Ordinance No. 86.
An Ordinance to Provide Rules and
Regulations for the Transaction of
Business by the City of Seward and
to Deline the Duties of the Mayor,
Common Council and other Officers
of the Town and to Provide for the
Manner of their Appointment or
Election, and for other Purposes,
and Repealing Ordinance No. GOA
of the City of Seward, and all
other Ordinances and Parts of Or
dinances in Conflict Herewith.
Be It Ordained by the Common Coun
cil of the City of Seward, Alaska:
ARTICLE I.
The Officers of the City.
Section 1. The Officers of the City:
Tiie officers of the City of Seward,
Alaska, shall be a Mayor, Municipal
Clerk. Municipal Attorney, Municipal
Treasurer, Municipal Magistrate, Mu
nicipal Health Officer, Chief of Police,
Chief of the Fire Department, Asses
sor, Auditor, and such other officers
and employes for which the the Com
mon Council may hereafter provide.
Sec. 2. Election of Officers: The
Mayor of the City of Seward shall
be elected annually for the term of one
year by direct vote of the people at
the General Election held on the first
Tuesday in April of each year. At said
General Election there shall also be
elected annually three members of the
Common Council for the term of two j
years.
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The Municipal Clerk. Municipal At
torney. Municipal Treasurer, Munici
pal Magistrate, Municipal Health Offi
cer. Chief of Police, Chief of the Fire
Department, Assessor, and Auditor
shall be appointed by the Common
Council of the City of Seward, Alas
ka, at its first regular meeting in
April of each year following the Gen
eral Election or as soon thereafter as
the Council may deem expedient.
Sec. 4. Qualification of Officers.
All officers of this Town shall be
qualified electors of the Town of Sew
ard. All officers of the Town shall,
before entering upon the duties of
their office, severally take an oath
in writing to honestly, faithfully and
impartially perform the duties of their
office, which oath shall be filed with
the Municipal Clerk.
Sec. 5. Salaries of Officers: Where
the officers of the Town are elected
by direct vote at the General Election,
the Council shall by ordinance fix the
salary of each such officer before the
election is held, and where an officer
is appointed by the Council, his sal
ary shall be fixed by ordinance at the
beginning of his term and before he
enters upon the discharge of his du
ties. Such salary shall be neither in
creased nor diminished during the
term, nor shall any officer be entitled
to receive in any form or shape any
other or additional compensation for
. ny service to the Town.
Sec. 6. Offices May Be Combined:
Two or more of the Town offices pro
vided for herein, may, by a resolution
authorizing the same passed by the
Council, be held by one and the same
jArson, who shall receive the compen
sation provided for each office.
Sec. 7. Removal of Officers: Offi
cers appointed by the Council shall be
subject to removal by the Council at
its pleasure.
ARTICLE II.
Terms of Office and Vacancies.
Section 1. When Term Begins: All
Municipal and School officers elected
by direct vote shall take their re
spective offices on the first Monday
after their election from which day
their term of office shall be deemed
to run.
Sec. 2. When Vacancy Occurs on
Council or School Board: In event
any member of the Town Council or of
the School Board shall depart from
the Town with the intent of remain
ing absent more than twenty days, or
shall have failed to attend the meet
ings of the Council or Board for a pe
riod of ninety consecutive days, or he
shall have attended less than five of
the meetings of the Council or Board
during any continuous period of five
months, the Council may declare the
office of such member of the Town
Council or School Board vacant. A
vacancy may also be created by the
resignation of any member in writing
duly accepted by the Council, or by
the death of a member, or his removal
from office by the Court, or if he shall
fail after his election to qualify with
in thirty days after such election.
Sec. 3. How Vacancy on Council
Filled: Whenever a vacancy occurs
in the Council the remaining members
of the Council may elect some quali
fied person to fill such vacancy, which
person so elected shall hold office un
til a successor be elected at the next
annual election and qualified.
Sec. 4. How Vacancy on School
Board Filled: In case a vacancy in
membership of said School Board oc
curs from death, resignation, removal,
or other cause, such vacancy may be
filled by appointment by the Council
of the Town with the consent
of the remaining members of the
Board, and in the event the re
maining members of the Board do
not consent to have the vacancy filled
by the Council, such vacancy shall be
filled by special election upon at least
ten days notice called by the Council.
When a vacancy is filled by appoint*
ment by the Town Council the ap
pointee shall serve only until a suc
cessor is elected at the next general
election.
Sec. 5. How Vacancy in Office of
Mayor Filled: Whenever a person
elected for the office of Mayor fails
to qualify as such within thirty days
afte” his election, the office shall be
* deen . to be vacant. Whenever the
office of Mayor shall for any reason
become vacant, such vacancy may be
filled bv the Council.
ARTICLE III.
Duties of City Officers.
Section 1. Duty of the Mayor: It
shall be the duty of the Mayor to pre
side at meetings of the Council, to ap
prove or disapprove of all ordinances
or resolutions passed by the Council,
to sign all warrants drawn on the
Town Treasury, to exercise a general
supervision over the affairs of the
Town, and see that the Ordinances
and resolves of the Town are exe
cuted. He shall have authority to
vote on questions before the Council
only in case of a tie. He may veto
any ordinance or resolution passed
by the Council, and any ordinance so
vetoed shall be returned to the Coun
cil at the next meeting or continued
meeting held not less than two days
after the ordinance or resolution was
passed, together with a written state
ment from the Mayor giving the rea
son for his veto. Any ordinance or
resolution so vetoed by the Mayor may
be passed by a majority of all the
members of the Council, in which
case it shall become effective without
the signature of the Mayor. If the
Mayor neither signs nor vetoes an or
dinance before the next meeting or
continued meeting of the Council held
more than twro days after the passage,
it shall become effective without his
signature.
Sec. 2. Duties of Municipal Clerk:
The Municipal Clerk shall be the
keeper of the Corporate Seal and all
papers and records of the Town. He
shall attend tlie meetings of the Coun
cil. keep a full record of all its pro
ceedings and of all disbursements of
public monies, and he shall also file
and duly keep all the records and pub
lic papers of the Town, shall coun
tersign all warrants drawn on the
treasury, and shall to all intents and
purposes be deemed to be the clerk
and bookkeeper of the Town, and shall
officiate as such. He shall at the last
regular meeting of the Town Council
before the general election in each
year, make a detailed report of all the
financial and other business of his
office, showing the amount of money
received by the Town, its officers
and agents, and the disposition made
of the same, and of all warrants drawn
on the Treasury and such other infor
mation as will give a clear under
standing of the business of his office
and the finances of the Town. This
report may also be required at any
other time when requested by the
Council. In the absence of the Clerk
from any meeting of the Town Coun
cil. said Council may appoint a Clerk
pro-tem.
^ec. 3. Duties of Municipal Treas
urer. Bond; The Municipal Treas
urer shall be the custodian of all the
monies of the Town, except such mon
ey as has been paid over to the Treas
urer of the School Board for the main
tenance of schools. He shall keep an
itemized, full and correct account of
all monies received and disbursed,
and he shall pay out no money except
upon an order signed by the Mayor
and countersigned by the Clerk, and
specifying the object and purpose of
the payment and the page and book
of the record of the Council proceed
ings where such payment is shown to
have been authorized. He shall keep
said funds of the Town on deposit in
a bank designated by the Town Coun
cil, upon such bank giving to the
Town of Seward, a good and sufficient
bond, approved by the Town Council,
in sufficient sum to protect the Town
against loss, conditioned upon the
sate keeping of the said funds, ac
counting for the same, and paying
them out upon the proper warrant,
voucher or check. The Municipal
Treasurer shall, t>efore entering upon
the duties of his office, give bond to
the Town with sufficient sureties to
be approved by the Council in such
sum as the Council may direct, not
less, however, than twice the amount
of the public money that may come
i into his hands as Treasurer during
the term, which bond shall be condi
tioned that he will faithfully and hon
estly collect, keep and disburse all
the monies belonging to the Town,
which bond shall be filed writh and
kept by the Municipal Clerk. The
Municipal Treasurer shall at the last
meeting of the Town Council before
each general election, or as often as
the Town Council may direct, make a
detailed report, in writing, showing
the receipts and disbursements of the
year or for any period designated by
the Town Council.
Sec. 4. Duties of Municipal Asses
sor: The Municipal Assessor shall
once each year, at such time as the
Coucil may direct, duly list and as
sess all the taxable property in the
Town at its just and fair value. He
shall file such list and assessment
with the Municipal Clerk within the
time designated by the Council and
shall serve a notice of the filing of
the same upon each person residing
in the Town whose property has been
assessed by depositing such notice in
the Post Office, postage prepaid, ad
dressed to the owner of the property
assessed.
Sec. 5. Duties of Municipal Attor
ney: The Municipal Attorney shall
be the legal adviser of the Council
and other officers of the Town in ref
erence to their official duties, and he
shall represent the Town as attorney
in all civil and criminal proceedings
in which the Town is interested.
Sec. 6. Duties of the Municipal
Magistrate. Bond: The Municipal
Magistrate shall have jurisdiction of
all actions for violation of municipal
ordinances of the Town of Seward.
He shall follow as near as practicable
the same procedure as a Justice of
the Peace, unless otherwise prescrib
ed by ordinance enacted by the Coun
j
cil. He shall give a bond, with good
and sufficient sureties, to the Town
of Seward, in the sum of One Thou
sand Dollars, conditioned upon the
faithful discharge of the duties of his
office, which bond shall be filed with
tin* Municipal Clerk.
Sec. 7. Duties of the Chief of Po
lice: The Chief of Police shall be at
the head of the Police Department of
the Town and the patrolmen or watch
men employed by the Town shall be
subject to his orders. He shall take
his instructions from the Mayor, and
shall obey and enforce all lawful or
ders and instructions given him by
the said Mayor or the Committee on j
Public Health and Public protection '
in behalf of the Town Council.
Sec. 8. Duties of the Chief of the j
Fire Department: The Chief of the j
Fire Department, shall be the execu
tive head of that Department and all
members of that Department shall be
subject to and obey all orders given
by him while they are acting in the
capacity of firemen. The Chief of the
Fire Department shall also be ex-offi
cio Fire Warden, and as such, per
form such duties as the Town Coun
may by ordinance prescribe. It shall
be his duty to examine into the con
struction of chiriTneys, flues, fire
places, hearths, stoves, stovepipes,
ovens, smoke stacks, boilers and all
apparatus used in or about any build
ing and cause the same to be replac
ed, removed, or placed in a safe and
secure condition. He shall prevent
the deposit of ashes in unsafe places
and he shall in all manner execute the
orders of the Mayor or Town Council
regarding fire protection. The salary
allowed by the Town Council for ser
vices as Chief of the Fire Department
shall be in full for all services ren
dered by him in both capacities.
Sec. 9. Duties of Auditor: The
Auditor when directed by the Com
mon Council shall make a full and
complete audit of the books of the
City and make his report in writing
to the Council.
x\RTICLE IV.
Method of Transacting Business.
Section 1. Quorum of Council: At
all meetings of the Council five mem
bers or four members and the Mayor,
shall constitute a quorum for the tran
saction of business, but no ordinance
or resolution shall be passed at any
meeting unless it receives at least
four votes. In case of the absence of
the Mayor and the President pro tern,
if a regular quorum of five be present,
they shall elect one of their members
to preside.
Sec. 2. President pro tern of Coun
cil: The City Council at its first
regular meeting after a general elec
tion in each year or as soon thereaft
er as the Council shall deem it expe
dient shall elect one of their number
President pro tern of the Council
whose duty it shall be to preside over
the meetings of the Council and per
form the duties of the Mayor during
the absence or disability of the May
or. The President pro tern while pre
siding over the meeting of the Coun
cil shall be entitled to vote on all
questions before the Council but he
shall have no authority to veto an
ordinance or resolution passed by the
Council.
Qqp Q PnpAVfliMo1 rvf A .r + /-\ nf
bers: The vote on all questions, ex
cept upon the passage of an ordinance,
resolution, order for the payment of
money, or providing for the levying
and collection of taxes, shall be by
viva voce, unless two members of the
Council shall call for the Ayes and
Nays,- in which event the roll shall be
called and the vote of each member
recorded by the Clerk. Upon the pas
sage of all ordinances, resolutions, or
ders for the payment of money, andj
or providing for the levying and col
lection of taxes, shall be by roll call,
and the clerk shall record how each
member of the Council voted. No
such question shall be carried unless
four members of the Council shall
vote in the affirmative. Every mem
ber of the Council, who is present
when a question is put shall vote for
or against the same, unless the Coun
cil shall excuse him.
Sec. 4. Standing Committees: The
Standing Committees of the Council
shall each consist of two members,
who shall be appointed by the Mayor,
unless the Council otherwise directs;
said committees shall be as follows:
1. Committee on Assessment and
Collection of Taxes.
2. Committee on Public Schools.
3. Committee on Fire Protection.
4. Committee on Lights, Sewerage,
Water and Wharfs.
5. Committee on Public Health
and Public Protection.
6. Committee on Finance and
Claims.
7. Committee on Streets and
Street Improvement.
8. Committee on Printing.
0. Committee on Civic Affairs.
10. Committee on Law and Ordi
nances.
Special committees may be appoint
ed when ordered by resolution of the
Council.
Sec. 5. Order of Business: The
following shall be the order of busi
ness at all meetings of the Council:
1. Roll Call.
2. Reading, correcting and ap
proving the minutes of the pre
vious meeting.
3. Presenting of messages, memo
rials, petitions and communica
tions, and their reference or
other disposition.
4. Introduction of ordinances and
resolutions, their reference or
other disposition.
5.. Presentation and reference of
claims.
6. Choosing City Officers.
(Continued on Page Six)
Auto Racers Open Season
At Culver City, February
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Feb. 14.—Pre
parations for possible smashing of
automobile speed records, when the
“Knights of the Roaring Boards,’’ re- j
turn here for the spring 250-mile rac-j(
ing event, are being made by offi- L
cials of the local speedway. The race i.
which will be run Monday, May .11, j,
the day after Confederate Memorial j
Day, will be under the sanction of j
the American Automobile Association ,
and places in it will count for points
in deciding the 1925 American chant- ^
pionship.
At least five records fell before the
driving of Tommy Milton, winner,
Earl Cooper, Benny Hill, and Peter
de Paolo in the inaugural event at !
the local track last October. In De
cember these records were smashed j
at the new speedway at Culver City,j
California.
The local track is a bowl-shaped !
affair and drivers are said not to :
have to slow down appreciably to take j
turns. Every foot of the track is !
banked, including the straight away. ;
The 1524 season of the American j
Automobile Association races starts |
at Culver City, California, February j
| 22. The next event will be the race
j here, to be followed three weeks later
j by the Indianapolis event.
Peer Weighted With Titles
Finds Joy in Honest Toil
i
MADRID, Feb. 14.—Few railroad j
passengers in Spain know that when j
they are making long distance jour- j
neys they are occasionally driven by j
a locomotive engineers who is a scion j
of one of the most aristocratic famil-!
ies of Spain. This driver is a man i
of many titles. His name is Jose j
Maria Mencos Rebolledo de Palafox, i
and he is entitled to wear the coro- j
nets, among other noble ranks, of i
i
Duke of Saragosa, Conde de los Ar
cos, Marques de Lazan y de Canizar, j
two of which carry with them the
rank oi' Grandee of Spain.
For the past twenty years Jose de
Palafox has preferred working as a
railroad engineer to the enjoyment
of the life of an aristocrat. Almost al
ways he drives the train that carries
the King on his travels through the
kingdom, and when the journey is
finished superintends the cleaning
and oiling of his locomotive as does
the ordinary engineer.
D. Burk recently caught a IGO-lb.
sturgeon in the Susquehanna river,
which* broke the record for that
stream.
A Houston bride gave her husband
$600 to deposit, drew a check on it, j
and was arrested because she had no '
funds in the bank. Her husband also
is missing with the money.
Brunswick Radiolas, tne iladiola de
Luxe at the Alaska Shop. tf
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ELLIS BALL
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The mill that takes the pros
pector off the labor market.
Cheaper than an trastra, more
efficient than a stamp mill.
MADE IN SIZES FROM
TWO TO FIFTY TONS
DAILY CAPACITY
Priced $150 to $1989
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ALASKA AGENT**
Write for information to
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SEWARD, ALASKA
Dona Mercedes de Alvarez
Loses Valuable Earrings
CORDOBA, Argentine, Feb. 14.—
Jon a Mercedes Martinez de Alvarez
>f this city, having reported to the
jolice that she had been robbed of an
jarring worth $400 was requested to
oan tlie other earring to help the de
ectives in identifying the stolen one
mil running down the thief.
A month went by and recently the
ady retured to police headquarters
md asked the chief for a report on
he work of the sleuths. The detec
ives were called in and said that they
lad not been successful because some
me in police headquarters had stolen
he second earring.
A big s’nakeup has occurred in the
letective department.
Robbers pulled a long sack over
the head of Paul Werner of Chicago,
uul got away with diamonds valued
it $4,000.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
Stated communications first
and third Wednesdays of each
month; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
^5?=^ Meets every Thursday at
S:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hall, next to the postofL'iee. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martineides,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION, SEWARD
POST NO. FIVE
Meets the second and Fourth
Tuesdays of each month,
fj&Mpf at the Fire Hall. Visiting
members are always wel
come. J. S. Bogart, Commander; L.
W. Olson, Adjutant.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
_ :ome; Goldie Blue W. M.
Mrs. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, N. G.
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