Arizona republican., 1912-10-06

ton of notice thereof for at least ten days, stating explicitly the time and condltlons of the proposed lease; pro- Vlded, that the commission may in US discretion reject any and all bids l (4O) To provide for the purchase or property levied upon or under exc cutlon Tn favor of the city, but the amount bid on such purchase shall not exceed the amount of judgment and costs; to provide for the re- 1 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 De proper or eXpedient.
 l C4l) To provide for the sale at public auction, after advertising for five days, of personal property unfit or unnecessary for the use of the city. 1 (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-
 slble 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
 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 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- 1 hn inc
 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 ing the city with water for munich pal purposes.
 1 .(4S) To set apart as a 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 oi
 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.
 (49) Whenever any street or alley or portion of a street, avenue ol alley shall be abandoned or closed by ordinance, to convey by deeC
 such street, avenue or alley or DOT ton of street, avenue or alley SC abandoned or closed to the owners o1 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 City of Phoenix, also public squares parks and playgrounds, accept dedl-
 cations of streets, avenues, alleys public places, squares, parks ano 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.
 (5D 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 1 service.
 1 (52) To regulate street railroads, their tracks and cars, to compel the l owners of two or more such street railroads using or desiring to use the same street to use the same tracks