Arizona republican., 1912-09-30
CHAPTER XXI.
Miscellaneous Provisions

1 mating candidates and eleCting a 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 1 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- 1 powered. authorized and directed to provide the necessary means for se- ! curing the nomination of candidates l for the several offices to be voted 1 for under the provisions of this Char l 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 1 ing of the primary and general cleo 1 tions under the provisions of this 1 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 1 shall also approve the bonds of all l the officers elected at such elections l Section 8 Immediately upon the 1 election of such officers their Quali- l fications and furnishing bond as here | in provided for, the mayor and com 1 mon council shall turn over and de l 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 resolution to the effect that all of the property, rights records, papers, property rights and i 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 1 ter adopted by the electors of the City | of Phoenix and referring to the date when such adoption was made. ! Section 4 The mayor and members of the Common Council of the City of l Phoenix in office at the time of the approval of this Charter by the gov | ernor. shall continue to hold office and 1 discharge their duties until the cleo tion and qualification of the mayor i and commissioners first elected under 1 this Charter
 1 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. l The compensation of all of such 1 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- i sion.
 Section D All lawful city ordin ances, resolutions and regulations in ! force at the time this Charter takes 1 effect. and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof are hereby contin- ued in force until the same shall be duly amended or repealed.
 Section 6. The city attorney shall
 attend all meetings of the Commission, shall prosecute, in behalf of the pco- 1 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 1 of any litigation or to assist the city
 nd nFnVi6P
 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
 ters, and said city attorneys duties.
 Section T. The violation of any
 provision of this Charter. or of any ordinance of the city shall be deemed
 a misdemeanor, and may be prosecu- ted by the authorities of the City in
 the name of the people of the State of
 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 iaiI, or if the Commission by or dinance, shall so prescribe, in the
 county jail of the county in which
 the City of Phoenix is situated, in
 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
 Commission for that purpose, shall