The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-03-24

The Bin IneorporatlnE this Village into City
Paused Both HOUSES.


Paused Both HOUSES.
A few weeks ag,, Ne stated TINT tiln
bill intr.slurrd by Representative
Han IN, "a incorporate this VILLAGE ini.'
n city iah been abandoned. oar slate.
ment was made npln the Snpposiiiil
that the advice 81 Altprnry fl.uni-a'l,
wbn said that il was lmpn~zlbie to
sprtad the sch ,ol tax uapu tie t'vn
ship in case the iis city w,S incprpar-.
ated. wns final Ar lIndY lplSeI il.e
mnttcr upat LluSiug nnd foln,i HI.
there arr some cities ~ ilie lnw,r lWnit--
sill.l ia whiciIthe selianl tiNeHnrnsp sprn
upon the inwn-hipnni be- tuok hnld ~
the matier again with the resul; thtt
word was reesived lp'r. list "Wednesday
that the city bill hal parsd liotl
hou-er aud int the sciool bin lnd
passed the lower h,,u-e.
We understand That the hil ir
fashioned after the Norway act and ih,i
the city has b,r'n diviicd intn lhrc
wards. la The il0t ward J.. included all
the territory across the river. iaclu,liue
the Monitor. Paint. FniIhnnks nnd
Great Westeru lucaiilns. the north iine
being lhc quarter liir oe rrciions 10, -
and 2i In tie second warl il all the
territory north nf Superior avenue To
FiiIh street whrrc the line jugs north To
the the ctnlcr uf Cn sial avenue aud
proceeds along tie rentcr of Crystal
avenue aud lin' county road Ia Wm
Parks farm lle Bristol and Young~-
town mines aic Included in this ward
With their respective locations. In the
third ward is all the territory south OF
superior avenue 20 the rcctiun line oi
s,clion twenty nine.
he oil en- viii hc a mayor, cl,rk,
ol the prilrc Who are el,cl,d bA
The people on tin first Monday ~
April. The ward officers are two alder
men. one supervisor ana constable iot
each ward Tie mayor, aldermen and
supervisors serve without compcnsa-
tiou. The clerk and assessor are al
lowed small salaries while the marshal,
who is also street commissioners, receives
a salary set by the council.
The bill was drafted 10y the clerk OF
the house. an expert Upon such matters.
and there are, no doubt, many more
changes IN minor points that We will
learn ~ later
Tie advantages 10 bc gained under
lac iiew regime Ii~,'s principally from
The iuct tlat II diSpuSrs oi tie village
Tux which wc have been compelled to
pay ia The past. There is no reason
Why ilic real estate taxes ON the prop
eity within the corporate limits should
not 80 To help maintain the municipality.
While We were IN the township the
propoI tiou of taxes paid by the prop
erty uwutrs of the village went TO help
support township officials while the vii
lage had To support IT'S own officers.
The bridge tax and.part Of the poor
taxes will he dispeuded with rs it il
thought that the liquor license money
viii be sufficient to keep up the city
slrerts aud pay the interest
The school tax, rs has been stated is
spread upon thcwholc townshipasit il now
exists \ special school net was passed
creating buaid OF education To he
elected IN July at which time majority
Oi the m,mbvls OF the board will bc
chusen, leaving n minority membership
holding over asn Safeguard. Taken ns
Whole Ne believe that the new nrrange-
m,nt will he permanent benefit Ia the
people uf thin city.