Arizona republican., 1899-03-03
THE CAUCUS BILL
Full Texf of inc DcmocratIC Measure Creating Board Of Public Affairs.

Following is the full text of the
 amendment, which is practically a
 substitute for council bill No 40,
 presented yesterday by Mir Goldwater,
 and under suspension of the rules
 passed in the council. It is a demo-
 cratic party measure and abolishes
 the territorial board of control, sub
 stituting therefor a board of public af-
 fairs:
 Section 1. The territory of Arizona is
 hereby divided into four districts, to be known as equalization districts. The counties Of MOh2ve, COcOninO and YaV apai shall form the first equalization district: the counties Of Apache, Nav Rjo and Graham shall form the second equalization district; the counties Of CUchise, Pima and Gila shall form the
 third equalization district and the
 counties of Maricopa, Yuma and Pinal
 shall form the fourth equalization dis trict
 Sec. 3. The governor of the territory
 shall nominate and by and with the
 advice and consent of the legislative
 council, appoint one qualified voter
 from each equalization district as ere
 ated by section 1 of this act; and also
 one qualified voter from the territory
 at large, who shall each hold office for
 the term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
 Sec. 3. The persons appointed under
 this act shall be known as the board of public affairs. They shall qualify by taking the cath of office and filing same with the secretary of the terri
 tory within twenty days after their
 ,l-.-- .-7,,I ! ,T-,-,E one of their number to be chairman of the board, who shall reside at the cap ital of the territory, and be the eXecr- tive member of the board. Each mem Der shall be required to give a bond in the penal sum of ten thousand ($100O0) dollars; said bond to be approved by the governor of the territory; cOndi- toned on the faithful discharge of his duties; said bond to be filed with the secretary Of the territory. The ap- p0intments shall be nOn-paTtisan, and any member If any county board of supervisors may be appointed as member of the board of public affairs. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by appointment by the governor of Q voter from the district in which said vacancy occurs.
 Sec f. The board of public affairs shall meet once a month at Phoenix, O. at such other place as it shall ad- journ to-. Its official address shall be at the capital of the territory. A ma jority of the board shall be a quorum tC transact any and all business, and q majority of the members present at any meeting of which due notice has been given shall decide any question coming before the board. The chair | man shall have but one vote on any i question before the board; all meetings | shall be open to the public and all pro ceedings shall be recorded and the rec ord open to inspection at reasonable i hours.
 Sec. ,. The board of public affairs | shall have all the rights and powers, l and perform all the duties which by | law now devOlve on or belong to the | board of control, and all boards of | commission of the insane asylum, terri | tO-ial prison and reform school, terri | turial board of equalization and the | capitol commission; and after the ap- pOintment of the board of public affairs the present board of control, territorial | board of equalization and capitol cOm- mission shall cease to exist. and shall | turn over to the board of public affairs all books, papers and other property | to the territory and now in their charge or under their control.
 See. C. In addition to tLe duties now imposed by law on the several boards of commission by this act abolished, the board of public affairs shall:
 First. At the annual meeting in De- cember of each year, and as often as occasion may require examine the books and accounts of the territorial treasurer and territorial auditor, count and verify the public mon- eys, check up and examine all vouchers, warrants, bonds and cou- pOns and make a report of it's findings and such recommendation as it may deem proper to the governor. Such report shall be printed and sent to the as required by law.
 Second. The board of public affairs shall cause to be prepared and trans init to all railroad companies suitable and uniform blanks on which to make returns as required in section 2649 of the revised statutes.
 Third. The board of public affairs shall immediately after it's meeting in August give to the territorial auditor } certified copy of it's proceedings as an board, SC. that he may comply with the requirements of sec jon 2659 of the revised statutes.
 Sec. '. The board of public affairs shall elect a clerk, who shall hold his office at the pleasure of the board; his salary shall be seventy-fve ($75.OO) dollars per month. and if required by the board to attend meetings at any other place than the capital, he shall receive in addition to his salary his actual expenses necessarily incurred going to and from such meetings. The beard or public affairs shall be allowed for books, stationery, office supplies and fixtures for the first two years the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars and thereafter the legislature shall at each session appropriate such sum as it may deem proper. The territorial