Nogales international., 1939-02-25

District No. l, Marlcopa ana
Yuma Counties.
District No. z, Pima, Pinal and
Santa Cruz.
District No. 8, Cochise, Graham
and Greenlee.
District No. 4, Apache, Gila and
Navajo.
District No. S. Coconino, Mohave
and Yuma.
New Commission
From well informed sources close
to the Executive Office your re-
porter learns that the Governor
acting under the provisions of the
law, not later than Monday, Feb
ruary 27, will name five new High
way Commissioners, by and with
the advice and consent of the Sen
ate, one for a, short term ending
January 81, 1910; one each for
terms ending one, two, three and
four years thereafter. Following
the expiration of such terms, re-
spectively, the term of each mem
Der shall be five years. At the time
of appointing the first commits
sioner, the Governor shall deSig-
nate the term for which each mem
ber is appointed.
Each member of the Commission
shall receive $500 per day for not
TO exceed 100 days in any one year,
and the same allowance and mile
age as provided for other state OF
ficers for attendance at stated or
special meetings of the Commission.
Under the provisions of the new
law, the Governor may remove a
member for cause only, subject to
review by the Superior Court.
A person shall not be qualified
to be a member of the Commission
who has not been a resident and
taxpayer of the state and OF the
county from which he is chosen
for at least five years Immediately
prior to his appointment.
A member shall not be appoint
ed from the same county two terms
in succession. In the event a high
way district includes two or more
counties the appointment of mem
bers for such district shall be so
rotated that each county will have
a member in turn.
The law further provides that
the Commission shall appoint a
State Highway Engineer, by and
with the advice and consent of the
Governor, who shall hold office
during the pleasure of the Commits
sion. His salary shall be fixed by
the Highway Commission for the
term of his appointment, and shall
not exceed the sum of $1,000 per
annum.
Who the Governor will appoint
to be members of the new Highway
Commission still remains unknown.
But, be not surprised if at least
J one member of the new Commis-
sion is chosen from a small county
within a district which has never
had representation on the State
Highway Commission since such a
board was created by legislative
enactment.
At 11:48 PM. Tuesday, February
81, 1899, the following Highway
Commissioners were out of office
as soon as the ink was dry on Sen
ate Bill 80 signed by the Governor.
The Commissioners who the Legis-
lature ousted from office were:
John Scott, of Holbrook: R. G.
Langmade, Phoenix: both of whom
were appointed by Ex-Governor
Stanford. J. w. Angle. Tucson: and
E.. G. Scale, Prescott both of whom
we're appointed by the late Cover
nor. B. B. Moeur. The fifth Com
missioner who was displaced by the
LEGISLATURE is Shelton G.. Dowell,
an appointee of Ex-G " r n
George w. P. Hunt, whose term au-
tomatically expired February l,
| 1899.
End Of Perfect Day
And thus came to an end a
perfect day so far as the Jones
administration was concerned. Your
reporter entertainS the firm con-
viction that Arizona will witness
better administration of the State
Highway Department, and instead
of inefficiency we shall see eff
cheney; instead of extravaganza, we
shall have economy; instead of a
spoils system, with all of its evils,
we shall have an administration OF
/ which the decent, honest, law
abiding men and women of our
State will be proud.
The over -whelming majority by
which Senate Bill 80 passed the
House is proof that a two thirds
majority in the House and the
same majority in the Senate, which
passed this bill, stands ready from
now until the adjournment Of the
regular session, to pass those meas
ures which we're recommended on
January by Governor R. T. (Bob)
Jones in his Message.