Arizona republican., 1916-01-12
Procedure Under Provisions of Title
 VII Chapter XII Revised Statutes of Arizona 1913 and Subsequent

Amendments
 ta) Petition presented to commlS- sion for paving certain district or l commission can decide on improve ments without petition. | tb) By resolution, commission au 1 thorizes city engineer to draw plans. 1 One set of plans can be made cover l any number of kinds of pavement (c) City engineer draws plans, specifications and grade ordinance. ! (d) By resolution commission adopts plans and grade ordinance. 1 (This resolution published one time and is thirty (30) days before effective according to the charter but resolution of intention can be put through before this thirty (90) days is up) l. The commission passes a reSO lu;ior of intention describing the work l to be done and the boundary of the district Derefl;cd and gives the civ l engineer authority to make maps and assessment diagrams of this distrct. Resolution of intention is drawn by the city engineer. checked by the citA attorney and published ten G0, con sccuti"e times.
  | shall at once post notice of this reSo- lution of intention on the streets or alleys to be improved at distances of not over three hundred (300) feet iapart dissolution of intention author izes this posting)
 3. Fifteen G5) days from the date of last publication or fifteen G5) days from date of completion of posting is allowed for a protest against the work or improvement
 | A protest must contain majority of the frontage along the proposed im- lIrovement together with a majority of frontage in district (Note: Where large districts are made it only re- qaires majority of the frontage along the proposed improvement0 l The protest is filed with the city clerk and the commission sets a date for hearing and if a majority are against the improvement, it shall be a bar against further proceedings for a period of six C6) months unless in the meantime majority shall petition fol said improvement.
 | 1. The commission passes d resolu- tion ordering the work to be done (not published).
 ,. The superintendent of streets in- vites bid and recites the fact that the resolution ordering work was passed and designates date that bids must b, filed, which date must not be less thal ten (10) days from date of first publi- cation. This notice is published two l @ times.
 He also posts notices on or near tn. door of the commission chamber fo five t5) days. (An affidavit is re quired)
 6. The city engineer draws up blanl proposals and bonds for bidders Bon, of ten Q0) per cent of contract prc made payable to mayor accompanie all bids. Providing that any bidde submitting alternative bids need onl furnish one CD bond, which shall b at least equal to ten 00) per cent O the amount of the highest proposa submitted.
 [. The commission shall in ope session open bids and if only one clas of paving has been called for sha award contract to lowest responsibl bidder or reject all bids by motion an can call for new bids. In case alter native kinds of paving has been calle for then no award can be made unt one week after said bids have bee opened, and within five (5} days fror the date of opening said bids majorit of the property fronting on propose improvement or in district can peti tion for a certain kind of constructio called for in the resolution of intention
 If no petition is filed then at tl end of the said week the commissio can award the contract to the lowe: responsible bidder of the kind of cor struction it deems best
 8. The notice of award of contra, is published two @ times. (Affidav required.)
 9. Within fifteen G5) days of fir publication of award any owner property in district may prote against any of the previous acts proceedings being illegal, defective faulty CA written, signed protest required.)
 The commission then renders it's d cision for or against, as it sees fit
 10. After fifteen 05) days of fir publication of award of contract al not later than twenty (2O) days, t successful bidder enters into contra with the superintendent of streets
 A bond covering ne-fourth (A) the amount of the contract price the faithful performance of the co tract and bond covering not le than one-half (1a) of the amount the contract price for labor and m terial, shall be filed with the superi tendent of streets before contract signed. tThs contract is prepared the city engineer and checked by t city attorney)
 II. Before entering into contra the successful bidder must advance the superintendent of streets the cC of printing, engineering and incident expenses, to date.
 In case the plans are protested Q