Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-27
Attorney General Renders 0pin- ion Reaffirming Previous Find
 ings with Regard to Expiration of the Terms and Procedure.
Ambiguous Law Which Has Made For Much Confusion, Still Con- tains Its Puzzles; Legal Com
 pIicatiOns as to Contracts.

PHOENIX. May 26.-There seems to be some confusion stll regarding the status of the members of the boards of supervisors as regards the
 coming election. but be that as it may, the attorney generals office gave out an opinion on the matter February 24 of this year In brief Assistant Attorney General Leslie C. Hardy. who gave the opinion says after quoting the law on the subject:
 "lt will be observed that the redis- tricting of the various counties of tbe State into superyisorial districts by the board of supervisors shall be made on the first Monday in septem- Der next preceding the general cleo tion for State and county officers. The first Monday in September pre- ceding the next general election falls on the 7th day of that month. Under the provisions of the primary law. the primary for the next general election will be held on the Sth Tuesday prior to the next general election. which falls on the Sd day of Noyem- Der The next primary election. therefore. will fall on the Sth day of September It. therefore. appears that the next primary election will be held one day after the date pre- scribed for the redistrictiug of the various counties of the State into supervisorial districts It is obvious therefore that the boards of super yisors of the various counties of the State can not divide the counties into superyisorial districts before the time prescribed by law for the filing of nomination papers by candidates for boards of supervisors. in view of the fact that Section of the primary law prescribes that persons desiring to become a candidate st a primary election shall file bis nomination De- titiOn not less than twenty nor more than sixty days before the primary election ln view of this fact it is the opinion Of this department that candidates for supervisors in the va. rious counties of the State will not be effected by Chapter 51. supra, but they should be nominated and elected
 from the county at large, as had heretofore been the custom. rather than from supervisorai districts"
 And in conclusion, he says. this opinion should not be construed to prohibit the boards of supervisors of the various counties of the State from |redistricting their counties into su- l Deryisoral districts, but, on the con. trary, we hold that such districts
 should be made at the time pre- Iscribed by law. We only advise you that because of the inconsistency Of the law and the dates for filing nomi- nation papers, candidates for supervi- sors can not be nominated and elected from supervisoral districts at the next primary and general election 1"
 From the foregoing 1t is the opinion of many that there arises a chance for several suits in the shape of in. functions and the further question that if the new supervisors are to be elected under the old law that 1t must naturally follow that only two supervisors win be elected and the ] hold-oYer man remain on the board
 for another two years such being
 the old law