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NOME, ALASKA, JAN.’ 5, 1916.
The Gasoline explosion which took
place on the Norwegian steamer Azlei
at Brooklyn u few ua>s ago combined
with the recent plot disclosures at New
lorifts of so pioioiiud importance tiau
the apparent complacency of our na
Uonal government is disturbing in the
extreme.
Not atone is the act a extreme ef
fort to check the export of supplies
to the allies but it one of open de
fiance to the laws of the United Slates
and one which jeopardizes the lives
and property of Americans.
This is not the first instance, by
any means, for during the past ten
months there has been a more or less
otguinzeu campaign going on m a
submerged way throughout the coun
try of which Buch demonstrations a.
factory explosions, fires on steamships
labor troubles, etc., were eloquen
voices.
This menacing snake of intrigue who
strikes in the dark in defiance of Am
erican authority must he dug up and
destroyed.
The sinking of the liner Persia b,
an Austrian submarine has brought
about another grave international sit
ualion for the United states govern
ment.
President Wilson cut short hit
honeymoon and hurried to Washing
ton to minute the aitair. Bet us hops
the president with the aid of his able
secretary of state will, notwithstand
ing the clamour of jingoes and par
tisans, be able to amicably adjust mat
ters with the firmness, the honor, .no
the dignity with which he lias here
tofore used in settling the complicate !
international differences which havi
arisen during this war between this
government and the belligerents.
Ninety-live per cent of the people
of this republic do not want war,
neither do they care to be on other
than friendly relations with any no
tion, yet we all feel that the right*
and lives of Americans must be re
spected by all nations ;.i all rusts
whether they bo British, French, Ger
man, Russian or Austrian.
NOTICE.
Pursuant to an order of Court made
and entered on the 28th day of De
cember, 1915, notice is hereby given
that the regular general 1916 term of
the district court, Second division,
territory of Alaska, will be held in the
courthouse, in Nome, in said division
and territory, commencing at the hour
of 11 o'clock a. in., on Saturday, tlu
29th day of January, 1916, and con
tinuing from day to day according to
further notice of the court.
Given under my hand and with Seal
of court affixed, this 28th day of De
cember, 1916.
G. A. ADAMS,
Clerk, District Court, Territory of Al
aska, Second Division.
Dec. 29, 1915, Jan. 2. 9, 16. 1916.
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ORDINANCE NO. 241
(Concludod from Page Three.)
print the names of nil candidates
whose names shall he certllled to by
the Clerk is provided In this ordl
iii . or to contain a statement of any
special proposition to be voted for.
s- sion 3.1. Poll Lists—How Kept:
The ■ ante of each elector whoso bal
been thus received shall be
entered bv the clerks of election In the
column of the poll list headed "Names
of Vote-c" numbering each name as It
is tnkt down so that it mnv be seen
at a nv time whether the two lists
a are. or if the elector’s name does
not np'irar upon the poll lists and It
s’ i1) ppear that he is entitled to reg
. •• nd c ote, hts name shall then be
de al to the general or special poll
’’st is his qualification may appear.
Whenever the board of election re
jects ii ballot they must, at the time
of such rejection, cause to be made
there n and signed by a majority of
the bo n l. an endorsement of such
rejection and the cause thereof. All
ejected ballots must be preserved and
returned in the same manner as
other ballots. Whenever a question
11 sea in the board as to the legality
if a ballot, or any part thereof, and
' ’ board decides in favor of the legal
ity such oetimi together with a concise
statement of the fact that gave rise
to tic objection must be endorsed upon
the ballot and signed bv a majority of
tho board.
Section 34. Challenging Votes: Any
person offering to vote may be chal
lenged by the inspector or any of the
judges or by any legal voter, and it
shall in all cases be the duty of the
inspector and each of the judges to
challenge any person whom they shall
Kii.c.v ui suspect Hut to be duly quali
11.11i as an elector and any legal voter
may, at any time during tho day of
election, appear before the judges oi
ekciiuu, it he desire to in good faith,
lo challenge any voter about to cast
his ballot.
Section 3j. duties of Officer When
Any Person is Challenged: When any
person offering to vote is challenged,
it shall be the duty of the judges to
state to him the qualifications of an
elector, and tlie inspector or one ol
the Judges shall tender to him the fol
lowing oath:
1 cj do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that you will truly and fully answer
ad questions that shall be put to you
touching your qualifications as an elec
tor.”
i’lie inspector or one of the Judges
siiail then proceed to question the per
t u challenged in relation to his name,
his then place of residence, and if an
hotel or lodging house within the City
ut Nome, the number of the room which
he occupies, how long he has resided
ai tli< T* rritory of Alaska and the
City of Nome, where his last place of
residence was, also as to his citizen
ship and whether a native born citizen
of tho United States or whether he
na, declared his intention to become
q citizen, and if so, when, where, In
what county, or before what officer
he declared his intention to become a
. itizen of the United States, and all
such questions as shall tend to test
qualifications as a citizen and the
right to vote.
Section 30. Vote to Be Rejected—
When; If any person shall refuse to
take tlie aforesaid oath, when so ten
dered, and to answer any and all per
tinent questions as to his qualifications,
his vote shall be rejected, and if the
judges of election are satisfied from
such answers as aforesaid, that such
parson i3 not a legal voter, they shall
reject his vote.
.-ectlon 37. Manner and Form of
Challenge. If such person shall Insist
that he is entitled to vote and the
election board finds no cause to reject
Ina vote and the election board finds
no cause to reject his vote under the
preliminary examination, and the chal
lenge shall not be withdrawn, he shall
not be entitled to vote unlesB he takes
tiie following oath to be administered
by the inspector or one of the Judges
|of election to wit;
"You do solemnly swear (or affirm)
|;iiat you are twenty one years of age
or upward, a citizen of the United
States, or have declared your intention
l>• •• ime such within seven years la3t
| past; that you have resided In the
! Territory if Alaska, continuously for
one year and within the City of Nome
for six months (or as the case may
be) immediately prior to this day;
that you have not voted this day, and
that you are otherwise qualified to
vote at this election."
And in case the person offering to
vote produces a certified transcript of
declaration of intention to become a
citizen of the United States from a
court of record of competent Juris
diction thin seven years last past,
duly attested by the clerk thereof, as
evidence of his right to vote, and If
the person producing the same Is un
known to the election board he shall
make oath that he is the person named
therein.
Section 3s. Persons Challenged May
Vote—When: If any person shall take
the oath as tendered to him by the
i inspector or judges and no evidenct
i is offered to traverse the same by thi
officer or party challenging, and shall
(otherwise comply with the require
ments of law regulating the election,
,c shall be admitted to vote; but If he
refuses to take the oath or affirmation
so tendered to him, his vote shall be
rejected; but before the ballot of the
voter shall be deposited he shall be
required to sign the registration book
in the column headed “Remarks" and
in case such voter is Incapable of
writing bis name he shall at the left
band side of the column make a cross
or other mark usually employed by
such \roter to indicate his signature,
and some person who is personally
known to the inspector and who per
sonally knows the voter shall sign the
registration book lu hi* behalf a© Idea- :
tlfying witness.
Section 39. Closing Polls—Proclam
ation; When the polls are closed, proe-i
tarnation shall be made thereof at tile |
place of voting, and n> votes shall
thereafter bo received.
Section 40. Counting—Return and
Canvass of Ballots; IrJter closing the
polls the ballots shalb • forthwith be
counted and the returns made out
and returned to the City Clerk. All
ballots after being counted shall be!
carefully replaced in the ballot box, to- j
gether with the tally sheets, certifi
cates of the election board and all
papers and memoranda pertaining to
the election, and thereupon the said
ballot Vox shall be securely locked ant
sealed by the said election board, and
the same together with the key there
to, delivered to the City Clerk by the
inspector or one of the judges and his
receipt taken therefor. Thereupon
within ten days after the" election the
Common Council shall examine and
canvass the returns and declare the
result and cause the same to be en
tered upon the Journal of proceedings
of the Common Council.
Section 41. Council Deciding Votes
—Certificate of Election: At the first
regular meeting of the«Coramon Coun
cil after such election, the returns
thereof shall be canvassed by the
Common Council and ft written state
ment of such canvass shall be made
and signed by the mayor or acting
mayor, and attested by the City Clerk.
Such written statement of the can
vass shall contain tho whole numbei
of votes cast tit such election, the
number given for any person for any
office and the names of the persons
elected by the highest number of votes
and to what office. Provided, if the
requisite number of officers shall not
he elected by reason of two or more
persons having received an equal and
the highest number of votes for one
and the same office, the Common Coun
cil shall give notice to the several per
sons having the highest and an equal
number of votes to attend the Common
Council Chambers and the Common
Council shall then and there publicly
proceed to decide by lot which of said
persons shall be deemed duly elected,
and a certificate of election shall be
Issued to the person thus declared
elected. After such canvass and the
filing of such statement the City Clerk
shall, within two days thereafter, malt
and sign a certificate of election for
each person declared thereby to be
elected, and shall deliver the same t>
him, upon demand. A certificate of
election is prima facie evidence of the
facts therein contained, but the Com
mon Council shall decide all questions
as to the qualification and election of
its own members.
Section 42. Term of Office: The term
of office of the several persons elected
to office under the provisions of this
ordinance shall be as follows:
The mayor for one year, and until
his successor is elected and qualified;
the councilmen for the term of two
years and until their successors are
elected and qualified; except as pro
vided in Section 2 hereof relating to
the first election hereunder; the city
clerk, the city treaurer and the city
attorney for the term of one year, re
spectively, and until their successors
are elected and qualified, provider
however, they may be removed by the
Common Council for cause; the term
of such dfficers shall commence on th<
tenth day after the canvass of the
election returns by the Common Coun
oil and shall terminate one year from
that date, or until their successors are
elected and qualified; each officer be
fore entering upon the duties of his
office shall qualify by taking and filing
With the City Clerk his oath of office
Tho term of office of the member of
the school board shall be for three
years and until his succesor Is elected
and qualified, and shall commence on
the first day of June succeeding his
election, provided however, that at all
special elections to fill vacancies the
term of office shall be for such un
expired term thus made vacant, and
shall begin as soon as such officer has
been duly elected and shall duly qualify
by taking and filing his oath of office
Section 43. Oath of Office—Form:
All officers elected under this ordi
nance before entering upon the duties
of their office, shall take and file with
the City Clerk an oath of office to the
following effect, to wit:
"I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or af
firm) that I will support tho Constitu
tion of the United States, the laws ot
the Territory of Alaska, and the Muni
cipality of Nome, and that I will tc
the best of my ability faithfully per
form the duties of the office of.
during my continuance therein, so help
me God.”
Signature.
Section 44. Penalty for Interfering
With Secrecy of Ballot: Any officer
upon whom a duty is imposed by this
ordinance who shall disclose to any
person the name of any candidate for
whom any elector has voted, or give
any information by which it can b<
ascertained for whom any elector ha
voted, or any judge or clerk of elec
tion or other officer about the polls
who shall do any electioneering on elec
tion day within any polling place, or
within fifty feet of any polling place
or any person who shall remove any
white ballot from any polling place
before the closing of the polls, or an:
person who shall knowingly apply for
or receive any white ballot In any
polling place other than that in
which he is entitled to vote, or any
person who shall vote or attempt to
vote more than once at the same elec
tion, or any person not qualified as an
elector who shall vote or attempt to
vote at any election held under the
provisions of this ordinance, knowMng
himself to be disqualified as an elec
tor, or any person who shall show his
ballot after It Is marked to any person
In such a way as to reveal the oon-,|
| tent; thereof, or the name of the can
didate or candidates for whom he has
i marked his ballot, or any person (ex
i cept tlie judges of election) who shall
receive from any voter the ballot pre
pared for voting, or any person who
shall, contrary to the provisions of
this ordln inee, ask another at a poll
ing place for whom he intends to vote,
or who shall examine his ballot or
solicit tlie voter to show the same, or
an> elector who shall knowingly re
■ eive any white ballot from any othei
person than one of the Judges of elec
tion, or any person who shall print
or circulate or knowingly have In hh
possesion any Imitation of the official
1 hallnt or colored ballot, or any person
other than a judge of election whc
shall deliver any white ballot to an
elector who shall de
liver nn\ ballot to the inspector to be
voted except the one he received from
one of the judges of election, or any
elector or any one who shall, contrary
to the provisions of this ordinance,
place tiny mark upon or do anything
to his or any white ballot by which
it may afterwards be identified as the
one voted by any particular individual,
shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not ex
ceeding One Hundred Dollars or by
imprisonment in the Municipal Jail
not exceeding ninety days, or both such
flue and imprisonment in the discre
tion of the court,
Section 45. Penalty for Tampering
with Ballots: Any judge or clerk of
election who shall wilfully disregard
any of the provisions of this ordi
nance, or who shall negligently fall tc
enforce any of the provisions of this
ordinance, or who shall, in the count
ing of the ballots or the returns there
of, wilfully disregard any of the di
rections or requirements of this ordi
nance, or any person who shall wil
fully or fraudulently alter or destroyl
any white ballot cast at any election
or any of the returns of any election
regulated by this ordinance, or who
shall introduce among the genuine bal
lots a fraudulent ballot, or any perso
who shall falsely write the initials of
the inspectors or any writing upor
the ballot or ballot-stub purporting to
be written by the clerks or inspector,
or any person who shall steal any of
tlie ballots or returns, or wilfully or
fraudulently hinder or delay the deliv
ery of any of the election returns tc
tlie City Clerk, or wilfully break opei
any of such sealed returns of any elec
tion regulated by this ordinance, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall bo punishec
by a fine not exceeding One Hundred
Dollars or by imprisonment in the
Municipal Jail for a period not ex
> days, or by both such
fine and Imprisonment in the discre
tion of the Court.
Section 46. Mutilation of Election
Papers: Any person who shall prior
to or during any election wilfully de
face, tear down, remove, or destro>
an) list of candidates or other notice
posted in accordance with the provis
ions of this ordinance, or who, during
an election shall wilfully deface, tear
down, remove or destroy any card of
instructions or specimen ballot posted
under the provisions of this ordinance
for the ^instruction of voters, or who
-hall deface, tear down, remove
alter or destroy any certificates of the
result of the election prepared under
the provisions of this ordinance, oi
who shall, during an election, wilfully
remove or destroy any of the ballots,
white or sample ballots, supplies or
conveniences furnished to enable the
voters to prepare their ballots, or whc
shall wilfully break the seals or open
any of the sealed packages containing
any of the supplies for the election
contrary to the provisions of this
ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of 8
misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding One Hundred Dollars or by
Imprisonment in the Municipal Jail not
exceeding ninety days or by both such
fine and imprisonment in the discre
tion of the court.
Section 47. Ordinances No. 139, No
176 and No. 193 relating to municipal
elections and any and all ordinances
amendatory thereto or thereof, and
ordinance No. 177, relating to school
board elections of the Nome School
District, are hereby repealed: and all
other ordinances, or parts of ordinances
in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed to the
extent of such conflict.
Passed by the Common Council oi
the Town of Nome, January 3d, 1916.
GEO. A. DIAMOND,
President of the Common Council and
ex-officio Mayor of Nome.
Attest:
E. GRIMM,
City Clerk.
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