The Coconino sun., 1922-08-11
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT STATE OF ARIZONA PROCLAMATION OF SPECIAL
 ELECTION

t WHEREAS, it is provided by Chap
 ter 12, of the Session Laws of thu First Special Session of the Fiftf
 State Legislature, 1922, that spec . ial election for the purpose of sub
 hitting to the qualified electors cer . tain proposed amendments to the
 Constitution of the State of Arizona shall be held on the eighth Tuesday prior to the general election in the year 1922; and
 WHEREAS, it is provided by Sec tion of said Chapter 12 that not less
 than ninety days before the date of said special election the Governor shall
 proclaim said special election, in ac- cordance with the provisions of said
 Section of Chapter 12;
 NOW THEREFORE, I, THOMAS
 E. CAMPBELL, Governor of the State
 of Arizona, in pursuance of my duty
 as prescribed by law, do hereby pro-
 claim that a special election has been
 called by the Legislature of the State
 of Arizona to be held on the eighth
 Tuesday prior to the general election
 in the year 1922; to-wit: on the
 twelfth day of September, 1922, which
 is the same day as the primary cleo
 tion in the year 1922, for the purpose
 of submitting to the qualified electors
 of the State of Arizona certain pro-
 posed amendments to the Constitution I of this State. The nature of the pro-
 posed constitutional amendments to
 be submitted at the said special cleo
 tion follows:
 A proposal to amend Article TX of
 the Constitution of the State of Ari-
 zona so as to provide:
 | CD That the exemption to wid- ows from taxation, provided they
 do not own over five thousand dol
 lars worth of property, shall be
 two thousand dollars instead of
 one thousand dollars, as at pres ent.
 (2) That all taxes levied and
 collected for state purposes, and all other revenues collected for T state purposes, shall be paid into ] the state Treasury in money only; and no State department or official
 shall maintain or keep any deposi- : tory for State funds separate and . apart from the State Treasury. !. (3) That the debt limit of the State may be increased from it's present limit of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars (S350, ,000) to ] an amount equal to four per cen , tum of the assessed valuation of the State, by majority vote of the } real property taxpayers, who shall : also be qualified electors of the : State of Arizona.
 (4) That in all city, county school district and other bond elections, no bonded indebtedness shall be created except by a vote of the real property taxpayers who shall in all other respects be qualified electors.
 A proposal to amend Section 10 of Article VII of the Constitution of the , State of Arizona so as to authorize ] the Legislature to enact laws provid- , ing for nomination of candidates for , all elective offices. The Constitution
 at present requires enactment of g !, direct primary election law.
 A proposal to amend Section l ot l Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Arizona to provide that there shall be general election every two years for Representative in Congress r and any other officers required. This l to harmonize the election system ir , conformity with other proposed , amendments to bring about four year terms for State and County officers Il A proposal to amend Section o1 r Article XII of the Constitution of the f State of Arizona, relative to county , officers, so as to provide that al - county officers hereafter elected shal
 be elected for terms of four years each.
 f A proposal to amend Section oi f Article V of the Constitution of tho : State of Arizona to the effect tha- l The Executive Department of tho State shall consist of Governor, Sec
 retary of State, State Auditor, Stat, 2 Treasurer and Attorney General, eacl , of whom shall hold his office for foul r years beginning on the first Monday i of January next after his election , The terms of office of those elected : at the general election in 1922 shal
 begin on the first Monday in January
 1923, and shall end on the first Mon
 day in January, 1927, or when theil
 successors are elected and qualified Unless otherwise provided for by this
 Constitution, a State Superintendent
 of Public Instruction shall be ap.
 pointed by the State Board of Educa. tion, and his term of office and sal. ary shall be prescribed by said Board A proposal to amend Section 21 oi ,, Subdivision 2 of Article " of the Constitution of the State of Arizona
 to the effect that members of thf