Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-18

resentation, and does not permit the more populOIa sections 10 name the members of the legislature to eXclu- sion of the less populous sections.
 There is no reasonable or logical argument that can be advanced and successfully maintained against this proposed amendment. This amend ment puts the control of the legisla- ture in the hands of the people. Your representatives will be responsible to you, and you only"
 The amendment reads as follows:
 An act to amend Article " of the constitution of the state of Arizona.
 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Arizona:
 That Section 1 of Subdivision 2 or Article " of the constitution of tbe state of Arizona be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as fol- lows:
 Section 1. Until otherwise provid- ed by law the senate shall consist of nineteen members, appointed among the several counties as follows: Apache county, one senator; Cochise county, two senators; Coconino county, enc senator; Gila county, two sen ators; Graham county, one senator; Greenlee county, one senator; Mari copa county. two senators; MOhave county, one senator; Navajo county enc senator; Pima county, two sen ators; Pinal county, one senator; San ta Cruz county. one senator; Yavapai county, two senators; Yuma county, one senator.
 There shall be elected from each county. at large, the number of sen ators to which such county is entitled and there shall be elected from each county, in the manner hereinafter di rected, one representative for each 1900 votes or major fraction thereof cast in such county for the office of governor at the last preceding general election, to be determined from the of ficial canvass of all votes cast for all candidates for such office of governor, and provided that no county shall have smaller number of representatives than that to which it is now entitled.
 within twelve months from the time this amendment is declared adopted, the board of supervisors Of each county entitled to more than one representative shall divide such coun ty into as many legislative districts as there may be representatives to be elected from such county. and each of such districts shall be entitled to elect one representative. Such division shall be so made that the legislative dis rr+fnfc tr-if1nfr cha11 ta air, as nearly as may be, the same voting population. Such districts shall be com pact in form, and no such district shall include nOn-continguOus portions of any county. Before establishing sucn districts, the board of supervisors shall give at least thirty days notice of their intention so to do by publishing the same in two successive issues of some newspaper of general circulation published in such county. The order of the board of supervisors establish ing such districts shall clearly and ex- plicitly define the boundaries thereof. and shall be entered at large Oh the official records of the proceedings of such board.
 Any such county shall be re-dis- tricted by such board of supervisors not less than six months prior to each regular election for representatives. when by reason of the number of votes therein cast for the office of gover- Tor at the last preceding general cleo tion, it shall be entitled to a greater number of representatives In coun- ties entitled to but one representative. such representative shall be electd from the county at large"