Arizona republican., 1912-09-23
CHAPTER XXI.
Miscellaneous Provisions

mating candidates and eIecting
 mayor, two commissioners and d 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 bN' 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 cleo 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 3. Immediately upon the election of such officers, their quali 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 l delivered to the City of Phoenix, pur- 1 suant to the requirements of the Char ter adopted by the electors of the City 1 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 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 tion 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 l minate when the Commission first l elected shall by resolution so declare. 1 The compensation of all of such officers and employees remaining in office, after the election and qualifi- cation of said Commission and until 1 the adoption of such resolution, shall i be paid out of the city treasury in l the manner provided by the Commis- 1 sion.
 i Section 5 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 i duly amended or repealed. Section c. The city attorney shall
 attend all meetings of the Commission, ] shall prosecute, in behalf of the peo- pIe. all criminal cases arising from 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 Mitigation of the city, and may em- ploy other attorneys to take charge l ti tiCy, fp attorney therein, and may provide 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 III the name of the people of the State of
 Arizona, or may be redressed by clVl
 action at the option of the Commis- , sion Any person sentenced to lm- nrisonment for the violation of pro- vision of this Charter, or or an or dinance. may be imprisoned in the cltS 1 i3iI. IT the 1OIllIIIISSiOIl py oi dinance, shall so prescribe, In the county jail of the county Tn Whlcf , the City of Phoenix is situated, II which case the expense of such i'm prisonment shall be a charge in favor of said county against the City. ol Phoenix
 2 Section S. The City of Phoenix, pS f and through it's Commission, may pA , ordinance enlarge and add to the pres ent City of Phoenix, such adJacen I land and incorporate into the City o
 Phoenix such additional area ana ter ritory as the said Commission shai 5 deem proper and wise. The procedure I for making such enlargement. exten 9 sion and addition, shall be such as l.
 now, or may hereafter be preserlpe' 2 by statute or by ordinance passed an' I adopted by the said Commission An!
 ! ordinance passed and adopted by th