Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-05-30
# Phoenix Wants a Sewer
The People Must Act
ONLY $50 NAMES LISTED
Explanation of Qualifica-
tions Of a Voter and What
He Must Do If He Wants
to vote-City Attorneys
Opinion

Registration for the sewer BOND
election. will close next Saturday
night and unless the small household
ers, the rank and file Of the citizen
ship of Phoenix, wake up at once and
put their names on the register, the
bonds will be defeated and there win
be no sewer. out of population of
fifteen Of twenty thousand, most OF
whom have at one time or another
kicked as hard as anybody at the
Inadequate sewer facilities of Phoe-
nix. only about 100 had taken enough
interest in the matter to register up
to Saturday night 1t is quite certain
that those interested in defeating the
bonds are taking the trouble to reg
lister; those who favor them are
nearly all assuming that the rest of
the people are of the same mind and
eaCn one Is lcdNihS tiiC
registering and voting to his neigh
Dor
Today being a holiday, there will be
no registering done, leaving the re-
manning five days of the week for the
closing Of the register. Even if the
vote was unanimous in favor of the
bonds. such a small representation as
has thus far been registered would
reflect no credit on the city. nor
would it stimulate a high price in
the later bidding for the bonds by
investors. 1t is quite clearly the duty
OF at least a thousand or fifteen hun
dred more people in Phoenix to go to
the city hall and register in the next
five days, whatever their sentiments
on the bond question.
In this connection it is well to make
a little explanation. The former
called bond election was abandoned
because Of an erroneous interpreta-
tion of the law, discovered too late
TO rectify, as to the qualification OF
voters. and through which some quail
fled voters were denied their rights. 1t
is believed that this time no such
error has been or will be made. The
CITY attorney, however, in his desire
TO be absolutely correct. has given an
opinion for the guidance of the city
recorder in making registrations that
might at first embarrass some eligi-
BILE voters who would not take the
trouble to dig deep enough into the
facts. This opinion is reproduced as
follows:
PHOENIX Ariz., May %. 1910.
Frank Thomas, City Recorder:
AT your request l will give my
opinion of the law relating to the reg
istration of voters for the sewer bond
election to be held June Is next.
This election is held under au-
thoritys of an act of congress, appear
ing under chapter 35, fifty-fifth con-
gress. second session, March 4. 1898,
amending the sO-called Harrison act,
and among other things provides that
on the question of the issuance. OF
said bonds no person shall be quail
fled to vote except he be in all re-
spects qualified elector and owner
of real or personal property subject
10 taxation within such municipality.
Act No. 4 of the twenty second leg
islative assembly of the Territory OF
Arizona, entitled, AN act to amend
paragraph 519, section l, and para
graph $40, section 2. of chapter .,
title II, of the revised statutes of
Arizona among other things provides
that no person shall be permitted 20
vote at any such special election, un-
less the real or personal property OF
the person offering to vote, which is
suf.;ect to taxation within such Nmu-
nicipality, shall appear on the last
assessment or tax roll 0f such mu-
nicipal corporation.
In my opinion, this act in no wise
conflicts with the United States law
but is merely supplementary and pro-
vides a method for determining who
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