The border vidette., 1922-02-04
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.
Special Session of the State Legisia
 ture Will Convene Feb. 18th.

1 II Arizona, particularly in relation to the University of Arizona 1 which is without necessary funds for current expenses, pending 1 final collection of the mill tax provided fer in Chapter S1, Ses sion Laws of Arizona, 1921, and | Whereas, Present economic conditions make advisable the re consideration of all existing i appropriation laws, with a view 1 of having those laws more near ly conform to the financial situa tion of today. and
 | Whereas, It has become ap 1 parent that the fiscal code of the state no longer functions to the l best advantage of our com mon- wealth, and
 Whereas, A new banking code l has become imperative, and Whereas, For the sake of greater efficiency and economy in state, county and municipal | govern ment, certain government tal agencies and activities in connection herewith should be more closely co ordinated, and, i, 1 in some cases, abolished, and expenditures of such agencies and activities revised, and Whereas, It has been ascer- tained that our laws governing | the form etion Of irrigation, drain age and electrical districts do not subserve all the purposes of their enactment, and
 T To ment has brought into question | the validity of bonds issued un- der and by virtue of Chapter 55, Session Laws of 1922 as amend ed by the Second and Third State Legislatures aud has had the tendency to eliminate com
 petetive bidding for paving and | other public improvements, and 1 Whereas, A more equitable l method of taxing and licensing automobiles is desirable, and more adequate regulations gov erning the use of public high ways by motor and other vehi- cles have become necessary by reason of increased mileage and types of roads and highway s constructed, under construction and which will be built in the immediate future, and
 Whereas, Sound political econ | omV distates that the State sho- uld derive greater revenue from 1 the estates of residents of Ari- zona and from tbe estates of de- | cedents of other states with property in Arizona, and
 Whereas, The Constitut ton of the State fails in certain particu, lars to meet existing and possi- ble future contingencies having | a dire ct and important bearing upon our mutual welfare;
 Now, Therefore, l, Thomas E. Campbell, Governor of the State of Arizona, by virtue of the DO
 wer and authority vested in me by the Constitution of the State, do hereby convene the Fifth Le- gislature of the State of Ari- zona in Special Session at Phoe- nix, Arizona, the capital of said State, at the hour of twelve, noon. on Wednesday. the 18th day of February, 1922, for the following purposes, to wit: l. To enact such legislation as will provide and make avail able cash funds for current ex- l penses and maintenance of the different departments of State. l for State institutions, for public schools, and for interest on the public debt;
 9 To consider all existing appropriation laws, revising such appropriation laws and ap-
 propriations to conform to the
 present. economic conditions;
 3. To adopt a fiscal code by enactment of new laws or amend
 ment of existing laws, providing
 for the creation of general
 fund, and establishing certain limitations as to expenditures therefrom;
 f. To enact a banking code for State banks and banking in
 stitutions now engaged or here
 after engaging in the business of banking in this State;
 ,. To consider governmental
 ma achinery, State, county and
 municipal, with a view to more
 closely co ordinating, or abolish
 ing certain agencies and activi-
 ties, and revising expenditures in connection herewith;