Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
A GREAlER REVENUE
 RAISED LAST Nl6HT
The Gambling License Increased by
 $50 Month.

It has been current street talk for
 several days that when the city council
 met last evening the license ordinance
 would be amended and a raise made in
 the gambling license of the city and
 accordingly when an ordinance was
 adopted by the council raising the n- cense from $2O a. month to $50 a month,
 there was little surprise. The ordinance adopted amends the former law in three
 ways. The license is made payable
 quarterly in the place of monthly, the
 policy games and the policy offices are
 included in the raised license and all
 games of chance are included in the
 Eaise. There was some discussion in
 the caucus preceding the meeting
 whether the ordinance. 's was adopt
 ed. does not put double tax on the
 game wher the policy drawing is made
 by reason of the fact that the law re-
 fers to policy and Chinese lottery
 games and later to offices where the
 sale of policy tickets is conducted. The
 city attorney held however, that the
 ordinance as drafted provides for the
 payment of but one license for each of
 flee maintained. All other games of
 chance other than policy are also in
 cluded and will, after the first day of
 August, have to pay a license of $50
 table to the city. This will make
 the total of each license for each gam
 bling table in Phoenix $50 a month, $50 being the county tax.
 All of the members of the council
 voted for the ordinance in the open
 session but it is understood the raise
 was opposed in the caucus preceding
 the meeting. There were two of the members who desired to leave the old license stand until after a vote on gambling is taken at some date between now and the Sth of November. They advanced the argument that it would be more difficult matter to abolish gambling if a revenue of any grea { amount was derived by the city from i that source and two members of the council favor abolition. A week ago it was agreed that the increase would be but $20 a month. but last evening the council was divided half and half, two favOring a raise of $50 and two content ing themselves with a raise of S2O. Finally the license enacted into a law was agreed upon.
 R. F. Doll appeared before the council and raised an objection to the action taken at previous meeting raising the 1 saloon license. He said he realized the i license as it "~I stood for many years
 was too low, but that he thought it was
 now just as much too high He suggest ed that the ordinance be amended and | the license be placed at $500. IT had | been expected by the council that a i larger delegation would appear and object to the raise in the saloon li- cense. The members of the council therefore consider the action approved by the majority of the liquor dealers E. w. Lewis who resides in the | Simms addition appeared before the council and urged that some action be taken by the city providing for the construction of a cement walk on the north side of Westmoreland street. The chairmen of the finance committee and of the street and alley committee were instructed to investigate and if deemed advisable order the necessary publication notifying abutting prop erty owners.
 Bids for the city printing for the en- suing year were opened by the council and referred to committee of the whole Several other small matters were ad- justed after which an adjournment was l taken until Saturday. The meeting was a short one owing to the de
 was short one but owing to the de- parture of Councilman Christy on last evenings train for the south with No gales as his destination.