Arizona republican., 1912-10-04
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 of proper form in which shall ha | transcribed accurate and correct com les Of all franchises and grants hv
 the city to any person, persons or
 corporation, owning or operating any puDllc utility. The index of said rec ora snail give the name of the gran tee and thereafter the name of any assignee thereof. Said record shall
 De a complete history of all franchises
 granted by the city and shall include a comprehensive and convenient ref erence to actions, contents or pro- ceedings at law, if any, affecting the same.
 Z. A Public Utility Record, for every person, persons or corporation owning or operating any public util- lty under any franchise granted by the city, into which shall be trans
 cribed accurate and correct copies of
 each and every franchise granted by
 the city to said person, persons or
 corporations or which may be con-
 trolled or acquired by them or it. to-
 gether with all annual reports and in spection reports. as herein provided
 and such other matters of information
 and public interest as the mayor may.
 from time to time, acquire All an-
 nual and inspection reports shall be
 published once in the official news
 paper of the city, or printed and dis
 tr1buted in pamphlet form, as the
 Commission may deem best, and in
 case annual reports are not filed and inspections are not made as provided
 the mayor shall, in writing. report } to the commission the reasons there for, which report shall be transcribed | "a nrd of h.
 or corporation owning or controlling
 said franchise grant, and publish , ed in the official newspaper of the , city, or printed and distributed in
 pamphlet form, as the Commission shall deem best. } The provisions of this Section shall f apply to all persons or corporations r operating under any franchise now 3 in force or hereafter granted by the city.
 l Section IT. Suitable books shall I also be provided by the mayor for keeping account of the various sums
 of moneys paid in by persons or cor ,, poratlons in connection with fran l chises or privileges. granted by the
 city, and such books of account shall }. always be open for examination by = proper city officials and by any citi- e zen Of the city.
 d Section IS. No franchise shall be
 granted or privilege extended by the r city for period longer than twenty h five years from the date of granting g of such franchise or privilege and the O Commission shall provide fin each and e all Of such franchises and grants or = privileges. suitable compensation to - the city for such franchise or privi- laCra fr Ir e gross or net earnings, or the value h of the property used by such grantee j. in connection with such franchise or l. privilege as to the Commission shall l. seem proper, and for the best interest 1t of the city.
 y Section 19. (a) Every grant of n franchise or right shall provide that ,r the city may, upon the payment there ,r for of it's fair valuation, to be made le as provided in the grant purchase ,r and take over the property and plant er of the grantee in whole or in part
 The procedure to effect such pur- SC chase shall be as follows: When the l. Commission shall, by resolution, direct IT that the mayor shall ascertain wheth-
 CT any such property, or part thereof d should be acquired by the city, or in J. the absence of such action of the 1t Commission, when a petition sub d scrlbed by ten per centum of the IS qualified tax paying electors request le ing that the mayor shall ascertain 1t whether any such property or part or thereof should be acquired by the city. te shall be filed with the city clerk, the
 mayor shall forthwith carefully inves- l. tigate said property and report to the t, Commission:
 l. CD At what probable cost said 5- property may be acquired. le CD What. if any. probable addi- to tional outlays would be necessary to ,r operate the same.
 of (3) Whether, if acquired, it could 1- be operated by the city at a profit or of advantage in quality or cost of ser le vice, stating wherein such profit or i- advantage consists.
 or (D Whether, if acquired. it could l. be paid for out of it's net earnings, Id and if so within what time; and Id (5) Such other information touch pr ing the same as he shall have ac- lg quired.
 to Such report shall be made in writ pr ing, shall include statement of facts T. in relation thereto with such particu K larity as will enable the Commission Id to judge of the correctness of his ch findings, and immediately after sub- S. mission to the Commission, shall be ne filed with the city clerk, recorded in ct the Public Utility Record, and pub ne lished once in the official newspaper ly of the city. or printed and distributed ,n in pamphlet form, as the Commission n- may direct and deem best.
 If petition subscribed by twenty III five per centum of the qualified tax ce paying electors of the city, requesting he that the question whether or not the to city shall acquire said property shal he be submitted to vote of the people or shall within sixty days after the filling e. of said report be filed with the city by clerk, the Commission shall provide he by ordinance, for the submission o1 ss the question to a vote of the quail oh fled tax paying electors.
 or (b) Every grant reserving to the of city the right to acquire the plant, as or we'll as the property if any, of the