Arizona republican., 1915-03-31

1 Shall a new section, to be num- bered 61a, be inserted after Section 6 of Chapter III of the Charter. said Section 61a to read as follows:
 "The City Attorney. City Clerk and City Treasurer shall be appointed by the Commission, and shall hold of flee until removed by a vote of three fifths of the Commission voting af- firmatively therefor" ?
 Shall Section [ of Chapter III of the Charter be amended to read as follows:
 "The City Assessor, City Collector, City Engineer, Chief of Police, Fire Chief, Superintendent of Streets, and such other officers as the Commission may create by ordinance under the authority of this Charter, shall be ap-
 pointed by the City Manager by and with the consent and approval of the Commission"
 Shall subsection (26) of Section j2 of Chapter " of the Charter be amended to read as follows:
 'To regulate the construction, re- pair and use of sewers, sinks, gutters cess pools and vaults, and to compel the connecting, cleaning or empty ing of the same, and to designate the time ard manner in which the
 work shall be done; and in case the
 owner of any property concerned
 shall fail to connect, clean, empty 0,
 repair such sewers, sinks. gutters
 cess pools or vaults, to cause such connection, cleaning, emptying oI
 repairing to be done by some officer
 of the city at the expense of such
 owner of the premises to be bene-
 fitted thereby, and to make such eX-
 pense a tax lien upon the said prem
 ises, to be collected at the same time
 land in the same manner as other city
 taxes are collected" ?
 Shall Section IA of Chapter W o1
 the Charter be amended to read as
 follows:
 "AH ordinances, resolutions ol franchises shall be approved ant
 signed by the mayor and attesteG
 by the city clerk, ana transcribed 1T
 the proper books therefor, but nc
 ordinance, resolution or franchise
 shall take effect and become oper
 ative until thirty days after its passage by the Commission and an
 proval by the mayor. except meas tres necessary for the immediate
 preservation of the peace. health. ol , safety of the city; but no such enier
 gency measure shall become immedi ately operative unless it shall state il
 a separate section the reasons why it il necessary that it should become i'm mediately operative, and be approved
 by the affirmative vote of four fifth:
 of the Commission taken by ayes ant nays: provided, further. that al
 ordinances and resolutions havin: . the effect of ordinances or required
 to be published, shall be published . at least once in the official news
 paper of the city and a copy thereo posted on a bulletin board in iron
 of the City Hall before they become , effective and operative"
 Shall Section l of Chapter VI O the Charter be amended to read a. follows: } Subject tc the control of the Com mission, the manager shall have tE general supervision and direction 0 r the administrative operation of tn ] city government; he shall supervis I and direct the official conduct of al
 appointive city officers except tn , auditor, city attorney, city clerk, cit.
 treasurer and city magistrate; he shal supervise the performance of all con fnr ar1 : done for the city, and in that be
 half represent the city except as may be otherwise provided in tn
 Charter: he shall make all purchase
 of materials or supplies for the city subject to the provisions of thi . Charter, and see that the sam are received as contracted for T he shall employ and discharg from time to time. as occasion re quires all employees of the city ap e pointed by him by and with the con sent and approval of the Commission : he shall appoint all officers of tn r city. the appointment or election o = whom is not otherwise provided fo f in this Charter, and may remov k them when the interests of the cit $ require; he shall make a written re f port to the Commission at its frs I meeting in each month of the stat 8 of the condition and business affair l, 1 of the city; and he shall wheneve l required by the Commission, make g written or verbal report, as may b
 indicated by the Commission, in de itail of any particular matter relating V to the affairs of the city within hi e lsupervision; he shall require month"; reports, or may require them oftenel , from each of the officers of the cit n appointed by him of the business am f condition of such office, and shal
 submit the same to the Commission V Iupon it's request therefor. All re e lports required by the Charter or b. n ordinance shall be in writing, ex f Icept that the Commission, in the cas-
 of reports other than the monthl V reports herein required, may direc e them 10 be verbal; and likewiS : the manager may direct reports D other than the monthly report : herein provided for to be made yer bally. All written reports shall b.
 safely kept by the proper officers a part of the records of the city r and be open to the inspection of tn
 electors of the city during offic e hours"
 !. Shall Section l of Chapter VII o l the Charter be amended to read a. Q follows:
 9 ,"The city auditor shall prescribe an'