The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-25

The Bill incorporating this Village into City
Passed Both Houses

a Few weeks ago We stated thnt the
bill introduced by Representative
Handy. tu incorporate this village int"
"A city had been abandoned. Oar sinir-
ment WAS made upon the SnpioSli lon
that the advice of Aitnrmy Flsnnlgan,
who sud that il WAS impossible lo
spread the sch,ul tax upnn the tnsn-
ship in caSe the the city wis iiic, rpur-
nied. w,iS iinul Mr.. Handy hnked the
nnttr up AT Lansing aud found I hat
there are some cities IN the lower PENN.
sula in which The school taxesnre sprrad
upon the township aud he took huld uf
the mntier again with the result TINT
word was received hire h-t Wednesday
that the city bill had passed h"ii
hnu-er aud that the rcllool bill had
Ias~rd the lower house.
Ne understand that the bill Is
faShionrd alter the Norway act aud that
The city has b'en diyided into thr.c
wards. la the first ware, = included all
the territory acrneS the river, ltclodhs
The Monitor, Paint. Fairbanks nud
Great Western Lurn itiir, thc uuTil line
being tn quarter lm ug ',cliot's 10. -
aud II ll the r,cond ward is all the
territory north ul superior ayrlnw Ia
f'ifil Sil,et wlnrr the line ings mprll' Ia
lhc the center m Cysinl avenue aIid
proceeds aloug lie center ul crystal
avenue und llr. county road tu Nm.
Parks ialln. Tie Bristol aud luungr-
town mines are included ~ this ward
With their respective locations. In the
third ward il all llr territory south of
superior avenue to the section line 81
section twenty-nine.
The ufli ers will hr Il mayor, cltrk,
treasurer, as~ensur and two justices
of tho peace who are elected by
the people on The first Monday N
April 4 Ile ward officers are two alder
men, one supervisor and "A constable ior
ench ward. Tie mayor, aldermen and
supervisors serve without compcnsa-
ton The clerk aud assessor are al
lowed small salaries while the marshal,
who IL also street commissioner, receives
a salary set 10y the council.
The bill was drafted by tho clerk OF
the house, an expert upon such matters,
aud there are, no doubt, many more
changes in minor points that we will
learn oi later
The advantages TO bc gained under
the new regime arises principally from
the fact thnt IL disposes OF the village
] tax which we have been compelled to
pay in the past. There is no reason
Why the real estate taxes on the prop
erty within the corporate limits should
not go TO hclpmaintain the municipality
While We were in the township Tia,
propoi tion Of tnxes paid by the prop
rrty owners OF the village went 10 hell
support township officials while the vii
Inge had To support IFS own officers
The bridge tax aud part OF the poor
taxes will he diSpenued with ~ it IL
thought that the liquor license money
will be sufficient to keep up the city
streets aud pny the interest.
The school tax. M has been stated il
spread upon the whole township pas II now
exists A special school act was pi,sseo
creating IL board OF education to b,
elected IN july at which time n maiurily J
OF the members of the board will b,
chosen, leaving minority membership
holding over az a. safeguard. Taken ~
whole we believe that the new arrange
mcnt will be permanent benefit to tlt
people OF this city.