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<br /> <br />" -1~ <br />1~ i:: <br /> <br />;:H2 <br /> <br />^\ E T Il 0 POLl TAN W ATE \{ 0 1ST R 1 C T <br /> <br />of din.'dol's present, provided there shall be present directors from not less than <br />threc~f(ll1l'ths of all cities whose corpornte areas arc includerl in said metro- <br />politan water district anr! representing not less than three-fourths of the total <br />votes of said district; pl'ovidcd. that in lieu of such previolls intf'oduction 0" <br />unanimous vote any ot'dinance may bemailedb~.l.egi!.:tcred mail, postage pl'e- <br />paid to each mem\wl' of the board of directors at least five (5) days prior to <br />the day upon which !';uch ordinance shall be pl'esrmted for adoption. No ordinance <br />adoptNI by the board of directors ~ha[J take effect until the expimtion of thil.ty <br />(30) days following the adoption thereof, except an ordinance ordering or <br />othel'wi,;e relating to an election or to the issuance or sale of bonds OJ' to the <br />h!vring or colll'ctioll of taxe~ or the fixing- of water rates; and an ordinance <br />nece!;sar~' for the immediate preservation or protection of the pl"Opert,}', interests <br />or welfare of the distdct, which shall contain a specific statement showing its <br />urgency, and is passed by three-folll'lhs of the total vote of the board of directors <br />but all ordinances of any of the classes heretofore excepted by thi~ section <br />~hall t.ake effect upon th€'ir adoption. All ordinanc.es except those whi<:h shall <br />take effect upon th~ir adoption [l.S provided in this ~ectiun shall be subject to <br />l"/O'ferendum in the mann~r pnwided br law for the legislative arts of boards of <br />supervisol's of counties. <br />(3) To fix the location of the pt'incipa! place of business of t.hE' district and <br />the location of all offices and department~ maintained hereunder, <br />(4) To prescribe by ordinance a sj"stcm of business administra.tion and to <br />create llny and all neces~ary offices which !'hall include the offices of controller <br />and of treasurer and to establigh and reestablish the powers and duties and com- <br />pensation of all OffiCl'l'S and employees and to l'equir~ and fix the amount of all <br />official bonds necessary for the protection of the funds and property of the <br />distrid. <br /> <br />(5) To prescribe hy ordinance a system of civil service. <br /> <br />(6) To delegate and redelegate hy ordinance to officers of the district power to <br />employ clerical. legal and engineering assistants and labor, and under such con- <br />ditions and re::;trictions as shall he fixed by the c1il'ectors, power to bind the <br />distl'id by contract. <br /> <br />(7) To presc.ribe a method of auditing and allowing or rejecting claims and <br />demands; also to pl'escribe method!; for th(~ construction of w(lI-ks and for the <br />lettillg of contracts for the construction of works, structures 01' equipment, or the <br />performance or iurni!'hing of labor. materials (lf" supplies. /'equired for the cany- <br />ing out of any of the pllq)Qse~ of this act; Jlrovided that. in cases ,,,.here work i!-i <br />not. to be done bv the district itself b\' fo/'ce nccount, and the amount involved <br />shall he t(~n th()~saIHl dollars, 01' mor;, the board of dit'ectors shall provide for <br />the letting of COIltl'acts to the luwest responsihle bidder, after publication of <br />notice!; inviting bid~, ~lIbj('ct to the l'ight (If said board to reject any and all <br />proposals. Pnwid~d, likewise, that the board of directors in advertising for bids <br />and in letting- cuntracts mi above pro....ided. may require all artich~s to be fur- <br />nished to the district tht'l"eundel" to be m<lnufaclUl'ed, produced or fabricateu in <br />the United States or its TE'rritorics, and ma;y prohibit the use in, or employment <br />ill clmncction with, the can'ring- out of sllch c(lJlt.racts bv the contractor or any <br />subcontl'actor, of all mu{"hiner~' or materials except s;lch as shall have bee~l <br />nw.nufactllI"ed, produced (11' fabricated in the United States or its Territorie5, if <br />such are available, the question of such availability to be determined by the. <br />bORnl of rlirecLoI''s. Provided, fUl'ther, that. contract~. in writing or otherwise, <br />may be let without advertising f()r 01' inviting bids, when any repairs, altera- <br />tions, oj' othe!" work, or the purchasl' of matel'ials, sup}lli~~s, equipment or other <br />property. !o>hall he tleenwd by the board of directors to be of urgent necessity. <br />Hnd shall be authorized by a t.wo-thinls vote thereof. <br /> <br />~ <br />