Bisbee daily review., 1903-02-20
OFF ON THE
 WRONG FOOT.

ShSfNS WI
 The Knockers" who are busy just now in an endeavor to tear down the sity government, have gotten on on the wrong foot, and if they persist in their present course, the "slush" fund and ibe money paid their press agent, will lave gone for naught.
 The law under which Bisbee was incorporated is very plain on the ques- lion of disiDcorporation. The particu- Jar paragraph is No 596 CSec. 1O) and reads as follows:
 The county supervisors of the coun- R in which any such town is situated may, upon the petition of two-thirds Sf those persons paying a property tax within such town, under the provisions sf this act, in the year preceding, and residing within such town, disincorpo- rate such town, and appoint a trustee with authority to wind up the affairs of the corporation, sell and convey it's SrOperty, real and personal, pay the debts of the town, and return the sur plus of the proceeds of the property st the town into the county treaury, 70 be there disposed Of for the improve znent of roads in the road district wherein such town is situated"
 Bisbee was incorporated under the above law which is Chapter TX, Title II of the Revised Statutes of 1901.
 The law under which the disincorpo- Eators are proceeding is Chapter I, Far. 446-453.
 This chapter provides for the disin- corporation of cities, it is true, but vas enacted for the special purpose sf allowing certain cities in Arizona to sisincorporate and re-incorporate un- der the new law, as the following section especially Tovides:
 Par 451-XXXX. If it shall appear trom such certificate that a majority ef votes cast were in favor of disin- corporation, the board shall, under Lheir hand, make and fi,e in their Sfice, and caused to be entered upon their record of proceedings, an order that the petition for such disincorpo- ration be granted, and declaring that such corporation be disincorporated. SAID ORDER TO TAKE EFFECT AZ TER THE ORGANIZATION, OF THE CORPORATE GOVERNMENT HERE MATTER PROVIDED TO BE CREA- TED, AND ORGANIZED TO SUC- CEED THE CORPORATION so DIS INCORPORATED.
 Paragraph 45l in no way is applica- sle to the contention and desires of the leaders of the disincorporation movement in Bisbee, whoever they may be. The same law that served for the incorporation of Bisbee is the same saw that must serve for disincorpora- sjon, which is clearly set forth in Paragraph 596. Bisbee, with it's won serful growth and prosperity cannot afford to take a serious step back yards. The council has come for yard with a plan for better fire protec- eion, asking for the property holer's endorsement; from the latest reports the application of the mayor for patent to the present townsite will be granted at an early date; this vii be followed by free mail delivery. These Are three important benefits Bisbee gill receive in the very near future The disincorpoTation of Bisbee at this lime will mean the abandoning of all cope for public improvement, or the receiving of public benefits.
 With the first step taken in the serious matter of better fire protection, the disincorporator has come forward with the remedy for all evils. which from his standpoint, is the entire abol- isbment of the city government, our only hope of relief, and the only medi- am through which we can ever receive those things material to our very exist. snce
 If the disincorporators are deter nined to pursue their policy of de struction the Review shall insist that they proceed according to law found in Paragraph 5g6.