Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-27

Coz. Hunt in Proclamation
Calls Special Session OF
Arizona State Legislature
Calling the Eighth Legislature
Arizona in Special Session

Calling the Eighth Legislature OF
Arizona in Special Session
Executive Department, State of Ari-
zona, Phoenix, Arizona.
WHEREAS, Article 4, Part 3 of the
Constitution of Arizona reads in part
as follows:
The Governor may call special
session, whenever in his judgment
it is advisable In calling such
special session. the Governor shall
specify the subjects to be con-
sidered at such session, and at
such session no laws shall be en-
acted except such as relate to the
subjects mentioned in such CALI
and;
WHEREAS, Article 5, Section A of
the Constitution of Arizona reads in
part as follows:
"He (the Governor) may convene
the Legislature in extraordinary
session" and
WHEREAS, Chapter VI, Section ST,
Paragraph 144, provides as follows:
HE (the Goyernor) may convene
the legislature by proclamation
in special session on extraordinary
session whenever he may deem it
necessary" and;
WHEREAS, The Legislature of Ari-
zona is not in session, it having re-
cessed until April 1S, 1927; and
WHEREAS, The present extraordin-
airy situation in which the State gov
ernment finds itself. because of the
unforeseen and unprecedented policy
which the Eighth Legislature has
oo1y0
special session of the Legislature i'm
perative; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature passed
an act known as a general appropria-
tion act" which because of the OBJ
lection of a number of the members of
the Legislature who were dissatisfied
with its provisions, including the OBJ
jections of the Executive Department
of the State government to the made
quate appropriations provided for
many of the State institutions and
departments of State, failed to pass as
an emergency measure and by the
number of votes required by the Con-
stitution to exempt it from the time
limitation fixed by the Constitution
for emergency measures to become eff
fective; and
WHEREAS, The policy adopted by
the Eighth Legislature in failing to
adjourn sine die at the close of the
constitutional period and remaining
technically in session, although at re-
cess, will prevent the general appro-
priation bill from becoming effective
for ninety days after the final ad-
journment Of the regular session of
the Legislature; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature has re-
cessed until the 18th day of April,
1927, and if it adjourned on that day
the appropriation bill could not be-
come effective until July 18th; and
WHEREAS, There is no means of de-
termining what date the legislature
will adjourn sine die; and
WHEREAS, the failure of the state
to have available any appropriations
for departments of state and state
institutions on July 1st would make
every state officer, state department
and state institution liable for vio-
lation of the laws of our state if they
contracted debts when there were no
finances available to pay the same.
This would include the violation of
the semi-monthly pay day law set up
in the Penal Code of this state; and
WHEREAS, This situation invites
in fact practically makes mandatory
a wholesale violation of the laws of
the state by many of the state institu-
tions and departments; and
WHEREAS, The appropriations con-
tanned in the general appropriation bill
as passed, are wholly inadequate to
meet the needs of some of the state
institutions and departments and Of
fices; and
WHEREAS, The Regular Session of
the Eighth Legislature was advised
that the State Asylum is confronted
with a deficit due to inadequate appro-
priations made by the Seventh Legis-
lature which will not enable this in