Weekly journal-miner., 1916-02-09
RECOMMENDSPAY FOR THE CITY
 OFFICIALS
MAYOR TIMERHOFF PRE- SENTS ANNUAL MES SAGE TO THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
(From Tuesdays Daily)

Recommending that tEe city char ter be amended so that succeeding mayors and councilmen shall receive some reasonable compensation for the time and energy they expend in the performance of their duties Mayor Timerhoff presented his annual mes sage at the first meeting of the newly elected city officers last night.
 After the reading of the message all of the officials who were appointed last year were re-appointed by the mayor and council. They are as fol lows: treasurer. C. A. Peter; chief of ! police. Robert Robbins; clerk and re- corder, F. C. Whisman; assessor and tax collector. F. H. Williams. and city attorney. E. J. Mitchell. The different committees as appointed in 1915 will stand with the exception that Councilman A. L. Smith will take the committee places left vacant by the resignation of Councilman Whis- man last Spring.
 Within the next ten days special meeting of the council will be called to act on the many recommendations made in the mayors message which is as follows:
 To the Members of the Common Council and to the Citizens of Prescott: Prescott, Arizona.
 Fellow Citizens:
 In pursuance with the requirements of the City Charter. herewith hand you my annual message, accompanied by recommendation for the conduct of the city's business for the ensuing year.
 The annual reports of the several departments of the City government are now in. and without an exception show a great improvement in the con duct of tine City's business and its financial condition.
 At this time the City treasury has a cash balance of S4S.462.S5. an increase over the cash balance Of February l. 1915. of S8,0S0.3l. To this should be added the amount of S3,650.48 paid into the State treasury for the re- demption of the City's funded debt making net gain during the year oi Sl1,73O.7o.
 Tn this connection I desire to call your attention to the condition Of the so-called funded debt of the City. This | is the money that WIG owe the State. The original amount was S9l l.26l.oc During the year 1914 we paid to the State treasury as a redemption fund on this indebtedness S2.7524S. and in 1915, S3,650.4S. a to;ai of S,402.96 leaving us owing the State SS3,85S.94 ; We are paying interest on the entire amcunt at the rate of AZ per cent Tai> is an injustice that should not continue. and l recommend that the City council and citizens of Prescott petition the Legislature at its next session. to amend the present law, and thereby relieve the City of this unjust burden; for under present con ditions the time will come when WIG will be paying 100 per cent interest on the amount that we owe the State.
 There has been a .lIling off in re ccipts for the past year of S9,23o.S2. This is accounted for by the receipts from licenses. water. and amounts re- ceived from street grading. In con nection with the moneys due the City for street grading. wish to call your attention to the fact that the various property owners are indebted to the City for street grading fin amount of S6,700.6l. This is divided as follows: | Alarcon street ......S 693.S6