Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-22
PAY OFF PART
 OF CITY DEBT
Council Directs Payment of Ten Per CenI Q! Total
 Floating Debt
COMPLETE CEMETERY PLAN

COMPItlt GtMt thf ELAN
 Al a special meeting Of the city council held last night it was decided 10 al once pay of ten per cent of the floating indebtedness of the city this month. and seven Der cent. mere win probably be paid next month. The payment of outstanding indebt- edness that was authorized will save the tax payers in interest, S25 Ter month. In addition to this. other business of importance was transact cd which might be termed largely preliminary, but which paves the way for rapid action on several matters at the next regular meeting Of the body. These include the cemetery. an ordinance for the revocation Of several franchises, investigation Of the Barker claim, and further pay ments of floating indebtedness. On all Of these matters progress tha; was essentially necessary was made last night, and other matters of minor importance were disposed or.
 Announce Cemetery Plsns
 Last evening the city attorney read the proposed ordinance rela- tive 10 Evergreen, Cemetery. By this ordinance the taking over Of the property by the city is accomplished by official acceptance of the deeds to the surface. running to a depth Of forty feet. The government is placed in the hands Of a committee Of three who shall have full charge and supervision. even to the employ ment of help and labor. disposition of lots and graves. and practically all other matters, subject to 8 gen eral supervision of the whole coun- cil. This committee is now composed of Allen. chairman. Henderson and Schmidt. The old committee. which was to prepare ordinance and by laws, was discharged. having com. pleted its duties. In addition to the ordinance, the city attorney also read rules and regulations for the government oi the cemetery affairs. The committee will have 10 decide on rates, prices for lots and graves, and other matters, so that the rules will be ready for approval next month and the full government of the ceme- tery will be in operation by the first Of the year While the ordi- nance appears satisfactory to all, there Is a possibility that some minor change may be desired by the comulittee. and for this reason IL was deemed best not to pass il un. til the December meeting.
 One of the important matters tha& will faH under the supervision of the committee will be the keeping of a record of the dead. and the loca- tion Of each grave opened. with the name of the occupant. As has been heretofore stated, there are 2,43S graves now occupied in Evergreen. and of these there is no record O. the names of 1.3f3 It is possible that this number may be reduced through certain inquiries. by forty or fifty. but not by more Hereafter il will be known where each de. ceased person is laid at rest, should relatives or friends desire 10 learn later. The worst condition in this respect has been in the common plot where ,136 out of 1924 graves are now occupied by unknown dead. or course. they were once known, but the absence of q system of records has produced the state Of affairs that now exists.
 To Revoke old Franchises
 At the next council meeting the city attorney will have prepared fer adoption an ordinance repeating fom ordinances that granted franrhi e which have never been operated One is for street railway, another is 10 the Huacluca Water company which laid some 200 feet of pipe, and the other two were, one for anOthc. water company and the other for q gas company These are the only outstanding franchise ordinances that the city attorney has been able to find afteN' examination except tbe street railway now in operation and and the International Gas and Light company, now held by the Bisbee I'm provement company by purchase last July. Al last nights meeting of the council the city attorney read the complaint in an action he has been instructed to bring on behalf of the city and against the Bisbee Improve ment company. relative to the va lidity of that franchise and the re. peallng ordinance passed last July 4 separate fund for the deposit oi money for the monthly service of city hall lights. which the company re fuses to accept, was also created.
 Pay Of Old Warrants
 Toward the close of last night proceedings the mayor s;ited that there were now funds on hand wit which outstanding warrants might be paid. and he recommended thai ten per cent. approximately. of the 1908 warrants be paid. to the amount of s5,000. There S about S51.0OO o floating indebtedness now outstanG ing. Last year twenty-five per cent O the 1908 warrants were paid, and ] VIII require about Sii,000 to pay ! similar proportion this year. War