Cochise review., 1901-01-19
ENDORSES THE REVIEW"

There can be no question as to the right of the Board of Supervisors of Cochise county, to award the contract for all county advertising to a weekly newspaper, notwithstanding the opin- ion and legal advice of our district at torney on the question. The REVIEW has secured from Hon. John c. Hern- don, of Prescott and Jos. H. Kibbey, of Phoenix, their opinion on this question which endorses the REVIEW in it's pos ition, and lays before the Board of Su pervisors the opinion of two of Ari- zona's ablest lawyers which has already been supported by the opinion of the Attorney-General of the territory.
 Hon. Jos. H. Kibbey says:
 Phoenix, A. T.. Jan. l4, 1901. EDITOR REvIEw:-
 Replying to yours of the 7th would say that while do not exactly under stand your question as stated 1 take it that you mean to ask if Act 17 of 1899 removes the discrimination against weekly papers under the former law? If such be the case my opinion is that it does and that the Board should award the contract for county advertising to the lowest responsible bidder whether the same be weekly or daily paper.
 Yours very truly,
 Jos. H. KIBBEY.
 Hon. John c. Herndon, of Prescott, endorses the REVIEW in the following:.
 Prescott, A. T., Jan. Il, 1901. Mr. W. B. Kelly, F
 Bisbee, Arizona.
 DEAR SIR:
 Yours of 7th inst. received. Uuder Act S3 of the laws of 1891 preference was given to the daily newspapers, but by Act 17 of the laws of 1899, Sec. of Act 83 of the laws of 1891 was so amend ed as to do away with the preference to daily newspapers. The boards of SUD- ervisors have the right to give the pub lie county printing to any newspaper published in the county and no distinc- tion is made between daily and weekly papers.
 Yours truly,
 JOHN '. HERNDON.
 In the face of the above the Board of should reconsider the mat ter of the county advertising at their next meeting and under the law award the same advertising to a weekly news paper at saving to the county of sev- eral hundred dollars. This is a ques- tion now that the Board should take into it's own hands, for the gain of Co., chise county as whole, and for the economical administration of the coun- ty government. If Mir. Land formed a hasty opinion in the matter, before he had time to consult the law on the matter, he should now come to the front in line with the opinion of the Attorney-General, with the opinion of Hon. John c. Herndon, with the opin- ion of Hon. Joseph Kibbey, of Phenix, and advise the Board to reconsider the matter of the county advertising and under the law award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder-weekly or daily. While this is probably a small matter in the expenses of Cochise county for the ensuing year still the people of this county expect that the legal adviser of the Board of Supervis- Ors shall perform his duties in fair and impartial manner and according to law. What his wishes in the matter may be, should not enter into the pub lie questions that come before him for his opinion. His duty is to interperts the law as he finds it on the statute books and not as he would like to find it. The REVIEW is in possession of other letters from eminent lawyers in the territory which coincide exactly with the two above published. The attorney general of the territory says give the advertising to weekly as well as a daily; Hon. John c. Herdon says that is the law; Hon. Joseph Kibbey, of Phoenix, says that is the law. Ed Land alone hangs on limb in the broad ex- panse of his own legal opinion and ad- vises the Board to the contrary, the in- terests of the people of Cochise county notwithstanding.