The Arizona copper camp., 1918-04-20
STATE OF ARIZONA
Executive Department
A PROCLAMATION


In order that the State of Arizona
may render assistance in the fullest
extent possible to the National Gov
9rnment in the present crisis, and in
order that nothing that can be done
may be left undone in standing back
of our men on the firing line, 1, George
w: P. Hunt, Governor Of the State of
Arizona, by virtue of the power and
authority in me vested by the Consti-
ution, do hereby convene the State
Legislature in special session at Phoe-
Nix the Capital Of Arizona, at ten
o'clock on the morning of Tuesday,
May 21st, A. D. 1918, for the purpose
of giving consideration to legislation
upon the subjects enumerated below:
/. To extend the franchise to elect
ors of the State of Arizona in the mil
itary and naval establishments of the
United States, wherever they may be
stationed.
2. To extend protection to the civil
naval establishments of the United
States during the period of the present
war; to protect the civil rights of the
families and dependents of Arizonars
engaged in the present war, and to
otherwise provide for these families
and dependents so they may not suf-
fer want or privation by reason of the
participation of any member of their
household in the present struggle for
liberty.
g. To provide that officers and en-
listed men of the National Guard of
Arizona who were drafted into the
service of the United States shall be
allowed credit under the laws of this
State for such service as continuous
service in the National Guard of Ari-
zona, during the time such officers
and men continue in service in the
National Guard of the United States.
4. To legalize the Arizona Council
of Defense; to clothe it with authority
to meet emergencies in the present
crisis and to provide the necessary
funds for it's maintenance.
s. To permit the investment of the
funds of the State in Liberty Loan
Bonds of the United States Govern
ment, and to further permit the in
vestment of the funds of the State,
savings banks, insurance companies
and trustees of trust funds in Farm
Loan Bonds, issued under the Federal
Farm Loan Act.
6. To encourage and to put pre-
MUM on the Americanization of all
aliens within the State
7. To provide such dairy legisla-
ton as is necessary to preserve and
increase that industry to meet the
necessities of the war.
There are a few other matters not
strictly of war nature, but OF such
general and timely appeal that l am
convinced the Legislature would not
wish them overlooked
l. The ratification of the Prohibi-
ton Amendment to the Federal Con-
stitution.
g. The ratification of the Womans
Suffrage Amendment to the Federal
Constitution, if that amendment is
submitted by the. Congress of the
United States before adjournment of
the Legislature.
8. To reimburse Honorable Thomas
e. Campbell for his services as de
facto Governor of the State of Arizona
during the period January 9th, 1917,
to December 22nd, 1917.
4. To exempt from inheritance tax
and from the lien of any inheritance
tax which may have been created or
attached since the first day of Novem-
Der, A. D. 1916, all observatories and
appurtenances which are now, or
which may hereafter be, established
and maintained for astronomical re-
search solely at private expense and
without profit, together with any and
all property and funds which may be
provided for the maintenance of such
observatories. Such a measure is
clearly within the provisions of our
Constitution, and would enable the
State to pay a fitting tribute to the
memory of it's greatest scientist. the
late Doctor Percival Lowell.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the State of Arizona to
be affixed.
Done at Phoenix, the Capital, this
18th day of April, A. D. 1918.
(Signed) GEO. w. P. HUNT,
(SeaD Governor of Arizona.
Attest:
Attest: (Signed) SIDNEY P. OS-
BORN, Secretary of State.
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