Weekly journal-miner., 1911-09-13

,,'afrcy general for Arizona, there ,an he no reorganization of voters for 'ts election Co be held December F. ,r action on the constitution and ,tc election of state officers. The following is his opinion in full ad.
 Irc..cl to the district attorneys of Arizona:
 Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 8, 1911, To District Attorneys of Arizona:
 Your telegram of September 5th re-
 sciycd. You ask me to advise if per.
 ..n. registering subsequent to the
 closing of the registration for the
 election of constitutional delegates,
 cap vote at the coming primaries to le held October 20 and the state cleo ion 10 be held December 12 next.
 The question is of great importance
 and has been bothering the district attorneys throughout the territory, and 1 have therefore given it close
 study, and have requested and re. ccycd the advice of several of the cading attorneys of the territory affiliated with both the republican and democratic parties. My opinion, and the reasons therefor, will eonse. qucn,ly be given with some detail: section l9 of the Enabling Act provides that the qualified electors of Arizona are authorized to vote for dcegates to constitutional conven. tion; and that qualified elector is any male citizen of the United States of inc age of twenty.one years who has resided in the territory at least twelve months next preceding the date fixed for the election for con .,tutional delegates, and who shall possess in every respect the qualifi- cations of an elector are provided by Title 20 of the Revised Statutes of Arizona of 1901. Said section fur thcr provides that the supervisors of each county shall require a reregis' 'ration of the qualified electors a' above defined, and proviso is at' tached to the effect that at rereg i'iration of the qualified electors whose names appear on the great reg i'ter for the year 1908 is unnecessary but that such names together with such as may register under the provi sions of said section shall constitute the great register of such county and be used at each of the eleeti0n' provided for in the Enabling Act. Said section then provides further that this provision shall apply to all voters at all. elections for delegates to the constitutional convention, fol the ratification of the constitution for state officers, members of th' state legislature, representatives il congress and all other officers named in the constitution or any others pro vided for or mentioned in the Enab ling Act.
 From the, provisions of said sectio' ls, it would appear, therefore, tha qualified electors for all election provided for in the Enabling Aei would be those registered under tn registration aforesaid, that is to say those whose names appeared upon tn great register of each county for th year 1908, and those additional per sons who had registered thereafte and up to twenty.one days prior [ 'he election of delegates to the cor rltutional convention.
 lt will be noted that the provisio Of Chapter of Title 20, Revise statutes of Arizona, is to govern ihe reregistration above referred t' Paragraph 2303 of said chapter title 20, provides that any one ca register twenty-one days before election and this explains my stat ment in the preceding paragraph thi only those registered in the grei register of 1908, and those register' under the reorganization order Of u 'upervisors up to twenty'onc da' prior to the holding of the eleeti' for delegates to the constitution eonyention, would be entitled to vo' Certainly it is clear from the pr visions of section 10 of the EnabliI act, that only persons whose nam appear upon the great register 1908 and those thereafter register' up to within twenty.one days pri 10 the election for constitutional d' gates, could vote for constitution delegates. There is no doubt that [ names of all such persons, did co stitute the great register for the el' tion for constitutional delegates. T fact that said section 10 of the F abling Act, thereafter provides th