Arizona republican., 1912-03-22
Wood, of Yavapai, Intro duces Provision as 1t
 Appeared in the Constitution
BREEN PUTS IN
 ANOTHER BILL
Majority Measure Provides That the Ratification Election Shall Occur
 July Third

Below is the text of the bill intro GUced in both houses of the IegisIa-
 ture yesterday. to provide for the
 amendment of the constitution in such
 a manner as to reinstate the identical provision of the original constitution i iu such a manner as to provide for ' the recall of judges. that provision being known as section l Of article s of the first constitution. The legis- ! lature took occasion in section 1 or | the new bill to hand one" specifical- | ly to President Taft
 Be it Enacted by the Legislative As sombly of the State of Arizona. section 1. That there is hereby proposed to be submitted tO the vote of the people of the state of Arizona | the following amendment to section 1 of article VIII Of the constitution Of the state of Arizona as adopted un- 1 der coercion directed by William Howard Taft president of the United States) by the electors of said state at an election held on the 12th day ot | December. ammo domini nineteen hun 1 Gred and eleven. viz.
 That said section 1 of article VIII
 oI the constitution of the state of Arizona be amended so as to read. be punctuuted arranged. and replaced exactly in the form and wording of. and in the exact position occupied by. i the section 1 of article VIII of the | official copy of the constitution ot the state of Arizona. adopted by the constitutional convention of Arizona 1 on December sth. 1910. u photographic Icopy uf which original section l. of said article VIII. certified to by the | secretary of Arizona under his seal is hereto attached. for the purpose of furnishing the exact form. lettering | and punctuation. of said amendment hereby proposed to be submitted. Section , That said amendment shall be submitted to the vote of the people of the state of Arizona at a special election for the purpose of having said proposed amendment vot- eel upon: which said special election
 shall be held on the 3rd day of July. 1912.
 Section l of article VIII of the constitution reads as follows:
 Every public officer in the state i of Arizona, holding an elective office, | either by election or appointment. is subject to recall from such office by | the qualified electors of the electoral district from which candidates are elected to such office Such electoral q strict may include the whole state. Such number of said electors as shall i equal twenty-five per centum of the number of votes cast at the last pre- | Ceding general election for all of the | candidates for the office held by such officer. may by petition. which shall
 be known as Recall petition. de-
 mand his recall"
 | Senator Breen in behalf of the re-
 Lublicans of the territory. who feel ! they would like d law that would | give good. clean judge at least an | even break for his entrance money,
 devised and introduced what they | hoped, (though with but small faithb might become q substitute measure. l Mir. Breen's bill is also presented here with for comparison. There are num- | erous provisions therein not contained | in the other. This bill provides that | unless at the special recall election at | least forty per cent of as many voters ! express themselves as expressed them l selves at the election which named
 the official. the election shall be in- i effective. The point is that a special election there is seldom d large vote and under the Wood bill there is nJ limitation save that 25 per cent of the voters must sign the petition for re- | call in which provision the bills are identical. Under the constitution if
 only d handful turn out to vote tn"
 official :s recalled if majority of | the votes are against him. Here is
 the Breen bill:
 l BILL FOR AN ACT | To amend the constitution of .Ari- zona and to provide for the recall of public officials
 1 Be it enacted by the legislature of
 the state O: Arizona.
 1 Section 1 That article VIII of the
 constitution Of the state of Arizona i be amended to read as follows:
 ARTICLE VIII
 REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. | I. Recall of Public officers. 1 Section l. Every pubic officer Tn l the state of Arizona. holding an cleo
 tive office. either by election or ap-
 pointment. is subject to recall from
 such office bv the qualified electors
 Of the electoral district from which candidates are elected tO such office Such number of said electors as shall
 equal twenty five per centum of the
 number of votes cast at the last pre-
 ceding general election for all of the candidates for the office held by such
 officer. may by petition. which shall