Arizona republican., 1921-02-28

than that set forth in the call for the election, it adds, Amy unexpended bal ance shall be turned in to the general road fund of the county" The law cares for this balance without any con- tradiction of terms.
 Section of the bill is lifted from section of chapter 31. The provision in the present law permitting the use of funds obtained from road bond cleo tions to be used in connection with the act of congress is stricken from the bill. This may cause the counties to lose some of the national appropria- tions.
 Section of the bill abolishes the county highway commission, and pro- vides that it's duties, in the matter of work in progress only, shall be taken over by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors are not given power to begin new work. Section of the bill provides that the commissioners shall turn over their books, etc, to the board within 30 days. Section of the bill repeals existing law authorizing counties to issue bonds for the construction and improvement of their highways.
 Effect of Passage of Senate Bill 133 Probably the question that will be of more interest to the public than any other in the event of the passage of this bill will be the status of those bonds issues that have been voted but have not been sold. Section of chapter 31 of the present law contains the authority for the sale of bonds Tn
 the event of it's repeal no authority will exist that will authorize the super visors to sell these bonds This bill contains no saving clause that author izes the completion of any such pro- ceedings for the sale of bonds that have been voted by the people,
 The only provision in the bill author izing any continuation of authority after the repeal of the laws relating to county road bonds is the provision di- recting the supervisors to take over certain uncompleted work of the high
 way commission. In the present law the sale of bonds is one of the duties of the supervisors. In the event of the
 repeal of the law of course this author i ity ceases
 When chapter 31 was amended by 1 chapter 121, laws of 1919, this latter act was careful to protect prior proceed i ings.
 i If it is the intent of the author of l senate bill 133 to provide only for the abolition of the county highway com
 missions this can be easily done with out destroying all power of the several counties to issue bonds for the con- struction and improvements of their roads.
 From a careful reading of this bill ii
 appears that only one conclusion car be drawn from it's language, that is, il
 is intended to take away from the l counties all power to bond themselves
 for the construction and improvement i of the county roads.
 Such a proceeding can be nothing 1 short of a dire calamity to the state 1 We are bidding for settlers to come ant
 help us develop our vast natural re- l sources, yet we refuse to provide road: for them to travel on. We advertise
 the wonders of Arizona and ask ths sightseer to view them, yet we will no build adequate roads that he may reacl them.
 IF Arizona is to take her place among
 the great and prosperous common
 wealths of our country she must pro
 vide roads and highways that will en
 able her stores of wealth to be placed
 on the markets of the world. Do no
 let this aim of good roads for our peo
 pie be defeated by the adoption of al imperative law in place of one that w can depend on and that has provei
 practical