The Winslow mail., 1925-01-16
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The revision of the election code
was asked by the governor to do away
with the unjustifable expense of the
present system of registration of vot-
ers, and to correct abuses of Indians
voting on reservations.
Suggestions were made for the re-
vision of the ''blue sky law" to pro-
tect the investing public, and a change
in the military code to permit wild
er field from which to make a choice
of adjutant general of the state.
The inadequate salaries paid state
officials, particularly the judiciary
came in for a discussion at length in
the governors message. The increase
in the cost of living since statehood
was granted, at which time the pres
ent salaries were established, and the
increase in the states population,
making the duties many times great
er, were given as reasons for the sug-
gestion that salaries be made more
commensurate with the services rend-
cred and the abilities of the type of
men sought for state positions.
The governor asked that the state
school for the deaf, dumb and blind
be placed under the supervision of
the board of directors of state insti-
tutiOnS.
Revision of the Arizona code was
asked because of the fact that in re-
cent years court interpretations have
made so many sections obsolete, and
amendments have clouded the meaning
of others.
The governor urged the passage of
a depositors bank guarantee law, a
revision of the inheritance tax law
and of the law regulating the collec-
tion of delinquent taxes.
He submitted to the legislature the
proposed amendment of the United
States constitution providing that con-
gress shall have the right to regulate
the employment of children in indus
try. The platforms of both POLITICAL
parties endorsed the ratifications of
this amendment, which has already
been ratified by number of state
legislatures
He urged careful study of the mar
cotic question, and the enactment of
legislation which would effectively
deal with that evil.
The governor asked that the laws
regulating automobile traffic be alter
ed, particularly on the points of regu-
lating speed, weight of cars travel
ing over state highways, and the
method of taxing transportation COM
panies using the highways for motor
bus and freight lines.
The law regulating notaries public,
a proposed bill to provide for the
teaching of humane treatment of ami
mails in the public schools, and the
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ing and loan companies were briefly
discussed in the message.
A review of labor condition was
made by the governor, with prophecy
that the new year or. two would be
filed with promise for the laboring
people. A number of suggestions for
the elimination of possible causes of
friction between capital and labor
were made.
Attention was called to the fact that
state employees were not embraced in
the workmen's compensation law, and
that every session of the legislature
is asked to pass relief bills to care
for injured state employees. The gov
ernOr asked for the enactment of a
comprehensive workmen's .-compensa-
tion law to take the place of the pres
ent law, which was the first state law
of the kind passed in the country. The
creation of a commission to handle
suits arising from the compensation
law was also suggested
The establishment of the highway
system on the basis of a single unit
rather than as at present, IA separ-
ate units, was urged. The governor
suggested that a definite policy of
road construction be adopted especi-
ally on the matter of the proper main
tenance of the roads already con-
structed, the widening and reducing
of curves, the provision for better
drainage and re-surfacing, the desig-
nation of those portions of the state
highway system where the travel is
so heavy that the cost of maintenance
is becoming prohibitive, and provision
for funds to pave certain number
of miles each year.
state appropriation to match a
federal appropriation of 100000 for