COMMERCE OFFICIAL ASKED
TO QUIT; COMES TO WORK
WASHINGTON, (JP).— Michael
Lee, one of two $10,000-a-year
commerce department officials
under fire in congress as poor
security risks, showed up for
work today despite a request
from secretary Sawyer for his
resignation.
The other man— William W.
Remington—had arranged for a
holiday today before Sawyer call
ed over the weekend for his resig
nation. Remington is not due at
the department before Thursday.
Tomorrow is a holiday and he has
an engagement to appear before
a grand jury in New York on
Wednesday.
Both men have declared they
will not quit under fire.
By showing up for work, Lee
established for possible legal pur
poses that he was able and will
ing to work.
All Lee would say to reporters
was “l am working” and that he
had asked to see Sawyer. Saw
yer is out of town.
In asking for the resignations
of the two men, Sawyer said he
was not questioning their loyalty
but was acting in “the interest
of good administration.”
Department officials said ad
ministrative charges against both
men arc being drawn up to ob
tain their dismissal.
ORDINANCE NO. 346
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF NOME, ALASKA, IN
REFERENCE TO GARBAGE
DISPOSAL.
Be it ordained and enacted by
the Common Council of the City
01 Nome, Alaska, as follows:
SECTION I
It shall be unlawful for any
person, corporation, association,
firm, or family to pile, deposit,
lodge, or place any gai*bage, re
fuse, or trash whatsoever upon,
or in the immediate vicinity of
the north side of the water break
as now constructed and being
constructed and as may hereafter
be constructed on the south side
of the City of Nome, Alaska.
SECTION II
It shall be unlawful for any
person, corporation, association,
firm, or family to pile, deposit,
lodge, or place any garbage, re
fuse, or trash upon any public or
private lot, except for the tem
porary purpose of being immedi
ately hauled away or picked up
in regular course through scaven
ger service.
SECTION III
Any person, corporation, asso
ciation, firm, or family upon be
ing found guilty of violating this
ordinance shall be fined in any
amount not exceeding the sum of
One Hundred and No-100 Dollars
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SECTION IV
Any and all ordinances or por
tions of ordinances which may be
in conflict with this ordinance
arc hereby repealed.
PASSED by the Common Coun
cil of the City of Nome in Regular
Session Assembled the 22nd day
of May, 1950.
APPROVED by the Mayor the
22nd day of May, 1950.
Steve Andersen
Mayor
Attest: Carrie M. McLain
City Clerk 62,3t
ORDINANCE NO. 345
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF NOME, ALASKA, AM
ENDING SUB-SECTION C OF
SECTION IV OF SALES TAX
ORDINANCE NO. 335.
Be it ordained and enacted by
the Common Council of the City
of Nome, Alaska, as follows:
SECTION I
Sub-section C of Section IV of
Sales Tax Ordinance No. 335 is
hereby amended to read as fol
lows:
C. The total tax payable to the
i City of Nome, as in this Ordi
j nance provided, shall be paid
quarterly of each calendar year.
The total tax payable to the
City of Nome for any given cal
endar year quarter shall be paid
to the Clerk of the said City for
the use and benefit of the City
of Nome on or before the period
of any calendar year quarter per
iod of thirty (30) days has elapsed
from and after the end of any
calendar year quarter period, and
all taxes payable but not so paid
shall become delinquent on the
day following any such thirty (30)
day period.
Accompanying every tax remit
tance, the seller shall deliver to
the City of Nome a statement of
the tax account, complete in de
tail and sworn to by the seller or
other person having personal
knowledge of the seller’s busi
ness, and upon forms furnished
by the City of Nome. The seller
shall also furnish to the Clerk of
the City of Nome, when requested
so to be, all other and additional
information deemed necessary by
the said Clerk for a determination
of the accuracy of any tax report
so furnished and in respect to
any taxes which the said Clerk
may consider unaccounted for.
PASSED by the Common Coun
cil of the City of Nome, Alaska,
in Regular Session Assembled the
22nd day of May, 1950.
Steve Anderson
Mayor
Attest: Carrie M. McLain
City Clerk 62,2t
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