Arizona republican., 1912-10-04

| t1on of notice thereof for at leas+ tap days, stating explicitly the time and conditions of the proposed lease: pro- Vlded, that the commission may in US discretion reject any and all bids | t4o) To provide for the purchase or property levied upon or under exc cutlon Tn favor of the city, but the amount Did on such purchase shall
 not exceed the amount of Judgment ana costs; to provide for the re- conveyance, If any, of such property so purchased, and to make such other rules and regulations in connection
 with such purchase and property as
 may be proper or expedient.
 1 (4D To provide for the sale at
 public auction, after advertising for
 five days, of personal property unfit
 or unnecessary for the use of the citv (42) To provide for the sale of
 such portions of the real property be-
 longing to the city as the city does
 not need or will not be likely to need at any reasonable future time; such | sale not to be made until notice of ! such sale has first been published for at least twenty days and the same ! shall be made to the highest respon-
 sible bidder, the commission to have the right to reject any and all bids | (43) To provide for the execution
 of all trusts confided to the city. CAD To establish or change the
 grade of any street, avenue, lane. al
 ley or public place
 | (45) To order the whole or any
 part of any street, avenue, lane, al | ley, court or place within the city, to
 be graded, regarded to the official
 grade, paved or repaved capped or
 recapped, severed or reseWered, and
 to order sidewalks, manholes, cul- Verts, cesspoolS, gutters, tunnels, curb | ings and cross walks to be construct | ed therein, to provide for the care of
 shade trees planted therein and to
 cause shade trees to be planted, set
 out and cultivated therein; also to l order drainage or sanitary sewers or ] storm sewers to be constructed on or through private property
 | Whenever, in the judgment of the commission, or of the people, the | cost and expense of any of the fore going improvements is to be paid i by special assessments on private property, the general laws of the
 State of Arizona in force at the time
 of the improvement shall govern and
 control, and all proceedings shall be | in conformity herewith and thereto. | (46) To order the opening extend | ing, widening, strengthening or closing ! of any street, avenue, lane, alley, court or public place within the city, and to condemn any and all property necessary or convenient for that pur- pose. The proceedings for condem- nation shall be such as shall be pre-
 scribed by and shall be conducted pursuant to the directions and au-
 thority, given and extended by the commission; the proceedings for the doing of anything authorized by this
 subdivision shall be such as shall be prescribed by the commission, not in consistent with the Constitution and general laws of the State of Arizona. | (4O To provide for the lighting of the streets, highways, public places and public buildings, and for supply 1 ing the city with water for munich pal purposes.
 1 (4S) To set apart as boulevard
 or bOulevards, any street or avenue, streets or avenues, over which there
 is no existing franchise for any rail-
 road and to regulate or prevent any heavy traffic or teaming thereon; and
 when any such street or avenue shall
 have been set aside as a boulevard no franchise for a railroad, interur-
 ban railway or street railway of any
 kind shall be granted upon such
 boulevard and no railroad track of
 any kind shall ever be laid thereon,
 unless an ordinance to that effect
 shall have been duly passed by popu-
 lar vote as provided in Chapters VIII, and TX.
 l (49) Whenever any street or alley
 or portion of a street, avenue or alley shall be abandoned or closed | by ordinance, to convey by deed such street, avenue or alley or DOT ! tion of street, avenue or alley so abandoned or closed to the owners of 1 the land abutting thereon. in such wise as the commission shall deem that equity requires.
 (5O To locate, open and lay out streets, avenues and alleys in the I City of Phoenix, also public squares, parks and playgrounds, accept dedi- cations of streets, avenues, alleys, public places, squares, parks and playgrounds, and also to vacate any such dedication, and to vacate and abandon and close up any street, aV- enue, alley, public square or place, park and playground, as in the judg- ment of the commission should be vacated and closed, and permit the closing of the same against public use, and to make proper conveyance of such streets, avenues, alleys, grounds, parks and places, to such as may be entitled thereto, or make such other disposition of the same as may be proper and equitable, according to the nature of the original grant or dedication.
 (51) To fix and determine by or dinance in the month of November of each year, to take effect on the first day of January thereafter, the rates or compensation to be collected by any person, firm or corporation in the city for the use of water, heat, light, power or telephone service supplied to the city or to the inhabitants there of and to prescribe the quality of the service.
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