The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-06-18
Second Class Count

For the second class counties of Yuma, Coconino, Mohave and Green lee the pay of the sheriff would be increased from $3,6O0 to $4,50O per year; that of the county attorney from $2, 300 to $3,125 per year: that of the chairman of the board of supervisors firm $1,500 to s1,S75; members of the board of supervisors from $1,200 to $1 300 per year, and all other elective officers now getting S2,400 to S3,000.
 Amends Constitution
 Uhe proposed law is in the form of an amendment to the constitution and in order to be paced on the ballot re- quires the signatures of qualified vot- e''' to the number eQnItalcnt to 15 percent of the total vote cast in the last general election. Petitions are now being sent out to all counties. School teachers will be urged espe- cially to lend their aid in circulating the petitions.
 If passed, the new law would be- come effective Jan. l, 1921. An i'm, portant provision reads as follows:
 Hereafter any increase in the sala
 ry 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 pep
 pie for such office, shall simultaneous ly operate as an increase in the salary of all other smembers of said toard commiss on, scourt or department, to an amount equal to the salary of said one member"
 Fixing Teachers Salaries , 2 The section which treats of the minimum salary for teachers departs from the former attempts to secure 2 graduated scale depending on ex perience, covering a period of five years or more. This section reads in full as follows:
 Section l. That from and after July 1, 1921 and until otherwise pro vided by law, no. teacher in any oi i the public schools of the State ot Arizona shall be employed at a less
 wage or salary than at the rate ol i $1,200 per school year. No teacher who has Lad at least eight months ] teaching experience shall be paiG a less wage or salary than ;:r the ratt 1 of $1,400 per school year; provided that for the purpose of this section ] normal training school experience be l fore graduation shall not be deemed l to be teaching experience; and pro i vided further, that the minimum l salary set forth in this section shal i apply only to full-time teachers em | ,ployed by regularly organizde public | school districts of the State of Ari 1 Zona and shall not be construed a: | freventing higher salaries being pait l such teachers by any school distric i contracting so to do. The county board of supervisirs, the county schoo ! superintendents and the boards O | school trustees or other officers ol 1 official boards who fix school levies o who make estimates of or for schoo expenses, shall include in such levie i or estimates an amount sufficient t' 1 carry out the provisions of this sec ! tion and to enable each school dis
 trict in the State of Arizona to main 1 tain school for at least the minimum i term required by raw, during eacl , school year. This section shall no |. be constructed to be limitation ol estimates or levies for other schoo l purposes. but it is intended hereb. to give such additional authority tha the provisions of this section shall b
 properly carried out"