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Arizona republican., 1912-09-21
CHAPTER XIX. Franchise and Public Utilities

Section 1. No franchise shall be granted by the city, except upon the majority vote of the qualified tax paying electors voting in favor there of and the question of it's being granted shall be submitted to such vote upon deposit with the city clerk of the estimated expense GO be de- termined by the Commission) of such submission by the applicant for said franchise.
 Section 2 All franchises or privi- leges hereafter granted shall plainly specify on what particular streets, al leys, avenues or other public proper ty the same shall apply; and no fran chise or privilege shall hereafter be granted by the city in general terms or to apply to the city generally.
 Section 3. The power to regulate the rates; fares and charges for ser vice by public utility corporations is hereby reserved to the people, to be exercised by them by ordinance of the Commission or in the manner herein provided for initiating or referring an ordinance Any right or regulation shall further include the right to re- quire the uniform, convenient and adequate service to the public and reasonable extensions of such service and of such public utility works.
 Section A. No franchise, right or privilege or license shall be consid- cred as granted by any ordinance eX- cept when granted therein in plain and unambguous terms, and any and every ambiguity shall be construed in favor of the city and against the claimant under such ordinance.
 Section 5. Every ordinance grant ing any franchise shall prohibit the issuing of any stock on account there of by any corporation holding or doing any business under said franchise to an amount in excess of the sum which shall be fixed for said purpose by the Commission whenever requested so to do by the holder of said franchise; the said sum as fixed by the Com
Arizona republican., 1912-09-21
CHAPTER XIV.
Meetinos of the Commission

MeeIlnSS or l1e SOFlrfllSSlOH
 Section | The commission shall meet for the regular transaction of business at least once every week; the day of meeting shall be fixed and determined at the first meeting of the commission: said first meet ing shall be called by the mayor elect as soon as he and the other commissioners shall have been duly elected and qualified
 Section ? Special meetings may he called by the mayor, or by any two members of the commission
 Section 8 Any citizen Of this city may have access to the minutes up- on application to the city clerk.
 Section f Any citizen of this city may appear before the commis- sion at any of it's regular meetings and may present a written motion; such motion shall be acted upon by the commission, in the regular course of business. within fifteen days.
 Section ,. Two members shall constitute a quorum to transact busi- ness but smaller number may ad- journ from day to day until a quor- Um can he obtained.
 Section 6 A majority vote of all the members of the commission shall be necessary to pass any ordinance, resolution or motion.
 Section :. No member shall be excused from voting except upon mat teTs involving the consideration of his own official conduct In all other cases failure to vote shall be en- tered on the minutes as d negative vote
Arizona republican., 1912-09-21
CHAPTER XVII. Eiparce and 1aXatIon

Section 1. The fiscal year of the city shall commence upon the lst day of January of each year
 Section l. The commission shall py ordinance provide g system for the assessment. levy and collection or all city taxes, not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter.
 The commission shall have power to avail itself by ordinance of any law of the State Of Arizona. now or hereafter in force and comply with the requirements thereof whereby assessments may be made by the assessor of the county in which the City of Phoenix is situated. and taxes collected by the tax collector of sald county for and in behalf of the sald City of Phoenix. Other proViSlons or this charter concerning the assess ment, levy and collection of taxes shall be subject to the provisions of any such ordinance while the same shall be in force.
 Section 3. On or before the first Monday in November in each year, or on such date in each year as shall be fixed by the commission,
Arizona republican., 1912-09-21
CHAPTER XV. Executive and Administrative De- partments

Section 1 The executive, admin iStratiVe powers. authority and du ties of the city, not otherwise pro vided for, shall be distributed among the chief officials Of the city, here matter referred to, who shall have charge of and be responsible for the proper administration of the duties of their respective offices or depart ments and who shall be subject to the supervision and control of the commission.
 Section 2. The chief officials of the city shall be a city clerk, city assessor city treasurer, city collec tor. city attorney, city engineer, chief of police, fire chief; street superin- tondent. and such other heads of de- partments as may hereafter be ere ated or designated by the commits sion. All such chief officials shall be appointed and may be removed by q majority vote of the commission. The commission, at any time when in it's judgment the interests of the city so demand, may consolidate and place in charge of one such officer the functions and duties of two or more of such officers. The commis- sion shall by ordinance prescribe the duties of all the chief officials.
 Provided, however, that until such designation is made. all of such chief officials shall perform the duties and have the rights now vested and im- posed in them by law or existing or dinance, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter
 The Commission shall at the first regular meeting after the election of it's members, or as soon thereafter as practicable proceed to the appoint ment of the chief officials Of the city and the determination of their duties as provided in this chapter
 Section 3. The commission shall have power by ordinance to create, and discontinue offices deputyships, assistantships and emplOyments other than those prescribed for in this Charter, to provide the modes of fill ing them, to prescribe the duties per taining thereto, according to it's judg- ment of the needs of the city, and to determine the mode of removing an> such officer deputy. assistant or eln- ployee, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.
 The Commission may by ordinance appoint an officer who shall be Q head over the appointive officers anC departments; and delegate to hin
Arizona republican., 1912-09-21

such authority as it may deem ad Visable. provided that the commission shall in it's judgment, consider the appointment necessary
 Section f The compensation of all city officials shall be by salary to be fixed by the commission. The commission shall also fix the com pensation of all other officers and employees of the city, except as in this Charter otherwise provided No officer or employee shall be allowed any fees. perquistes, emOluments, rewards or compensation aside from the salary or compensatiof as riXed by the commission. but all fees re coived by him in connection with his official duties shall be paid by him into the city treasury.
 StCtIon 5 Each of the cE. Af orl;- ciaIs shall make reports of all opera tions ir and the condition of the dc- counts and things under their several iulisdicti. Hs and control, as often as nay be required by the commission, and as may be designated and deter miuz q by resolution or ordnance of said commission.
 Saction 6. The commission shall provide for the publication e the an nual reports of tn. mayor and If the several chief officials whenever tre commission shall deem it wise so to do
 Section :. No member of the com mission shall hold any other public office or have other employment in the municipal government or any subdivision thereof, the compensation for which is paid out of the munici pal moneys; or be elected or appoint ed to any office created or the com pensation of which is increased by the commission while he is a mem- her thereof; until one year after the expiration of the term for which he was elected.
 Section s. No officer or employee shall be directly or indirectly inter ested in any contract, work or busi ness of the city, or in the sale of any article, the expense, price or consid eration of which is paid for from by any act or ordinance; nor in the purchase or lease of any real estate or other property belonging to the ClJS or W0lCn small De SOIu TOT taxes or assessments or by virtue of legal process at the suit of the city. No officer shall be in the employ of any public service corporation in the city or of any person having any contract with the city or of any grantee of a franchise granted by the city.
 Any contract or agreement in con- travention of this section shall be void
 Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed a mis- demeanor.
 The commission shall enforce the provisions af this section by apprO- priate legislation.
 Section 9. No appointment to pO- sitiOn under the city government shall be made or be withheld by reason of any religious or political opinions or affiliations or political services, and no appointment to or selection for or removal from any office or employ ment, and no transfer, promotion. re- duction. reward or punishment shall be in any manner affected by such opinions, affiliations or services.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-21

ing of the commission held not less than one day after the meeting at vhich such motion was made.
 Section l3. All ordinances shall be signed by the mayor and at tested by the city clerk. transcribed in the book of ordinances and pub lished in the official newspaper not less than ten days before taking cf feet
 Section IA No ordinance shall be revised. rc-enacted or amended by reference to its title only; but the ordinance to be revised or re-en- acted or the section or sections thereof To be amended or the new section or sections to be added there to. shall he set forth and adopted in the method provided for in this chapter for the adoption of ordi- nanccs.
 Section 15. No ordinance nor sec tion thereof shall be repealed or sus- pended except by ordinance adopted in the manner provided in this chapter
 Section 1G. A true and correct copy of all ordinances and resolu- tions shall be kept and certified to bv the city clerk in a book marked City Ordinances: such record copy, with such certificate or the original ordinance. shall he prima facie eVi- dcucc of the contents of the ordi- lance or resolution, and of the due passage and publication of the same, and shall he admissible as such in any court or proceeding. Such rec ords shall not be filed in any case, hut shall be returned to the custody of the city clerk Nothing contain cd herein shall be construed to pre- vent the proof of the passage and publication of an ordinance in any other way provided by law.
 Section IT. The commission shall, within one year after its OrganiZa- ton under this charter and from time to time thevcafter cause all ordinan- ces and resolutions at such time in force to be. classified under appro- priatc heads. and together with or separately from the charter of the city and such provisions of the Con stitution and laws of the state as the commission may deem eXpedient to be published in book form; pro vided. however. that the said com mission may cause to be omitted from such publication all such or dinances or resolutions which have been enacted for temporary purposes and have become for all practical purposes imperative or of no prac- tical value
Arizona republican., 1912-09-21
CHAPTER XVIII
Contracts

Section 1. All contracts shall be drawn under the supervision of the city attorney; all contracts must be in writing, executed in the name of the City Of Phoenix by the mayor. and must be countersigned by the city clerk, who shall number and
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The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
FAVOR Walks
IN CRAWF0RD'S
ADDITION NOW

Sentiment among the people of
Crawford's addition is growing rap
idly in favor of the proposed improve
ment. ,distric5, in which some two
milessof cefffent sidewalk Is to be
constructed. An informal petition is
being circulated this week, and If
there is a general disposition to form
the district, the legal petition will
be circulated at once.
1t is now planned to put sidewalks
on the south side of Colorado ave-
nue. from the railroad tracks west ;
both sides of Ute and the north side
of Riverview. Other streets, inelud-
ing Park avenue, will be improved.
Both schools will be inside the dis
trict. and cement sidewalks will
reach them from all sides.
The total cost will be between S5,-
600 and $4,000, and it may be that
the progressive citizens Of that sec
tion of the city will even enlarge 1t
to more substantial proportions.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL MEET
ING OF THE GRAND JUNG
TION MASONIC TEMPLE
ASSOCIATION.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of The Grand Junction
Masonic Temple Association will be
held at the office of the company in
the Masonic hall, No. 127 North
Fourth street, in the city of Grand
Junction, state Of Colorado, on the
second day of January, A. d. 1918,
a eight O'Clock pm, for the purpose
of electing board of three trustees
for the ensuing year and for the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing.
Dated at Grand Junction. Colorado.
this second day of December. A. d.
1912. GUY V. STERNBERG.
Attest President.
JOHN II. FRY.
Secretary. 12-23-3t1
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
THE POPE RECEIVES CARDINALS S
Associated Press

Rome. Dec Zi.-Pope Plus this
morning received the members of the
Sacred college WHO brought Christ
mas greetings
During theChrstmas reception the
pope referred TO the peace conference,
SAYING that all Christians should
unite in prayer that he outcome of
the present councils of the nations
should be peace.
The pope depIored the attempt to
assassinate Baron Hardinge yester-
day.
The pontiff looked remarkably
we'll today, in suite of the arduous
labor of receiving many delegates
with Christmas greetings.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
SANTA FE ORDERS RAILS
Sentinel Special service.

oVHIIHtI SNtCIdT obTNlCt.
Denver, Dec. 24.--An order for
10000 tons OF steel rails for 1913
delivery has been placed by the
Southern Pacific Railroad company.
OF this amount Twill be rolled at
the Pueblo mills of the Colorado Fu
el & Iron company. The remainder
of the order goes to eastern steel
mills.
The total order will give the
Southern Pacific sufficient rails to
lay between ESQ and 500 miles OF
track Previous orders placed with
the present one brings the tonnage
of new rails up 10 100000.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
Mrs. Barnett Returns.

After a visit of three months in
the east, Mrs. C. ]. Barnett, wife of a
prominent Fruitvale rancher, return
ed today noon from Sioux City, la.
She visited in Worcester, Ohio, be-
fore going to Sioux City. Mrs. Bar
nett has enjoyed her trip and eastern
visit immensely.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
The Annual Inventory of
This Store and the Great
Inventory Sale

begins promptly at O'Clock Thursday morning. December
and the work goes continuously until nshed and when
the last day of the month here the affairs of closed
book.
his work of invoicing would be very aborous task
for the fact that immense number of Fair Store patrons
cooperate and quantities of desirable merchandise occurring
in small lots invoiccd at all
In Fair annals it's the great bargain
harvest for and the cleanup of the
For this Great Annual Inventory Sale systematic adver
sng of merchandise and prices will be possblebeause
c the small lots will be closed before the printers ink would
have time dryhc usual plan will be connued-namey:
Lots small invoice will be placed and tables
price cards will indicate plainly what they may be purchased
and this purchase every instance will be extremely little,
little that will evidently be the limit extravaganza
many of the bargains that will abound every department
of this
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
MILLION IN PRESENTS TO
CLERKS ON WALL STREET
Associated Press.

New York, Dec. 24.-It is estimat-
ed that s1.000,OO0 will be paid this
year in Christmas presents to salar-
led employees in the Wall Street dis
triot. This includes cash bonuses and
percentage of yearly salaries. Many
financial houses are disposed to sub
stitute salary increases at the first
of the year, and. others have intro
duced the pension system
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
Xis.itinn Mother Here.

DR.. and Mrs Theodore Ahlenfeld
of Denver arrived in the city this
noon to visit Mr. and Mrs. William
MUIR over the holidays. Mrs. Ahlen-
field is a daughter of Mrs. Hattie G.
Pearson-Murr. The Ahlenfelds have
just returned from an extended visit
in Ell Paso, TcXas.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
B0OKBINDING DONE
& IN GRAND! JUNCTION

have decided to make Grand
Junction my home. aud. beginning
January l, will conduct first-class
bookbinding5 establishment Having
had 80 years sexperience. am we'll
equipped to handle any work. VIII
announce location later. J. D. Clark.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
TAFT IS NOW ON THE lSTHMUS

Associated Press.
Colon, Canal Zoue, Dec 34.-Pres-
ident Taft aud party landed here this
morning for their inspection trip on
the Panama canal. The trip from
Key West was uneventful.
The president vas the guest OF Col
onel G. W. Goethals today at Culebra.
Before reaching Colon. President
Taft sent a message to Goethals ask
ing the latter to have special train
IN readiness to give the 1000 blue
jackets on board the battleships Ar
kansas and Delaware an opportunity
to inspect the anal.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
CharIcsworth Re,unns.

Acting District Attorney John X.
Charlesworth of Delta, LEFT for his
home in Delta this morning, after
attending the district court session
here.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
Peueh Homo Again.

G. w. Peugh of the telephone com
pany arrived home this noon from a
business trip along the telephone
lines to Glenwood.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

Sharpe Here.
A, V, Sharpe of Fruita was a busi-
ness visitor here today.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
EMPLOYEES Get GIFTS.

The Grand Junction Electric, Gas
Manufacturing company employees
are feeling very merry this week
over gifts that were bestowed upon
them by the company yesterday in
recognition of the holiday season,
and the fine work they have done
this year. Each of the 50-odd en-
ployes was presented with his or
her choice of turkey, box of cigars
or box of candy. This is in keeping
with the annual custom of the COM
pany and is keenly appreciated by
all Of the employees.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
HONG from Dc Renue.

Attorney S. G. McMullin returned
this noon from De Beque, where he
went the first of the week on bust
ness matters.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

Christmas Slippers for men, wom-
en- and children in every choice and
model. Come and see. Mcconnell &
Lowe. (adv)
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
WILSON GETS "A FINE GOLD
PIPE, BUT DOESN'T SMOKE
Associated Press.

Trenton. n. j.. Dec. 24.-The ar
rival of gold-mounted meerschaum
pipe today from one of Governor VIII
sons Princeton friends brought from
the president-elect the confession
that once in his life, and only once,
did he smoke
The governor related that his fa-
ther was a smoker, and that his
mother frequently employed the lat
ter to blow smoke over the rose BUSH
es to kin insects. Once, when the
father was away, The mother suggest
ed that he 'shioke the favorite
plant"
For five minutes,H said the gov
ernor, Il steamede away like fur
mace; and then II hit ME with disas-
trous effect. | never. tried it again.
never was forbidden to smoke, and
so never had the ambition to learn"
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

Miss Ethel Black Well will spend
Christmas with friends in Montrose
and Delta. %
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

FOR SALE OR TRADE-M Modern g.
room residence, on 3 lots, with
fine barn; property now rented for
$40 per month. Owners only.)
Address 10" this office. 2-24-6t
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

WANTED-Horses to feed and pas
ture. r. T. Anderson, phoEe Pur-
pie 1853. 12-2-tf
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
Classified ads Department
auzMTss1p
miscellaneous.

WANTED-Nursing. Call at 644
Ute or phone Randolph 362. 12-91m
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
Associated Press.

Trenton, \. j., Dec. 24.-Governor
Wilson motored to the state house
from Princeton today through deep
snow that made travel dangerous.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

WANTED-100 head of stock to
pasture and feed Tor winter. Good
shelter and running water. Phone
j. L. Mckenzie. Hickory 1923.
l2-2-tf
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

Sentinel Want Ads get results.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

b pays 70 olI harness. Fred Nantes
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

PRINTED CARDS for sale at The
Sentinel office. For. For Rent (fuE
nished or unfurnished), Dress
making. Plain Sewing. Rooms (fur-
nished or unfurnished), Private
Board, Roard AMI Rooms. Notary
Public, Etc.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
FOR SALE-MISCELL LANEOUS.

FOR SALE-Gcod alfalfa seed, / sc
pound. Address John Naeve. r. f.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
FOR RENT-ROOMS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

INSURE with the Rich Hutchinson
Realty Company. 533 Main street
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

FOR SALE-Good hay. Phone Lin
den SAB. 12-g-1mo
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24

FOR SALE-Black Diamond Coal i;
it's the best. Call Hickory 1241.
12-1S-tf