No officer shall be allowed any emoluments or compensation, aside from his salary as fixed by this Charter, or by ordinance, and all fees received by him in connection with his official duties shall be paid by him into the city treasury. Provided, that any rewards received by any member of the police or other departments, for the apprehension or conviction of persons charged with crime, may be retained, except as to any part of such reward as may be provided by ordinance to accrue to the benefit of, and be paid into, the pension fund or funds.
The terms of all other officers in office at the time this Charter takes effect, in addition to the mayor and council, and that of all employees of the city at the time this Charter shall take effect, may continue for the term for which said officers are elected or appointed, and for the period for which said employees are employed. Provided: that the provisions of this Charter as to salaries of mayor and councilmen shall not take effect until the first Monday in January, 1931.
All ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City of Tucson, in force at the time this Charter takes effect, and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, are hereby continued in force until the same shall be duly amended or repealed.
The violation of any provisions of this Charter, or of any ordinance of the city, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and may be prosecuted by the authorities of the city in the name of the State of Arizona, or may be redressed by civil action, at the option of the mayor and council. Any person sentenced to imprisonment for violation of a provision of this Charter, or of an ordinance, may be imprisoned in the city jail, or, if the mayor and council, by ordinance, shall so prescribe, in the county jail of Pima County, in which case the expense of such imprisonment shall be a charge in favor of said county against the city.
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