Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-22
.b|SbEE IN NEED
 OF 4 SPECIAL CHARTER
ExigenCies of the Times De- mand More Favorable
 Laws Is Claimed.

That Bisbee. the foremost city in Arizona, should now have a special charter empowering her to make her own laws, unhampered by the general laws governing the Territory at large is a view that is shared by many of
 Bisbee's foremost lawyers and busi- ness men. In the opinion of several,
 Blsbee has long ago outgrown the use fulress and conveniences of the old
 forms which govern her alone of all
 the other prominent cities of the Ter
 ritory. Of Phoenix, Tucson. Prescott,
 Tombstone, Yuma and Disbee, the lat ter is the only one of that number
 whose laws have to be nodded to fit the Territorial statutes, many of the passages of which not only conflict
 with the best interests of the individual community. but are not intended for the government of a progressive city
 of this size. The present laws, said prominent attorney yesterday, are enough 10 confuse a whole bench of judges with a courtroom of lawyers thrown in.
 There would be many advantages accruing to Bisbee if she were under
 legal regime of her own and empow- cred to make and pass such laws as would be suitable to her needs.
 This is a matter, however. Jhat the local civic bosses should take up and push to a point where it will be put before the next legislature. AS an in-
 stance of a single benefit that Ihe city would enjoy under her own laws. take the government of the city itself. At present the offices of mayor and city aldermen have not the least Temuner-
 ation to offer to the men who devote so much of their time to the city's needs. There is no one who would object to the city lads drawing down reasonable salary. but as matters
 now stand there is no question as TO
 the illegality of such a procedure. On
 the ether hand. there is no more doubt that these men are entitled to some re- muneration for their time. Take the thirty or forty days consumed in going over the city assessment rolls. to say nothing of the many nights throughout the year when these men are taken away from their business and their homes to work for the city-and for nothing. With a salary fitted to the
 work and the responsibility. Bisbee would get better service from her law makers and the arrangement would be more satisfactory all around
 t.g.f NSnssiyitg came Ite, issue of bond-. thfs matter could be dispensed with
 more readily and the city find a ready market for her securities. She could
 do as she saw fit in the terms held out to bond buyers and make them of-
 fers that would tempt capital to aid us
 in the betterment of our city"
 There is no doubt that the germs of
 dissatisfaction over the government of
 the city by ordinances, themselves cur
 tailed in their jurisdiction by the Ter
 ritory statutes. have been sown in the
 minds Of some of Bisbee's most pro-
 gressive citizens. There is little doubt that the subject will be brought before the Chamber of Commerce with view
 to getting that body to inaugurate a
 campaign having for it's purpose the
 petition for a special charter. This
 Will have to be brought about through
 Washington before the desired legis-
 lation can be taken.