Arizona republican., 1920-06-09
ETITIONS FUR
 STATE H|GHWAY BOARD OUT TODAY
Community Committee Is Organized Here to Get Initiative Measures on
 Ballot at General Election

1IIlIldtlNG u0dS' lICS OI1
 Ballot at General Election With the organization of a com munity committee for the work begun yesterday, the first petitions for two initiative measures. one for increas- ing the limit Of bonded indebtedness in the state, and one for the creation of a state highway commission. will be circulated in Phoenix today. The community committee. now well under way, is being organized by the special road committee headed by James C. Dobbins. When this com- mittee is completely organized here to obtain signatures to the petitions for the two initiative measures, the roads committee will organize committees in every community in the county for the same work.
 Volunteer workers to circulate the petitions are desired. not only in this county, but throughout the state. and the volunteer workers automatically become members of the various com munity committees.
 The printed petitions for the two measures were on the presses yestef- day, and will be put into circulation today, il was reported. Signatures to the petitions will be obtained in every part of the state The petitions, ill printed form. will be forwarded today from state headquarters of the -Ari- zona Good Roads association here to special committeeman in the If coun- ties of the state.
 Both Civic Measures
 The petitions, in their two forms contain the two proposed initiative measures. one, that which would raise the limitation on bonded debt. being a constitutional amendment. with the direct object to provide means toraise money to build and maintain trunk line highways in the state
 The proposed amendment like the highway commission bill, was drafted following several conferences. of mem bers of the good roads association from the IA counties, and both are consid cred highly civic in character by mem bers of the association affiliated with one or the other of the principal polit- ical parties.
 James C. Dobbins, chairman of the special road committee, urges that volunteers report to the various com mitteemen in their county as soon as possible, explaining that the measures are both popular but the time for get ting signatures on the petition is linn ited Both men and women are asked to serve as volunteers, or as members of the community committees which
  man or men in charge in the 14 coun- ties.
 The constitutional amendment as proposed follows:
 Amendment Proposed
 That section 5. article K, of the constitution of the state of Arizona is hereby amended to read.
 Section ,. The state may contract debts to supply the casual deficits or failures in revenues, or 10 meet eN- penses otherwise not provided for but the aggregate amount of xsuch debts, direct and contingent, whether contracted by virtue of one or more laws, or at different periods of time, shall never exceed the sum of three Hundred and fifty thousand dollars and the money arising from the crea tion of such debt shall be applied te l the purpose for which it was obtained 1 or to repay the debts so contracted and to no other purposes
 The state may also contract debts ] in a manner to be provided by law foI ! the construction and maintenance ol state highway and bridges and for other necessary public improvements provided that such debts shall not eX- ceed four per centum of the assessed valuation of the taxable property with in the state.
 Tn addition to the limited power ts contract debts the state may borrow money to repel invasion, suppress III surrections or to defend the state il time of war; but the money thus raised shah be applied exclusively to the ob ject for which the loan shall have beer authorized or to the payment of th' debt thereby created. No money shal be paid out of the state treasury, ex cept in the manner provided by law.
 The legislature shall enact appro priate legislation to carry into effee the provisions of this section."
 Provisions of Bill
 The state highway commission bil calls for membership of five iron five districts in the state, appointed D. the governor in office in January 1921. Members will draw lots as t the length of their terms. from one | five years. Thereafter the governo will appoint a member each year fo a period of five years. The commis sion will have control of road matter: with an engineer to carry out instruc tions.
 Those who will have charge of tn circulation of petitions in the state ar Gustav Becker in Apache county, c. Woolfolk and Rev. Cyprian Nebre i Coconino, J. J. Bowen in Cochise coun ty, L. D. VanDyl1e in Gila county, De M. Potter and Norman Carmichael i GFeenIee county. James c. Dobbins i Maricopa county. T. F. DeVine an John Ware in Mohave county. J. 4 Morrow in Navajo county, W. w. Pac in Graham county $. W. Ronstac and Dr. R. B. von KleinEmid in Pim county, J. w McCann and Judge Over field in Pinal county, James A. Harri son in Santa Cruz county T. C. Norri and F. S Viele in Yavapai countl A lev dor md A T E1f 1