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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and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, are hereby continued in force until the same shall be duly amended or repealed.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.
The city, by and through its mayor and council, may by ordinance enlarge and add to and incorporate within the present city, such adjacent land, and incorporate into the city such additional area and territory, as the said mayor and council shall deem proper and wise. The procedure for making such enlargement, extension and addition shall be such as is now, or may hereafter be prescribed by statute, or by ordinance passed and adopted by the said mayor and council.
Annotation--When city has authority to annex property and county board of supervisors has authority to create new municipalities, the first to obtain jurisdiction of proceedings for either purpose is entitled to retain it without interference from the other until the first proceedings are finally determined. Colquhoun v. City of Tucson, 88 Ariz. 320, 356 P. 2d 413.
State Law References: Annexation generally, A.R.S. § 9-471 et seq.
The mayor and council shall have plenary power to enact and make all proper and necessary ordinances, resolutions and orders to carry out and give effect to the express as well as the implied powers granted in this Charter, to the end that a complete, harmonious and effective municipal government may be initiated, installed, operated and maintained in the city, and thereby protect and safeguard the rights, interests, safety, morality, health and welfare of the city and its inhabitants.
Neither the manager nor any person in the employ of the city under appointment by, or employment of, said manager, mayor and council, or any other person authorized on behalf of said city to employ persons, shall take any active part in securing, or contributing any money toward, the nomination or election of any candidate or candidates for the office of mayor or members of the council, nor during the hours of service or duty to said city shall any such appointee or employee promote the candidacy or campaign of any person seeking office, elective or appointive, of the city, all under the penalty of dismissal from the service of the city.
All prosecutions to enforce penalties for the violation of any of the ordinances of the city, heretofore begun, shall be continued and concluded to judgment and execution before the city recorder, or the magistrate, in like manner, and to the same effect as if this Charter had not been adopted.
Any member of the police department or of the fire department in the employ of the city, in either of such departments at the time of taking effect of the civil service rules and regulations, and who has been so continuously employed at least ninety (90) days immediately prior thereto, shall be deemed qualified and shall be retained in his department until such employment is terminated under the provisions of the civil service rules and regulations.
Cross References: Policemen declared under civil service, ch. X, § 7; firemen declared under civil service, ch. X, § 9; civil service generally, ch. XXII.
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