, 1890-02-15

council, was received and filed several
days ago..
Mr.. Burritt addressed the committee at
length and very earnestly. He objected
to the bill by authority..on behalf of his
wi constituency and at the request Of
Chairman Jesurun for the incorporated
town of Douglas. At Rawlins he had
learned from city authorities that the
proposed system would increase the an
nual expense by $500. In most towns
this was the situation: The city clerk had
plenty of time to make the assessment, as
did also the marshal to collect, and in
their positions they could do the work
much more effectively than the county
men. Buffalo has been incorporated five
years and the total taxes now delinquent
foot up IS. so. The listing eff property at
that place and collection of the taxes
levied cost the town government $50 a
might be persons ulacquainted in the
towns and it could frequently happen
that county commissioners all come from
the country and would not be very keen to
see hat city taxes were collected. or a
majority of the board might be partisans
of q town which was a budding rival to
the incorporated place. The speaker
made the law point that so great a change
in charters might vitiate contracts with
bondholders.
Mr.. Burritt offered an amendment
CHASING cities, making those OF 81, OOO, 900
valuation first and all others second, and
providing that the act in question apply
only to cities Of the frst-class.
In was remarked by MI. Rankin that
he favored any bill which would lessen the
expenses OF good government, but had
been advised by heavy taxpayers at Raw
Inns to vote for the original bill.
Mr.. SShnitger reviewed his former
argument on behalf OF the bill and said
that the statement of the gentleman
from johnson with relation to Rawlins,
was untrue.
1t was admitted by Mr.. Burritt that he
might have made a mistake in some way,
but his assertion was not untrue. His
authority was the mayor OF Rawlins and
other officials. Returning to his previous
comment on the bill the gentleman
thought Cheyenne should have the new
system if desirable, but it should not be
foIsted upon communities to which it
was odious, to say the least.
Recess till 2 o'clock was declared at this
stage of the proceedings.
In resuming the forensic battle Mr..
Burritt said that he had no desire to com.
bat Cheyenne interests or defeat the pro
iects of her delegation, but he could not
refrain from demurring against the APP
parent disposition to legislate for other
communities against the wishes of their
representatives on the floor. He offered
a substitute for his amendment making
the law operate in own having over
5000 population, according to the ma
tional census of 1880.
Mr.. Hebard declared against all amend
ments. He says the present system of
securing city revenue is cumbersome, I'M
equal and bad. He cited law to show
that the bill provisions did not conflict
with the statute governing change of
charters.
The talk made by Mr.. Mccormick was
straightforward. He held that incorpor-
alton and assumption of government was
advancement and if towns could not main
tain their organization properly they
should r~elinquish their charters, and return
to dependence on the counties. His peo-
pie were satisfied with the present law.
Mr.. Schnitger's final shot was that it
was passing strange that one gentleman
was voicing the wishes OF every incorpor-
ated town in the territory except Chey-
enne.
A reply came from Mr.. Rex, who
opened with the affirmation that he hailed
from Evanston, the capital of Uinta
county, and that in his opinion the peo-
pie of that town were well pleased with
the operative law. He did not consider
it necessary to howl about 1t. but would
vote as he thought.
Mr.. Downey moved to report favorably
on the bill with Mr.. Burritt's amendment.
He expressed the hopo that no bad feel
ing had been engendered and could agree
with the gentleman from johnson that all
were friendly to Cheyenne. In his coun-
ty there was a division on this tax collec-
ton question. His motion carried.
SUNDAY LAW.
Mr.. Snedden moved that the Simpson
bill repeating the existing law be tabled.
Lost. The gentleman explained that he
recognized the imperfections in the exist
ing statutes, but did not wish the terri
tory to be without any Sunday law. On
MIR. Jesurun's motion the bill
was re referred to the committee
of the whole, where a full
discussion of tbs Sunday law question will
be had. Mr.. Adams said he believed
that the validity of the present inopera-
tive law had never been passed upon and
Mr.. Burritt replied that in his county a
portion of the act had been declared
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