Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-20
WHO OWNS THE CENTRAL SCHOOL BUILDING?

Those who are using the argument that the City Council desires to se- cure control of the public school sys- tenn under the provision of the new charter law, in an effort to defeat for Bisbee the only means at hand of en- forcing our ordinances and carrying on in a vigorous manner our city gov ernment in the future, for some mo tive not yet revealed, are attempting to build up mountain out of a mole hill.
 The cry has been raised from some interested source that the entire Territorial Public School system is to be wiped out of existence. the school trustees officially decapitated, the County School Superintendent told to move on and official notice sent to the Territorial Board of Education and Territorial Superintendent of Public instruction that the City Council of Bisbee, under the provision of Section 29 of the proposed new charter law. had seized the public district schools. school property and all.
 For the information of our readers We again reproduce section %. which reads as follows:
 gro provide by ordinance for the establishing. maintaining, control and conduct of common and high schools within said city; provided, however, that any common or high school in said city shall conform to the course of study and text books prescribed by the territorial Board of Education"
 For example, to show the absurdity of the contention of those who are seeing visions of the destruction of our present splendid district school system, the Central School building, located within the incorporated city limits of Bisbee, is the PROPERTY OF BIsBEE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. ?, COUNTY OF CoCHISE, TERRIFIC RY OF ARIZONA, and there is no law, or possible construction of law em- bodied in Section 29, which confers upon the City Council of Bisbee at this time or any other time, the right or power to take possession, control or conduct of this district school. erect ed by the taxpayers of the entire dis trict, and proceed to establish, main tain and control a city common or high school therein, for the benefit of the inhabitants residing solely within the corporate limits of Bisbee
 Even laymen are familiar with that well established principle Of law to the effect that a statute is not repeal ed by implication
 We ask our readers to please find anything in Section 2s which repeals the present manner of operation, con duct and maintenance of the Territo- rial Public School system, ofEcered, controlled and operated under the pro visions of the General School Laws of the Territory, of which Bisbee School District No. 2 of this county is part. the boundaries of which in part cover our city limits. As stated before. the section referred to gives to incorpo. rated cities, adopting the new charter, the right to establish city schools. if the people so desired, addition to or apart from the regular disctrict schools, for the purpose of providing additional common schools for the convenience of a large population. or on the other hand, to establish and maintain City High School or Acad- emy. as for instance the Los Angeles Polytechnic, which is a City High School. separate from the district school system. and where higher branches are taught and which is the pride of Los Angeles. and maintain ed and controlled only by the City Board. sF ss
 This is the reason, the Review is in formed. why the citizens of Phoenix i1yisted that this section should be inserted. It was not put in the char ter. as originally drawn by the City Attorney of Bisbee, and passed upon by our City Council Bisbec at pres ent has no need of additional school facilities other than provided by the ] Territorial District School System.