Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-06-14
TIRE MUNICIPAL MUDDLE.
The City Council Backs Down on the
 Resolution to "shut Down"

The City Council Backs Down on the
 Resolution to "shut Down"
 Al the meeting of the city council
 hold Thursday morning, a resolution
 rms introduced by councilman Quiulin
 rbich in substance declared that the
 ,.,v government be shut down. The
 ;,t-oiuction of this resolution was sug-
 .ss,ei ty the fact of the arrest of the
 r,svor and old city council on a charge of
 ,lelrinc the credit of the city on a note
 io- five thousand dollars for the pay
 ,,ept of current expenses. When the
 matter came up on Thursday there was
 o1ivaly discussion and 1t was decided
 ,bs,tbe council take recess till 10
 o'clock this morning, at which time. in
 ,ssa the charges against the accused Je
 rot disposed of on Saturday, the resolu-
 .,o, would be disposed ot. The eases
 rsre not disposed of on Saturday and the
 ,,rn,,l met pursuant to the recess had
 m Thursday. The session was one of
 .b-illinr interest, and at least one
 -,anbsr who seems to have little use
 ,o- chair made speeches" enough to
 sg..sfy ,Ae demands of a presidential
 ,orrn,i,n-in fact an outsider would |
 ;1f-- that some one had placed a bent l
 p!n i1 hIs clar.
 Wasa the resolution upon which the |
 meeting had been called to pass Judge |
 rc1- was called up. Councilman San ford. with his usual ingenuity arose and | introduced the following paper which | WAS dlcnitied by the council "resolu- | tion.'
 1 offer the following preamble and resllutI D:
 That: As there Is not money in the Tucson city treasury sufficient to man. tam the present rate of expenses and that some means must be adopted where b. We can keep within the jurisdiction of our charter and yet continue our citv government without disorganizing. do recommend as follows:
 That all police officers be discharged. except the chief of Police, and that his salary be fixed at per month, S75: that the jail0r and janitor's salary be fixed at per month. S75; That the assistant clerks office be discontinued: that the citg clerks salary be fixed at per month. Sjl:that the city tax aGd license collector be fixed at per month, $G0. except during the time be has the city property tax list for collection of taxes when if shall be fixed at a salary of per month, SlJl
 That the city council appoint special policemen or cOnStables tO the number of SIX to do duty whenever a number of business men shall make application ID writing and show good reason why such officers should be appointed. the said special officers to be paid by those max !1g such application except in such Cases as where the law provides for thelr lees" This resolution was very promptly tabled as was also the former resolution ] l,oydIng for the shutting down of the a,y government, the council virtually Jaclng down from assertions made at , he meeting on Thursday. City Treasurer Stevens stated that ] here was but SI3453 ID the city treas { .ry. There had been a claim presented y Mr. Leatherwood, of the Tucson Water O., for S235, but the treasurer bought he had no right to pay 1t on ny other demand except warrant, al b0ugh he had been paying accounts on C ertIted demands. c. c. Stephens ap- q cared for the company and asked that U he amount be paid as otherwise it t night embarrass the company. The { treasurer stated that he had been pay n ng claims on certified bills on a form . prepared by ths mayor. q
 A.. ha I.f q '0uncil. which resulted in their indict- T nent, the city attorney said there was @ 10 ruling in regard to issuing such an t, obligation. He further stated that ID c lssolving the city government the G ouncil did not relieve .tselt from the S mount due the Eel.ctric Light Con- e any. f When Sanford introduced his 'resolu- : ion Councilman Quinlin arose and fi I.Ltrrw the resolution offered by him Il the former meeting. | C-Onley moved that the bIl Oi the ues,n Water Company be paid. The ]; 4y0r ruled the motion out of order for d le reason that the council was in | lrclal session for the transaction of l { ,eeial business.
 Mayor Strauss then called Council e -A A-ltlt4lS tO tue tlldlI StLtA etclpAIE c slie made a speech that rather befud- O s5 things legislative for a time. When O 9 had closed, Councilman Sanford a rose and stated that the mayor had one before the grand jury for the pur- [ 'se of having him Sanford indicted. u e s4id he was not present, So far as he e .membered. when the mayor aud mem q PTS of the council were indicted, and b "a Iothing to do with 1t. is Councilman Etchelis thought be al .nford) ought to know whether he D as present or not and what action he $ 'ok n the matter. The gentleman was s1 cry indifnlte when he said he did not Y member being present when the in-
 Tments were found. a After good deal of speechifying the h ,uu cil took a recess till 10 o'clock to- | 5rrOW. fl
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