Arizona republican., 1905-11-26

Section 2. Before entering upon the duties of said commission the mem bers thereof shall severally take and subscribe to an oath before the city re- corder that they will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of their office; and each commissioner shall furnish a bond for the faithful per- formance of his duties, in the penal sum of five thousand (s5000) dollars. secured by some security company au- thorized to do business in the territory of Arizona, to be approved in form and substance by the common council The qualification of said commissioners shall be effected within twelve CPD days from their appointment and the passage of this ordinance. or such ap- pointment shall be vacated.
 Section 8. The water works commits sion shall organize itself by the cleo ton of a chairman and a secretary, and shall adopt bylaws for its own government and the expedition of it's business, which bylaws shall not be in conflict with the ordinances of this city or the laws of the territory of Arizona
 Section 4. Four members of the wa ter works commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- ness; but no contract shall be made no bill audited, nor any act done in volving the expenditure of money, or the mourning of a debt, unless four (4) members of the commission vote in favor thereof.
 Section 5. It shall be the duty of said commission to deposit all moneys which may come to the hands of said commission, in the city treasury of Phoenix to be there credited to what shall be known as the "water works fund"
 Section 6. Said commission shall ob- tain reliable data of the relative cost, feasibility and merits of gravity and pumping systems of water works, and shall determine, subject to the approv al of the common council, upon the system best adapted to the needs of said city, and shall have prepared plans and specifications of proposed works, employing therefor and wher ever necessary a hydraulic engineer or engineers. As soon as funds are in the treasury for that purpose said com mission shall proceed with the con- Struction of the system of water works determined upon. and such work may be performed under a single contract for the construction of the entire sys- tenn or under several contracts for the construction of separate portions of said work, as may be deemed advis- able, but the commission shall not make any contract or expenditure for supplies, goods, materials, machinery or merchandise, Involving the sum of more than five hundred (s500) dollars. unless it shall first have caused a mo- tice to be published for at least five (5) days in a daily newspaper, printed and published in the city of Phoenix, and may have said notices published in papers in other cities, as may be deemed advisable, inviting proposals to furnish the same, and all bids received shall be opened at a time and place named in such notice in the presence of the public, and the contract therefor shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, who shall furnish security for it's performance, satisfactory to the commission, provided, however, that the commission may reject any and all bids.
 It shall be the duty of the commits sion to keep said work of construction under constant inspection during all