The border vidette., 1918-04-27
SPECIAL SESSION CALLED.
Arizona Lawmakers Summoned to
 Meet at Phoenix May 2I.

= w. P. Hunt, issued a call for legislature to meet May 21, 1918, as follows:
 In order that the State of Ari zona may render assistance in the fullest extent possible to the national government in the pre- sent crisis, and in order that nothing that can be done may be left undone in standing back of our men on the firing line, l, George w. P. Hunt, Governor of the State of Arizona, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested by the Constitu tion, do hereby convene the State Le- gislature in special session at Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, at 10 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, May 21, A. D., 1918, for the purpose of giving con sideration to legislation upon the subjects enumerated below:
 l. To extend the franchise to electors of the State of Arizona in the military and naval estab- iishments of the United States, wherever they may be stationed.
 ?. To extend protection to the civil rights of Arizonans in the military and naval esta ablish- ments of the United States dur ing the period of the present war; to protect the civil rights of the families and dependents of Arizonans engaged in the pre- sent war, and to otherwise pro- vide for these families and de pendents so they may not suffer want or privation by reason of the participation of any member of their household in the present struggle for liberty.
 3. To provide that officers and enlisted men of the National Guard who are drafted into the service of the United States shall be allowed credit under the laws of this State for such ser vice as continuous service in the National Guard of Arizona, dur ing the time such officers and men continue in service in the National Guard of the United States.
 f. To legalize the Arizona Council of Defense; to clothe it with authority to meet emergen- cies in the present crisis and to provide the necessary funds for it's maintenance.
 5. To permit the investment of the funds of the State of Lib- erty Loan Bonds of the United S States Government, and to fur ther permit the investment 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 premium on the Americanizat tiOn of all aliens within the State.
 7. To provide such dairy le- gislation as is necessary to pre- serve and increase that industry to meet the necessities of the war.
 There are few other matters not strictly of a war nature but of such general and timely ap- peal that I am convinced the Legislature would not wish them overlooked:
 1. The ratification of the Pro. hibition Amendment to the Fed eral Constitution.
 ?. The ratification of the Wo- mans Suffrage Amendment to the Federal Constitution, if am endment as submitted by the Congress of the United States before adjournment of the Le- giSlature.
 3. To reimburse Honorable Thomas B. Campbell for his ser vices as de facto Governor of the State of Arizona during the period January 27, 1917, to De- cember p, 1917.
 f. To exempt from inherit ance tax and from the lien of any inheritance tax which may have been created or attached since the first day of November, A. D., 1916, all observatories and appurtenances which are now, or which may hereafter be, esta blished and main tained for astronomical research solely at private expense and without | profit, together with any and all and funds which may | be provided for the maintenance | of such observatories. Such a