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  1. Overview: Arizona Constitutional Convention (1910) [2023 Edition]
  2. Full Record: Arizona Constitutional Convention (1910) [2023 Edition]
  3. Committee:Convention
  4. Session: 1910-10-18 14:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

Arizona Constitutional Convention (1910) [2023 Edition]

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Session 15825: 1910-10-18 14:00:00

The Convention considers Propositions Number 29 through 44, which are read the first time and referred to the Committee on Printing. Resolution Number 4 is proposed and adopted, and Resolution Number 5 is proposed.

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Proposition Number 40 - Counties, Cities and Towns

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A PROPOSITION

No. 40.

Introduced by Mr. Webb of Graham County.

A Proposition Relative to Counties, Cities and Towns. . .

IT IS HEREBY PROPOSED:

Section 1. The several counties of the Territory of Arizona existing at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, are hereby recognized as legal subdivisions of this State, and the precincts and school districts, now existing in the said counties, as legal subdivisions thereof, and they shall so continue until changed by law in pursuance of this article.

Sec. 2. No County Seat shall be removed unless a majority of the qualified electors of the county, voting on the proposition at a general election, shall vote in favor of such removal, and a majority of the votes cast on the proposition shall be required to re-locate a county seat. A proposition of removal shall not be submitted in the same county more than once in four years.

Sec. 3. No territory shall be stricken from any county unless a majority of the voters living in such territory, as well as of the county to which it is to be annexed, shall vote therefor, and then only under such conditions as may be prescribed by general law.

Sec. 4. The Legislature shall establish a system of county government, which shall be uniform throughout the State and by general laws shall provide for precinct organizations.

Sec. 5. Corporations for municipal purposes shall not be created by special laws; the Legislature, by general laws, shall provide for the incorporation, organization and classification of cities and towns in proportion to population; which laws may be altered, amended or repealed.

Sec. 6. No municipal corporation shall directly or indirectly, lease, sell, alien or dispose of any water works, water rights, or sources of water supply now, or hereafter to be owned or controlled by it, but all such water works, water rights and sources of water supply now owned or hereafter to be acquired by any municipal corporation, shall be preserved, maintained and operated by it for supplying its inhabitants with water at reasonable charges. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any such municipal corporation from exchanging water rights, or sources of water supply, for other water rights or sources of water supply of equal value, and to be devoted in like manner to the public supply of its inhabitants.

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