Arizona sentinel., 1917-12-06
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 2560 on demurrer and Case Mo- 2536 on the issues, counsel waiving the de- murrers in No. 2536 and agreeing in open court that they could be dis posed of later; G. F. Bullard and C. A. Lindeman appearing as counsel for plaintiff in Case No. 2560 and Thos. l D. Molloy, city attorney of Yuma, for defendants, and Thos. D. Molloy, city attorney of Yuma, appearing as coun- sel for plaintiff in Case No. 2536 and W. P. Geary, assistant attorney gener- al of the state, for the defendants
 Both cases were argued and sub mitted at the same time and as both cases involve the same subject mat | ter, arising out of the same transac- ton, to-wit: Is the City of Yuma, by it's Charter and Ordinances, authoriz- ed by law, as contemplated by Sec. 3 of Article XIV of the State Constitu tion, to fix and determine the rates or compensation to be collected by plain tiff in Case No. 256O, public service corporation doing business within the City of Yuma or has the defendant in Case No. 2536 full and exclusive power to fix and determine such rates? g
 This is the sole issue in each case It is therefore ordered, that these suits be consolidated for the purpose of finding of facts and decision.
 After due deliberation of the mat ter, the court being satisfied as to the law and the premises, finds:-
 Findings.
 1. That the city of Yuma is a mu- nicipal corporation duly incorporat- ed under the provisions of Article XIII of the State Constitution and of Chapter XVI of Title ' of R. S. of Arizona.
 2. That the Yuma, Light, Gas and Water Company is public service corporation doing business in the city of Yuma, within the meaning of Sec. | of Article XIV of the State Consti- tuition.
 3. That the provisions of the Char ter of the city of Yuma is the organic | law of said city and supercedes the so far as said laws attempt to regu- late merely municipal affairs.
 4. That the city of Yuma, on the 4th day of September 1917, duly en acted and passed Ordinance No. 150 | A, entitled An Ordinance Fixing and | Determining the Rates and COmpen- l sation to Be Charged and Collected | By Public Service Corporations for | the Use of Water, Heat, Light and | Power Within the City of Yuma"
 ,. That the fixing of rates and | charges to be made and collected, to | and from consumers of public utilities | in the city of Yuma, is a local mat ter, confined to the municipality of | Yuma and is regulated by it's Charter provisions and ordinances to the eX- clusion of the General Laws upon the subject and is matter in which the citizens of the state outside of the corporate limits of the city of Yuma have no interest of concern.
 Conclusion of Law.
 AS the conclusion of law, the Court finds that the city of Yuma is auth orized by law to exercise supervision over public service corporations do- ing business in said city, including the regulation of rates and charges to be made and collected by such cor porations; that defendants are en- titled to judgment in Case No. 2560 according to the prayer of their an swer and that said plaintiff, city of Yuma, in Case No. 2536 is entitled to judgment according to the prayer of it's second amended and supplemental complaint; and it is ordered, that sep arate judgments in each case be en- tered accordingly.
 Dated this 3rd day of December, 1917.
 FRANK BAXTER, Judge.