, in case said power
company does discontinue their
services before the expiration of
this franchise, the said power
company agrees to appoint two
representatives to act in conjunc
tion with two representatives ap
pointed by the City Council, and
this committee of four will select
and agree on a fifth member to
comprise a committee of five. The!
said committee is for the purpose
of appraising the value of the pro
perty of the electric light and pow
er system, consisting of power
plant, wires, poles, meters and j
other appurtenances of said sys
tem, for the benefit of the City
of Nome. That said represent
atives of said committee shall be
appointed by the Company and
the City respectively within one
r
month from the date of giving the
said notice of intention to dis
continue business as hereinabove
provided.
Sec. 6. That the Power Com
pany, upon signing of this Fran
chise, shall file their tariff rates
for electric light and power with
the City Clerk, and that no ad
vance rates shall be made with
out first giving 30 days notice to
the City Council of such raise,
but the Power Company is free
to make lower rates at any time.
Sec. 7. In consideration of this
Franchise, and as a condition of
its enjoyment, the said Northern
Light & Power Company, their
successors or assigns, shall furn
ish free to the City of Nome, elec
tric current for the use of the
City Fire Department Building.
This service is not to exceed the
sum of $225.00 per year based on
the present tariff rates, and any
electric current consumed in ex
cess of said sum is to be paid for
by the City of Nome at the regu
lar tariff rates.
PASSED by the Common Coun
cil of the City of Nome, the 29th
day of July, 1946.
Luther Dunbar
Mayor.
ATTEST: Carrie McLain
City Clerk.
Pub. Aug. 2, 9, 16, and 23, 1946.
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