Arizona republican., 1904-06-07
CARNEGIE'S GIFT ACCEPTED
City Council Has a Busy Business
 Session.

The city council spent three hours and a half in honest pcrspiring toll last night for the benefit of the munich pality. It was a long and tedious grind, but a very necessary one. Most of the work had to be done whether it was eXhilarating or not, and the rest of it needed to be disposed of in some manner.
 The most urgent matter attended to was the passing of the tax ordinance and in this proceeding a reform was instituted. Heretofore, it has been the custom of the council to pass an ordinance every year as long as the book of Genesis, detailing the tax levy and recOunting thereafter all the meth Ods of tax collection, delinquent sale. redemption, etc. Last night two or dinances were passed, one being a gen. eral tax ordinance detailing the pro- cedure for every year hereafter till the law is changed, the other, a short or dinance giving the amount of the tax levy this year and the purposes for which the assessment is to be made. short ordinance will therefore be the only thing necessary to pass in future years. The tax levy this year amounts to S110 on each $10O, which
 
 It represents, though, a net economiz- ing of 19 cents on bond interest, owing to a full treasury for redemption of fire and other bonds. The levy this year is 70 cents for the general tax. 3 cents for the library tax, cents for the TOnto road bonds and 30 cents for the water works bonds. making d total of S1.10. It will be remembered that the road bonds and waterworks bonds are new debts contracted this year. Last year the tax was 70 cents gen eral, 3 cents for the library and 19 for the fire and other bonded indebtedness Of the city. This year no tax is levied for this latter fund as there is already sufficient money in that fund to pay more than a years interest.
 The next incident of greatest inter- est to the public was the acceptance by the council of the offer of Andrew Carnegie to build a $25, ,OOG library on condition that the city furnish a proper site and bind itself to spend annually in it's maintenance, ten per cent of the amount of the donation. Dwight B. Heard, representing a com mittee of the real estate board request ed the reading by the recorder of a resolution passed by that body urging the city to accept this gift and pro- ceed with the building of the library and pledging the help of the board in the securing of a site. MT. Heard then explained that the Woman's club, which first interested itself in this en- terprise, had $500 in a fund to aid in securing a site, that he knew of an- other fund of $2OO available for the same purpose and that the real estate board would, if necessary, undertake the raising of any amount in addition not to exceed s2,200, making a total of S3,OO0 that could be counted on for such purpose. On motion the question of a site was referred to the library trustees with instruction to secure all information possible concerning avail able sites and report their recom- mendation back to the council at the earliest time possible.
 It was expected there would be some acton taken regarding the Millay tel ephone franchise, under which the h. dependent Telephone company proposed to operate in this city, but there was nothing done except the reading to the council of the document transferring the franchise from Reese M. Ling. Of Prescott, to H. M. Joy, of the Inde- 2endent line
 H. l. Latham appeared at the request or the real astate board as one of a committee to urge upon the council the necessity of amending the building ord- lnance with reference more particular ly to sections concerning plumbing. The board requested that the remodel