Arizona republican., 1898-03-05
THE PEN OF
 THE PRESIDENT Made the Capitol Building Bill
 a Law Yesterday OTHERS IN THE OMNIBUS Chance to Advance Offered to Every Arizona Town Which Has a Charter and a
 Thousand Inhabitants NOT QUITE UNDERSTOOD Ther5 was Consequently Local Opposition to the Bill
The Probable Effect of it's Pas
 sage on Fort Whipple
Judge Streets Case Will Likely be
 Decided Within a Few Days and
 in the Meantime his Prospect of

Washington, March 4.-(Special J. The president today signed the bill which approves the act of the Nine teenth legislature of Arizona author iZing the erection of a capitol builG- ing at Phoenix, and gives to the citi- zens of Prescott the opportunity to vote bonds for the construction of much needed water works and sewer age systems in that city. These two measures were consolidated late in January and received the earnest sup port of Delegate Smith, who was as- sisted in getting them through both houses by ex-Delegate Murphy and other prominent Arizonans. The bill proper amends the Harrison act of 1896 so as to authorize and legalize ''the issuance of bonds by chartered municipal corporations having bona fide population of not less than one thousand persons, as shown by the last school census taken before any election to be held under the provis- ions of this act, in any territory of the United States. for ht alth and sanitary purposes, the construction of sewers, water works, and the improvement of streets" It is, provided that before any bonds shall be issued the mayor and common council of said chartered municipal corporations shall cause an election to be held in such city or town, and the mayor and common council Of such municipal corporation shall cause to be published in newspaper of gen. eral circulation published in such city or town, notice of the time and place or places of holding such election Such notice shall be given at least thirty days before such election. On the question of the issuance of sad bonds no person shall be qualified to vote except he be in all respects a qualified elector and owner of real or personal property subject to taxation within the municipality. In case two thirds of the qualified voters, as above described, shall vote affirmatively for the issuance of said bonds, then the mayor and common council shall issua the same, and not otherwise. Said bonds shall contain all necessary pro- pality shall provide proper sinking fund for the redemption of said bonds Said bonds shall not bear a rate of in- terest exceeding six per centum per annum, and the interest shall be paid semi-annually, and none of said bonds ho1 ho
 Value.'
 The provision for the capitol reads as follows: That the act of the ter ritory of Arizona, approved the eighth of March, eighteen hundred and nine. ty-seven. which authorizes the issu ance of the bonds of the territory fol the construction of a capitol building is hereby confirmed and ratified"
 There was no opposition worthy o mention while the omnibus bill was il the two houses. When its provision: became known in Arizona there was determined fight made by people wht imagined that certain inadequate watel works systems were aimed at Thi was an erroneous view, but it served to defer action on the bill by the pres ident. In the last few days telegram poured in upon MT. Mckinley iron Arizona and elsewhere, showing tn urgency of the proposed legislation and the secretary of the interior, wh, had developed antagonistic tenden cies, due, probably, to the misrepre sentations of interested persons, wa