Arizona republican., 1912-10-04

sion to provide that all money so
 transferred from the Cash Basis Fund shall be returned thereto before the
 end of the fiscal year.
 1 Section F. All taxes assessed, to- gether with any percentage imposed TOT delinquency and cost of collection small constitute liens on the property
 assessed; every tax on personal prop erty shall be a lien upon the real property of the owner thereof The
 liens provided for in this section shall
 attach as of the first Monday in Jan
 uary of each year, and may be en-
 forced by actions in any court of l competent Jurisdiction to forecIose
 such liens, or by a sale of the proper ty affected and the execution and delivery of all necessary certificates and deeds therefor, under such reguIa- tons as are now prescribed by Stat utes of Arizona for the foreclosure and collection of tax liens or under such regulations for the foreclosure and collection of tax liens as may hereafter be prescribed by the com
 mission by ordinance, power to pre- scribe which regulations is hereby given and vested in said commission. Provided, however, that when real es- tate is offered for sale for city taxes due thereon, and there is no bidder
 therefor, the same shall be struck off and sold to the city, in like case
 and in like manner and with like
 effect and with like right of redemp-
 tion as 1t may be struck off and sold
 to the state when offered for sale for
 state and county taxes; and the com
 mission shall have power to provide
 for the procedure to be followed in
 such sales to the city and redemp-
 ton thereafter
 Section 13. The commission must
 not hear or consider any claim in favor of any one against the city, un-
 less an account. properly made out,
 giving all the items of the claim, duly verified as to its correctness, and that
 the amount of the claim is justly
 due, is presented to the commission , within six months after the last item , of the account accrued, except claims
 of officers of the city for their sal
 aries. When the commission finds that any claim presented is not pay able by the city, or is not a proper
 city charge it must be rejected: if 1t finds it to be a proper city charge, , but a greater amount than is due, the 2 commission may allow the claim in part, and order paid the portion al 2 lowed on the claimant filing his re-
 ceipt in full for his account If the ? claimant is unwilling to receive such amount in full payment the commis- sion may again consider the claim 1t r the next regular session but not after \ wards A claimant who is not satis- fled with the rejection of his claim or . demand, or the amount allowed him 7 on his account may sue the city there
 for at any time within three months 1 after final action of the commission S but not afterwards. No demand on
 the city shall be allowed by the com s mission in favor of any person in ! any manner indebted to the city without first deducting such indebt | = edness, or in favor of any officer e whose accounts shall not have been
 rendered and approved or who shall f have neglected or refused to make his r. official returns or reports in writing T | as required by the provisions of this r charter, or any ordinance of the com . mission. or in favor of any officer = who shall Wilfully neglect or refuse
 to perform any of the duties of his T office
 = The commission shall have power tc r examine orally or otherwise on oatl n persons presenting any demand on the h city, the agent attorney of sucf q person or any other person, in order = to ascertain any facts necessary ol
 proper for them to know in order tC : determine the allowance or disalloW- V ance of such demand. The city clerl II shall administer all oaths required c under this section, without charge II Money shall be drawn from the trea- D. sury only upon warrants signed by l. the mayor and city clerk. and claim: h and demands against the city shal = be paid only upon such claims and de : mands being duly allowed by the
 commission and upon warrants signed = by the mayor and city clerk therefor d Section 14. When the running ex- : penses of the city have been placed l. on a cash basis, warrants payable or q demand shall be drawn upon the q treasurer, or against any funds in his
 hands, only when at the time of the Q drawing and issuing such warrants = there shall be sufficient money in the II appropriate fund in the treasury tC e pay said warrants
 Section 15. Every officer collecting d or receiving any moneys belonging = to or for the use of the city shal : settle for the same with the city trea. if surer on or before the last day o : each month, or at more frequent in l. tervals as may be directed by the e commission, and immediately pay tn, if same to the city treasurer, for tn, 1T benefit of the funds to which sucl e moneys severally belong. When tht d last day of the month falls on Sun d day or a legal holiday, the said nay - ments shall be made on the next pre-. $ ceding business day The commis e sion may provide, in its discretion fol j. the deposit of the city moneys in banl
 in accordance with the state law II Section 16 The commission shal t prescribe uniform forms of accounts n which shall be observed by all officer! l, and departments of the city, whicl d receive or disburse moneys. When e ever an act shall be passed by thu d state legislature calling for uniform d municipal reports, the city authori d ties shall be governed thereby.