Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-11

cient authority for us. and in our Opin- lon. should be for you. since the sttor- ney general. by law. Is the legal advis- CT or all state departments. It Is who'll ly immateriGl ro Vs whether or not you personally agree with the opinion Ot the attorney general
 The SEairs or state should be con ductei without friction between the different departments. and we trust 5hSt you wiI cooperate with Us O the end that the affairs Of the state viii he conducted economically and on busi- ncSsiike basfs.~
 Mr. Cobb is out of town on official business connected with his depart ment.
 The upheaval caused in the engi- neering department due 70 the action Of the commission in assuming control of this department has spread SC all of the boards Of supervisors tb-oushout the state. The commission has re- ceived numerous letters from the boards asking how they were to pro ceec !n their road work insofar as it was affected by the state Vork- ! In order tO set the matter straight . Secretary Joseph Mcbride sent out a | letter to all boards of supervisors stat ing that the commission becomes the ! principal in all such transactions and that the state engineer becomes mere | ly an advisory aid to the commission. His letter. showing how the com mission comes into this authority. as ! received by A. c. Karger. clerk of the board Of supervisors at Tombstone. is ss follows:
 , The state engineer has always been ] responsible to the board Of control | end held the public property in his i possession subject to their demand.
 The duties of the state engineer have always been to aid the beard of ] control and the boards Of supervisors of the several counties in such manner ss the board of control mieht require.
 The commission of state institu- tio1s has taken the place Of the board of control with greatly enlarged DOW CTS The law. however. does not ap- 1 parently effect powers of the boards of : supervisors of the several counties. bur the state engineer is an advisory ] officer or the commission Of state in- stituti1ns, and is under the direcyica and authority of the commission in the taking Of any joint action on the part Of the state and the several counties.
 Tn other words. the expenditures heretofore authorized to be made up on the authority of and under the di- rection Of the county board of super viSOrS Of any county and the state en- Sineer must now be made upon the authority and under the direction of the county board Of supervisors oi such county and the commission of state institutions. l. iS in effect the mere substitution Of an administrative commission for the ministerial officer of the state That. is. the commission Of state institutions will act as princi- pal in these transactions instead of their advisory aid. the state engineer This will place the handling of the read camp st Government Draw under the power Of the commission instead of through the engineers office. as heretofore MT Ryan, the county en. gineer and also deputy state engineer
 has beer handling the matter of ex pen6itures and the management of the road camp. the county furnishing the ! prisoners. Whether or not the present combinations will mean the closing Oi T tS2 rad camp remains 10 be seen. Il iS ce- cai-iy 10 be hoped that it will nOl Ls the work is progressing nicely and t-s present storm will furnish moist
 ure 70 pack the new road from the Government Draw toward Tombstone
 so c2st Q part of it can beturned ovel . 70 tie travelling public soon.