Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-27

guard the patients and to operate the
institution until the close of the pres
ent fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, The state of Arizona has
never provided a capital account for
financing the activities of the Arizona
Highway Department.; and
WHEREAS The highway department
has in the past always operated on
credit extended by the merchants and
contractors of the state; and
WHEREAS, The amount of outstand-
| ing indebtedness has varied from a.
million and a quarter to few hundred
thousand dollars; and
WHEREAS, The amount of outstand-
ing Indebtedness of the highway de-
partment as of January 1st of this
year was approximately $625,00O; and
WHEREAS, No material decrease in
this outstanding indebtedness can be
made under present existing legisla-
tion unless the highway department
is closed down and maintenance work
entirely discontinued; and
| WHEREAS If this policy were adop-
! ted, the merchants and contractors to
/ whom the state is indebted could not
be fully paid until the close of this
| fiscal year, on July 1st, on which date
| the highway department would be
able to liquidate this outstanding in
| debtedness contingent upon all fed
| eral aid earned and due from the
! United States government being re-
ceived by the state by that date. If
! federal aid were not received by that
date, delay in paying bills would de-
pend upon the date of the receipts of
this money; and
| WHEREAS, The merchants and cred
! itors Of the state to whom the high
| way department is indebted have
| frequently and consistently requested
| legislation to liquidate this indebted
ness, so that some Of them at least,
ght avoid bankruptcy; and
| WHEREAS There was introduced in
the legislature a measure which pass
/ ed the Senate unanimously, to pay
! this Indebtedness by direct appro-
priation from the general fund of the
! state, but this measure failed to pass
the House; and
! WHEREAS No legislation for this
purpose was passed by the Legisla-
/ ture in either the Special Session, in
which it was included in the call, or
! in the Regular Session thus far. The
pending measure known as House Bill
No. 127, which contains provision for
the payment of creditors, because of
other Objectionable features, | am ad-
! yised will fail of enactment into law;
/ and
| WHEREAS The United States Con-
gress has made appropriation by what
! is known as the "Purnell Act" "An
! Act to authorize the more complete
! endowment OF agricultural experiment
stations and for other purposes; q
part of which money may be expended
under the direction of the University OF
Arizona, if the state accepts the bene-
fits of the act; and
WHEREAS, The appropriation made
! under this act will not be available
4 for use in Arizona unless accepted by
the Legislature and 1 am advised that
! this action is necessary before April
! 1, 1927, so that the money may be
available for use by the University OF
4 Arizona on April 1st 1927; and
WHEREAS, This appropriation
I should amount to more than the cost
of Special Session of the legislature
to provide for all this emergency
/ legislation and
WHEREAS, The legislature passed
an act to create a colony for mental
i Lly defective children that embraces
many excellent provisions but which
| required that the colony be located
on the present grounds of the Tempe
i Teachers College, condition which
i would be very Objectionable, and i'm
! PEELED me to veto the measure; and
WHEREAS, there were introduced
in the Legislature bills for the amend
i ment of the Arizona Water Code to
place the State of Arizona in better
Itechnical legal position, to offset un-
favorable legislation which may be
passed by Congress; and
WHEREAS Arizona's representatives
in Congress have advised me that
4 there is grave danger of an act, det-
rimental to our state being passed IN
the next session of Congress; and
i WHEREAS, it appears to the chief
: executive of this state that these
= questions deserve the undivided at
: tention of the Legislature unhamper-
: ed by other legislative questions or
: state policies;
NOW, THEREFORE,, I George w.
: +. Hunt, Governor OI AIlZoHd' ~ Noi7
sideration of these premises and by
virtue of the authority vested in me
: by the Constitution do hereby con-
vene the Eighth Legislature of the
State of Arizona, at ten o'clock on the
: morning of Wednesday, March 80, 1927
; for the purpose of enacting legisla-
: tion on the subjects herein after fol-
: lowing:
: A. TO repeal House Bill No. 2O4 Of the
Regular Session of the Eighth
Legislature which cannot become eff
+ fective at a date which will permit
State officers, departments and in
: stitutions legally to function, and
TO enact law which will be eff
+ fective July /, 1927, making ade-
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