The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-27
WE TOWNSHIP LIRE.

We hear that certain parties VINO are
opposed to enlarging our township o.
rather who are opposed TO coming intoour
township, by a change of township lines,
are reporting around that by the city char
ter of this city it is provided that when
ever any territory shall be annexed 70 e',s
township it therefore and by reasonof sucn
annexation becomes a part Of the city ana
subject TO the ordinances Of the city, ete-'
etc tt hardly seems to us that any hon
est ,na, would report such story without
first investigating its foundation II ne
ao, ! know whether it is true or not then
he certainly ought to inform himself. If
~ news i Is not true, and still reports it
n order to prejudice people against annex
atom what shall be said of his honesty?
Rut whoever may be circulating this story
either lacks candor and truthfulness or
lacks information, And in order that no
man, hereafter, shall have any excuse for
repeating the story, we viii publish the ex-
tract from the city charter, on that point
In Article /, Section A, Of the Amended
Charter, passed in 1857, and defining city
boundaries, &C., &e., it provides as fol-
lows
s4. Any tract of land adjoining said city which
may be laid of into lots or blocks and recorded as
such and any tract of land with the consent OF the
owner thereof, shall and may be annexed by or
dinance of the city council, to said city ana form
part thereof Providsd That the said city Of
4 Vofa hall mi law any
sonal lying or being In the district OF country an
nsxed by this act TO said city texcept such parts OF
said real estate as has been heretofore iaa out in
TO town lots and added to said city for the purpose
of paying any present debt or debts OF said city,
/ and provided further that ian ae 20 amend the
| charter OF Rock Island, approved fsofaary 18Th,
/ proviao as having annexed added any territory
1 to said city Of Rock Island.
1t will now be seen that the story ailua-
ed to is false in every particular, and that
the truth is the very reverse Of the story
circulated, viz: no land can become part
of the city without itsowner consent, and
. even then il cannot be taxed to pay any
debt of the city which existed before it
was annexed Aud all this can be done
just as well if the land is in any adjoining
township as if ii was in this township.
The truth is it would be letter for the
people this side Of Rock rive to join this
township 1t would not increase butprob-
ably would diminish their town taxes.
State and county taxes would not be
changed, of course. 1t would not make
it any easies to extend our city charter
over the territory than it j. % do it now
But it would give the peopk this side of
Rock river practically new and indepen-
: dent township. It would give them all
the road commissioners, an all the path
masters, as people living within the city
limits want nothing to do with that bust
ness 1t would probably give them the SUI
pervisor and assistant supervisor, for therea-
son that we expect to get q law enacted Civ
The young gentlemen awAo propose to
form gymnastic associatim win meet in
the gents parlor at the Harper House, this
evening, at 5 O'Clock
ing us ward supervisors, aIlsl IN that case our
people would feel ike givig the other tive
to the new territory added to the township.
1t would be more congeient for their
town business here, and for elections, than
at Milan-and we really do not see any
reason why every man this side of Rock
river should not prefer . he in this town
ship
Let the friends of aunclation circulate
this article and show o. falsity Of the
story we first alluded to. There has been
no amendment to the city charter since the
section we now publish. changing its effect