Arizona republican., 1919-01-18
the board of education.
 Out of Politics

UT tne seven members Of the board, 1 only four could belong to the dominant party; four of the members would be required to be familiar with school work and the other three would be men of high standing in other walks of life. A member once appointed would not be removable at the pleasure of the governor, so that the board would be independent of the admins tration and beyond the influence of politics.
 The board would submit an item ized list of expenditures for the schools covering a period of three years and that would be the basis of recommer- dations for appropriations. The board would control not only the educational institutions, but also would have a voice in the direction of the reform school, the penitentiary and similar institutions, not inconsistent with the supervision of them. that may be in vested in other departments of state.
 \ bill was introduced by MT. Lines proposing a further amendment of the constitution relating to education in the matter of establishing a per manent school fund from the sale of public lands and other public lands granted to the state under the en- abling act, and from escheated estates and from gifts, devises and bequests.
 Other House Bills
 Other bills introduced into the house were:
 By Mr. FIood-Authorizing and re- quirinS boards of supervisors to es- tablish tuberculosis sanitariums.
 By MT. Coffee-A bill regulating the profession of public accounting.
 An important message which the governor wrote, he transmitted with great hesitation, was presented in both houses yesterday morning. It dis closed a distressing financial condi- tion of his office when he entered uD- on it on January 6, less than two weeks ago. There then remained in the gov ernors contingent fund only s303.17. and in the clerical help fund s2,073.63 to carry both funds over to the end ct the fiscal year. Since he took office, the governor said, the contingent fund had been almost entirely wiped out by purchases of stationery.
 He suggested an emergen appro- 1 priation of $3,000 for the contingent fund and S1500 for the clerical help fund.
 Everything on Raise 4iG SON GI HUI lIdHSLllll6u NllH the message an estimate of the needs of the office, prepared by Louis Lowen- thai, secretary to Governor Hunt, and which was sent to State Auditor Boyce in December. The estimate included: 1 For the governors salary $6.500 for the salary of the secretary, $3,000: for the clerical help fund, S6,500; for the contingent fund, $6,500; for proclama- 1 tions, S1,000; for the expense of at 1 tending governors conferences, $150 l With this letter, Mir. Lowenthal gave ] the reasons for the various estimates; i especially those of the contingent fund i the clerical help. fund and the travel ing fund.
 ] It was impossible, he said, now to 1 secure competent clerical service at ! less than $50 month; rates of post i age were higher by 50 per cent than formerly; railroad and Pullman tickets had increased more than 50 per cent 1 War work had made expenditures for ! telegraph and telephone service much heavier.
 The printing committee announced that it made contracts for the legisla- tive printing as follows: With the State Press for printing the proceed ings of the legislature, 500 copies at $1.9S page; for printing the bills, with the Manufacturing Stationers, on a bisis of 1000 copies. $2S2 a page; for miscellaneous work. with the R. A. Watkins Printing company. The re- ] port of the committee to the house contained no figures. AIr. Delbridge asked if the printing committee had properly safegu.rS<d the interests of the state in these contracts. Chair
 
 sidering the higher price of stock and higher wages of labor. that reasonable figures had ben secured. The con- tractors for printing the bills had been compelled to reduce their figures by : per cent. The bid of the State Press company for this work had been S3.O5 9 page.
 | Complete Session Bill
 One bit of legislation was con- pleted yesterday so far as the legis- lature could complete it. The appro-
 priation bill for the current and con-
 tngent expenses of the session was made ready for the goverRor It was
 returned to the house yesterday morn
 ing amended by the senate, and the amendments were accepted The
 amount of t1e appropriation had been
 incresBes from $500e0 10 s65 GOO All
 the origlEsl items were increased in the senate $l,00G was added for com
 nling the record at the end of the
 sesSisn and an appropriation of S500O
 was added to meet the expenses of
 committees appointed to investigate
 the various institutions as suggested
 by the governor in his message It is
 understood that there will be four of
 these committees.
 The house patronage committee sub-
 mitted another report recommending the appointment of Captain Banta fol janitor, and Miss Murphy for commit tee clerk After adjournment, Mrs Mckay called the committee togethe. again. Announcement was made in bott houses that at o'clock on Monday George II. Maxwell would address the legislature on the subject of flood con, trol. It is probable, though that ha:
 not yet been definitely arranged, tha' the address will be delivered in a join session.
 A communication was received iron the Rock Mountain club of New Yorl relative to a welcome being arranged by the club for the returning soldier! of the west and inviting the co-opera ClOn or the IeSlSldIufe.
 Fatal to Stock Industry In the morning session of the senat, there was little done beyond to putting in shape of the appropriation bill Il the course of the reference Gf bill it was developed that there would b. stubborn and fatal opposition to tn III TN Skin l