Arizona republican., 1915-04-19
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in dispute the question whether the land commission exists violation of without authority of the enabling act.
 The it's existence without the author ity of the enabling be dismissed having nothing do with the case, none of the internal machinery of the state is authorized is pretended to be authorized by the act; neither the land commission the tax commission the livestock sanitary board of the offices.
 Then, the question of a conflict be- tween the act of the legislature, creating the land commission and the enabling act, creating q mission Cnot land commssion). but q commission, consisting of the the attorney general and other person for single definite purpose, that of selecting the lands granted to the state by the act: that and nothing mere There is conflict duties of the state md commission do not include the of selecting the lands be performed under the land commission statute well under the enabling by the governor the attorney general and the state engineer
 If the bodies had been given different names; if the commission had been called board, this question regarding it's right exist would have been raised But it really makes difference what either body is called, The enabling did patent or copyright the title which it gave to the commission created and designated by it.
 The enabling besides naming the commits sion select the lands describes certain things that shall be done and other things that shall not be done. with reference the selected lands But after having placed these Limitations the whole business of the administration of the lands the state. the constitution placed the bus hands legislature which, having laid down laws for the administration of tine lands. may provide for their execution through a board commission of any number of memters or through a single commissioner the legislature of New Mexico has done
 The first Arizona legislature created land m- mission of three members to carry out such laws the legislature had enacted with reference to the lands but all these laws and be sub servient the requirements of the enabling act The duties of actually selecting the lands left instance, designated by the enabling act for that purpose. The state land commission ercsed the powers which the legislature could dele to it. and, in addition authorized to do what the and the attorney general and the engineer might have authorized anybody to do to investigate the lands make recommendations regarding selection It hardly contemplated by the enabling that the governor and his asso- commission should visit the millions of acres of land n person. enjoined upon the lands all It matter left entirely the state, and it must have been presumed that the state would make the Judcious selections.
 It have been the notion of congress that would adopt some sort of a iand policy and certainly, this policy would have to be carried out by some executive body officer It imma- teriaI to congress what might call this body officer-commission, board. commissioner. etc.
 We trust that have made this matter clear will hear nothing of it. that this wholly irrelevant phase of the dispute may be abandoned and that the quarrel may be narrowed down to the personalities the members of the state land mission and to question whether the commission should consist members and the further question of policy which the legislature should adopt.