Bisbee daily review., 1907-02-05

shall be the mayor, city treasurer. city marshal and city judge. all being cleo tive ofaces. Not less than four alder men will be elected and they will be from the city at large Instead of from wards as heretofore. The council will, by ordinance. fix all salaries which will place the pay for aldermen at not more than ss for each meet. ing with not moro than two meetings in the month for which they are paid. The mayor of the city is not Co re eeiye more than $l0 per meeting with not more than two meetings a month.
 Discussion arose over the salary question and for half an hour sugges- tons were made which announced the councils mind on this question. tt developed that the Phoenix council wanted to fix a mayors salary at no; more than si.000 year and that the incumbent should devote his whole time to municipal work Mayer Adamson asserted that he would nos take the position under the circum. stances for $500 a month and doubt. ed If he should take it at all if he were compelled Co devote his whole time 10 the duties of the ofice.
 It was decided to make an amend, ment to the charter providing that a mayors pay should be sl0 for meet, ing and that the amount should not bo more than s260 year, in order that an interruptions man in office could not take advantage of the city and hold a meeting every night The pay of aldermen was fixed at s5 a meet ing, the amount for the month not to be over sl60 year. This clause was inserted for cases wherein city Is not large enough to have regular paid mayor and council,
 The charter holds that no office created by the act can be abolished by the council and that the first Mon. day In April, fin every two years. shall be election day. the members Co go into office on the first of May follow ing the election. Also that no man who is not a freehold taxpayer can run for office in any municipality.
 Four out of five memebrs of the council. the mayors one vote includ- ed. can remove any member of the appointive or elective force,
 The charter calls for city judge instead of justice, of the peace to look after city cases. and that he shall receive salary of not more than s100 year and that he collect fees only on civil cases. The salary of a city treasurer is fixed al not more than s2500 a year in a city of over 10000 population, and that in city of under 10000 people he Is not to re- ceive more than s2000 a year. The salary of any elective officer can not be cut during his term of office.
 The charter provides that the may or will be the chief executive of a city and that he shall appoint any body he sees fit to vacant office un- til meeting of the council, which will then decide on what shall be done. The mayor shall also have pow CT to cause a financial report of the city's condition to be given by the treasurer every three months. The council shall have the power to place a tax on any line of business carried on within the city limits.
 Annexation of su3urDs or outlying sections of city came in for much discussion last night The charter claims that by vote of the majority of the people of a city an election may | be held, in which the citizens of the 1 community to be annexed are includ- | ed in the election, to decide wheth- CT the desired territory shall be taken | into the corporal limits or not. This feature of the charter is to provide against allowing communities to en- | joy all the privileges of a city with {! out paying taxes for those privileges The council last night met until a late hour discussing the charter
 which proved to be satisfactory with the exception of few minor details City Attorney Lockwood read the doc
 ument, which contained forty-nine closely written pages. A pause was
 made at the end of the reading oi each section to enable those present to make any objections or sugges
 tions they wished. but with the ex, ception of the salary question, which
 was slightly amended, the charter
 will come before the council in prac ] ticaliy its original form.
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