Arizona republican., 1912-10-03
CHAPTER XXI.
Miscellaneous Provisions

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 ing of the primary and general elec- 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 thereof and secure the recording of
 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 1. 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 ton 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 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.
 Section g. 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 1 duly amended or repealed.
 l Section c. The city attorney shall attend all meetings of the Commission, ] shall prosecute, in behalf of the peO- | Die. all CGllnlIldl cdStS dI lSlllS llOIl VI 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 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 1 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
 ter-, and said city attorneys duties
 Section 2. The violation of any
 provision of this Charter, or of any
 ordinance of the city shall be deemed
 a misdemeanor, and may be prescott | ted by the authorities of the City in the name of the people of the State Of 1 Arizona, or may be redressed by civil | action. at the option of the Commls- sion. Any person sentenced to inn
 | prisonment for the violation of pro-
 vision of this Charter, or of an or dinance, may be imprisoned in the city
 iail. or, if the Commission by or | dinance, shall So prescribe, Tn the
 county jail of the county in which the City of Phoenix is situated, Tn
 which case the expense of such inn
 prisonment shall be 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 or
 Phoenix such additional area and ter
 ritory as the said Commission shall
 deem proper and wise. The procedure
 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
 adopted by the said Commission. Any
 ordinance passed and adopted by the