Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-29

the board of control of the territory of Arizona shall have certified to the gov ernor that said buildings are completed and ready for occupancy. there shall be levied annually, in addition to all other taxes otherwise directed to be levied and collected. tax of three cents on each hundred dollars of the assessed value of all real and personal prop erty in the territory of Arizona, to be collected as other taxes are required to he collected, and when so collected, to be by the territorial treasurer placed in fund to be known as the "Pio neers Home Maintenance Fund.- The territorial auditor shall certify the rate of tax as above stated to the several boards of supervisors throughout the territory, and the said boards of super visors are hereby directed and required to enter such rate on the assessment roll of their respective counties in the same manner and with the same effect as is provided by law in relation to other territorial and county taxes. The tax levied under the provisions or au- thority of this Act is hereby made a lien against the property assessed which lien shall attach on the first Mon day in each year, and shall not be sat. isfied or removed until such tax has been paid.
 Section !. As soon as the buildings herein provided for shall have been constructed, it shall be the duty of the governor to appoint a superintendent who shall, subject to the direction of ha ar1 of rol h. rk, ....s Al, the care, custody and management of said institution. Said superintendent shall admit persons thereto upon the order of the board of control and shall see that all such persons are properly cared for, fed and clothed, and fur nished with medical treatment if nee essary. Said superintendent shall re- ceive salary of not more than two thousand dollars annually, at the dis cretion of the board of control, pay able monthly out of the aforesaid Home s maintenance fund. whose claims for such compensation shall be audited and allowed in the same manner as other claims for salaries against the territory are audited and allowed. Such superintendent shall also have the pow CT with the advice and consent of the board sof control, to appoint such as- sistants, preferably inmates in properly qualified, as may be required in prop er carrying on of said institution. whose compensation shall be fixed by the board of control, and paid out of the said home s maintenance fund. upon the certificate of said board of control. as in other cases.
 Section 8. The expense incurred by the board of control for necessary sup plies, general maintenance and incI. dental expenses of said institution not herein otherwise provided for, shall be- come a charge against the territory, and upan being properly certified by the board of control, accompanied by vouchers, as in other cases, said claims shall be paid out of the home s mainte- nance fund.
 Section 9. The terrotorial auditor shall prescribe proper forms for all claims against the territory arising under the provisions of this Act, and he shall audit all such claims and draw his warrant upon the home's mainte- nance fund for all such claims as he may consider a lawful and proper charge against the territory under the provisions hereof, and the territorial treasurer is hereby authorized and di- rected to pay said warrants.
 Section 10. This act shall take eff feet and be in force from and after its passage.