Show MUNICIPAL CHARTERS SOME of theo the municipal charters that have been enacted by our territorial legislature and under which city governments are now operating are defective and need reconstruction in which process models should be used ased of later and more improved designs than those which were originally followed in some of the charters there are provisions which are dional and aad which should be eliminated and in outliers there are crudities ambiguities and provisions of ati an uncertain scope add meaning such imperfections should be corrected aud it this were done much litigation and consequent expense would be avoided there are many reasons why uniformity should prevail in the corporate powers of cities of similar sira ilar population on the principle that laws to be not lat must do b equal in their application and operation but where a separate ci tarter la is enacted lor for each municipality it is difficult it not impossible to preserve uniformity especially will tois this difficulty exist where each corporation diaks such a charter as it would like to have and procures its enactment by the legislature a custom which has prevailed at least to some extent in tifis territory the genius of american institutions tends strongly in ia the direction of local self government and hence it is that in ia some of the states of the union municipal pad law kas has i cached a degree ol of never attained in any an other age or nation so far as history gives information some of the states which have made the great abt progress in ia this regard realizing the necessity of uniformity in municipal charters have eff enacted acted laws clas sitting the cities of tae state according to population and conferring upon the cities of each class claes uniform powers ahe he more populous the city the gie gi cater a ter the powers power conferred upon its gove govern rn went codes of this character whose features have been tested in ia the courts and by long experience exist in some of the states and it would not be difficult for our legislature to select one modify it to suit the requirements 01 ol our Terri territory tWy and enact it under such a code villages and towns having a population of from two or three hundred up ap would possess a local organization and a form of government simple and inexpensive yet sufficient for au ordinary needs it if our small settlements in this territory could have more power in regard to such matters as the tae control of irrigating water aul mals the opening of street etil the employment of police on oa special occasions etc the results would be benell beneficial cial to the people of those places there are in the territory a a number of towns of considerable consider abW size which have only a precinct organization the only officers being a justice of the peace and a countable in such places it is of often ten de mirable to have a local authority competent to deal with luab matters as those named above and it appears as if he be welfare of the inhabitants i would toe ide as enhanced by the creation of such an authority |