Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-12-01

V l should be compelled to pu: down con d crete side walks before their propert Y under the supervision of city os'clal' t all along the line et the paved street. r said officials to have the power to mak l. the prop e-ty pay for the worE in cas ] of refusal ol negligence on part O. tn : owners. The same power should be h. 8 vested in the city authorities for enforc
 ing the ordIna nee to plaster all adob' ] houses and ado De walls facing improved l streets and keeping them in good re
 pair.
 3 Since the more or less amount of i'm l provements which c. 'n be done will de ] pend on the money hich the city car , acquire, we take the Il herty to euggas' to our mayor and city sthers to make ] donations of their salarit,s to the im
 provement fund. The sb leries of SZC per month for the mayor and SlO for each alderman is ridiculously too small as a compensation, and the CNhces of mayor and aldermen being ofi ices of honor and not of emolumeDts, it seems selfish and unpatriotc to accept any pay at all, and we hope that in the .tu- ture the mayor and aldermen will hay 9 pride enough to donate the same for the I improvement of the city.
 The plan of taxing certain articles of consumption as proposed in thls tariff, the issue of bonds for building the mar ket and the power of enforcing property holders to make the improvements on their side walks and houses as we re- ferred before, will necessitate undoubt- edly an act of the legislature authoriz- ing the city of Tucson to that effect. It may be that doubt exists about the con- stitutionality of said act and the power of the legislature to authorize the same. The condition of being yet territory under the direct power of the United States government may be legal obsta- cle in carrying out this plan of raising money for improvements from duties imposed on certain articles of eatables, also in the issue of bonds and in using prisoners labor for streets and parks. l But if such is the case, the day of our deliverance from federal bondage is not far off, and the agitation of of this i'm ] portant question at the present moment is auspicuous and beneficial
 We would like to see the intelligent | lawyers of our city interested in the i'm i provements and prosperity of Tucson to | the extent of taking an active part in the | discussion of these legal questions and | try to evolve an opinion about the legal | ity of the measures by which we pro- pose 10 raise money, and also about the l constitutionslIty or power of the terrI- torial legislature to enact bill author ! izin@ the same. If their opinion is flaw oTable, we wonld suggest public meet , ing with a view of organizing forces and | making a formal demand on our repres- 1 enta:ives in the next legislature to pass the bill to that effect.
 Again 1t would be important also that | in the selection of our next mayor and |
 
 capable men Independent of party, who | are entirely identified with this patriot | ic plan of raising money, the only plan | which in our opinion is void of obiec | tionable features and agreeable to ihe | majority of our citizens and taxT ayers. 1
 We have assurance that the press of | this city will take interest in this matter, | and use their l. te.ligence and influence l through the columns of theIr papers 1 and cultivate public opinion in favor of i plan which if properly carried out is | destined to redeem the duilness and iu- activity of past generatlous and bring l about new era of prosperity and ecti- | vity to our citizens.
 The essentials of the bill to be passed | by our next legislature to which we re- | ferred in proceeding article, consists of | sn act authorizing the city of Tucson to i build & market ln a central and suitable | place with the right to build others | when the increase of population de- ] mands it; authorizing also the issue of | bonds to secure the funds necessary for | exceed S6000, said bonds to be redeem | able in six years, or at the rate of one | year, bearing interest of six per cent | per annum, wEich shall be guaranteed | and payable annually by said city out of | the funds collected from the market re- venue.
 Same act sha authorize the city the | raising of tax on articles Of consump- tion sufficient to produce an income of | not less than fifty dollars per day or slS,- | GOO per snnum and not more than S20,- | GOO for the first four years. The articles | to be taxed shall be comprised in the | following tariff.
 The revenue from these articles is as 1 follows: Cattles laughtered, average IS 5beeves per L day y.....-.--..--.-.......... 22.5o Other meats, deer, mutton, hog, etc, 1
 per day, age...................... 1000 Vegetables, per day, average.-......... 500 Milk ..... 500 | Chickens, SC ........... 200 | All kinds of poultry, per day average. so | Eggs, 800 Oysters and fish, 20 Watermelons, |" I.5o Muskmelons, .. I.5o Pumpkins, .25 Sugar cane, 10 Hay, 100 Wood, loo