Arizona republican., 1912-09-26
CHAPTER XXI.
Miscellaneous Provisions


 | Section l. For the purpose of nom- mating candidates and electing a mayor, two commissioners and a city magistrate, in accordance with this | Charter, this Charter shall take effect
 from the time of the approval of the same by the Governor of the State of Arizona.
 Section 2 The mayor and common council of the City of Phoenix. who
 shall be in office at the time of the approval of this Charter by the gov ernor of the state, are hereby em- 1 powered. authorized and directed to ! provide the necessary means for se- l curing the nomination of candidates i for the several offices to be voted l for under the provisions of this Char l ter. at the first election to be held ! under this Charter, and to provide all necessary means and parapher- nalia and polling places for the hold 1 ing of the primary and general cleo 1 tions under the provisions of this 1 Charter relating to the first elections under this Charter, and they shall | also act as the canvassing board for | the canvass of the votes cast at such elections and shall declare the results | thereof and secure the recording of l the same, as contemplated by the pro- visions of this Charter; and they shall also approve the bonds of all 1 the officers elected at such elections. l Section 3. Immediately upon the ! election of such officers. their quali- fications and furnishing bond as here | in provided for, the mayor and com mon council shall turn over and de 1 liver to such officers, all of the prop erty, papers, records, seal and other l paraphernalia belonging to the com mon council of the City of Phoenix, which said act shall be accomplished | by the passage and recording in the | proper book of a resolution to the effect that all of the property, rights, records, papers, property rights and | paraphernalia now belonging to the ! common council of the City of Phoe-
 nix, are hereby transferred to and delivered to the City of Phoenix, pur-
 suant to the requirements of the Char 1 ter adopted by the electors of the City | of Phoenix and referring to the date when such adoption was made. l Section 4 The mayor and members of the Common Council of the City of l Phoenix. in office at the time of the approval of this Charter by the gov ernor shall continue to hold office and discharge their duties until the cleo | tion and qualification of the mayor and commissioners first elected under this Charter
 l The terms of all other officers in office at the time this Charter takes | effect, and that of all employees of 1 the city a the time this Charter shall take effect, shall cease and ter minate when the Commission first | elected shall by resolution so declare. l The compensation of all of such | officers and employees remaining in office, after the election and qualifi- cation of said Commission and until
 the adoption of such resolution, shall | be paid out of the city treasury in the manner provided by the Commis- | sion.
 i Section 5 All lawful city Ordin- ] ances, resolutions and regulations in ! force at the time this Charter takes effect, and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof are hereby cOntin- ued in force until the same shall be duly amended or repealed.
 Section 6. The city attorney shall attend all meetings of the Commission. shall prosecute, in behalf of the peo- 1 ple. all criminal cases arising from vii olations of the provisions of this ! Charter, and the ordinances of this
 city, and shall attend to all suits and proceedings in which the city may be 1 legally interested provided that the Commission shall have control of all Mitigation of the city, and may em-
 ploy other attorneys to take charge
 of any litigation or to assist the city
 attorney therein, and may provide | for the payment for such additional legal services; and may also provide for the payment of any proper ser vices and work done on behalf of the city in connection with it's legal mat ters, and said city attorneys duties.
 Section ' The violation of any provision of this Charter. or of any
 ordinance of the city shall be deemed
 a misdemeanor, and may be prosecu- ted by the authorities of the City in the name of the people of the State of Arizona, or may be redressed by civil action, at the option of the Commis- sion. Any person sentenced to inf- prisonment for the violation of pro- vision of this Charter or of an or dinance, may be imprisoned in the city jail, or, if the Commission by or dinance, shall so prescribe, in the
 county jail of the county in which
 the City of Phoenix is situated in
 which case the expense of such inn prisonment shall be a charge in favor
 of said county against the City of
 Phoenix.
 Section S. The City of Phoenix, by
 and through it's Commission, may by
 ordinance enlarge and add to the pres
 ent City of Phoenix, such adjacent
 land and incorporate into the City of
 Phoenix such additional area and ter
 ritory as the said Commission shall
 deem proper and wise. The procedure l I.for making such enlargement, exten- , sion and addition. shall be such as is
 now, or may hereafter be prescribed , by statute or by ordinance passed and l adopted by the said Commission. Any
 | ordinance passed and adopted bV the