Arizona republican., 1895-07-20
And Includes the Treas
 urer in the Suggestion
The Matter Left to the Voters
 at a Special Election.
City Surveyor Hancock Resigns and Is Succeeded by Engineer
 Sam Davidson.

City Engineer Hancock yesterday rendered his resignation to the city council and it was accepted in special session sitting in the afternoon. This was the closing event in a misunder- standing which has existed for some time between the city engineer and property owners along streets whose grades were to be materially changed. The council was inclined to favor the property own CTS and refused to adopt report by the engineer recommending certain changes of grade. The misunderstanding spread in other directions and became so ir- reconcilable that the engineer was in formed his resignation would be &C., cepted. Immediately upon it's accept. ance Councilman Lewis proposed Sam Davidson as his successor. There was no opposition.
 An official map prepared by the late engineer was adopted. It IS designed to serve curious purpose in that it points out all the mistakes that have been made in metes and bounds from the founding of the city.
 Warrants were ordered drawn, $50 in favor of c. J. Dyer, and $lO7. .5O in favor of the late engineer for the late survey, field notes, map and all other field notes, maps and papers in the engi- neer's office and belonging to the city. Upon the payment of the warrants all | these documents are to be turned over ,tc the city.
 | The new engineer was directed to | make 8 new survey and map of Phu- nix for acceptance as an official survey and map.
 | City Attorney Evans was instructed to compile. codify and revise the city ordinances and was allowed $500 to cover all expenses of the revision ex- tcept the cost of printing. The ordi. nances at present are buried in a book kept for purposes of interment. All are in manuscript. difficult to find and fsome of them almost illegible. The [existence of many has been all but for Egotten, and there is therefore naturally ta bew1ldering contradiction of pro- Evisions. It is proposed to put them in [eonvenient and simple form.
 "Muzzle not the OK that treadeth out the corn," is an injunction more
 than eighteen hundred years old, con- temporaneous with that other observa. tion, "fhe la borer is worthy of his hire." The council proposed by the following resolution introduced by Councilman Lewis and adopted yesterday, to heed the injunction and recognize the cor frectness of the observation
 "In as mnch as the city of Phoenix at this time in it's history has reached point, both as to population and wealth, far in advance of that contemplated by the framers of its charter in 1885 and believing it to be in the spirit of direct progress, that great and increasing in. terest aud care should be taken in the governmental affairs in said city in order to insure continued success, there- fore. be it
 "Resolced, that in view of the in- creased ce re and labor as well as re. sponsibility imposed upon the common council of said city by reason of said city's continual and increasing growth both as :o population and values, that
 it is inconsistent and contrary to the
 principles of good government and
 without reason to the contrary that the
 legislative body of said city should act without reasonable compensation be-
 ing paid them for their services as
 mem bers of the common council of said city. therefore be it further,
 "Resolued, that the matter herein be
 submitted to the electors of the said city of Phenix at general special election to be called for that purpose,
 whether or not the treasurer and com.
 mon council of said city be allowed a reasonable compensation for their ser
 vices for and in behalf of said city" II An ordinance was passed amending the license ordinance by reducing the license of merchant tailors to $5 and of dyers and cleaners to $3 quarter.