Arizona republican., 1919-07-10
MILK ORDINANCE
 TOO SEVERE |S
 DEALERS PLEA
Dairymen Protest to City
 Commission-First Steps Taken to Cover the "Town
 Ditch"- Tax Rate Fixed

A formal protest against the pro visions of the new city milk ordinance making a jail sentence the mandatory penalty for a second offense against the ordinance and a revocation of the permit for third offense, and against the temperature clause of the ordin ance, was placed before the city com mission at it's meeting yesterday by committee of the Phoenix Milk Deal CTS association, headed by Georg E. Miller.
 The milk ordinance, designed to pro- tect the city's milk, provides among other things a jail sentence as the penalty for a second offense. For the third offense the revoking of the of lenders permit is provided. These provisions, particularly the jail sen tence part, were objected to by the dairymen representatives, who pointed out that the jail sentence for a second offense is made mandatory by the ordinance, leaving nothing to the dis erection of the judge.
 The dairy men also protested against the temperature clause of the ordi- nance which provides that milk must be cooled down and delivered at tenn
 
 To Cover Town Ditch"
 The dairymens protest was referred by the commission to the city attor- ney. The dairymen saw little Hkeli- hood that the temperature clause would be changed, but it was understood that the city would remedy the provision making the jail sentence mandatory for a second offense under the or dinance.
 The commission at it's meeting yes terday took the first steps toward cov- ering the Salt River Valley canal in the city by completing plans for the con- struction of the first section of the canal conduit, between Central avenue and Third avenue. Plans for the work were adopted by the passing of or dinance 2S0, the city declaring it's in- tention of having the work done in resolution 375
 The city commission, by turning it. self into the city board of equalization in the midst of it's meeting and then. its work as a board done, changing itself back into the commission. yes terday also put into effect the city tax machinery for the year 1919-1920 bv adopting ordinance No. PTS. the tax ordinance. The ordinance makes the tax rate for the fiscal year beginning July l, 1919, and ending June 30, 1920 the same as last year. or $1.06 Der s1OO valuation.
 Would Extend Sweeping Hourv
 The commission led off it's meeting with the choosing of Commissioner irving as chairman pro tempore, and rollowed by granting Mayor Corpstein a three months leave of absence. Ii then passed two ordinances providing TOT the Payment of bills against the Clty, referred petition for improving JeIlerson street between Twenty-first ana IWenty-second avenues to the en- glneering department. and accepted the pld or the Southwestern Contracting company for improving Fifth street
 The commission heard petition rom the Merchants and Manufactur- CTS association asking that the or dinance requiring the sweeping Inf stores and sidewalks before 7:3O o'clock in the morning be amended er- tending the hour until or S:15 o'clock as most stores do not open until that tune. The petition was referred to City Manager Thompson. who nrev- lousIy advised the commission against the change.
 Adopt S1.06 Tax Rate
 ordnance PTS, the tax ordinance then came before the commission which at this point transformed itself ihto the board of equalization by talk hls recess as commission and con NenlhS as the board. The board hay Ing completed it's work, Commission CT Adams formally moved that the tax roll as prepared by the city assessor pc adopted as the official tax assess nehL roll Tor the fiscal year. The move was earned unanimously, the board duJourned sine die, and the commission leconVened to take up the ordinance
 he orulnance was unanimously adopted. It's provisions make no chahge Tn the tax roll prepared a week ago, and leave the tax rate at s1 oe per slO0 valuation. The assessmant roll carrying nearly s33.dO0. GOO in property, is subject to the us1lal ! nor cent exemptions.
 Ask Street Improvements
 The rest of the commissions session mad to do exclusively with imnroyo- ment projects which continue to no,,r m. A petition for the improvine of Auams street from Seventh avenue in 1"efth avenue was referred to the en- gIheerlng department for checking rms also befell a petition asking inc improvement of Monroe street from Fifteenth to Twelfth avenues. Twelfth avenue from Monroe to Adams streets and Adams from Seventh to Twelfth avenues. en
 Resolutions 373 and 374 were adont- ed' declaring intention to improve. re- spectively. Third avenue between Fill more and Mckinley, and Ninth street rom Washington to Van Buren. Ord france zf9 was also adopted, ordering tne alley in block 80 improved.