Arizona republican., 1905-12-01

duties of said cOmmlSSl8n 8i1E Ss5 bers thereof shall severails tslER q subscribe to an oath before fsfs RfsEt corder that they win faithffttg q | impartially perform the duties yf fs office; and each cOmmissIaseF a | furnish q bond for the faithtlE E ! formnnce of his duties. h tAe asl sum of five thousand tS5aAlf aat7 secured by some security egsxfziSF a thorized to do business in ths tsTfts of Arizona. to be approved ta teFA q substance by the common FeQtlEf1 q l qualification of said c6laatlSsi rss shall be effected within twelve a days from their appointment aaa passage of this ordinance. or SUeA pointment shall be vacated | Section 3. The water works 6laszEssi sion shall organize itself by ths ~ts tion of a chairman and a sccfeta and shall adopt bylaws f0r sss ea government and the expeGifica af business. which bylaws shah not in conflict with the ordinances of n city or the laws of the teEFitsTy Arizona
 Section 4. Four members Of the N ter works commission shall c0nstitu a quorum for the transactioa of bus ness; but no contract shall be mac no bill audited, nor any act doHe l vOlving the expenditure Of money. the mourning of a debt. unless foi | (4) members of the commission vote favor thereof
 Section 5. It shall be the duty said commission to deposit all monr, which may come to the hands of sa commission, in the city treasury Phoenix to be there credited 10 Whi shall be known as the water worl fund"
 Section 6. Said commission shall Ol tain reliable data of the relative cos feasibility and merits of gravity an pumping systems of water workS. an shall determine, subject tO the appros al of the common council. upon tf system best adapted to the needs said city. and shall have prepare plans and specifications of propose works. employing therefor and Wher ever necessary a hydraulic engineer engineers. As soon as funds are in th treasury for that purpose said com mission shall proceed with the con struction of the system of water-Work determined upon. and such work ma be performed under a single coutrac
 
 tenn or under several contracts for th construction of separate portions o said work. as may be deemed advis able. but the commission shall no make any contract or expenditure fo supplies, goods, materials. maehiner or merchandise. involving the sum o more than five hundred (sS0ol dollars unless it shall first have caused a no I.so aT.r (5) days in a daily newspaper. print-s and published in the city of Phoenix and may have said notices publishes in papers in other cities. as may b. deemed advisable. inviting proposals q, furnish the same. and all bids receive, shall be opened at a time and plac' named in such notice in the preseISi of the public. and the contract tAsEcf0 shall be let to the lowest resE-saSloi. bidder. who shall furnish security fo its performance. satisfactory t9 th. commission. provided. howeVer. tAa the commission may reject any as1 ai bids.
 It shall he the duty of the cOmuI.s sion to keep said work Of cOaStFucttal under constant inspection during ai stages of its progress. and may eastel one of its members for that PurFoss a a rate of compensation to be fixed q. the commission for time actually era ployed in such work. as shall aFEssaa from verified statements Of surh ln spectOr.
 Section :. Payment of all claim created by said commission shall h' by warrant drawn on the water work fund of said city by the common coun cil, in the manner that other warrant are drawn. upon proof of such elan in the form of vouchers signed by th' chairman and secretary of said com mission. Said voucher shall show ii a general way for what work or mater ial it is issued and that the claim fn which it is issued has been duly audit ed and approved by the water work commission
 Section s. When required by the ex agencies of the work for which sal. commission is created and for the ful fillment of the duties imposed by thi ordinance, said commission Is empoW cred and directed to employ clerlca services and legal counsel. procure of flee supplies and rent office room. anl the expenses thereof shall be met al other claims created by said eOmmis sion are paid as herein provided fov-
 Section 9. Said commission shal meet ns often as once each month. an' shall at least once each month repo- fully its proceedings to the common council of said city. and shall at al , times when especially called upon b. the common council make such repor to is as may be required
 Section 10. The members of sal commission shall be paid for their ser vices at the rate of five (S5-0o) dollar for each meeting of said commission attended, excepting that the secretar. of said commission shall receive segel } and fifty-hundredths Cs7.5oI dollar for each meeting of said commission attended by him; provided. hcwevei that the total compensation paid shal not exceed three hundred dollars ts3a1 : per annum for any member except th secretary, and shall not exceed fou hundred and fifty (s45O) dollars re annum for the secretary. to be pal as other accounts of said commlsslol l are paid.
 Section II. No member Of sal , commission shall at any time eithe directly or indirectly become interests