Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-10-12
supply all the water needed for irriga- tion.-Prospector.
Matter For Consideration.

A Considerations
 In the last issue of the Belt we made mention of the action of a joint meet ing of the Republican and Democratic central committees of Maricopa coun ty wherein they request Boards of Su pervisors of the several counties to provide for holding an election for delegates to Territorial convention, for the purpose "of framing form of a State constitution" and referred to the acts of the Legislative Assembly governing the same. Now that Mari ropa's supervisors have fallen into the trap set by those political committees, and have pledged themselves that on the 1st Monday of October, 1889, fin regular session" in the city of Phenix twill then and there appoint inspec- tors and judges of election, and take such other steps as may be necessary and expedient to hold such election and carry out the spirit and intent of the law passed and approved as afore- said"
 So far as we are informed, the su- perv DTS have only indicated that "Barkis is willin'," and have not rem dered themselves personally liable un- der chapter 2, section 31, Revised Statutes, which renders "every officer, including each supervisor who shall draw an unauthorized warrant, claim or demand upon any county treasury in this Territory, contrary to, or with out the authority of law, shall be lia- ble to the county on his official bond, personally, and for the amount thus directly paid out, or disbursed, on such warrant, claim or demand, and the same may be recovered by an ac- ton against the persons so liable therefor, jointly or severally. It shall be the duty of the District Attorney of the county to see that suit is brought in the proper cases for the enforcement of the provisions of this section. The vote of each supervisor upon every question. order or matter acted on by them shall be recorded in the minutes of the board
 The rule of law is, that the time, place and manner of holding general election being fixed by law, the cleo tors may, and indeed must, take no tice thereof, and as to such electors the statutory requirement. of public notice by proclamation or otherwise
 may be regarded as directory only
 But 1t has been frequently held that a statute requiring the Governor to issue his proclamation calling special election is mandatory law and an essential prerequisite to such an cleo
 tion. Such being the case it behooves
 to withhold their consent to an appro
 priation and disbursement of county
 money for the purpose of giving effect
 to the request of Maricopa's political
 junto, for the reason, if no other, thai
 the proposed election for delegates j:
 special and not general, and, therefore
 if otherwise legal, wanting the Gov ernor's authority, it would be nullity
 Supervisors of Cocliise county havt
 refused to cooperate with Maricopi conventionists for the purpose o
 electing delegates to frame form State constitution for Arizona
 , In refutation of the report curren that the Apache county supervisor i would comply with the request of tn , Maricopa conference to call an cleo tion, the St. Johns Herald says: "1
 is the general sentiment of the peopl
 of Apache that they will not sen
 delegates to constitutional conven tion, unless they are forced to do SC We do not believe that outside of Maj icopa county, any more joint conver tions will be held"
 , The Journal-Mlner states that Il ' official action has yet been taken b ,, the Board of Supervisors of Yavaps county in regard to a constitutions , convention, and Chairman Behan 7 opposed to taking any action in tn . matter.-Globe Silver Belt.