Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-01

mentS, boards, officers and employees
 of the city, shall, at all times, be open
 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 and offices of the city, and shall see that
 they are lawfully, economically and honesty administered and conducted
 The mayor shall see that all con-
 tracts and agreements with the city are faithfully kept and performed and to that end he shall, with the consent of the council, cause legal proceed lngs to be instituted and prosecuted, ln 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 paths an daff;rma- tions and take affidavits and deposi- | tlonS in all matters relating to the | business of the city. The mayor shall 1 sign all cOnveyanceS made by the City of Yuma, and all contracts to which it is party, and shall acknowledge
  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 htS office the vice president of the council shall act as mayor during such temporary absence or disability.
 City Treasurer.
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 (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.
 Gel It shall be the duty of the treasurer to present said receipts tc 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 or immediate delivery to the person paying said money into the city treas ury and duplicate of said receipt shaI be retained by the recorder who shai immediately proceed to charge the city treasurer with the amour thereof.
 Cd) Any officer violating the pro visions of the three preceding sub divisions shall be guilty of a mis, lemeanor
 (e) He shall pay out said money on warrants signed by the proper off ceTs and not otherwise, except inter st coupons on bonds. He shall make quarterly settlements with the city ecorder.
 tO He shall exercise such other | towers and perform such other du- ties as may be prescribed or conferred in this Charter, by law, or the ordi | nances of the city.
 City Assessor.
 Section 3. It shall be the duty of | the city assessor, between the frs | day of January and the first Gav o- June in each year, to make out a true llst or all the taxable property within | the city. The mode of making out | said list, and proceedings relating thereto shall be in conformity wit. 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 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 oaths and affirmations necessary in the performance of his iutieS
 Section 4. The assessor, when he assesses the property of any person firm, association, company or corpora ion, liable to taxation, not owning real estate within the city of suffi- cient value in the assessors iudg- nent % 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 az provided by law for the collection ot personal property tax by county assessors, or as may be provided by ordnance
 Jity Recorder.
 Section ,. It shall be the duty of he city recorder to keep a full and rue record of all the proceedings of he council and of the board of euuali- 'atlon The proceedings of the coun- Ill shall be kept in a book marked Minutes of the Council" The pre-, ,eedlngs of the board of equalization shall be kept in a separate book mark 'd Records of the Board of Euuali L., r1,