Arizona republican., 1912-09-28
CHAPTER XXI.
Miscellaneous Provisions

Section | For the purpose of nOm- mating candidates and electing 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 ?. 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- powered. authorized and directed to provide the necessary means for se- curing the nomination of candidates ! for the several offices to be voted for under the provisions of this Char ! 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 tions under the provisions of this 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 InereOI ana secure lllt ItCpiuihS VI the same as contemplated by the pro- visions of this Charter; and they shall also approve the bonds of all the officers elected at such elections. Section g. Immediately upon the election of such officers. their quail ficatiOns and furnishing bond as here in provided for. the mayor and com mon council shall turn over and de- liver to such officers, all of the prop ertY papers, records, seal and other 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 ter adopted by the electors of the City of Phoenix and referring to the date when such adoption was made.
 Section 4 The mayor and members of the Common Council of the City of 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
 The terms of all other officers in office at the time this Charter takes effect, and that of all employees of the city at the time this Charter shall take effect, shall cease and ter minate. when the Commission first elected shall by resolution so declare. The compensation of all of such officers and employees remaining in office after the election and qualiff- 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.
 Section ,. 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 i duly amended or repealed.
 ! Section G. The city attorney shall attend all meetings of the Commission, shall prosecute, in behalf of the peo- pie, all criminal cases arising from Vii
 olations of the provisions of this l Charter. and the ordinances of this city, and shall attend to all suits and
 proceedings in which the city may be
 legally interested; provided that the
 Commission shall have control of all | litigation 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 z 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 Commls- !. sion. Any person sentenced to im- : prisonment for the violation of a pro vision of this Charter, or of an or
  iail, or if the Commission by or dinance, shall so prescribe, in the county jail of the county in which l the City of Phoenix is situated, in } which case the expense of such nm prisonment shall be a charge in favor of said county against the City oi l Phoenix.
 } Section S. The City of Phoenix, by and through it's Commission, may py ) ordinance enlarge and add to the pres ent City of Phoenix, such adjacent land and incorporate into the City ol
 Phoenix such additional area and ter
 ritory as the said Commission shal 5 deem proper and wise. The procedure ] for making such enlargement, eXten- e sion and addition, shall be such as 1'
 now, or may hereafter be prescribed g by statute or by ordinance passed ant q adopted by the said Commission. Any |, ordinance passed and adopted by tht 0 Commission for that purpose, shai