Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-09-17

funds and property. The books, rec
 ords and official papers of all depart
 ments, boards, officers and employees
 of the city, shall, at all times, be open
 to his inspection and examination, anC he shall use special care to see that such books, records, and dOc6ments 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 i they are lawfully, economically anC honesty administered and conducted 1 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
 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 h:s office, the vice president of the council shall act as mayor during such temporary absence or disability.
 City Treasurer.
 Section ?.
 (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, for 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 dup6 cate. Said receipts shall be issued in their serial order and shall not be
 
 until issued by the city treasurer for moneys received.
 Gel 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 Tor immediate delivery to the person paying said money into the city treas ury and duplicate of said receipt shall be retained by the recorder who shal immediately proceed to charge the city treasurer with the amount thereof.
 (d) 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 cejs and not otherwise, except inter st coupons on bonds. He shall make 1uarterly settlements with the city
 ecOrder
 CD He shall exercise such other nowers 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 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 heredf- 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 and 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 CT 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 duties.
 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' Q 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 0f personal property tax by county assessors, or as may be provided by ordnance. City 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 equaIi- | latIon. The proceedings of the coun- 1 ;il shall be kept in book marked | Minutes of the Council" The pre-