Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-09-24

Ol lIlS CllH, Sndll dl all I-lAlOoJ OO OP~A to his inspection and examination, and he shall use special care to see that such books, records, and documents are kept in proper legal form. He shall have general supervision of all partmentS, public institutions anC offices of the city, and shall see that they are lawfully, economically anC honesty administered and conducted The mayor shall see that all con tracts and agreements with the city are faithfully kept and performed, anC to that end he shall, with the consent of the council, cause legal proceed ingS to be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the City of Yuma against all persons failing in whole or in part, to fulfill their agreements with said city. The mayor shall have power to administer oaths an daffirma tions and take affidavits and deposi tiOnS in all matters relating to the business of the city. The mayor shall sign all conveyances made by the City 1 of Yuma, and all contracts to which it is a party, and shall acknowledge the execution of all instruments exc cuted by said city that require ac knowledgement, and shall sign al warrants ordered drawn by the coun- cil. When, by reason of absence from the city or from any other cause, the mayor is temporarily unable to per form the duties of his office the vice president of the council shall act as imayor during such temporary absence or disability.
 i City Treasurer.
 ] Section ?.
 1 (a) It shall be the duty of the city treasurer to receive and safely keep all moneys which shall have come into his hands as city treasurer, foI all of which he shall give receipts in | duplicate containing the counter sig nature of the Recorder.
 (b) Said receipts shall be uniform in character, stub attached and shall be numbered consecutively in dupli cate. Said receipts shall be issued in their serial order and shall not be counterSigned by the city recorder until issued by the city treasurer fOl moneys received.
 (c) It shall be the duty of the treasurer to present said receipts to the city recorder for his counter sig nature at the time of their issuance. It shall be the duty of the recorder to countersign said receipts when pre- sented. After being countersigned as aforesaid the original of said receipts shall be returned to the city treasurer for immediate delivery to the person 1 paying said money into the city treas, | ury and duplicate of said receipt shal, be retained by the recorder who shal immediately proceed to charge the city treasurer with the amoun' | thereof.
 (d) Any officer violating the pro. visions of the three preceding sub divisions shall be guilty of a mis- 1 lemeanor.
 (e) He shall pay out said money on warrants signed by the proper off ceEs. and not otherwise, except inter St coupons on bonds. He shall make quarterly settlements with the city l ecOrder.
 (f) He shall exercise such other nowers and perform such other du. ties as may be prescribed or conferred n this Charter, by law, or the ordi nances of the city.
 | City Assessor.
 Section 3. It shall be the duty of l the c.ty assessor, between the frs day ot January and the first day o June in each year, to make out a true list of all the taxable property within the city. The mode of making out said list, and proceedings relating thereto, shall be in conformity with laws now in force or that may hereaf- ter be adopted regulating county as | sessOrS, except as the same may be otherwise provided in this Charter l Said list shall describe the property assessed and the value thereof, anC shall contain all other matters required to be stated in such lists by county assessors. Said city assessor shall verify said list by his oath, and shall | deposit the same with the city record er on or before the first Monday of ] June in each year. Said assessor and his deputy shall have power to ad minister all paths and affirmations necessary in the performance of his l duties.
 Section 1. The assessor, when he assesses the property of any person | firm, association, company or corpora ton, liable to taxation, not owning | real estate within the city of suffi- l cient value in the assessors judg- ment % pay taxes on both real and | personal property of such person, firm association, company or corporation shall proceed immediately to collect the taxes on the personal property so assessed, in the same manner as | provided by law for the collection of Eersonal property tax by countv assessors, or as may be, provided by i ordnance.
 City Recorder.
 Section }. It shall be the duty Of the city recorder to keep a full and true record of all the proceedings of the council and of the board of equali- zation. The proceedings of the coun- Gil shall be kept in a book marked
 Minutes of the Council" The pre- ceedings of the board of equalizat;or shall be kept in separate book mark l ed Records of the Board of Equali- zation." He shall also keep a book which shall be marked City Ac- counts" in which shall be entered