Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-23

State Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
1.-THE state superintendent of pub
lie instruction shall be a member and
secretary of the state board of educa-
ton and ex-officio u member of all the
other boards having control of public
instruction in any state institution. His
powers and duties shall be prescribed
by law.
"5-The regents of the university,
and the governing boards of other state
educational institutions shall be APP
pointed by the governor. except that the
governor shall be ex-officio member
of the regents Of the university and the
state superintendent shah be ex-officio
a member of the regents of the uni
versity and all other governing boards
of state educational institutions.
1.-THE university and Sall other
state educational Institutions shall be
open to the students of both sexes and
the instruction shan be as nearly free
as possible.
The legislature shall provide for
system OF common schools by
which a free school shall be estab
lished and maintaines in all school dis
tricts for at least six months in each
year, which shall be open to all pupils
between the cages of 6 and 81 years.
mo sectarian instruction shall be
impaired in any school or state educa-
tional institution that may be estab
lished under this constitution, and no
religious or political test or qualifica-
ton shall ever be required as a cOndi
Il = IA al,
cational institution OF the state, either
as teacher student or pupil. but the
liberty of conscience hereby secured
shall not be so construed as to justify
practices or conduct inconsistent with
the good order. peace. morality and
safety of the state, or with the rights of
others.
School Funds.
"a permanent state school fund
for che use of the common schools shall
be derived from the sale OF the public
school lands and from the sale of such
other public lands specified in the en-
abling act; all estates or distributive
shares of estates that may escheat 10
the state: all unclaimed shares and di-
vidends of any corporation incorporat
ed under the laws of Arizona; and all
gifts, devices. or requests made to the
state for general educational purposes.
The income derived from the invest
ment of the permanent state school
fund and the rental derived from school
lands, with such other funds rs may be
provided by legislative enactment, shall
be apportioned annually to the vari-
Gus counties of the state in proportion
to the number of pupils of school age
residing therein.
"9-The amount of this apportiOn
ment shall become part of the county
school fund, and il shall be the duty
of the legislature to enact such laws
as will provide for increasing the
county fund sufficiently to maintain all
the public schools of the county for
minimum term of six months in every
school year The laws of the state
shall enable cities and towns to main
tain free high schools. industrial
schools, and commercial schools.
"lO-The revenues for the mainten-
ance of the respective state educational
institutions shall be derived from the
investment of the proceeds of the sale
and rental of such lands as have been
set aside by the enabling act. or other
legislative enactment of the United
States, for the use and benefit of the
respective state educational institu-
tons. In addition to such income it
shall be the duty of the legislature to
make such appropriations to be raised
by direct taxation as shall insure the
proper maintenance of all state educa-
tional institutions. and such special APP
preparations as shall provide for their
and Improvement"
The State Examiner.
The Aoposition providing for state
examiner of public accounts was rec
commended for adoption after amend
ment. 1t had been provided that the
term of office of the examiner should
be four years Objection was raised to
so long a term and it was reduced TO
two years.
The committee proceeded swimming
ly until it reached the employers la
bility measures, of which there were
several differing slightly from one an
other. Taken altogether they provided
that the legislature should not enact
a law limiting the amount of damages