| Show layton had better incorporate recently some of the business people of layton asked the county commissioners for an appropriation of about 45 a month with which to pay the th e night watch that is employed to gua d lie he business property of that own but the request was not cot granted the petitioners petition ers to no doubt thought r because they paid from 1200 to 1500 into the county treasury each year from liquor and merchants licenses that it would not be out cf the way to ask for this little favor in return at first thou thought ta lit it would seem that it would be a good business policy for the commissioners to grant this request to prevent layton from incorporating into a city lut but lookin looking at it from another point of view could the commissioners grant layaou auy such a request without having baving the woods cross merchants asking askin for the same thing thine they also paya pay a license to the county and they need protection tec tion tile the same is true of centreville Cen treville and some other places in the county the best way that we can seo see for layton lay ion people to improve their condition is to incorporate you can call elect your own men then to luok look afier af tu ar the interests ol oi your town then you can call keep the license money home ionic and expend it to pay a night light watch or on the roads or in any manner you deem best you will never need to td levy a special city tax unless you want to make extensive town improvements the other cities of the county have proven beyond a doubt that a i city government govern munt can be run without taxation and make a good many improve dents outs all three of the cities in the county have bought land and the land that has not already been paid lor for is bein being M paid for by money received from licenses |
