Arizona republican., 1912-09-28

 has actually held his office for at least six months
 Section IS No person who has been removed from an office by D. call or who has resigned from such pending against him, shall be ap- pointed to any office within one wear after such removal or resignation.
 CHAPTER Xi.
 Powers Of the City and of the Com
 mission
 Section | Without denial or dis para cement of other powers held un der the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona, and by virtue of its being the successor of the rights, powers and property of the Common Council of the City of Phoenix, the City of Phoenix shall have the fur ther rights and powers, tO-Wit:
 (a) To acquire by purchase, con- demnation or otherwise, and to es tablish, maintain equip, own and Op- crate. libraries, reading rooms, art galleries, museums, schools, kmdergar- tens, parks, play grounds, places of recreation, fountains, public baths, public toilets, public markets, market houses, abbatoirs, dispensaries, infirm- aries. hospitals, charitable institutions, iails. houses of correction, farm schools. work houses, detention homes, morgues, cemeteries, garbage cOllec- tion and garbage disposal and reduc- tion works, sewers, street cleaning and sprinkling 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.
 Cc) To acquire by purchase, con demnation or otherwise, and to es- tablish, maintain, equip, own and op- crate. telephone and telegraph sys- tems, cable, electric or other railways and transportation service of any kind.
 (d) To sell gas. water, electric currents and all products of any pub lie utility operated by the city.
 Gel To acquire by purchase, con demnation or otherwise. and maintain, within the city, such land and other 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 the common benefit
 (f) To lease to corporations or in diyiduals for the purpose of mainten- ance and operation any public utility owned by the city.
 (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- cordance with the terms of the be- quest, gift or donation or trust, or absolutely in case such beqUest, gift or trust be unconditional
  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 issue bonds therefor; provided, that in the procedure for the creation and is- suance of such bonded indebtedness the general laws of the State of Ari- zona in force at the time such pro ceedings are taken shall be observed and followed.
 G) To raise money by a special tax, in addition to the annual tax levy provided for by this charter; to authorize such special tax the pro- visions of this charter relative to the initiative and referendum shall be fol- 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 of the city may be authorized, in cases where public necessity requires the expenditure of any sum so voted 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 the commission may be authorized to levy a special tax each year for a period of years not exceeding three years in all, for any permanent nun 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 | in bond issues therefor.
 (k) To install, maintain and op- crate all necessary works, plants, in stitutions, departments, offices and systems, proper or convenient, or which may be conducive to the vel fare of the inhabitants of the city, the safety, good health, convenience or improvement of the City of Phoe- nix and of the inhabitants thereof
 Section 2. The City of Phoenix and the qualified voters therein shall have the power, through the initiative and otherwise, as provided by this