The Coconino sun., 1920-08-06
PROPOSE TO INCREASE
 STATE OFFICERS SALARIES

to the state constitution is being ad- vocated by number of people direct ly interested in an increase of salaries for state officers. It will be noted that these patriots have held out the in- crease of salaries for school teachers as an inducement to voters to increase state officers salaries from 25 to 66 per cent. It will be we'll for voters to read over the proposed law before they vote on it.
 That the constitution of the state of Arizona be, and is hereby amended by adding thereto another article, the same being numbered XIV, and to read as follows:
 Section 1. That from and after July 1st, 1921, and until otherwise provided by law, no teacher in any public schools of the state of Arizona shall be paid less wage or salary than at the rate of $l200.00 per school year. No teacher who has had at least eight months teaching experience shall be paid a less wage or salary than at the rate of $1400.00 per school year; provided, that for the purpose of this section normal training school experience before graduation shall not be deemed to be teaching experience; and, provided further that the mini mum salary set forth in this section shall apply only to full-time teachers employed by regularly organized public school districts of the state of Arizona, and shall not be construed as preventing higher salaries being paid such teachers by any school dis trict contracting to do so. The county boards of supervisors, the county school superintendents and the boards of school trustees or other officers or official boards who fix school levies or wh6 made estimates of or for school expenses, shall include in such levies or estimates an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions of this sec tion and to enable each school district in the state of Arizona to maintain school for at least the minimum term required by law, during each school year. This section shall not be con- strued to be limitation on estimates or levies for other school purposes, but it is intended hereby to give such ad- ditional authority that the provisions of this section shall be properly car ried out.
 Section 2. That from and after January 1st, 1921, and until otherwise provided by law, the salaries of all elective officers except county school superintendents and judges of the su- perior court of counties of the first class shall be increased thirty-three and one-third (33 1-3) per cent over the amount of such salaries as they are now fixed by law for their re- spective offices, salaries of county school superinitendents of counties of | the first class shall be increased fifty | (5O) per cent over the amount of such | salaries as they are now fixed by law 1 for such office; salaries of all elective | officers of counties of the second class 1 except judges of superior court, shall | be increased twenty-five (25) per cent | over the amount of such salaries as they are now fixed by law for their re- spective offices; salaries of all the elective officers of counties of the third and fourth classes, except judges of the superior court, shall be increas- ed twenty (20) per cent over the amount of said salaries as they are now fixed by law for their respective offices; the salary of the governor of the state of Arizona shall be increased | twenty (20) per centIover the amount of such salary as it is now fixed by law for said office; the salary of the chief justice and judges of the su- preme court, the secretary of state and the attorney general shall be in- creased fifty (50) per cent over the amount of such salaries as they are now fixed by law for their respective offices; the salaries of all other elect i've officers of the state, save and ex- cept judges of the superior courts of the various counties, shall be increasz ed sixty-six and two-thirds (66 2-3) per cent over the amount of such sal aries as they are now fixed by law for their respective offices; the salar- ies of the judges of the superior courts of the various counties shall be increased twenty (20) per cent over the amount of such salaries as they are now fixed by law for their respect i've offices; all of such increased sal aries shall be paid to all of said of ficers from and after said first day of January, 1921, in manner and form as now provided by law, regardless of the fact that it is during their present term of office. Any or all other in- creases of salaries of elective state or county officers made by general sal ary law, passed at the regular or any special session of the first legislature held after the adoption of this amend ment may be made to become effect i've immediately by the terms of said general salary law.
 Hereafter any increase in the salary of any one member of an elective board, commission, court or depart ment of the state or counties thereof, which said board commission, court or department is composed of more than one member elected by the people for such office shall simultaneously oper- ate as an increase in the salary of all other members of said board, com mission, court or department, to an amount equal to the salary of said one member.