The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-16
CHARTER Commission
REPORTS At LUNCHEON
ANNOUNCEMENT IL MADE THAI
NEW CHARTER HAS BEN
FRAMED At LAST.
VIII he Submitted Co the City Council
Tonight and Within Few Days
viii BE Placed in Hands of
the People.

Because OF the failure to hold
luncheon last week there was con-
siderable business to come before the
Chamber OF Commerce today and
Chairman Mincey was forced TO run
over time several minutes in order to
get through. One of the all-impor-
tant subjects was a discussion OF
the proposed brick sanitarium. Many
talks were made, but in as much as
this movement is one OF the peoples
the Chamber of Commerce will not
take the initiative.
There were other matters of equal
Interest to come up for discussion,
among which the proposed new char
ter wac perhaps one OF greatest
| DR.. 8. l.. Hornbeak said that as
lchairman of the charter commission
|he was glad to be able to make an
announcement which he thought
would be of interest not only to al
present. but to the entire citizenship
of the city, which was that the char
tier commission had finally agreed
upon draft of new charter for
the city. satisfactory to the commits
sion, the city council and the school
board, and that an order for an cleo
ltion on the matter of the adoption or
rejection Of such proposed charter
would be made tonight by the city
council; that the election would be
within about forty days; that in their
work the commission had made as
few changes ffomN the existing char
ter as they could in order to enable
1.-THE city council to meet pressing de-
mands and give the city an efficient
government; that the main purposes
| of the new charter are to confer up
on the city all powers which under
1.-THE law can be conferred upon
| it and to confer upon the Council.
as the governing body, such powers
as will enable it to require efficient
service from all other city officials
| or employees; that the highest rate
of tax permitted by the new Char
ter will be $3.50 upon the $4,000
valuation of taxable property. which
| is only % per cent in excess of the
taxes which have been levied for the
present and for several past years,
but 10c. of this tax cannot be fur
Their levied after two years except
upon a direct vote of the people;
that this Toe tax for these two
years is permitted in order to take
care of some outstanding floating
indebtedness of the city, and to put
the finances of the city upon cash
basis, and after these two years this
tax is to be used only by express
permission of the people, to meet
pressing public demands that cannot
be met from any other source of
| taxation, such as an immediate de-
mand for public building or for re-
pairs or extension of the water
works, and matters of that kind. He
would retain its organization until
after the election upon the charter,
and would, through its committee,
from time to time give to the pub
| lie detailed information in respect
to their different provisions of the
charter, and under the law a copy
of the charter would be mailed to
each legal voter of the city within
the next two weeks, and he hoped
that the work of the commission
would be approved by the people.
Dr. Hornbeak also made report on
the outlook for the summer normal
at Trinity. which is being fostered
by the Chamber of Commerce as well
as citizens of the town and the uni
versity. He called attention to the
last effort towards advertising tho
normal and summer school and urg-
ed citizens and business men 10 make
report of all names of young teachers
who might attend. lie also asked
that literature be sent out as often
as possible calling attention to the
normal
The matter OF bond for the sale
of revenue stamps was reArred 10
the directors Of the club.