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

councilmen and other officers first elected under this Charter.
 The terms of all other officers in office at the time this Charter takes ficers and employees remaining in of- city at the time this Charter shall take effect, shall cease and terminate-when the council first elected shall by reso- lution so declare.
 The compensation of all such of- ficers an demployes remaining in of- flee, after the election and qualifica- ton of said council, and until the adop- ton of such resolution, shall be paid out of the city treasury in the manner provided by the council.
 Section 5. All ordinances, resolu- tions and regulations of the City Of Yuma in force at the time this Char ter takes effect, and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, are hereby continued in force until the same shall be duly amended or repealed.
 Section 6. The violation of any provision of this Charter or of any ordinance of the city shall be deemed 2 misdemeanOr, and may be prosecu ted by the authorities of the city in the name of the State of Arizona. or may be redressed by civil action, at the option of the Council Any per son sentenced to imprisonment may De imprisoned in the city jail, or, if he council, by ordinance, shall so prescribe, in the county jail of the. county in which the City of Yuma is Jit i,1 l, ioI )f such imprisonment shall be a charge in favor of said county against he City of Yuma.
 Section T. The City Of Yuma, by md through it's council, may by ordi- nance enlarge and add to and incor- )orate within the present City of Yuma, such adjacent land and incor- Dorate into the City of Yuma. such additional area and territory as the ;aid council shall deem proper and wise. The procedure for making such enlargement, extension and addition, shall be such as is now, or may here after be prescribed by statute, or by ordinance passed and adopted by the said council.
 Section 8. The Council shall have plenary power to enact and make all proper and necessary ordinances, reso- lutions and orders to carry out and give effect to the express, as we'll as he implied powers granted in this Charter to the end that a complete, harmonious and effective municipal government may be initiated, install ed, operated and maintained in the City of Yuma, and thereby protect and safeguard the rights, interest, safety, morality, health and welfare of the ;ity and it's inhabitants.
 Section 9. All prosecutions to en- force penalties for the violation of my of the ordinances of the City )f Yuma" heretofore begun shall be continued and concluded to judgment md execution before the Police Court, in like manner and to the same effect IS if this Charter had not been adopted.
 Section 10. Except when otherwise provided by law or this Charter all public offices shall be kept open for business every day except Sundays md legal holidays, from nine (9) o'clock in the forenoon until five (5) n the afternoon.
 Section II. Wherever, by any pro- 7isiOn of this Charter, it is prescribed hat any power, duty or procedure shall or may be exercised, performed )r adopted in the manner established oy any law of the State of Arizona, such power, duty or procedure may. nevertheless, be exercised, performed or adopted, or caused to be exercisd, performed or adopted in the same or n different manner, by an ordinance of the Council, irrespective of such State law, and in case there be no procedure established by State law therefor, then the Council shall by ordinance prescribe one.
 Section 12. Whenever any power $ conferred by this Charter, and what ever methods of procedure are pro- yided for the exercise thereof, or if the bower be conferred in different terms of two or more provisions thereof, such different expressions of either method or power shall not the one effect or modify the other, but they shall also be deemed effective and be accumulative and selective.