Arizona republican., 1912-09-30

Section 12. No recall petition shall be filed against any officer until he has actually held his office for at least six months.
 1 Section IS 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. 1 CHAPTER XI.
 Powers of the City and of the Com 1 mission
 l Section 1. Without denial or dis | arrangement 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: 1 (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, l jails, 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 l supply the city and it's inhabitants 1 and also persons, firms and corpora tions outside of said city, with water gas and electricity.
 Co To acquire by purchase, con- 1 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 1 kind.
 (d To sell gas. water, electric currents and all products of any pub lie utility operated by the city. (e) To acquire by purchase, con- l 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 tc provide for and effectuate any other public purpose; and to sell, convey cucumber and dispose of the same fol 1 the common benefit.
 (f) To lease to corporations or in dividuals 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 ir fee simple or in trust for charitable and other purposes, and do all acts necessary to carry out the purposes ot such bequests, gifts and donations with power to manage, sell, lease Ol | otherwise dispose of the same in ac- cordance with the terms of the be quest, gift or donation or trust, ol absolutely in case such bequest, gift or trust be unconditional
 (h) To borrow money for any O. the purposes for which the city i: authorized to provide and for carrying out any of the powers which the city il authorized to enjoy and exercise and tC issue bonds therefor; provided, that il 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.
 D To raise money by a specia
 tax, in addition to the annual ta1 levy provided for by this charter; tt authorize such special tax the pro visions of this charter relative to th' initiative and referendum shall be fol
 lowed, and the levy of such tax mus be approved by at least tWo-thirds 0 the qualified electors who vote there
 on. At such election the commission of the city may be authorized, il cases where public necessity requires the expenditure of any sum so votet before the next succeeding tax levy to borrow such sum and provide il the next succeeding tax levy for it repayment with interest at not ex ceeding five per cent per annum. o the commission may be authorized t levy a special tax each year for ; period of years not exceeding thre years in all, for any permanent nun
 icipal improvement, and the money s' raised may be expended each yea after the same is collected and avail able.
 GD To join with one or more citie
 incorporated under the Constitution and laws of the state, in order t. acquire and develop jointly a sourc' I or sources of water supply for tn
 municipal and domestic purposes anC to construct the works necessary fo their joint and several purposes anc needs, and to unite with such citie in bond issues therefor.
 (k) To install, maintain and op crate all necessary works, plants, in stitutions, departments, offices ant systems, proper or convenient, o which may be conducive to the wei 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 anC