Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-14
WARRANTS ARE HELD
UP FOR PAY OF MEN
IN THE LEGISLATURE
Several Employees Of County
Come in for Attention of Those
Who Have invoked Law Pass
ed BY the Last Legislature.


TOMBSTONE, Sept 10 Special
According to advices received here
steps are about to be taken TO enforce
a law that was passed by the legisla-
ure and was to go into effect on the
first day of January, 1915, and its en-
forcement win reach number of
parties in nearly every county in the
state and especially a number Of APP
pointments that have been made by
Executive officers in Phoenix as well
as a number made by county officials
i'm the various counties in the State.
The law is one that prevents any
member of the legislature from &C
cepting a county or state office for
which he receives a salary while he
is a member Of the legislature, The
statute bearing on the question reads
as follows:
From and after January 10, 1915,
it shall be unlawful for any member
of either house of the legislature to
hold, by virtue of an appointment
thereto. any elective or appointive Of
fee, state or county, or to be employ
ed by this state or by any state officer,
state department 'or state institution
or any county during the term for
which he was elected as a member of
the legislature.
ANY such appointment or employ
ment of any such member of the legis
lature during the term for which he
was elected shall be void, and no sal
airy or compensation shall be paid to
any person on account of any claim
/ ed appointment in violation of the
provisions of the preceding section.
"By the words term for which he
was elected is meant the period of
/ two years from and after IN first day
/ of January following his election, and
no resignation or attempted resigna-
/ ton during such period shall in any
manner confer any right TO hold, by
+ appointment thereto, any elective or
appointiye office of any employment
during said period.
Nothing in the three preceding
/ sections shall in any way prevent the
election or appointment of a member
of the legislature as a member of any
board. commission or body, OF his
| election of appointment TO any office,
/ if no salary or compensation attaches
/ TO OF is paid for his services as a
member of such board, commission or
body. or for performing the duties OF
such Office, and appointments in the
state militia and the offices of notary
. public. justice of the peace, United
States commissioner and postmaster
of the fourth class, hall not work dis
qualification for membership of the
. legislature
1t is a we'll known fact that there
are a number of the members Of the
/. legislature at work i'm various parts
of the state who would come under The
provisions OF the law.
The law at the TIME it was passed
was directed toward Sam Bradner at
l present secretary Of the Live Stock
Sanitary Board on account Of his ac-
cepting that position while he was a
member of the legislature from Co
chise County and was appointed TO
that office through the efforts Of Gov
enor Hunt The legislature passed
the law TO prevent this and nothing
more was thought of it until recently
when il was dug up in one of the
northern counties to get rid of an ap.
pointment that did not meet with the
approval Of others of a different po-
ltical faith
There is hardly a county in the
state that has not such an appoint
ment that will come under the ban OF
the law
This law was passed by the legis
lature in 1913 and the last legislator,
passed a bin repeating the above sec
tons but il was vetoed by the Gov
enor after il had passed both houses
! and those bodies had adjourned.
AS a result of the above law the
board of supervisors in order to be on
I tine safe side win not allow any fur
Their demands of William Graham a.
deputy Sheriff, Oscar Doyle as as
kstant clerk of the board of super
visors and the warrant of John S
| Merrill as jury bailin The board has
no grievance against any of the parties
mentioned but feel that they are max
ing themselves liable should they con
tnue TO pay them in view of the law
as it no wstands
| Il is possible that a test case vii
be made of the law as IL ifs the view
of some fthe attorneys that it car
be held unconstitutional
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