Arizona republican., 1905-06-14

IlOn that maTef1allV a1ecCS eVeryDOQS was the last one brought up, and that was left for a meeting one week later to take action. It was the question of the city waterworks bonds. In behalf ] of w. R. Todd & Co. of Cincinnati, T. i J. Prescott offered the council the prin- cipal and accrued interest for the bonds to date, agreeing to take them and advance the money regardless of the pending litigation. MT. Prescott presented, as an earnest of good faith. the certified check of the company for $5,000. MT. Prescott also made very fervid plea for the acceptance of this offer, which, he said, was only open until June IS, though he thought it could be extended a few weeks.
 None of the councilmen seemed de- sirous of acung hastily, and the mayor said he believed d commission should
 first be appointed to have charge of the construction of the waterworks, i and it might be well to have the com mission appointed before the bonds were sold. He said the law provided for the appointment of such com mission, to serve in cases where the amount involved was over 5000 As this undertaking will be a large one. and the council cannot devote its whole time gratis, nor can it draw pay from the city; Be believed the commis- sion would be the proper solution of the situation.
 It is probable that by next Tuesday the mayor may have selected the men 1 he desires to appoint to such work. The bonds of the city recorder, tax l collector, treasurer and marshal were l approved, as was the binder bond of the city attorney, pending receipt of his regular bond.
 | Ordinances amending the fire ordi- nance, and also compelling street car companies to place rail guards on their cars. were referred to the city att torney. The city attorney was also instructed to present to the council an ordinance not only prohibiting the presence of minors in saloons, but pro- viding a penalty for both the propri- etors of the saloons and the minors who frequent them in violation of the law
 The ordinance granting permission to the NJ. & P. railway to build Y south of the old depot was re- ferred back to the committee for fur ther action.
 By the unanimous vote of the coun- cil, The Republican was made the of ficial paper of the city by the award ing of the contract for printing the or dinances.
 The recorder was instructed to ad- vertise for bids for the feeding of the city prisoners.
 E. E. Sunderland filed a protest against the appointment of D. W. Mil lard as city building inspector. on the ground that he was not a resident of the city. The matter was referred to the city attorney. The reports of the corral keeper. health officer and mar shal for the month of May were read. The latter included a report on street work, in which was mentioned the progress in cement ditch construction and the agreement of the city 10 gravel the streets where gutters were completed The marshal said the city was short of teams. and to carry out it's agreement with property owners a couple of teams should be hired for a couple of mOntns. The street and all ley committee was placed in charge of this matter, with power to act. as it was also in respect Of a request for ditch cleaning in the Simms addition.
 There was only one life and death question discussed last night. and that was in respect of dogs and the dog tax Al Senor Dom Garcia Garcia was duly appointed to the office of dog catcher, and resolution was passed that it IS believed will be an incentive to dog owners to pay up promptly. Under the time-hOnOred custom of the coun- cil, it has been the rule to pay the dog catcher 50 cents for each dog killed and 50 cents for each dog tag sold to dog owner by the dog catcher. when the animal was rescued from the. pound. The owner, therefore, very frequently took the long chance by not buying d tag. lln owing that if Carlo failed to come home he could find him at the pound and save him by buying tag. Under the resolution passed last night, tag bought at the pound will cost $2.5O instead of s2. the other 50 cents being for the dog catcher. The dog catcher gets no more, but the city makes the law breakers pay his wages.