The border vidette., 1925-01-24
HIGH SPOTS IN
GOVERNOR HUNT MESSAGE
TO LEGISLATURE.

I desire to renew my recon-.
mendation that full responsible
" be vested in the Governor Ia
connection with the appointment
| of administrative officers.
/ feel that the Court has over.
stepped its<authority in the Un
tied Verde Extension suit judge
ment.
7 suggest that this Legislature
revise the salary schedule Of the
State officers.
! / urge the enactment Of q
presidential primary law.
| / urge that necessary legisla.
ton be enacted to provide for
the employment of experts to
recodify Arizona laws.
| i urge enacting adequate legis-
lation to protect those who de-
posit their funds in state banks.
submit to you with indorse
ment an amendment to the Con-
stitution providing that Congress
shall have the right to regulate
the employment OF children 10
industry with the earnest hope
that it will be ratified By the
legislature at an early date.
I recommend that 9 compre-
hensive code be enacted to gov
prn automobile traffic mon state
highways.
I believe no deductions should
be made from pay checks after
they have been earned and that
q weekly payday be put in oper
alton. / recommend the enact
ment of comprehensive work
mems compensation law which
will adequately protect all work
men and which will embrace an
insurance fund.
The time has arrived for the
adoption of q definite state high
way policy.
A building program to carry
over a period of years should be
adopted. (The Governors mes.
sage mentioned the following
needs: University OF Arizona,
emergency fund. $275. 600: Uni.
versitv Of Arizona Construction,
1926 ~, 5000, 600; Tempe Normal
School, $4,000; Northern Ari.
zona Normal School budget,
$95, 900.
The state capitol has become
too small to adequately accom-
modate the various departments.
I believe that additional ground
should be secured and that q
building should be erected there
on to house the Supreme Court,
the Attorney Generals depart.
ment and the new library.
If California's proposal to sa-
tisfy her needs is to be recogniz
ed, and she is permitted to divert
from the Colorado Basin to the
Pacific Coast drainage area ell
the water she hopes to get from
the amount allocated to the Low.
er Basin, it will leave insufficient
water for Arizona.
I submit to you the necessity
of amending our water code so
that it will be possible to tax
hydro.electric development.
believe that the ownership
in the Diamond Greek site should
pass to the state of Arizona.
AS far as the Legislature is
concerned it is entitled to all the
time necessary to gather infor.
nation before making any con.
tract which will bind the, state,
This argument (of flood con.
troll does not impress me as !
believe it is the smoke screen
being utilized by advocates of
the Swig Johnson bill to secure
the passage of that law.
The dam at Boulder Canyon
above the entrance of the Gila
will not exert the influence upon
the Colorado river that is being
claimed for it,
| Arizona's immediate need is
facts; definite, reliable and &C.
curate data as to the legal right
of this state ION the Colorado
river.)
/ respectfully urge that $780,.
1000, or as much as necessary, be
appropriated to be made imme.
diately available for securing
legal counsel, engineers and
economists to determine definite.
ly Arizona's legal status with
reference to the Colorado river.