The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
Would Form Great Municipality for Protecting Public
 Health | COMMERCIAL CLUB ID CONSIDER QUESTION ] R. A. Mitchell Will Speak on Relation
 of Chinese Boycott to the Cot ton Industry-New Members.

The Greater Birmingham committee of the Commercial club win make a report at the meeting of the club this after noon which will embody plan for the es- tablishment of greater municipality for the better health of the people of Jeffer- son county. The club meeting will be at o'clock.
 After a preamble in which it is stated that the health of the county is para mount; that the two sanitary trunk sew CTS, the one running from East Lake to a point below Bessemer. and the other from East Lake to point below Ensley, will soon be completed: that If the citi- zens embrace this opportunity for sanita- tion the territory will be the most healthy in the entire country and that connec- tions will have to be made with these sewers at the expense of the owners of the abutting property, resolution is recommended for adoption by the club.
 This resolution sets forth that 1t Is the sense of the club that all the property which can be drained by connections with the sanitary sewers shall be embraced within the corporate limits of munich pality with power vested in that munici- pality to connect property to the trunk sewers at the expense of the abutting property
 The resolution says that 1t Is for the good of the public health that the terri tory through which these sewers pass should be within as few municipalities as possible, and that in no event should the number exceed three, for the reason that the fewer the municipalities the easier 1t would be to concentrate the responsibility for the protection of the public health and the better would be the results.
 Non-Taxing Districts.
 One clause of the resolution says that 1t would be manifestly unjust for the portion of the district which is not thiclly built up to be required to pay municipal taxes. and that therefore there should be taking and non-taxing districts. which taxing districts need not be contiguous. All the taxing districts are to participate in the city government. pay city taxes and receive all benefits and protection coming from the city government. The non-taking districts are not to partici- pate in the city government. except that the municipality shall have the right to lay sanitary connectioAs In the non-tax- ing districts at the expense of the abut- ting property. and shall also have juris- diction over the non-taxing districts for the protection of the public health and peace.
 non-taxing district or any portion there of may become taxing district at any time when the citizens thereof vote to be- come a taxing district and the municipal authorities vote to receive them as tax ing district.
 Provides for indebtedness.
 The indebtedness of the smaller munich palities merged into the larger shall be assumed by the larger, and a fair and equitable treatment shall be accorded to all sections.
 The resolution also states that the mat ter of public health is of such vital im- portance that all the citizens, for the public good, should put aside all selfish and private interests and cooperate un- selfishly to the end that the public shall receive the full benefit of the means af- forded for the protection of the public health.
 The resolution lays special stress on the desire to have the cooperation of all the citizens in the entire territory referred to, and all are requested to consider the question carefully, unselishly and for the public good as we'll as for the good of their families
 The necessary legislation Is desired by
 
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