Arizona republican., 1912-10-04

ceiving notification of his election, the incumbent shall thereupon be deemed removed and the office va cant.
 | Section 12. No recall petition shall
 be filed against any officer until he has actually held his office for at | least six months.
 Section 13. No person who has been removed from an office by re- call or who has resigned from such office while recall proceedings were pending against him, shall be ap pointed to any office within one year after such removal or resignation. CHAPTER xI.
 Powers of the City and of the Com mission
 Section 1. Without denial or dis engagement of other powers held un- der the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona, and by virtue of it's being the successor of the rights, powers and property of the Common Council of the City of Phoenix the 1 City of Phoenix shall have the fur | ther rights and powers, to-Wit: (a) To acquire by purchase, con 1 demnation or otherwise, and to es-
 tablish, maintain, equip, own and op- crate, libraries, reading rooms, art galleries, museums, schools, kindergar- tens, parks, play grounds, places of
 recreation, fountains, public baths, public toilets, public markets, market houses, abbatoirs; dispensaries, infirm- aries, hospitals, charitable institutions, i iails, houses of correction, farm  morgues, cemeteries, garbage collec- 1 tion and garbage disposal and reduc- i tion works, sewers, street cleaning and | sprinl1ling plants, quarries, water
 ways, canals, and all other public buildings, places and works and in stitutions.
 (b) To acquire by purchase, con- demnatiOn or otherwise, and to es- tablish, maintain, equip, own and op- crate, water works, gas works, sew
 craze systems, electric light plants,
 heat and power plants, within or without the City of Phoenix, and to
 supply the city and its inhabitants and also persons, firms and corpora tions, outside of said city, with water, gas and electricity.
 Co To acquire by purchase, con- | demnation or otherwise, and to es- tablish, maintain, equip, own and op-
 crate, telephone and telegraph sys- l tems, cable, electric or other railways
 and transportation service of any
 kind
 l (d) To sell gas, water, electric currents and all products of any pub | lie utility operated by the city. 1 Gel To acquire by purchase, con-
 demnation or otherwise, and maintain, within the city, such land and other 1 property as may be necessary for the establishment, maintenance and op-
 eration of any public utility, or to provide for and effectuate any other
 public purpose; and to sell, convey, cucumber and dispose of the same for l the common benefit.
 1 G) To lease to corporations or in dividuals for the purpose of mainten- ance and operation any public utility 1 owned by the city.
 l (g) To receive bequests, donations,
 and gifts or all kinds of property, in | fee simple, or in trust for charitable and other purposes, and do all acts
 necessary to carry out the purposes of such bequests, gifts and donations,
 with power to manage, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the same in ac- l cordance with the terms of the be- quest, gift or donation or trust, or absolutely in case such bequest, gift
 or trust be unconditional.
 1 (h) To borrow money for any of the purposes for which the city is authorized to provide and for carrying
 out any of the powers which the city is authorized to enjoy and exercise, and to i issue bonds therefor; provided, that in 1 the procedure for the creation and is
 suance of such bonded indebtedness 1 the general laws of the State of Ari-
 zona in force at the time such pro- ceedings are taken shall be observed
 and followed.
 1 G) To raise money by a special l tax, in addition to the annual tax 1 levy provided for by this charter: to authorize such special tax the pro-
 visions of this charter relative to the 1 initiative and referendum shall be fol- l lowed and the levy of such tax must | be approved by at least two thirds of
 the qualified electors who vote there
 on. At such election the commission 1 of the city may be authorized, in
 cases where public necessity requires 1 the expenditure of any sum so voted 1 before the next succeeding tax levy. to borrow such sum and provide in the next succeeding tax levy for its
 repayment with interest at not ex-
 ceeding five per cent. per annum. Or l the commission may be authorized to | levy a special tax each year for a 1 period of years not exceeding three years in all, for any permanent mum 1 icipal improvement, and the money so
 raised may be expended each year
 after the same is collected and avail
 able.
 C) To join with one or more cities
 incorporated under the Constitution and laws of the state, in order to acquire and develop jointly a source
 or sources of water supply for the
 municipal and domestic purposes and to construct the works necessary for
 their joint and several purposes and needs, and to unite with such cities 1 in bond issues therefor.
 (k) To install, maintain and op