Arizona republican., 1912-09-29
CHAPTER XXI.
Miscellaneous Provisions


 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 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- 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 elec- 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 8 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- ,Il r,ff fl,o 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 delivered to the City of Phoenix, pur- suant to the requirements of the Char 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 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 minate when the Commission first elected shall by resolution so declare
 The compensation of all of such officers and employees remaining ip 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- sion.
 Section ,. All lawful city ordin- ances. resolutions and regulations iu 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 duly amended or repealed
 Section c. The city attorney shall
 
 shall prosecute, in behalf of the peo- pie, all criminal cases arising from VI oIations of the provisions of this l Charter, and the ordinances of this city. and shall attend to all suits and proceedings in which the city may De legally interested; provided that the l Commission shall have control of all | Iitigation of the city, and may em- I a1yn 1lT~ ~lCD of any litigation or to assist the city 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 z 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 bv the authorities of the City 1T the name of the people of the state ol l Arizona. or may be redressed by clVl action. at the option of the Commls- sion Any person sentenced to im- Drisonment for the violation of a pro- vision of this Charter, or of an or
 dinance, may be imprisoned in the city ,. iail. or if the Commission by or
 dinance, shall so prescribe, in the
 county iail of the county in which
 the City of Phoenix is situated, II which case the expense of such i'm
 prisonment shall be charge in faVol of said county against the City O. Phoenix.
 Section S. The City of Phoenix, b! [ and through it's Commission, may b! ordinance enlarge and add to the pres
 ent City of Phoenix; such ad1acen land and incorporate into the City O
 Phoenix such additional area and ter . ritory as the said Commission shal deem proper and wise. The procedur l for making such enlargement, exten 9 sion and addition. shall be such as l
 now, or may hereafter be prescribe' 2 by statute or by ordinance passed an l adopted by the said Commission An |. ordinance passed and adopted by tn Q Commission for that purpose, shal