Tombstone epitaph., 1919-09-28
STATE ENGINEER TO ACT WITH suPERNlsoRs ON ROAD FUNDS

PHOENIX, Sept. ?3.-Esery county. in Arizona. with the exception oi Yuma. was represented today at the first annual meeting of the Super yisors association of Arizona, for which the foundation was laid las, Grand Canyon.
 The forenoon Of the first days ses sion was largely devoted 10 discus sion O: road matters. particularly the handling of the 75 per cent road tax fund of the state.
 During the discussion of this matter the attorney general. Wiley F. Jones, was called on for an opinion first as 10 who could spend this money. and later as to the separate power of the boards of supervisors and the state engineer.
 Jones ruled that the fund must be expended by the joint action of the board of supervisors and the state engineer
 Asked then if either the board or the s;a;e engineer could spend this fund without the consen; Of the other party. he replied: The law does no; so provide"
 Later the question was put by on- ct the Cochise delegation as to wheti. CT he board Of three supervisors of county and the state engineer dd net constitute board of the experd.- tu.e o: the fund a majority of whica could act. and the attorney general again ruled tha: the supervisors were acting as the agents Of the county, iri he state engineer fer the s:2;e, in such road expenditures ard were to all intents and purpos es ot equal importance in the matter.
 state Engineer Thomas Maddock presented da;a al various times dur ing the discussion. and also presented to the delegation from each county a comprehensive resume of the pro. gram ot highway building now unde- way and rlaaned for the near fa,ure.
 This data showed that. including the special appropriations. the sat. Toad tax. automobile tax money. prison labor fund. federal emergency funds. and county contingent funds. that there is 2 total sum Of ss.I70.22..O9 available for road construction .n Arizona
 Questions and answers flew thick and tas; between the state enciuee. and Chairman c. N Roberts. and others present., during part of the morning session. Maddock stated ;ha. federal aid projects were being held up by the failure of ihe board Of su. pervisors in Cochise county 10 s!ec the agreement 10 sci aside the money 10 be matched by federal aid Roberts asked if the signing of this preli:1- mary agreement would not take all power for further action from the board, 10 which Msddock answered: {: Absolutely not" and then explained :ha: 70 set the money aside had moth. !cg whatever 10 do with approving plans. letting bids, or inspection con s:Trctiol.
 In he afternoon the committee oa resolutions brought In their findings which were adopted. The important point n them was that the supery:. sors association regards itsel: as 70 the logical body to suggest 70 the legislature legislative changes and enac,ments. Many of the supervisors present brought up a number of changes suggested for consideration for the next legislature
 Among these were provisions pro- posed 70. putting the control of the county tax funds entirely in the hands of the supervisors. the repeal of the provision that board may not spend more than s100 in a day without ad- ver;ising. child welfare, indigent vel fare. purchase of road equipment and numerous other matters. A legisIa tive committee is to be appointed to look after these matters.