HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
AND
COST DATA
RELATING TO
ALL DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
STATE OF ARIZONA
COMPILED FOR, AND PUJ3LISHED BY
ARIZONA EMERGENCY COUNCIL
ROUT. E. TALLY, Cha- innan
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1." Od= tiOn ~ xplanation
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONSTITUTIONAL DEPARTMENTS
Pages
1
2
overnor ...
ecretary of State... .
tate Auditor
tate Treasurer .
ttorney GeneraL..
orporation Commission ...
Mine Inspector ..
Board of Education ..
Superintendent of Public Instruction....... ..
Court ..
Court.. .
Guard of Arizona .
3- 4
5- I)
7- 8
9- 10
11- 12
13- 15
16- 17
18
19- 23
24 · · 25
26- 27
28
29- 31
DEPARTMENTS CREATED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF DIRECTORS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS:
General Department ....
Free Employment Department.. .... '"
Capitol Buildings and Grounds Department.
State Highway Commission .
AND FINANCE:
State Tax Commission .
Tax Survey Commission .
Permanent State Boal" d of Tax Survey.
Superintendent of Banks.. . .
State Examiner . . . .
Legislative Examiner .
State Loan Board ... . . ..
Loan Commissioners .. .
32- 33
34
35
36- 39
40- 41
42
42
43 · , 44
45- 46
47- 48
49 · 50
51
HEALTH AND HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS:
52- 53
54
55- 56
57, · 58
59
60
61
62
63
.....,.,. 64- 65
Board of Health .
Board of Health, Child Hygiene .
Child Welfare . uu'.. ru ,... . .
State Laboratory ..
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Veterans' Service Officer
Veterans' Relief Commission.
Board of Pardons and Paroles .
Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund .
State Industrial Commission., ..... ,. .. "".......
Table of Department Appropriations, 1931- 32 and 1932- 33.__. .... 111- 113
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND LIVE STOCK:
Commission of Agriculture and Horticulture ...
LiveStock Sanitary Board.. ..-.. __ .._.
Sheep Sanitary Commission .
State Dairy Commission _, _.
State Veterinary Board __
State Veterinarian
LANDS, AND ' VATER CONSERVATION:
State Land Department _ _.
Arizona Land Settlement Commission
State Water Commissioner ..
Colorado River Commission ._ .... __..
Board of Reservoir Control and Supervision......_..
State Engineer _.. _ ..... _ ... _._.
LrCENSES,- PROFESSIONAL AND TRADE EXAMINATIONS:
Bar Examiners _ .
Board of Medical Examiners ._.
Board of Nurse Examiners.....
Board of Optometry Examiners .
Board of Dental Examiners.... _.. __ ..
Board of Chiropractic Examiners .
Board of Pharmacy ._ _ _.
Board of Embalming Examiners _ .
Board of Barbers and Cosmeticians_ ..
Board of Accountancy
State Board of Registration ........_ ..
Registrar of Contractors ..._.._ ... _.
State Real Estate Commissioner _._ _ _
Board of Library Examiners_..... ... __ .
Inspector of Weights and Measures..
HISTORICAL AND LITERARY:
State Law and Legislative Reference Library
State Historian ._ _. _ .. _ .
Pioneers' Historical Society__.__ _._ ..
Historical Society of Prescott_.__ _._ .
MISCELLANEOUS:
Arizona Game and Fish Commission _..
State Fair Commission __ _._ .
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75- 76
77- 78
79
80- 81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93 · 94
95
96
97
98
99
100
......... 101- 102
... 103- 104
105
106
..... 107- 108
......... 109- 110
ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
FISCAL YEARS 1931- 32 AND 1932 · · 33
.. 114- 116
. 117- 118
119
120
120
121
.._ 122- 125
126
127
128
General Appropriation BilL _ _ _ .
Special Appropriations, Regular Session. __ .
Special Session Appropriations ._ _ ....
Fees and Collections Appropriated for use of:
State Highway Department. _._._ .
Game and Fish Commission._ _ __._ _._. __ _. .. _._ .
Recapitulation of Appropriations __. ..... _ _ _ ...._
ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
FISCAL YEARS 1915- 16 AND 1916- 17
Pages
General Appropriation BilL _ _ _ .
Items Vetoed by Governor_.._ _.... .
Special Appropriations..... _,._,_.,_
Recapitulation of Appropriations_ _. .__ .
78
79
81
82
83
84
68
71
72
73
74
76
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
ACTUAL EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEARS 1915- 16
AND 1916 · · 17, AS SHOWN BY 6TH ANNUAL
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
General Fund_ __ __ _ .... 129- 130
Miscellaneous Funds._ _ __ .. _.. _ 131- 132
Transfer and Refunds _ __ _ _.. _.. ._ _._ 132- 133
Summary _.. _._ _._ .._.. __ _. .. 133
State Valuation and Tax Rate, 1912 to 1932._ _ __.___ 134
Population of Arizona--- Census Reports _.. _ _. __ 134
County Budget Requirements, 1931.. _.......... 135
County Budget Requirements, 1932.._ _ ._ _ _.. _....... 136
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INTRODUCTION
In undertaking a study of possible ways and means for bringing about
greater economy in the operation of state government in Arizona, the
Arizona Emergency Council quickly came to realize that the material facts
and figures upon which any such study must be based had never been
assembled and printed under one cover. The facts are open to anyone who
has the time to search the records, but to many citizens who are sincerely
interested in the subject of state expenditures, such a task would be practically
an impossibility.
In an effort to meet this need, and to offer some measure of help to
the officials of the State and to such of its citizens as are willing to give
of their time and thought to the solution of the financial difficulties of the
State, we have caused this compilation to be made and printed in pamphlet
form.
We do not put forward this compilation as a complete compendium
of information upon the subject to which it relates. It affords a brief
historical analysis of the various Departments of the State, and it gives
somewhat in detail the legislative appropriations for support of each
Department in certain widely separated fiscal years.
In assembling the information and data embraced herein, we have
had in mind the prime necessity for brevity. We have tried to assemble
the data in such form as to be easily understood and readily remembered.
Much of it was taken from the Constitutional and Statutory Law of Arizona.
Some was taken from reports of State officials. Where this has
been done, reference has been made to the volume and page from which
the same was taken, so that the reader might check its accuracy, and, if
desired, might delve more deeply into any phase by going to the original
source of information.
This pamphlet deals largely with the expenditures of various Departments
of State, and with the legislative appropriations from which the
expenditures are made. Public expenditures are the cause and the basis
of taxation. Therefore, it has seemed to us that the thing of f~ rst importance
was a study of expenditures.
In the hope that th'l information assembled within these covers will
serve a public need, we dedicate this pamphlet to the thousands of good
citizens of Arizona who are interested in a study of the finances of their
State.
ARIZONA EMERGENCY COUNCIL,
By: ROBT. E. TALLY, Chairman.
Phoenix, Arizona
October 5, 1932.
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EXPLANATION
For purposes of convenience, the Departments of State included in
this compilation have been arranged in ten groups, the Departments in
each group having at least a measure of common relationship. This arrangement
has also been followed in the Table of Contents, the group
designations being as follows:
1. Constitutional Departments
2. Board of Directors, State Institutions
3. State Highway Department
4. Taxes and Finance
5. Public Health and Human Relationships
6. Agriculture, Horticulture, and Live Stock
7. Lands, and Water Conservation
8. Licenses,- Professional and Trade Examinations
9. Historical and Literary
10. Miscellaneous
In order to set up the probable revenues appropriated to certain De · ·
partments for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32 and 1932- 33, in this compilation, it
has been necessary in four or five instances to use the figures for such De · ·
partments for the Fiscal Year 1930- 31, as shown in the State Auditor's Report
for said year. Where this has been done, attention has been called to
the fact that the figures are an estimate based upon the assumption that the
revenues for said years would be approximately equal to the revenues in
1930- 31. To the extent that these estimates differ from the figures hereafter
disclosed by the Auditor's Reports for the years in question they
are inaccurate.
The fiscal year of the State ends June 30th. The Report of the State
Auditor is not made up until the following October, and is not printed
and made available to the public until November or later. Until the numerous
" transfers, refunds, and adjustments" involved in the State's ac · counting
system have been definitely worked out and set up in the final
report of the State Auditor, it is very difficult for any person other than
an expert accountant to procure even the most simple facts with respect
to the State's revenues and expenditures.
This compilation was finished October 5, 1932. Up to that date the
State Auditor's Report for the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1932, was
not available in any form.
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE 3 ----------_. -----------
THE GOVERNOR
4,000.00
3,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.. 00
150.00
500.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
$ 25,500.00
7,700.00
2,000.00
$ 41,700.. 00
Fot the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
..$ 25,500.00
7,700.00
2,000.00
................. ...$
3,000.00
500.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
................................ 10,000.00
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TOTAL ApPROPRIATION ........... /\$ 54,700.00
For Salaries and Wages ( periodic) ..
For Operation .
For TraveL .
For Capital Investment:
Automobile
Other Capital Investment
For Contingent ..
For Rewards
For Special Investigations
The Office of Governor was created by Section 1, of Article V of the
Constitution.
The duties and powers of the Governor are defined in Sections 3, 4,
5, 7 and 8, of said Article V.
Section 13 of Article V provided that the salary of the Governor, until
otherwise provided by Law, should be $ 4,000 per annum.
So far as the Statutes are concerned, the powers and duties of the
Governor are generally defined in Secs. 19, 20, and 21, Chap. 2, Revised
Code of 1928. Other Statutes covering specific duties and powers are
scattered throughout the Code.
In 1917 a Bill was passed refixing the salaries of sundry State and
County officials. By this Bill the Governor's salary was raised from
$ 4,000 per annum to $ 6,500 per annum. ( Session Laws of 1917, pp. 86
to 92).
At the 5th Special Session of the 8th Legislature, held in 1928, an
Act was passed increasing salaries of sundry State officials ( p. 468, Ses · ·
sion Laws of 1928- 29). The provisions of this Act increased the annual
salary of the Governor from $ 6,500 to $ 7,500, effective the first Monday
of January, 1929.
For the fiscal year 1916- 17, the total appropriation for the Governor's
office was $ 16,150, made up as follows:
Salary .._._ .....
Secretary
Clerical Assistants
Contingent Expenses.. ....,
Expense to attend Governors' Conference ..
Total $ 16,150.00
( Session Laws of Arizona, 1915, 1st Special Session, pp. 9 and 10).
For the fiscal years 1931- 32 and 1932- 33, the appropriations for support
of the Governor's Office ( General Appropriation Bill, p. 392, Session
Laws 1931), were as follows:
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The Arizona Blue Book, 1931- 1932, shows salaries in the Governor's
Office to be as follows:
The Assistant Secretary and the four stenographers are women.
Governor .
Secretary
Assistant Secretary .
Stenographer .
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Chauffeur
..........$ 7,500.00
4,800.00
3,000.00
1,200.00
2,100.00
... 2,100.00
2,100.00
2,100.00
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ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
SECRETARY OF STATE
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The Office of Secretary of State was created by Section 1, Article V,
of the Constitution.
Section 9, of Article V, provides that the powers and duties of the Secretary
of State shall be as prescribed by Law.
Section 11, of Article V, makes it the duty of the Secretary of State
to canvass the election returns, and issue certificates of election, with
respect to all State offices.
Section 6, Article V, devolves the duties of Governor upon the Secretary
of State in case of the impeachment, removal from office, inability
to discharge duties, resignation, or absence from the State, of the Governor.
Section 13, Article V, fixed the salary of Secretary of State at $ 3,500
per annum until otherwise prescribed by Law.
The general duties of the Secretary of State, as provided by Statute,
are defined in Sees. 23, 24, and 25, Chap. 2, Revised Code 1928.
Sec. 26 provides that the Secretary of State shall appoint an assistant,
who, in the absence of the Secretary, or when the Secretary is acting as
Governor, shall perform the duties of Secretary of State.
Effective the first Monday in January, 1929, the salary of the Secretary
of State was increased from $ 3,500 to $ 5,000. ( See p. 468, Session
Laws of 1928- 29).
In the fiscal year 1916- 17, the appropriations in the General Appropriation
Bill for the support of the Department of Secretary of State,
were as follows ( Session Laws 1915, pp. 11 and 12, of 1st Special Session) :
Salary, Secretary of State $ 3,500.00
Salary, Assistant Secretary 2,400.00
Salary, Stenographers 2,100.00
Contingent Expenses . 1,500.00
SUB- ToTAL . $ 9,500.00
For expense of Initiated Measures , $ 3,000.00
For Auto License Plates, etc......................... 4,000.00
TOTAL . ..$ 16,500.00
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For the 21st
Fiscal YeaI'
14,500.00
$ 5,000.00
3,300.00
2,100.00
9,000.00
$ 19,400.00
1,785.00
500.00
$ 36,185.00
For the 20th
Fiscal Year
7,500.00
$ 19,400.00
6,285.00
500.00
$ 5,000.00
3,300.00
2,100.00
9,000.00
...........$ 33,685.00
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES.
Secretary of State .
Assistant Secretary of State..
Chief Clerk...... . .
Stenographers, 5 @ $ 1,800 each
For Operation ..
For Travel
For Initiative and Referendum Expense:
Salaries and Wages, Operation, and
Capital Investment ( periodic)
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION...
For the fiscal years 1931- 32 and 1932- 33, the appropriations for the
Department of Secretary of State, in the General Appropriation Bill, were
as follows ( See 1931 Session Laws, p. 407) :
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
The Arizona Blue Book for 1930 · · 31, pp. 16- 17, shows that the Assistant
Secretary and Chief Clerk of this office are men; the former receiving
$ 3,300, and the latter $ 2,100 per annum. That the five stenographers are
women, each receiving $ 1,800 per annum.
The State Auditor's Report for fiscal year 1930- 1931, shows on page
12 that the office of Secretary of State turned in to the General Fund
during that year, on account of miscellaneous fees collected, the sum of
$ 3,316.19.
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ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE 7 -------------_.
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. vere STATE AUDITOR
The Office of State Auditor was created by Section 1, of Article V,
of the Constitution.
Section 9, Article V, states that the powers and duties of the Auditor
shall be prescribed by Law.
Section 13, Article V, prescribed that the salary of the Auditor, until
otherwise provided by Law, should be $ 3,000 per annum.
The general duties of the State Auditor, as prescribed by Statute, are
set out in Sees. 27 to 42, both inclusive, Chap. 2, Revised Code 1928.
Effective the first Monday in January, 1929, the salary of the State
Auditor was increased from $ 3,000 to $ 4,500 per annum. ( See p. 468,
Session Laws 1929- 28).
3,000.00
2,400.00
1,500.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,500.00
. ..... ,.$
For the fiscal year 1916- 1917, the appropriations in the General Appropriation
Bill, for the support of this Department, were as follows ( see p.
7 of 1st Special Session, Session Laws of 1915) :
Auditor's Salary ..,....
Deputy Auditor's Salary ..
Bookkeeper's Salary ..
Warrant Officer's Salary
Warrant Officer's Salary
Stenographer's Salary
Contingent Expenses
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TOTAL . ...,.$ 12,000.00
For the 21st
Fiscal Year
For the 20th
Fiscal Year
For the fiscal years 1931- 1932 and 1932- 1933, the appropriation for
the Department of Auditor, in the General Appropriation Bill, was as
follows ( see 1931 Session Laws, p, 372):
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
Auditor .,.,...,.,.
Deputy Auditor
Claim Accountant ....
Bookkeeper ....,...
Assistant Bookkeeper ..
Warrant Registrar ..,.,.
Assistant Warrant Registrar
Stenographer
Warrant Clerk...
Warrant Clerk..,
4,500.00
3,000.00
2,100.00
2,400.00
2,100.00
2,100.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
$ 4,500.00
3,000.00
2,100.00
2,400.00
2,100.00
2,100.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES ,." ..$ 23,400_ 00 $ 23,400.00
Arizona Blue Book, 1930- 1931, p. 18, shows that five of the employees
of this Department are men, and that four are women. The present Auditor
is a woman.
The State Auditor's Report for fiscal year 1930- 1931 shows that this
Department turned into the General Fund during that year, $ 1,073.04, on
account of " License Money Lender Fees."
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ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE --------------- 9
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Aud- STATE TREASURER
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The Office of State Treasurer was created by Section 1, Article V,
of the Constitution.
Section 9, Article V, provides that the powers and duties of the Treasurer
shall be as prescribed by Law.
Section 10, Article V, provides that the Treasurer shall not immediately
succeed himself in that office.
Section 13, Article V, fixed the salary of the Treasurer at $ 3,000 per
annum, until otherwise provided by Law.
The general duties of the Treasurer, as provided by Statute, are
defined in Sec. 44, Chap. 2, Revised Code 1928.
See also, the provisions of Chap. 60, entitled " Public Finances," generally
known as the " State Finance Code," Revised Code 1928. This chapter
contains many provisions for the guidance of the Treasurer.
Effective the first Monday in January, 1929, the salary of the Treasurer
was increased from $ 3,000 to $ 4,500 per annum. ( See p. 468, Session
Laws of 1929- 28).
For the fiscal year 1916 · , 17, the appropriations for support of the
Treasurer's Department, in the General Appropriation Bill, were as follows
( see p. 10, 1st Special Session, Session Laws of 1915):
Treasurer's Salary , , , , , ,., ,..,.' ,..,., ".'.,..,.,.., , ,.,., ,.$ 3,000.00
Deputy's Salary ,., ,.,.., ,.,' , ,., , ,.' ..,.,., ,........ 1,500.00
Deputy's Salary., ,..,..,..",.,..,.,.,.,.,. ".,..,.'.,.., ,......., ,., "" ..".,.,.,""'." .,..,., 300.00
Stenographic Assistance .,.".,.,., ,., ., , ,.,.., " , '.,.,.,.,.,.,.., , ,. 450.00
Office Expense .,."... .. ,.,.., ,.., ' ,.,.,.,., ..,..... 500.00
TOTAL '., ..", , , .. .,.,..$ 5,750.00
4,500.00
3,000.00
2,700.00
2,400.00
2,100.00
4,000.00
2,700.00
For the 21st
Fiscal Year
For the 20th
Fiscal Year
'..,.,.....,....,.,.....$ 4,500.00 $
3,000.00
2,700.00
2,400.00
2,100.00
4,000.00
2,700.00
For the fiscal years 1931- 1932 and 1932- 1933, the appropriation for
this Department in the General Appropriation Bill was as follows ( see
1931 Session Laws, pp. 418- 419) :
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
Treasurer ...... '....,." .. , ,.,.., ,.
Deputy Treasurer .'., ,.
Inheritance Tax Collector .
Bookkeeper ........,.,.... ,..,.,.,.,.,..' , , ", ", .""'" """".,.,."
Assistant Bookkeeper , , ,.,.,., ,.,. "'.
Stenographers, 2 @ $ 2,000 each , , ,..
Farm Loan Secretary.,..'..,.,..,.......,..,.....,..., ,.,., ,
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES ..... .,...,.,.,.",.$ 21,400.00 $ 21,400.00
10 HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
Brought Forward .
For Operation . .
For Travel
For Capital Investment
........................$ 21,400.00
........................ 6,300.00
1,400.00
1,535.00
$ 21,400.00
6,300.00
1,400.00
250.00
TOTAL ...$ 30,635.00 $ 29,350.00
The Arizona Blue Book, 1930- 31, p. 17, shows that of the ten persons
in this Department under the Treasurer, seven are men and three are
women. The lowest salaries are those paid to the two women stenographers,
namely, $ 2,000 each. The Warrant Registrar, who is a woman,
receives $ 2,100.00.
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE --------
ATTORNEY GENERAL
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The Office of Attorney General was created by Section 1, Article V,
of the Constitution.
Section 9, Article V, provides that the powers and duties of the Attorney
General shall be as prescribed by Law.
Section 13, Article V, provided that the salary of the Attorney General,
until otherwise fixed by Law, should be $ 2,500 per annum.
The qualifications of the Attorney General are defined in Sec. 51,
and his duties prescribed in Sec. 52, Chap. 2, Revised Code of 1928.
Effective the first Monday in January, 1929, the salary of the Attor..
ney General was increased to $ 5,500 per annum. ( See p. 468, Session
Laws 1929- 28).
For the fiscal year 1916- 1917 the appropriations in the General Appropriation
Bill, for the support of this Department, were as follows ( see
Session Laws 1915, 1st Special Session, pp. 6 and 7) :
Salary Attorney GeneraL..
Salary One Assistant .
Salary One Law Clerk .
" Extra Office Expense"
Salary Stenographer ..
Contingent Expenses.
. ...$ 2,500.00
2,400.00
1,800.00
2,000.00
1,200.00
3,000.00
TOTAL
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..$ 12,900.00 V
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
For the fiscal years 1931- 1932 and 1932- 1933, the appropriatlon for
this Department, in the General Appropriation Bill, was as follows ( see
1931 Session Laws, pp. 371- 372):
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
Attorney General .......... .. $ 5,500.00 $ 5,500,00
Assistant Attorney GeneraL 3,600.00 3,600.00
Assistant Attorney GeneraL 3,600.00 3,600.00
Assistant Attorney GeneraL 2,400.00 2,400.00
* Stenographer 2,200.00 2,200.00
Stenographer .......,., .. 1,920.00 1,920.00
Stenographer 1,800.00 1,800,. 00
Special Legal Assistance.. 7,500.00 7,500.00
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TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES. ....$ 28,520.00 $ 28,520.00
The Arizona Blue Book, 1930- 31, p. 17, shows five men and two women
employed under the Attorney General. Three of the men receive salaries
of $ 3,600, one receives $ 2,400, and the two women $ 1,920 each.
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION . $ 136,270.00 $ 35,770.00
* Also to act as secretary to board of pardons and paroles.
Also Special Appropriation for emergency purposes:
( Session Laws 1931-, p. 19) $ 3,000.00
I! HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
Brought Forward . $ 28,520.00
For Operation 3,500.00
For Travel 2,250.00
For Capital Investment................................ 750.00
For Library........... .. 1,250.00
Prosecution of Colorado River
Suit:
For Salaries and Wages, Operation,
Travel, and Capital Investment. 100,000.00
$ 28,520.00
3,500.00
2,250.00
250.00
1,250.00
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION
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The Commission was created by Article XV of the State Constitution.
Section 1, of Article XV, provides for three Commissioners.
Sections 3, 4, 5, and 19 define the general powers of the Commission.
Section 6 provides that the " law- making power" may enlarge the
powers and extend the duties of the Commission, etc.
Section 18 provides that until otherwise authorized by law, each Commissioner
shall receive a salary of $ 3,000 a year, together with his actual
necessary expenses when away from home in the discharge of the duties
of his office.
The Statutory Law with respect to the Commission is found in Chapter
15, of the Revised Code of 1928.
men
~ ries Section 665, of Chapter 15, gives the Commission power to employ such
experts, engineers, accountants, etc., as may be necessary to perform the
duties and exercise the powers of the Commission, and to fix the salaries
unless fixed by law, of the appointees and employees.
Section 669 provides that all salaries and expenses, including traveling
and other expenses of the Commission and its employees, shall be paid
out of the general fund and the appropriation for the Commission authorized
in the General Appropriation Bill.
The last six lines of Section 672 provide that all fees collected by the
Commission shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, to the credit of
the General Fund, on the first Monday of each month.
The annual salary of the members of the Corporation Commission
was fixed at $ 3,000 each, under the provisions of Sec. 2791, Chap. 65, of
the Revised Code of 1928. This is the chapter entitled " Salaries of Public
Officers."
At the 5th Special Session of the 8th Legislature, held in 1928, an
Act was passed increasing salaries of sundry state officials. The Act
is known as House Bill Number 4, and will be found on page 468, Session
Laws of 1928- 1929. The provisions of this Act increased the annual salary
of the members of the Commission to $ 4,500, effective the first Monday
of January, 1929.
During the fiscal year 1931- 1932, the Commission consisted of the
three Commissioners, a secretary, and twenty- six other employees. Among
these are three " reporters" receiving salaries of $ 1,908 each, ten stenographers
receiving salaries of $ 1,800 each, and four typists receiving $ 1,800
each ( Arizona Blue Book, 1931- 32, pp. 18- 19).
The Secretary of the Commission, and five of the employees are men.
The remaining twenty- one employees are women. ( See Arizona Blue
Book for 1930- 31, pp. 18 and 19).
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The appropriation for support of the Commission in the fiscal year
1916- 1917, as shown in the General Appropriation Bill passed at first
Special Session of 2nd Legislature, page 4 of Session Laws of 1915, was
$ 38,580, made up as follows:
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION.. . $ 89,130.00 $ 89,130.00
Special Appropriation ( Laws 1931, p 224) $ 970.00
The Commission now collects a large sum annually in various c fees
and charges. The amount turned in to the General Fund from such fees
in the fiscal year 1930- 1931, according to the report of the State Auditor,
was $ 289,743.46. .
For the 21st
Fiscal Year
$ 13,500.00
2,760.00
2,700.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
1,980.00
5,940.00
1,980.00
1,920.00
18,000.00
7,200.00
2,700.00
$ 71,880.00
12,500.00
3,400.00
1,350.00
..... $ 38,580.00
$ 9,000.00
2,100.00
2,400.00
1,800.00
2,400.00
1,200.00
17,400.00
2,280.00
For the 20th
Fiscal Year
...... $ 13,500.00
2,760.00
2,700.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
1,980.00
5,940.00
1,980.00
1,920.00
18,000.00
7,200.00
2,700.00
...$ 71,880.00
12,500.00
.. 3,400.00
1,350.00
TOTAL
Salaries of three Commissioners at $ 3,000 each ..
Salary of Secretary .
Salary of Rate and Traffic Expert. .
Salary of Rate Clerk .
Salary of Reporter
Salary of Stenographer
Contingent Expenses
Incorporating Department Clerk..
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES ...
For Operation
For Travel
For Capital Investment
The appropriation for the support of the Corporation Commission
for the fiscal years 1931- 32 and 1932- 33, as it appears on p. 388, Session
Laws of 1931, was as follows:
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
Commissioners, 3 @ $ 4,500 each..
Secretary
Assistant Secretary ..
Rate Expert
Engineer
Actuary
Supervisor
Cashier
Registrar
Reporters, 3 @ $ 1,980.00 each .
Investment Clerk
Stenographer
Stenographers, 10 @ $ 1,800.00 each
Typists, 4 @ $ 1,800.00 each
Court Reporter .
The Corporation Commission is one of the Departments of State which
is said to be " self.- supporting," for the reason that it turns into the Gen · ·
eral Fund more than it receives in direct appropriations. The infel'ence
sought to be drawn is that because the Commission is a producer of net
revenue it does not cost the taxpayers anything.
The personnel of this department in the fiscal year 1931 · · 32 is shown
on pages 18 and 19 of the Arizona Blue Book for said year.
The earnings of the Corporation Commission come largely from the
" Insurance Department," as will be seen from the follo, ving tabulation,
taken from page 9 of the State Auditor's Report for the fiscal year 1930- 3l.
Probably most of the earnings of the Insurance Department come from
the 2 per cent tax levied upon insurance premiums of policies in effect in
the State, as provided in Sec. 1809, Chap. 36, Revised Code of 1928, which
section originated in the Laws of 1913:
CORPORATION COMMISSION
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Insurance Department
Investment Department
Return of Imprest- · Operation
Return of Imprest- Travel
.$ 48,319.55
228,490.19
10,708.87
1,000.00
1,224.85
$ 289,743.46
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This office was established by Article XIX, of the Arizona Constitution,
which reads as follows:
" The office of Mine Inspector is hereby established. The
Legislature, at its first session, shall enact laws so regulating the
operation and equipment of all mines in the State as to provide
for the health and safety of workers therein and in connection
therewith, and fixing the duties of said office. Upon approval
of such laws by the Governor, the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall forthwith appoint a Mine Inspector,
who shall serve until his successor shall have been elected at the
first general election thereafter and shall qualify. Said successor
and all subsequent incumbents of said office shall be elected
at general elections, and shall serve for two years."
The Statutory Law regarding the office is found in Chapter 51, Re · ·
vised Code 1928, entitled " Mines and Mining."
Sec. 2278, Chap. 51, defines the qualifications of Mine Inspector,
provides that in addition to his salary he shall receive his necessary traveling
expenses when traveling upon official duties, and that he shall give
bond to the State in the sum of $ 5,000.
Sec. 2279 provides that the Mine Inspector shall appoint three deputies,
each of whom shall receive salm'y of $ 2,400 per annum and necessary
traveling expenses. They are required to give bond in the sum of
$ 2,500 each.
Sec. 2281 defines the powers and duties of the Mine Inspector.
Chap. 65, entitled " Salaries of Public Officers", Sec. 2791, Revised
Code of 1928, fixed the annual salary of the Mine Inspector at $ 3,000.
The salary of the Mine Inspector was increased to $ 4,500, effective
the first Monday of January, 1929, by the provisions of House Bill Number
4, passed at the 5th Special Session of 8th Legislature, in 1928.
( See pp. 468, 469, volume containing Laws of 5th and 6th Special Sessions
1928, and of Regular Session 1929).
The appropriation for support of the State Mine Inspector's Depart..
ment for the Fisca1 Year 1916- 17, as shown on pp. 21 and 22, Session
Laws 1915, First Special Session, was as follows:
1
. .... $ 9,800.00
.....................$ 3,000.00
5,400.00
........ 1,400.00
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
STATE MINE INSPECTOR
TOTAL .
Salary of Mine Inspector ....
Salary of 3 Deputies @ $ 1,800.00 each.
Office Expenses and Clerk .......
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ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE 17
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
The appropriation for support of this Department for the fiscal years
1931- 32 and 1932- 33 ( Session Laws 1931, p. 401) was as follows:
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
.$ 14,875.00 $ 14,875.00
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Deputies, 3 @ $ 2,700.00 each .
Secretary .
Extra Clerical Hire ( periodic).
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES..
For Operation
For Travel .
For Capital Investment:
Automobile
Equipment
4,500.. 00 $
8,100.00
2,100.00
175.00
2,950.00
5,600.00
900.00
100.00
4,500.00
8,100.00
2,100.00
175.00
3,150.00
5,600.00
100.00
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TOTAL ApPROPRIATION .......$ 24,425.00 $ 23,725.00
give The personnel of this Department for the fiscal year 1931- 32 is shown
on page 18, of the Arizona Blue Book for said year.
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This Board was set up in Article XI, of the Constitution, entitled
" Education."
Section 988, R.. C., 1928, provides that " members of the Board shall
be allowed transportation expenses and $ 5.00 per day for their expenses,
to be paid upon claims therefor, approved by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, etc,"
Section 989, R. C. 1928, prescribes the powers and duties of the Board.
The Board exercises general supervision over the conduct of the public
school system of the State.
The expenses of this Board are doubtless paid out of the budget of
the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The 1931 Session Laws
do not disclose any specific appropriation for support of the Board.
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
S'rA'l'E BOARD OF EDUCA'l'ION
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Sections 2, 3, and 4, of Article XI, read as follows:
" Section 2. The general conduct and supervision of the pub-.
lie school system shall be vested in a State Board of Education, a
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, County School Superintendent,
and such governing boards for the State institutions as
may be provided by law..
" Section 3. The State Board of Education shall be composed
of the following members: the Governor, the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, the President of the University, and principals
of the State normal schools, as ex- officio members, and a city
superintendent of schools, a principal of a high school, and a
county superintendent of schools, to be appointed by the Governor.
The powers and duties of the Board shall be such as may
be prescribed by law. The members of the Board shall serve
without pay, but all their necessary expenses incurred in attend..
ing the meetings of the Board, and for printing, shall be provided
for by law..
" Section 4. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall be a member, and secretary, of the State Board of Education,
and, ex · - officio, a member of any other board having control
of public instruction in any State institution. His powers and
duties shall be prescribed by law."
The statutory provisions regarding this Board have been brought forward
and assembled in Chapter 21, entitled " Education," Revised Code
of 1928.
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction was created by
Section 1, Article V, of the Constitution.
Section 9, Article V, provides that the powers and duties of the Superintendent
shall be as prescribed by Law.
Section 13, Article V, fixed the salary of the Superintendent at $ 2,500
per annum, until otherwise provided by Law.
Article XI, of the Constitution, entitled " Education," contains several
sections relating to the pow~ rs and duties of the Superintendent.
Sections 2 and 3, of Article XI, make the Superintendent a member
of the State Board of Education. The members of this Board serve without
pay, but are allowed their necessary expenses.
Section 4, Article XI, makes the State Superintendent Secretary of
the State Board of Education, and ex- officio, " a member of any other
Board having control of public instruction in any State Institution.."
The Statutory Law with respect to this Office is found in Chap. 21,
Revised Code of 1928, entitled " Education,,"
Section 989, Article I, of this chapter, prescribes the powers and
duties of the Board of Education.
Section 990, Article II, of this chapter, prescribes the powers and
duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Section 991, Article II, of this chapter, fixed the salary of the State
Superintendent at $ 3,000 per annum. ( The Act providing this salary
increase will be found in Sec. 13, Chap. 77, Laws of 1912).
Section 1102, Chapter 21, Revised Code of 1928, makes the State Superintendent
Chairman of the Board of Education of the Tempe College, and
Chairman of the Board of Education of the Flagstaff Coilege.
Effective the first Monday in January, 1929, the salary of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction was increased from $ 3,000 to $ 4,500 per
annum. ( See Section 1, Chapter 5, Laws of 1929- 28, pp. 468 and 469) ..
The specific legislative appropriation for this Department, covering
the Fiscal Year 1916- 17 was the sum of $ 100,000 ( Laws of 1915, 1st Special
Session, pp. 43- 44). The Legislature stipulated that this sum should
be in lieu of any appropriation under then existing statutes. The Governor
vetoed the entire item. The Supreme Court held the veto good, and
held that Section 2815, Revised Code of ' 13, which provided an annual
appropriation of $ 500,000, was still in force. The 6th Annual Report of
the State Auditor shows that this Department expended for the fiscal
year 1916- 17 the sum of $ 667,309.42.
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CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
In order to understand the meaning and amount of appropriations
made by the Legislature in recent years for support of the Common
Schools, it is necessary to examine the principal constitutional and statu.
tory provisions relating to the manner of supporting the schools.
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HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
" Section 6. The University and all other State educational
institutions shall be open to students of both sexes, and the instruc-,
tion furnished shall be as nearly free as possible.
" The Legislature shall provide for a system of common
schools by which a free school shall be established and maintained
in every school district for at least six months in each year,
which school shall be open to all pupils between the ages of six
and twenty- one years."
Sections 8, 9, and 10, of Article XI, read as follows:
" Section 8. A permanent State school fund for the use of the
common schools shall be derived from the sale of public school
lands or other public lands specified in the Enabling Act approved
June 20, 1910; from all estates or distributive shares of estates
that may escheat to the State; from all unclaimed shares and
dividends of any corporation incorporated under the laws of
Arizona; and from all gifts, devises, or bequests made to the
State for general educational purposes.
" The income derived from the investment of the permanent
State school fund, and from the rental derived from school lands,
with such other funds as may be provided by law shall be apportioned
annually to the various counties of the State in proportion
to the number of pupils of school age residing therein.
" Section 9. The amount of this apportionment shall become
a part of the county school fund, and the Legislature shall enact
such laws as will provide for increasing the county fund suffi · ,
ciently to maintain all the public schools of the county for a minimum
term of six months in every school year. The laws of the
State shall enable cities and towns to maintain free high schools,
industrial schools, and commercial schools.
" Section 10. The revenue for the maintenance of the respec ..
tive State educational institutions shall be derived from the investment
of the proceeds of the sale, and from the rental of such
lands as have been set aside by the Enabling Act approved June
20, 1910, or other legislative enactment of the United States, for
the use and benefit of the respective State educational institutions.
In addition to such income the Legislature shall make such
appropriations, to be met by taxation, as shall insure the propel;
20
These are covered in the various Sections of Article XI, entitled " Edu.
cation". Section 1 provides for the establishment and maintenance of a
general and uniform public school system. Section 2 places the super_
vision of the public school system under the State Board of Education
and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, etc. Section 6, of
cle XI, reads as follows:
" State levy for common and high school education. There
shall be appropriated in the general appropriation bilI for common
and high school education in the state, during each fiscal year, a
sum of money not less than twenty- five dollars per capita per
annum on all pupils in average daily attendance in the common
and high schools of the state, as shown by the records of the state
superintendent of public instruction for the preceding year. All
income and money dedicated by the enabling act and the constitu · ·
tion of the state, to the purpose of common and high school education
shall be placed to the credit of the state board of education,
to be dealt with by it, as provided by law, and shall be in
addition to the amount so provided in the general appropriation
bill."
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
interest are contained in Sections
Section 1088, R. C. 1928, reads as
21
maintenance of all State educational institutions, and shall make
such special appropriations as shall provide for their development
and improvement."
The statutory provisions of chief
1088 and 1089, Revised Code of 1928.
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Section 1089, R. C. 1928, reads as follows:
" Apportionment of fund and payment to counties. After
making the necessary allowance for the payment of all amounts
made payable from the appropriation for the state board, authorized
in the general appropriation bilI, the board shall apportion
the remainder to the several counties of the state, prorating the
same on the average daily attendance in the common and high
schools in each county, as shown by records of the state superintendent
for the preceding year. Such apportionments shall be
made on the second Monday in July, October, January, and April
of each fiscal year and shall be, as nearly as may be deter · ·
mined, equal to one- fourth of the above named amount.
" The superintendent shall furnish the county treasurer and
the county school superintendent with an abstract of such apportionment,
and shall certify such apportionment to the state aud · ·
itol' who, upon receipt of such certificate, shall forthwith draw
his warrants on the state treasurer in favor of the county treasurer
of each county for the amount due said county. The county
treasurer shall immediately upon receipt of such warrant notify
the county superintendent that such amount, together with any
other amounts to the credit of the county school fund, is subject
to apportionment."
For the Fiscal Years 1931- 32 and 1932- 33, the appropriation for the
Department of Superintendent of Public Instruction and Common Schools,
was the $ 25.00 per enrolled pupil, together with revenues from state lands,
income from permanent school funds, etc., as provided for in Section 1088,
R. C. 1928, hereinbefore set out. The school enrollment for both of these
fiscal years is known, but the amount of revenues from state lands, permanent
school fund, etc., is not available at the time of this compilation.
The total enrollment of pupils governing the appropria-tion
for the Fiscal Year 1931- 32, was 80,993. This enrollment, ~/
multiplied by $ 25.00 per pupil, amounts to , $ 2,024,825.00 r\
The total enrollment of pupils governing the appropriation
for the Fiscal Year 1932- 33, was 83,072. This enroll-ment,
multiplied by $ 25,00 per pupil, amounts to... ....,. $ 2,076,800.00
The revenue available to this Department from public
lands and other similar sources for the Fiscal Years 1931-- 32
and 1932- 33, can only be forecast by assuming that it may
be approximately the same as in the Fiscal Year 1930- 31, the
figures for which are available in the State Auditor's Report
for that year, On page 13 of said Report, these revenues are
given as . __ . $ 308,553.38
22 HISTORICAL
For Vocati, onal Education a · nd to
Mutch Fedel" ul Funds--
For Civilian Rehabilitation:
For Salaries and Wages, Operation,
Travel, and Capital Investment.... ..$ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00
4,500.00
3,000,, 00
2,400,, 00
5,400.00
1,800.00
2,100,, 00
3,600.00
2,700,, 00
750,00
For the 21st
Fiscal Year
$
$ 145,000.00
50,069,, 00
4,000,, 00
500,00
$ 225,819.00
4,500,, 00
3,000,, 00
2,400,00
5,400.00
1,800,, 00
2,100,, 00
3,600,00
2,700.00
750,00
FOl the 20th
Fiscal Year
$ 26,250.00 $ 26,250.00
$ 222,219.00
... $ 145,000.00
46,469,00
4,000.00
500,, 00
Superintendent . $
Assistant Superintendent __
Statistician .__ .__.. __ __ .
Stenographers, 3 @ $ 1,800,, 00 each.,
Record Clerk __ ..
Certification Clerk....__ __, .
Clerks, 2 @ $ 1,800.00 each.
Fieldman __ .
Examiner ( periodic) ..
SUB- TOTAL
For Opel'ation-
Text Books __ __ .
Other Operation, including Pensions.
For Travel...
For Capital Investment
The appropriation for support of this Department for the Fiscal
Years 1931- 32, and 1932- 33, as it appears on pp" 413- 415, inclusive, Session
Laws of 1931, reads as follows:
" SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND COMMON
SCHOOLS. For the Board of Education: For the support of the
kindergarten, primary, elementary, grammar, four- year high
school grades, of the public schools and Vocational Education,
that sum of money which shall be equal to twenty, · five dollars
per capita on all pupils in average daily attendance in the common
and high schools of the state, as shown by the records of the
state superintendent of public instruction for the preceding year.
This amount shall include the following items:
For the Superintendent of Public
Instruction-
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE 23
For Vocational Agriculture:
For Salaries and Wages, Operation,
Travel, and Capital Investment....
For Trade, Industrial and Home
Economics:
For Salaries and Wages, Operation,
Travel and Capital Investment.....
For Teacher Training:
For Salaries and Wages, Operation,
Travel and Capital Investment. .
14,496.37
13,147.54
10,000.00
15,114.09
14,196.72
10,000.00
,553.38
Fiscal
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" The above appropriations are made subject to the condition
that, at least, like amounts shall be allotted to this state by the
Federal Government and expended concurrently with these appropriations;
furthermore, that no salaries in excess of $ 4,000.00
per annum shall be allowed from the combined state and federal
funds.
" The appropriation for reimbursement to schools is made subject
to the condition that it be used only for reimbursing schools
for salaries of such regularly approved, certified vocational
teachers as are reimbursable from federal funds.
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION FOR VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION .. $ 77,643.91 $ 79,310.81
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23,000.00
2,200.00
4,500.00
300.00
$ 23,000.00
2,200.00
4,500.00
300.00
GRAND TOTAL . ..... $ 299,862.91 $ 305,129.81
" The balance of the per capita tax, together with the amount
of all moneys received from National Forests, interest collected on
deferred payments on the purchase of state lands, the rentals collected
from leases of state lands, the income from the investment
of permanent funds as prescribed by the enabling act and the
state constitution, the income from toll roads, bridges, ferries, etc.,
and all moneys received by the superintendent of public instruction
from whatever source, during each of the fiscal years, when
paid into the state treasury, are hereby appropriated for apportionment
to the various counties in accordance with law. No
expenditures shall be made except as specifically authorized above."
The Arizona Blue Book, 1930- 31, p. 20, shows ten employees in this
Department under the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Two
of these are men, receiving $ 3,000 and $ 2,700, respectively. Eight are
women, one of whom receives $ 2,400, one $ 2,100, and the remaining six,
$ 1,800 each.
VI.
The statutory provisions with respect to the Supreme Court are found
in Chapter 85, Revised Code of 1928, entitled " The Supreme Court".
The appropriations for support of the Supreme Court for the Fiscal
Year 1916 · 17, as shown on pp. 14 and 15, Session Laws of 1915, First
Special Session, are as follows:
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SUPREME COURT
24 HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
Section 10, of Article VI, fixed the salary of the Judges of the Suo
preme Court, until otherwise provided by law, at $ 5,000 per annum.
Section 2791, Revised Code of 1928, provides for annual salary of
" the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court, of $ 5,000 each, except
however those whose terms begin on or after the first Monday in
January, 1929, who shall receive $ 8,500 each."
The Ninth Legislature, by an Act approved March 18, 1929, proposed
an amendment to Section 17, Part 2, Article IV, entitled " Legislative De · ,
partment", of the Constitution of Arizona, which amendment was subsequently
submitted to vote of the people at the general election November
4, 1930, and declared adopted" ( Session Laws of 1931, pp. 487- 490, in · ,
elusive) .
The Constitutional Amendment so adopted reads as follows:
" Section 17. The Legislature shall never grant any extra
compensation to any public officer, agent, servant, or contractor,
after the services shall have been rendered or the contract entered
into, nor shall the compensation of any public officer be increased
or diminished during his term of office, provided, however, that
when any legislative increase or decrease in the compensation of
the members of any court, board or commission, composed of two
or more officers or persons, whose respective terms of office are
not coterminus, has heretofore or shall hereafter become effective
as to any member of such court, board or commission, it shall
be effective from such date as to each of the members thereof."
This tribunal was created by the Constitution. The provisions relat.
ing to the Supreme Court will be found in Article VI, entitled " Judicial
Department".
Section 2, of Article VI, provides that the Supreme Court shall consist
of three Judges. Section 3 provides for the election of Judges of the Suo
preme Court. The term of office is six years, so arranged that one Judge
shall be elected every two years at the general election.
The powers and duties of this Court are set out in Section 4, Article
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4,750.00
400.00
500.00
150.00
$ 25,500.00
3,600.00
6,300.00
1,200.00
For the 21st
Fiscal Year
4,750.00
400.00
500.00
150.00
.........................:..$ 22,140.00
..... . $ 15,000.00
2,400.00
500.00
3,240.00
1,000.00
For the 20th
Fiscal Year
.......$ 36,600.00 $ 36,600.00
..... $ 25,500.00
3,600.00
......... 6,300.00
1,200.00
TOTAL ..
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
Salary of Judges .
Salary of Clerk .
Salary of Reporter .
Stenographic Assistance.
Contingent Expenses .
The appropriation for support of the Supreme Court for the Fiscal
1931- 32 and 1932- 33, as shown on page 416, Session Laws of 1931,
as follows:
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
Judges, 3 @ $ 8,500 each.
Clerk ...
Secretaries, 3 @ $ 2,100.00 each ....
Reporter of Decisions .
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES
For Operation... .
For Capital Investment .
For Disbarment or Referee Expense.....
For Travel for Superior Court Judges..
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION . ...... $ 42,400.00 $ 42,400.00
Also, Special Appropriation to cover de · ·
ficiency ( Laws of 1931, p. 223) $ 4,100.00
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For the Counties of Yavapai, Maricopa, Pima, Gila,
Greenlee, and Cochise.. .. ......$ 5,500.00
For the Counties of Coconino, Mohave, Yuma, and Pinal 4,500.00
For the Counties of Apache, Graham, Navajo, and Santa
Cruz 4,000.00
The statutory provisions with respect to the powers, duties, and jurisdiction
of the Superior Court are assembled in Chapter 86, Revised Code
of 1928, entitled " The Superior Court".
The appropriation to pay the State's portion of the salaries of
the Judges of the Superior Court for the Fiscal Year 1916- 17, as shown
on p. 14, Session Laws of 1915, First Special Session, was the
sum of . $ 23,750.00
The appropriation to cover the State's portion of support for the Su..
perior Court for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32 and 1932- 33, as shown on p.
This is a constitutional department, created by the provisions of Arti.
cle VI of the Constitution, entitled " Judicial Department".
Section 5, of Article VI, provides for the organization of a Superior
Court for each County of the State, with at least one Judge of ' said Court,
to be elected by the qualified voters of such County. Said Section also
provides that for each County having a census numeration greater than
30,000, one Judge of the Superior Court for every additi< imal 30,000 in.
habitants, or major fraction thereof, may be provided by law.
The term of office is fixed at four years. ( Section 5, Article VI).
The jurisdiction and powers of the Superior Court, as fixed in the
Constitution, are set out in Sections 6 and 7, of Article VI.
Section 11, of Article VI, provides that Judges of the Supreme Court
and of the Superior Courts shall not be eligible to any office or public
employment other than a judicial office of employment, during the term
for which they shall be elected.
Section 10, of Article VI, provides that one- half the salary of Su..
perior Court Judges shall be paid by the State, the other one- half by the
Counties. It also provided that until otherwise fixed by law, the salary of
Superior Court Judges for the Counties of Maricopa, Pima, Yavapai, Gila,
and Cochise, should be $ 4,000 per annum. For Greenlee, $ 3,500, and for
the' remaining Counties, $ 3,000 per annum..
Section 2791, Revised Code of 1928, as amended by an Act approved
January 3, 1929 ( Session Laws of 1929, pp. 468 and 469), fixes the sala · ·
ries of Superior Court Judges as follows:
SUPERIOR COURT
26 HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
ApPROPRIATION <:: 1,$ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
27
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
.$ 41,750.00 $ 41,750.00
250.00 250.00
$ 6,668.58
.$ 758.58
5,910.. 00
Laws of 1931, was as follows:
Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
deficiency appropriations:
Laws of 1931, p. 149
Laws of 1931, p. 223.
SUlperior Court Judges .
Commissioners ( Periodic) ..
VI).
of
PW! l
). 00
Sup.
This is a constitutional Department, set up under the provisions of
Article IV, of the State Constitution.
Section 1, of Part 1, Article IV, provides for a State Legislature
consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. '
Section 1, Part 2, Article IV, provides for a Senate membership of
nineteen members, apportioned as therein set forth, and provided further,
that there should be elected from each County one representative for each
1500 votes or major fraction thereof cast in such County for Governor at
the last preceding general election.
The third paragraph of Section 1, Part 2, Article IV, provides the
method by which each County shall be divided into legislative districts,
and for the establishment of such dist!' icts by the Boards of Supervisors.
The fourth paragraph of Section 2 provides a method of redistricting by
the Boards of Supervisors, to conform with growth in population.
Section 3, Part 2, Article IV, provides that sessions of the Legislature
shall be held biennially, and shall commence on the second Monday
of January following the election of members of the Legislature. It fur- ·
ther provides that the Governor may call a special session whenever, in
his judgment, it is advisable.
Section 17, of Part 2, Article IV, was entirely rewritten by amend · ·
ment adopted by the people in 1930. This amendment will be found on
page 491, Session Laws of 1931.
The present statutory provisions relating to the State Legislature, are
found in Chapter 1, Revised Code of 1928, entitled " The Legislature".
The appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1916- 17 were made by the
Second Legislature. This Legislature held a regular session at which it
failed to pass a General Appropriation Bill. It held two special sessions,
the Gener. al Appropriation Bill being passed at the first special session.
The appropriations for support of the legislative department covering the
three sessions were as follows:
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a
f
2
c
11
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LEGISLATTJRE
28 HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
TOTAL . $ 97,500.00
The appropriations for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32 and 1932- 33 were
made by the Tenth Legislature. This Legislature held one special session.
Its appropriations for its own support were as follows:
Regular Session. . $ 173,920.00
Special Session 28,218.00
Regular Session .
First Special Session
Second Special Session.
TOTAL
... $ 50,000.00
............ 25,000.00
. 22,500.00
...........$ 202,138.00
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
NATIONAL GUARD OF ARIZONA
29
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Article XVI, of the Constitution, entitled " Militia", provides for a
National Guard. This Article reads as follows:
" Section 1. The militia of the State of Arizona shall consist
of all able- bodied male citizens of the State between the ages of
eighteen and forty- five years, and of those between said ages who
shall have declared their intention to become citizens of the United
States, residing therein, subject to such exceptions as now exist,
or as may hereafter be created, by the laws of the United States
or of this State.
" Section 2. The organized militia shall be designated ' The
National Guard of Arizona,' and shall consist of such organized
military bodies as now exist under the laws of the Territory of
Arizona or as may hereafter be authorized by law.
" Section 8. The organization, equipment, and discipline of
the National Guard shall conform as nearly as shall be practica, ·
ble to the regulations for the government of the armies of the
United States."
Section 3, of Article V, of the Constitution, provides that the Governor
shall be Commander- in- Chief of the military forces of the State, except
when such forces shall be called into the service of the United States.
The first statutory provisions for a State Militia will be found in
Chapter 85, Laws of 1912, carried forward into Revised Statutes of 1913
as Sections 3888 et seq.
The statutory provisions regarding a State Militia, up to 1929, are
found in Chapter 50, Revised Code of 1928, entitled " Militia". Section
2198 of said Code, provides that the Militia shall be divided into three
classes: The National Guard of Arizona, The National Guard Reserve,
and the Unorganized Militia.
Section 2199 provides that,
" The organization of the National Guard shall be that which
is or may be prescribed for the regular army of the United
States, subject in time of peace to such general exceptions as
may be authorized by the Secretary of War or by Act of Congress,,"
Subsequent to the adoption of the 1928 Code, the statutes regarding
the State Militia and the National Guard were substantially amended by
an Act approved March 14, 1929, which will be found in Session Laws of
1929, pp. 179 to 194, inclusive. Many Sections of the law were revised,
and many others repealed. Sections 2198 and 2199, Revised Code of 1928,
were neither repealed nor amended.
Under the statutory provisions now existing, the Governor, as Commander-
in- Chief of the Arizona National Guard, appoints an Adjutant
General, who holds office for six years, is responsible to the Governor for
the discipline and training of the Guard, and who may be removed f01
cause, as provided in the Act. The Act provides that " the Adjutant Gene_
ral shall receive the same pay and allowance as a Captain in the United
States Army."
There are numerous provisions for pay of officers and men, and for
payment of the expenses of keeping up the National Guard.
The appropriation for maintenance of the National Guard of Arizona
for the Fiscal Year 1916- 17, as shown in Session Laws of 1915, First
Special Session, p. 21, was the sum of......... . $ 30,000.00
The appropriation for support of the National Guard for the Fiscal
Years 1931- 32 and 1932- 33, as shown in Session Laws of 1931, pp. 402 and
403, was as follows:
3,600.00
2,100.00
2,100.00
1,800.00
2,400,. 00
1,200.00
1,200.00
16,625.00
500.00
7,525.00
2,500.00
250.00
14,220.00
4,000.00
4,500.00
2,500.00
4,000.00
3,600.00 $
2,100.00
2,100.00
1,800.00
2,400.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
16,625.00
500.00
7,975.00
2,500.00
550.00
14,220.00
4,000.00
4,500.00
2,500.00
4,000.00
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
........,...$ 31,525.00 $ 31,525.00
... f': ,..,.... 1'~ ...... $ 71,770.00 $ 71,020.00
Infantry)
......................... ....$
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
Adjutant GeneraL..
Quartermaster
Chief Clerk...
Stenographer ..
Administration Officer ( 158th
Caretaker, State Warehouse...
Caretaker, Ft. TuthilL.
Pay of enlisted men at annual encampment
( Periodic) .
Miscellaneous Day Labor ( Periodic).
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES
For Operation
For Travel ....
For Capital Investment ..
For Company and Battery Allowance....
For Officers' Clothing Allowance
For Repairs and Replacements ( Armories)
For Contingent Property Allowance
For Rent, Company Quarters....
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION,
30
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE 31
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t GeneUnited
md for
~ rizona
, First
,000.00
Fiscal
02 and
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) 0
) 0
10
10
10
! O
o
o
o
For emergencies not provided for, viz: Courts Martial, investigafunerals,
etc.., and to equalize errors in estimates, the Auditor and
Trea! mr'er are authorized upon request of the Adjutant General, approved
the Governor, to transfer not to exceed five per cent of money approunder
any heading, excepting salaries, to any other account, in
that no deficiency may be necessary at the close of the fiscal year
30, 1933.
In addition to the regular appropriation for this Department in 1931,
Legislature made a special appropriation ( Laws of 1931, p. 128), for
construction and deficit, amounting to $ 18,000.00.
The roster of the National Guard, as of the fiscal year 1931 · 32, is
on pp. 61- 76, inclusive, Arizona Blue Book for said year.
Parole Clerk, State Prison ( who serves also as Clerk of
the Board of Pardons).......,.... 2,000.00
This Board is a legislative creation, dating back to pre- statehoOd
days. It was formerly known as the " Board of Control". It was origin.
ally composed of the Governor, the State Auditor, and a Citizen Member
For detail as to powers and duties, see Chap. 1, Revised Statutes of 1913'
Sees. 4452 to 4460, inclusive. l
The Board is now known as the " Board of Directors of State Institu.
tions". Its powers and duties are defined in Chap. 70, Revised Code of
1928, Sees. 2918 to 2945, inclusive.
The Board, as now constituted, consists of the Governor, the State
Treasurer, and one Citizen Member who also acts as Secretary and Execu. al
tive Officer. It has control over the Hospital for Insane, Industrial School
for Girls, Pioneers' Home, State Prison, all charitable, reformatory and
penal institutions, and the Capitol buildings and grounds. The Citizen
Member is appointed by the Governor. His salary is $ 4,800 a year. The
Governor and Treasurer receive no extra compensation, but are allowed
traveling expenses.
The Board appoints a Purchasing Agent for all institutions. It fixes
the salary schedules of all state institutions not otherwise fixed by law.
The Governor, as ex- officio President of the Board, is given power to ap.
point certain officers mentioned in Sec. 2929. In effect, the Governor has
absolute control of this Board, he being one of its members and having
power to appoint the Citizen Member.
Section 2929, Revised Code of 1928, above referred to, was amended
by an Act approved March 17, 1931. ( See Session Laws 1931, pp. 220- 21).
This Amendment provided that the Governor, as ex- officio President of the
Board, should appoint the following officers, who should receive salaries
as follows:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS Co
. $ 3,600.00
3,000.00
1,800.00
3,000.00
3,600.. 00
2,400.. 00
2,000.00
2,000.00
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
Resident Physician, Insane HospitaL ....
Superintendent of Industrial SchooL.
Assistant Superintendent of Industrial SchooL
Superintendent, Arizona Pioneers' Home...
Superintendent, State Prison.. .
Assistant Superintendent, State Prison.
Secretary of State Prison.
Physician at State Prison ....
32
33
$ 10,000.00~
\,
ARIZONA OF STATE
TOTAL .
Salary of Citizen Member .
Printing and Publishing Reports...............
Publishing Minutes of Board, and Bids for Supplies.
Office Expenses and Clerk Hire....
Traveling Expenses .
The appropriations to this Department ( under the name of Board of
vv'''----'' for the Fiscal Year 1916- 17, were as follows:
( Session Laws 1915, 1st Special Session, pp. 13 and 14)
2,400.00
1,500.00
2,000.00
2,100.00
2,000.00
NS
Instit
Code 0
100.00
2,380.00
200.00
4,800.00
2,400.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
900.00
100.00
2,330.00
200.00
4,800.00 $
2,400.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
.........$ 10,800.00 $ 10,800.00
The appropriations to this Department for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32
1932- 33 are as follows: ( See pp.. 376- 377, Session Laws of 1931).
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES
Secretary
Bookkeeper ......
Stenographer
Order Clerk .
F; or Operation
For Travel................
For Capital Investment:
Automobile '" .
Other Capital Investment
le Stat
[ Execu
I Schoo
ory an
Citize
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allowe
It fixes
by law.
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TOTAL ApPROPRIATION .... .. $ 14,330.00 $ 13,480.00
The Arizona Blue Book for 1931- 32, p, 104, shows the following per ·
sons in this Department:
00
00
00
DO
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) 0
JO
) 0
C. M. Zander, Secretary.....
J. T. Hovland, Bookkeeper.
Lucile Witten, Order Clerk.
Mabel A. Blake, Stenographer...
. $ 4,800.00
2,400() O
1,800.00
1,8:) 0.. 00
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34 HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
BOARD OF DIREC'rORS OF STATE INS'rITUTIONS
FREE EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT
$ 4,050.00
1,050.00
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
. $ 4,050,, 00
.... 1,050.00
...... $ 5,100.00 $ 5,100.00
..... · H. . $ 2,100.00 $ 2,100.00
1,800.00 1,800,, 00
150.00 150.00
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES .
For Operation _..
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION..
Director
Stenographer
Janitor
The personnel and salaries in this Department for the years
are as shown on page 108, in the Arizona Blue Book for that year.
This Department having been created subsequent to 1916- 17, no ap.
propriation shows in that year.
The appropriation to this Department for the Fiscal Years 1931- 3
and 1932- 33, as shown on pp. 391 and 392 of the Session Laws of 1931, is " Y
as follows: a
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions;
Statutory provision for a Free Employment Office was first made i
the Laws of 1917. The provision will be found in the existing laws, fh
Sec. 2931, Revised Code of 1928. This Section provides that the Boar of
of Directors of State Institutions shall establish and maintain free e
ployment offices in the State, to be conducted in co- operation with an
under the established rules and regulations of the Department of Labor Y
of the United States. S'
35
$ 2,400.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,800.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
900.00
1,500.00
7,560.00
1,800.00
6,000,, 00
500,, 00
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
... $ 2,400.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,800.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
900.00
1,500.00
7,560.00
1,800.00
6,000.00
500.00
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
Custodian
Watchman
Watchman
Watchman
Watchman
Engineer
Elevator Operator.
Elevator Operator ..
Maid
Porter .
Janitors: 7 @ $ 1,080.00 each.
Head Gardener .
Gardeners: 5 @ $ 1,200.00 each.......
Day Labor ( Periodic) ...
Subdivision- CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
The care and control of the State Capitol Buildings and Grounds is
in the Board of Directors of State Institutions, under the provisions
Chap. 70, Revised Code of 1928, Sees. 2918 to 2945, inclusive.
The appropriation for this Subdivision of the Board for the Fiscal
1916- 17, is set out below: ( See p. 19, Session Laws of 1915, First
Session) .
Maintenance, upkeep, and repairs of State Capitol Build · · ·
ings and Grounds..... .. $ 15,000,, 00
The appropriation for this Subdivision of the Board for the Fiscal
1931- 32 and 1932- 33 will be found on p. 383, Session Laws of 1931,
follows:
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
). 00
). 00
.00
he 21st
, I Year
s
f
10.00
0.00
0.00
st
: ONS
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES
For Operation
For Capital Investment .
For Repairs and Replacements
.....................$ 30,860.00
22,740.00
1,800.20
1,500.00
$ 30,860.00
22,740.00
1,500.00
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION....... . ................. ~$ 56,90020 $ 55,10000
Also, special appropriation for deficit ( Laws
1931, p. 59)..... _.. . $ 19,883.30
The personnel of this Subdivision of the Board for the year 1931- 32,
is set out on page 113 of the Arizona Blue Book for the yf'ar mentioned.
Section 1562 provides for the appointment of a State Highway Engi.
neer, and prescribes his powers and duties. His salary is fixed by the
Commission.
Section 1576 sets up a State Highway Fund, and specifies the revenues
which shall accrue to said fund.
Section 1577 specifies the uses to which the Highway Fund may be put.
Section 1575 provides that the State Highway Fund shall be in custody
of the Treasurer. It also provides that there shall be levied and col · ·
lected annually for use of the State Highway Department a tax of one
mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of the State.
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HISTORICAL ANALYSIS --_.---------..:
ARIZONA S1' ATE HIGH\ VAY COMMISSION
Section 1559, R.. C. 1928, prescribes the qualifications for members of
this Commission, and fixes their salaries at $ 15.00 per day, not exceeding
one hundred days in anyone year, together with actual traveling expenses.
The powers and duties of this Commission are set out in Section 1561,
R. C. 1928.
Section 1578 defines the fiscal year under which the Department
operate, and provides further as follows:
"***** Prior to the last Monday in May of each year, the tax
commission of the state and the state engineer, shall meet at the
office of the tax commission and estimate the amounts of revenue,
separately stated by name, that will accrue to the department
under the provisions of this chapter and from every other source,
including any unexpended and unincumbered balance remaining
in the fund from the preceding fiscal year, and on said date shall
certify to the highway commission and to the auditor and treas.. ·
urer of the state the amount of such estimates. Such estimate
shall be entered on the books of the department, the auditor and
the treasurer, and shall constitute the total appropriation for
the whole sum of money available to the department for expenditure
during the ensuing fiscal year. *****"
This Commission is a legislative creation, originally set up in 1927'
The statutory provisions which govern its operations are found in Chapte~
31, " Highways", Revised Code of 1928.
Section 1557, R. C. 1928, provides that the " highways of the
State shall be administered by the Arizona Highway Department.
The control of the Department is vested in the Arizona State
Highway Commission. The Commission shall consist of five members
who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The terms of office of the
members after the first membership, shall be six years, and shall
expire on January 31st of each odd numbered year hereafter, · - two
of each at the first, two at the second, and one at the third
odd numbered year."
36
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE 37
It will be noted that Section 1578 constitutes a continuing annual aplJr,()
plriaticm for use of the Highway Department, of the entire estimated
accruing to said Department. Because of this continuing appro~
and because of the right of this Department to expend all of its
as it may see fit, the State Highway Commission does not have
come to the Legislature annually for a general appropriation. It does
to the Legislature, however, for special appropriations.
Section 1629, R. C. 1928, sets up a Motor Vehicle Division within the
Department" Ensuing Sections define the powers and duties of
Motor Vehicle Division. Among other things, it issues auto licenses,
certificates, etc., and collects the tax upon petroleum pro-
Section 1672, R. C. 1928, sets up a scale of motor vehicle fees. This
was subsequently rewritten by a general amendment of the HighLaw
included in an Act approved March 18, 1931, which wiII be
in Session Laws of 1931, pp. 265- 280, inclusive. Section 1672, as
amencled by this Act, will be found on p. 269, Session Laws of 1931.
The several Sections of Article VI, Chapter 31, R" C. 1928, provide
the levy and administration of a tax upon motor fuel. This is usually
as the gas tax.
Section 1674, R. C. 1928, provided for a gasoline tax of 4c per gal.
Section was amended in 1931, the amendment providing for a tax of
per gal. up to January 31, 1933, and a tax of 4c per gal. thereafter.
Section 1674, R. C. 1928, provided for the distribution of the aforegasoline
tax as follows: Five- eighths to the State Highway Departthree-
eighths to the several Counties in proportion to the amount
said tax received from the respective Counties.
Section 1674, above ref~ rred to, was amended by an Act approved
30, 1931, which provided that the gas tax should be 5c per gal.
until January 31, 1933, and 4c per gal. thereafter. This amendment also
the respective allotments of the Highway Department and the
Counties from this tax, as follows: ( See pp. 5- 6, Session Laws of 1931).
" From the date this act becomes effective,. to and including
the 31st day of January, 1933, the superintendent shall promptly
pay three- tenths, and from and after the 1st day of February,
1933, three- eighths, of all such money to the several county treasurers
of the state in proportion to the amount of such tax received
from the respective counties, which shall be used by the
counties as may be determined by the boards of supervisors thereof,
for the construction, improvement or maintenance of county
highways or bridges, and from the date this act becomes effective
to and including the 31st day of January, 1933, seven- tenths,
and thereafter five- eighths of said license taxes to the state treasurer,
who shall deposit the same in the state highway fund.
****** "
revenues
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exceedin
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$ 7,628,776.32
Amounts Collected from Sources Other than Direct
Property Tax or Federal Aid ."". __...... 2,704,129,, 01
Federal Aid ".,._" 3,559,701.51
The receipts credited to State Highway Fund for the Fiscal Year
1931- 32, as shown by the typewritten statement put out by the Highway
Department for this fiscal year ( page 1, of said statement), were as
follows:
~---
650,000,00
50,000,, 00
,$ 714,945.80
650,000.00
, .... ,.,.$ 7,628,776.32
",$ 15,437,, 28
5,105,, 26
15,239.64
5,917,52
31,114.93&' '
2,581,314.38, '
.. 3,559,701.51
,,' 714,945.80
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
TOTAL.
City of Florence- Federal Aid Project 94- A
City of Winslow- Federal Aid Project 66.
Southern Pacific R. C, Participation .'" ,
Refunds
Collections "'" ...
Motor Vehicle Division Collections .".,...... ,.... ,.....
Federal Aid .,."" .
Mill Tax Appropriation 1930- 3L
Mill Tax Advance Fiscal Year 1931 · , 32, Journal
Transfer, ( Special Tax Levy)
Return of Imprest" ,.",...,
An analysis of the foregoing figures shows the following:
Amount Derived from Direct Property Tax:
Mill Levy . ..... _ .
Special Levy ,...
38
Any study of the State Highway Department requires a knowledge
of the revenues accruing to said Department. The receipts of the High.,
way Department for the Fiscal Years 1930, · 31 and 1931- 32, are therefore
set out, same being as follows:
The receipts credited to the State Highway Fund for the Fiscal Year
1930- 31, as shown by the report of the State Auditor for that year ( there
is no later report), were as follows: ( See p" 16, Auditor's Report 1930.
31).
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
7.28
5.26
). 64
i. 52
1.93t ., f
.. 38, c/ ·
.51
.80
REVENUES:
Tax Levy
Federal Aid
Gasoline Tax
Motor Vehicle Registrations
Certificate of Title Fees .
Common Carrier Tax....
Chauffeur's License Fees.
Operator's License Fees
Distributor's License Fees
Used Car Dealers' Licenses.
Holders
Penalty Fees .....
Approval Fees
......$ 2,292,891.83
546,089.63
53,429.00
38,012.48
13,623.00
15,068.00
641.00
1,144.00
116.90
464.67
128.00
$ 24,729.24
3,554,895.44
2,961,608.51
,00
00
32
Railroad Participations.. . " .
County Participations " .
Sales & Rentals
Special Appropriations............ . .
Fund Balance from Previous Fiscal Year..
11,149.58
1,655.00
14,031.75
99,964.18
442,378.33
TOTAL DIRECT REVENUE .. . $ 7,110,412.03
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In the statement of revenues for the Fiscal Year 1930- 31, ( p. 38 here,
no separation is made of the gas tax collection from collections from
other sources made by the Motor Vehicle Department, the entire collecof
this Department being stated as $ 2,581,314.38. It should be re..
memb, eried, however, that whatever part of this sum represented the gas
it represented only that part retained for use of the Highway Department,
the remaining part having been credited to the several Counties
the State.
In the statement of the Highway Department for the Fiscal Year
1931- 32, the gas tax is segregated from other revenues, and stated as
$ 2,292,891.83. This, of course, represents only seven- tenths of the entire
tax which was collected, the remaining three- tenths having gone to the
Counties of the State. The total net gas tax collected by the
Highway Department for its own use and for the use of the several Coun · ,
of the State, was therefore $ 3,275,559.00.
The State Tax Commission is a legislative creation, set up in Sec.
tions 1, 2, and 3, Chapter 23, Laws of 1912, carried forward into Revised
Statutes of 1913 as Sections 4820, 4821, and 4822.
The statutory provisions regarding the Tax Commission, as they now
exist, are found in Chapter 75, " Taxation", Revised Code of 1928, and in
an Act approved March 19, 1931, which charged the Tax Commission With
certain new duties. This Act is generally known as " Senate Bill Number
116", and is the Act, the first fourteen Sections of which have been re.
ferred to a vote of the people at the fall election of 1932.
Section 3056, Revised Code of 1928, creates the State Tax Commis.
sion, composed of three members elected by the people, one member being
elected every two years. The term of office is six years.
The duties and powers of the Tax Commission are prescribed by the
various Sections of Chapter 75, Revised Code of 1928.
Section 3063, Revised Code of 1928, makes the State Tax Commission
also a " State Board of Equalization". The duties and powers of the State
Board of Equalization are set out in Sections 3063 et seq.
Section 2791, Revised Code of 1928, fixed the salary of the members
of the Tax Commission at $ 3,000 per annum. By an Act approved Janu.
ary 3, 1929, effective first Monday in J anaury, 1929, Session Laws of 1929,
pp. 468 and 469, the salary of the members of this Commission was
raised to $ 4,500 per annum.
Under the provisions of Section 12, of the Act, approved March 19,
1931, generally known as " Senate Bill Number 116", the members of the
State Tax Commission serving under the provisions of said Act as a Per ·
manent State Board of Tax Survey, are entitled to receive an additional
salary of $ 1,500.00.
The appropriations for support of the Tax Commission for the Fiscal
Year 1916- 17, as shown in Session Laws of 1915, First Special Session,
pp. 8 and 9, were as follows:
._--.....
9,000.00
2,400.00
1,200.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
2,000.00
300.00
. $ 17,900.00
............................. $
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
STATE TAX COMMISSION
TOTAL .
Salaries of Commissioners
Salary of Secretary .
Salary of Clerk........ . ..
Salaries of Other Employees .
Traveling Expenses. . .
Office Expenses .
Expenses as State Board of Equalization.....
40
ARIZONA DEPARTM: ENTS OF STATE 41
The appropriation to this Department for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32
1932- 33, as shown on page 417, Session Laws of 1931, is as follows:
up in
nto Revise
For Salaries and Wages for the following
positions: For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year'
3 @ $ 3,000.00 each. .' ...$ 9,000.00
3 @ $ 3,750.00 each.
, s they no
928, and i
Lission wit
iII Numbe
re been re
Commissioners,
Commissioners,
Secretary
Accountant .,..,..,.,.,.,.,.,..' , ,..' , " , ,.., .
Stenographers, 2 @ $ 1,800.00 each.,.,.,..,..
Reporter and Transcript Fees ( Periodic) .,.
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,600.00
500.00
$ 11,250.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,600.00
500.00
The personnel of this Department in 1931- 32 is shown on page 19 of
the Arizona Blue Book for said year.
I{ Commis
nber bein
led by the
) mmission
the State
members
' ed Januof
1929,
lion was
arch 19,
s of the
s a Perlditional
~ Fiscal
Session,
.00
.00
.00
00
00
00
~ o
10
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES,
For Operation .,.. ,., ,
For Travel ." ".
For Capital Investment
ToTAL APPROPRIATIONS...,.,., ......"
----
$ 19,100.00 $ 21,350.00
$ 1,700.00 $ 2,100.00
3,200.00 3,200.00
150.00 150.00
---- -----
...,$ 24,150.00 $ 26,800.00
---- -----
TAX SURVEY COMMISSION
PERMANENT STATE BOARD OF TAX SURVEY
This appropriation is made subject to the condition that the above
salaries be paid to members of the Tax Commission and is exempted from
the provisions of Section 2 of this Act; furthermore, in the event that the
duties of the Tax Survey Board, as now prescribed by statute, are vested
in any other board or body, then the salaries, as herein provided, shall not
be paid out of this appropriation, but the same shall revert to the general
fund.
tJ
a
c
1
€
p
tc
c
2,250.00
For the 21st
Fiscal Year
.. ....$ 4,500.00 $ 2,250.00
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION
4-_ 2 ...__._-_.._----_._------------
The Tax Survey Commission and the Permanent State Board of Tax
Survey were set up by the Legislature to carry out the provisions of an
Act approved March 19, 1931, which will be found in Session Laws of
1931, pp. 293 to 327, inclusive. This Act was generally known as " Senate
Bill No. 116."
The general purpose of the Act was to bring about a survey of all
taxable property within the State, and to provide a new and more modern
method of assessing and collecting taxes within the State..
This Act was much criticized, and became the subject of a referen.
dum, which will appear on the ballot at the fall election of 1932. The referendum
covers the first fourteen Sections of the Bill.
Section 2, of the Bill, provides for a statewide tax survey to be conducted
under the direction of a special tax survey commission consisting
of three leading and representative citizens of the State to be appointed
by the Governor. The term of office of the Commission expires June 30,
1933. The members receive actual traveling expenses, and $ 15.00 per day
for not exceeding one hundred days in anyone year.
Section 8, of the Act, appropriates the sum of $ 250,000.. 00 to carry
out its purposes, particularly the making of a statewide tax survey.
Section 12, of the Act, creates a Permanent State Board of Tax Survey,
to consist of three members, at an annual salary of $ 1,500.00 each.
Section 13, of the Act, reads in part as follows:
" The members of the State Tax Commission, as at present or
hereafter composed, shall constitute the Permanent State Board
of Tax Survey."
In the General Appropriation Bill for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32 and
1932- 33, an appropriation appear!> for " Board of Tax Survey," as shown on
p. 418, Session Laws of 1931, as follows:
For Salaries and Wages for the following
positions: F~~;~ N2;~
Three members @ $ 1,500.00 each $ 4,500.00
Three members @ $ 750.00 each ( Periodic)
43
SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
The State Banking Department, in its present form, was created by
laws of 1922, amended by the laws of 1923 and 1927.. The powers
duties of this Department and of the Superintendent of Banks in
of said Department, are set forth in Chap. 8, Revised Code of
The Arizona Banking Department was originally in charge of the
Auditor, who was, by virtue of his office, Bank Comptroller.
This Department was and still is a legislative creation. It is not a
COllst: itutioloal Department.
In the beginning the Bank Comptroller received certain specified fees,
be collected from examined banks, as his compensation.
Section 286, Revised Code of 1913, authorized the Comptroller to apexaminers.
The Department is in charge of a " Superintendent of Banks", to be
by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
to serve for a term of four years. ( Sec. 210, Revised Code, 1928).
The Superintendent, by and with the advice and consent of the Govappoints
one or more examiners for two- year terms, subject to
removal by the Superintendent at will. ( Sec. 211, Revised Code 1928).
Sec. 269, Revised Code of 1928, fixes the salary of the Superintendent
Banks at $ 5,000 per annum, together with his actual and necessary
expenses. It provides that the Deputy Chief Examiner shall
receive $ 3,600 per annum, and that four Bank Examiners shall receive
$ 3,000 per annum each, and one Inspector $ 3,000 per annum.
For the Fiscal Year 1916- 17, the Legislature made the following appropriations:
( Session Laws 1915, First Special Session, p. 8).
Salary of one State Bank Examiner $ 2,400.00
Traveling Expenses of State Bank Examiner 2,000,, 00
and
non
Surch.
carry
TOTAL... $ 4,400.00
) ve
om
; he
; ed
lOt
' al
For the Fiscal Years 1931- 32 and 1932- 33, the appropriations for
support of this Department were as follows: ( See p. 373, Session Laws,
1931) .
The Arizona Blue Book for 1931- 32, page 102, shows the personnel of
this Department as for said year.
All of the present employees of the Department are men, with the
exception of the Accountant Stenographer, who is a woman.
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
.....$ 26,475.00 $ 26,475.00
$ 5,000.00
3,600.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,400.00
$ 20,000.00
$ 1,415.00
4,810.00
250.00
---
5,000.00
3,600.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,400.00
For the 20th For the 21Bt
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
..$
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION .
Superintendent
Chief Deputy .
Deputy .
Deputy .
Inspector .
Accountant and Stenographer
For Salaries and Wages for the following
positions:
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES $ 20,000.00
For Operation 1,415.00
For Travel................. 4,810.00
For Capital Investment.. 250.00
44
45
STATE EXAMINER
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF, STATE
This office is a legislative creation. It was first set up by Section 1,
" 1., n~' · "" 17, Laws of 1912; carried forward into the Revised Statutes of
as Section 118 thereof.
The present statutory law with respect to this office is contained in
68, Sections 2909 to 2912, inclusive, Revised Code of 1928.
Section 2909 provides that, " a State Examiner who shall be a skillful
aCCOUl: lta, nt, * * * * * shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the
and consent of the Senate for a two- years term."
Section 2910 defines the powers and duties of the Examiner. He is
l'ecmiJred to order and enforce a correct and uniform system of bookkeeping
by County officers, etc. He is required to ascertain the character and
financi~ LI standing of sureties on the official bonds of County officers, and
reject unsatisfactory sureties; to require of County Treasurers and
of County funds verified statements of their accounts; personvisit
each County Seat of the State without notice and at irregular
: n, · "...",,' I,,; and investigate the books, accounts and vouchers of all County
Precinct officers, etc., etc. He is required to report to the Governor
result of his examinations as often as required by the public interest.
Section 2912 provides that the Examiner shall, on or before the fourth
Monday of December of each year, make a written report to the Governor
his action, embodying therein an abstract of the conditions and statistics
of the several institutions as ascertained by him.
Section 2912 fixes the salary of the State Examiner at $ 2,500 per
annum, together with necessary traveling, clerical, and office expenditures.
e 21st
Year
h
.00
,00
00
00
0.00
0.00
). 00
l. OO
1.00
1.00
) 0
The appropriation for support of this office for the Fiscal Year 191617,
as disclosed on pages 10 and 11, Session Laws of 1915, First Special
Session, is as follows:
Salary
Traveling Expenses '" '.' .., '.. ,' .
Deputy, and his traveling expense
TOTAL...
..$ 2,500.00
1,600.00
.. ." .." ,.. 1,500.00
.. ,. ,." $ 5,600.00
The personnel and salaries in this Department for the year
are shown on page 101 of the Arizona Blue Book for said year, and
as set out below:
c
a
VI
l~
E
L
tl
p:
C
tJp.
3,000.00
2,500.00
4,600.. 00
1,800.00
$ 11,900.00
350.00
5,600.00
100.00
..... $ 3,000.00
2,500.00
.................. 4,600.. 00
1,800.00
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
$ 11,900.00
500.00
5,600.00
100.. 00
_.-._- -_._- \'
.....$ 18,100.00 $ 17,950.00
Salaries
... .. . State Examiner
..... Chief Deputy State Examiner
....................... Deputy State Examiner
............. Deputy State Examiner
..... Stenographer
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
Examiner $ 3,000.00 $
Chief Deputy.... 2,500.00
Deputies, 2 @ $ 2,300.00 each.. 4,600.00
Stenographer.. .. .. 1,800.00
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES...
For Operation
For Travel
For Capital Investment
W. W. Brookner .
E. J. TrippeL
H. H. Boyer .
Frank J. Vaughan.
Pearl Johnston.....
State Examiner .
Chief Deputy Examiner
2 Deputy State Examiners @ $ 2,300...
Stenographer .
46
The appropriation for this office for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32 an
1932- 33, as shown on pp. 408 and 409, Session Laws of 1931, is as follows
For Salaries and Wages for the following
positions:
47
LEGISLATI\' E EXAMINER
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
This office is a legislative creation.. It was established by an Act of
Ninth Legislature, approved March 9, 1929. ( Session Laws 1929,
119).
The Act above mentioned provided that the President of the Senate,
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the ApprollrJ.
atJon Committee of the Senate, and the Chairman of the Appropriation
COlmnlitltee of the House of Representatives of the State Legislature, should
a Legislative Examiner" The term of office provided by the Act
six years, unless the Examiner should be removed sooner by the Legis- ·
provided, however, that the term of office of the First Legislative
EJl: anairler should terminate at the close of the regular session of the 12th
The salary of the Examiner was fixed at $ 6,000 per annum, together
his necessary traveling and hotel expenses while absent from the
city in the performance of duty..
The Legislative Examiner has power and authority to audit the books
accounts of the various Departments of State and State Institutions,
of all officers of the state government for which an appropriation of
is made by the Legislature.
It is the duty of the Examiner to submit to each Legislature at the
be! S'inni: ng of the regular session, a detailed report of the conditions of the
Departments of State, etc., and of the manner in which the moneys
aPJprclpria1; ed by the Legislature have been and are being expended. He
also required to submit to the Legislature such data as may be helpful
making appropri~ tions"
Within the limits of the appropriation for his Department, the Examiner
has the right to employ assistants and stenographers, and to incur
such expense in the conduct of his office as may be necessary to carry out
purposes of the Act.
Section 9, of the Act creating this Department, made an appropriation
of $ 15,000 for each of the Fiscal Years 1929, · , 30 and 1930- 31, for the
support of this office.
The appropriation for support of this Department for the Fiscal
Years 1931 · , 32 and 1932 · , 33, as it appears on page 399, Session Laws of
1931, was as follows:
er
er
o
)
l
l
0.00
0.00
J. OO
). 00
00.00
JO. OO
lO. OO
W. OO
; he 21st
tI Year
1.00
NOTE: The Governor vetoed the above appropriation in its entirety.
The personnel of this Department for the Fiscal Year 1931- 32, as
shown on page 101 of the Arizona Blue Book for that year, is as follows:
'-----_._---------..---------------. HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
c
VI'
a
S
de
N
b'
6,000.00
3,600.00
2,400.00
1,800.00
1,200.00
For the 21st
Fiscal Year'
$ 15,000.00
3,000.00
750.00
75.00
$ 6,000.00 $
3,600.00
2,400.00
1,800.00
1,200.00
..$ 16,525.00 $ 18,825.00
............. $ 15,000.00
700.00
750.00
75.00
................................. Examiner
. , ,.,.. . Assistant Examiner
. . Accountant
. Stenographer
For Salaries and Wages for the following
positions: ~ f: c~ rei~~:
Examiner
Assistant Examiner , , .
Accountant ..
Stenographer
Special Assistants ( Periodic) .. ,.
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES..
For Operation
For Travel
For Capital Investment
TOTAL APPROPRIATION.....
A. M. Crawford .
F. R. Duffy...............
Agnes B. Welch ...
Ruby Stanley
48
Sections 2641 and 2642 relate to the farm loan mortgages authorized
Section 2640.
49
STATE LOAN BOARD
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
These statutory prOVISIOns were first set up in Chapter 5, Laws of
Second Special Session. Neither the original law, nor Sec. 2640 of
Revised Code of 1928 refer to the State Officials therein named as a
State Loan Board, or as a Board of any kind. Nevertheless, the State
Loan Board, so far as it has statutory existence, doubtless consists of the
Treasurer, the Governor, and the Secretary of State.
This Board should not be confused with the Loan Commissioners of
the State, which is a Board expressly set up in Sec. 2646, Revised Code of
Arizona, consisting of the Governor, State Auditor, and State Treasurer,
with functions entirely different from the Board ( if it is a Board), set
up by Sec. 2640.
For convenience, it will be assumed that the " State Loan Board" is
the one set up in Sec. 2640, with authority to invest the permanent funds
of the State, as above mentioned.
The Report which the State Treasurer made to the Governor for the
Fiscal Year 1930- 31, shows that at the close of said Fiscal Year a total
of $ 1,061,277.87 was then outstanding in farm loans. It shows that the
money for these loans came from the permanent school fund and from
other trust funds derived from lease and sale of state lands. It also shows
that during the Fiscal Year above mentioned only $ 24,764.51 was collected
upon the principal of these loans, and only $ 11,401.36 collected upon in · ..
terest of said loans. This data is set out on pages 10 and 11 of the type · ..
written report rendered by the State Treasurer to the Governor. No
printed report has been issued.
The Statutes provide that interest on these farm loans cannot be at
a less rate than 6% per annum. ( See Sec. 2640, R. C. of 1928). It is
therefore clear that at least five- sixths of the interest due upon said
loans for the Fiscal Year 1930- 31 was delinquent and unpaid at the date
This Department is a creation of the Legislature.
So far as the compiler hereof has been able to ascertain, the Statutes
not give the name " State Loan Board" to any Department of State.
NevelrthelE~ ss, this name is used in the general appropriation bills passed
recent Legislatures making appropriations for its support.
Section 2640, Revised Code of 1928, provides that the State Treasurer,
the approval of the Governor and Secretary of State, shall invest
moneys in the permanent funds of the State in bonds of the United
* * * * or first mortgages on improved farm lands within the State,
cu: lti17al; ea for at least five years, etc.., etc.
o
21st
I( eal'
00
) 0
) 0
10
1.00
.00
.00
,00
00
$ 600.00
17,500.00
2,500.00
FOI the 21st
Fiscal Year
For the 20th
Fiscal Year
... $ 600.00 $ 600.. 00
WAGES___$ 600.00
._ 17,500.00
...... .....__ 2,500.00
............................................... $ 20,600.00 $ 20,600.00
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
TOTAL SALARIES AND
For Operation _....
For Travel
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION
Stenographer ( Periodic)
50
There is no specific authority i,!!.. the Statutes for the State Loan
Board to incur expenses of any kind.
The compiler hereof finds no appropriation for support of this Board
in the Fiscal Year 1916- 17.
of the report. It is almost a matter of notoriety that the more than 0
million dollars invested by the State Loan Board in farm mortgages Wi
be almost a total loss.
The appropriation for the support of the State Loan Board for the
Fiscal Years 1931- 32 and 1932 · · 33, as it appears on pp. 411 and 412, Ses_
sion Laws of 1931, is as follows:
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
By an Act of the Legislature, approved March 18, 1925, relating to
delinquency in and protection of the farm loans made from permanent
funds of the State, a " revolving fund" of $ 10,000 was appropriated to
" defray the expenses of the State Loan Board, and for the proper preser_
vation of all properties upon which the State has mortgages." ( Laws of
1925, pp. 195, 196).
NOTE: The item of $ 17,500 in the appropriation for each of the
above years was vetoed by the Governor, with the explanation
that it was intended for use in payment of delinquent taxes
upon lands mortgaged to the State, and that because of the
adoption of a certain law by the Tenth Legislature, money for
that purpose was no longer needed.
The personnel of the State Loan Board for the Fiscal Year 1931- 32
is shown 011 page 101 of the Arizona Blue Book for that year.
The personnel of the Commission for the Fiscal Year 1931- 32, is
shown on page 101, Arizoila Blue Book for the year mentioned.
51
500.00
500.00
FO! the 21st
Fiscal Year
$
500.00
500,, 00
FO! the 20th
Fiscal Year
$
Bond Ex · -
$ 1,000,. 00 $ 1,000,, 00
LOAN COMMISSION
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
For Operation
For Travel ( Tax Anticipation
pense, Delivery of Bonds) .__.__
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION
This Commission is a legislative creation, first set up under the proof
Sections 1, 2, and 14, Chapter 29, Laws of 1912, First Special
carried forward into the Revised Statutes of 1913 as Sections
5252 and 5264. The present statutory provisions regarding the Comare
found in Chapter 60, Public Finances, Sec" 2646 et seq.
This Commission consists of the Governor, the State Auditor, and
Treasurer. The purpose of the Commission is defined in Sec. 2646,
Code of 1928, as follows:
" They shall provide for the payment of the State indebtedness
due, and to become due, now existing, or hereafter authorized;
and for the purpose of paying, redeeming, and refunding all
or any part of the principal and interest of the same, from time
to time, issue negotiable coupon bonds of the State when they can
be issued at a lower rate of interest than previously paid or when
to the profit and benefit of the State."
The succeeding Sections of the Revised Code of 1928 specify certain
things which the Commission may do from time to time involving advertis- expense,
etc" The Statutes do not seem to give any specific authority
the expenditure of money by the Commission, but the authority may
be inferred.
There does not appear to have been any specific appropriation for
support of this Commission for the Fiscal Year 1916- 17. Nevertheless,
the Report of the State Auditor for that year shows an item of " Loan
Commission Expense" amounting to $ 842.50. ( See 6th Annual Report
State Auditor, page 16)"
The appropriation for support of this Commission for the Fiscal Years
1931- 32 and 1932- 33, as shown on p. 401, Session Laws of 1931, is as
follows:
00
lst
~ aI
e
ns
e
I'
) 0
00
00
00
The appropriation to this Department for the Fiscal Year 1916- 17
was as follows: ( Session Laws 1915, First Special Ses" ion, p. 15) .
The appropriations to this Department for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32
and 1932- 33 are as follows: ( See pp. 377 and 378, Session Laws of 1931).
This Board is a legislative creation, established by the Laws of 1913.
( See Title XLI, Chap. 1, Sees. 4367 et seq.). It then, as now, consisted
of the Governor, the Attorney General, and a Superintendent of Public
Health appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate"
...........$ 5,000.00
BOARD OF HEALTH
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
.......$ 1,000.00
1,000.00
., ..,.",.,:.. """., ,,,,,,,,,., "."""""., ,,'." ,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3,000.00
TOTAL
Salary
Salary of Registrar
Office Expense
The above referred to laws were amended by an Act approved March
5, 1921, by adding a section to be known as 2680a, reading as follows:
( Session Laws of 1931, pp. 73 and 74).
" The expenses of the board shall be paid out of a fund con · ·
sisting of legislative appropriations for that purpose, and of re · ·
ceipts from whatever source placed to the credit of such fund.
The state treasurer is authorized to receive and disburse money
given or donated to or provided for the state board of health by
any person, town, city, benevolent institution, or other agency,
for the purpose of enabling the board to engage in health demonstration
work in the state, and any money that is received in this
manner by the state treasurer shall be placed in the treasury to
the credit of the state board of health, and shall be disbursed as
other funds for such board are disbursed."
The creation, powers, and duties of this Board, as now established,
are set out in Chap. 61 of the Revised Code of 1928, Sees. 2678 et seq.
The Governor is President of the Board, and the Attorney General is
Vice- President. They receive no compensation, but are allowed mileage
and other expenses. The Superintendent receives an annual salary of
$ 1,000.00.
52
53
3,800.00
2,100.00
2,000.00
1,600.00
1,800.00
1,500.00
$ 12,800.00
3,650.00
1,650.00
200.00
.... $ 3,800.00
..... 2,100.00
2,000.00
1,800.00
...... 1,800.00
1,500.00
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year FiBeal Year
...$ 12,800.00
3,475.00
1,650.00
200.00
............. $ 18,125.00 $ 18,300.00
Registrar
. ..... $ 3,800.00 $
2,100.00
2,000.00
................ 1,600.00
1,800.00
1,500.00
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
Supt. of Public Health and State
of Vital Statistics .
Secretary .....
Asst. Secretary and Statistician..
Stenographer
Bookkeeper
Clerk ...
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION .
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES
For Operation .
For Travel
For . Capital Investment.
The Arizona Blue Book for 1931- 32, p. 109, shows the following perin
this Department:
Charles W. SuIt, Superintendent
Gertrude B. Leeper, Executive Secy..
Mary E. Young, Statistician.
Edw. L. Shaw, Bookkeeper
Dorothy Baker, Stenographer
Muriel Ritter, Clerk ...
------~--------_._----_.._.__._------_.._-
el.
y
y
r,
lso
S
1-
This appears to be a Department of the State Board of Health, and
is of course a legislative creation.
The above appropriations were made " subject to the condition that at
least a like amount be expended within this State by some co.. operating
agency."
$ 2,250.00
8,400.00
900.00
$ 11,550.00
350.00
3,100.00
2,250,. 00
8,400.00
900.00
FOl the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Yeal Fiscal Year
._---- _._--
..... .$ 15,000,, 00 $ 15,000,, 00
.... $ 11,550.00
350.00
3,000.00
100.00
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
BOARD OF HEAL'l'H- CHILD HYGIENE
Epidemiologist
Nurses, 8 @ $ 1,050 each .
Stenographer....... . .
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES
For Operation ..
For Travel .
For Capital Investment.
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION.
54
So far as the compiler hereof can discover, this Department was set
up to administer funds coming to the State Health Department under the
provisions of an Act approved March 5, 1931, amending Section 2680,
Revised Code of 1928, providing for a fund to consist of legislative appro.
priations and receipts from any other sources, which fund is described as
" Board of Health Fund".
The legislative appropriations for this fund for Fiscal Years 1931- 32
and 1932- 33, as set out on pp" 378 and 379, Session Laws of 1931, are as
follows:
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
CHILD WELFAHE BOAHD
The appropriation for support is made subject to the condition that
is to be used solely for the support of mothers and children as provided
Article 2, Chapter 40, Revised Code of 1928, and no part of said appro-
55
For the 21st
Fiscal Year
40,000.00
$ 1,800.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
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1,800.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
250.00
40,000.00
For the 20th
Fiscal Year
$ 1,800.00 $ 1,800.00
.......................$ 43,550.00 $ 43,300.00
ARIZONA DEPARTM: ENTS OF STATE
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
Secretary
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES... . .............$
For Operation
For Travel of County Investigators..
For Travel, Board and Secretary .
For Capital Investment .
For Support ._.
This Board is a legislative creation. It was set up by the provisions
Chapter 53, Laws of 1921.
structure, powers, and duties of this Board, under the existing
will be found in Sees. 1943 to 1953, inclusive, Revised Code of
The Board consists of three members, to be appointed by the Goverfor
two- year terms. At least two members of the Board must be
Members serve without compensation, except reimbursement for
and necessary expenses incurred in traveling, etc.. The Board elects
Chairman and Secretary. The Secretary is to receive a salary not ex$
1,800.00 per annum, together with actual and necessary traveling
exrlenses incurred when . actually engaged in performing the duties of the
The Board has control of the persons of all orphans, waifs, and de · ·
np. l111€ mt children under the age of 16 years, within the State, to the exprovided
by the several paragraphs of the Law. ( Sec. 1944, Revised
of 1928).
Board is charged with the right and duty to relieve widowed or
ab: m< iolJled mothers. ( Sees.. 1950 et seq., Revised Code of 1928).
The appropriation for support of this Board for the Fiscal Years
and 1932- 33, as set out on page 384, Session Laws of 1931, is as
lst
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10
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) 0
) 0
) 0
priation for support shall be used for the payment of Salaries, Opera,
tion, Travel or Capital Investment, under any guise whatsoever.
Page 111, of the Arizona Blue Book for 1931 · , 32 shows the personnel
of this Board for the year mentioned, to be as set out below:
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS ---_.--
.. . .,., , ,.,. .. ...,.. Winslow
.. ,.,.. .. Tucson
....... Route 3, Phoenix
. Phoenix
Mrs. Horace Evans, Chairman ..,.
Mrs. Helen Bocock, Treasurer
Mrs. J. P. Ivy, Member.
MRS. GEO. V. EBERLE, Secretary
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Salary of Chemist........... .................$ 1,800,00
Maintenance and Office Expense, State Laboratory, etc. 2,700.00
The appropriation for support of this Department for the Fiscal Year
1916- 17, as shown in Session Laws of 1915, First Special Session, page 15,
is set out below:
57
$ 3,000.00
2,100.00
2,100,. 00
1,500.. 00
240.00
$ 8,940.00
1,350.00
900.00
500.00
$ 11,690.00
............ $ 4,500.00
3,000.00
2,100.00
2,100.00
1,500.00
240.00
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
.$ 8,940.00
1,300.00
900.00
1,000.00
............................. $ 12,140.00
STATE LABORATORY
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
TOTAL
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION
Director ..... . .....$
Bacteriologist
Technician .. .. .
Stenographer and Office Assistant.. . .
Janitor .
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES.
Operation
Travel
Capital Investment
This Department is a legislative creation, first set up by Sections
14, Chapter 62, Laws of 1912, Third Special Session, carried forward
into the Revised Code of 1913, as Sections 4437 and 4442 thereof.
The creation and authority of this Department, as shown in the pres-ent
Statutes, will be found in Chapter 61, Public Health, Sees. 2705 et seq.
' Section 2705, Revised Code of 1928, provides:
" There is hereby established a State Laboratory for the analysis
and examination of foods, water supplies and drugs, to be under
the supervision of a Director and located in rooms set aside by
the University of Arizona. The Board of Regents of the University,
with the Superintendent of Public Health, shall appoint a
Director of said Laboratory, who shall be a skilled pharmaceutical
chemist or bacteriologist and analyst of foods, water supplies,
and drugs. Said Director shall perform all duties required
by this Article and by the Board, acting jointly with said Superintendent.
* * * * *"
The appropriation for this Department for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32
and 1932- 33, as shown on page 397, Session Laws of 1931, is set out' below:
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
ow
; on
lix
lix
The personnel and salaries in this Department for the Fiscal Year
1931- 32, as shown on page 60, Arizona Blue Book for said year, is set out
below:
.~---------_._-----'._-_.__._--------'-'...----- 58 HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
Jane H. Rider, Director.,.".,.,..,.,.
Marion E. Stroud, Bacteriologist , .
lone Willey, Office Assistant .,.'.'..,.,.. "."'.' .,..,., ,
Wendell B. West, Asst. Bacteriologist..
._-
Salary per Annum
""'" .,. $ 3,000.00
2,100.00
1,500.00
2,100.00
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For the 21st
Fiscal Year
$ 3,600.00
2,400.00
$ 6,000.00
425.00
800.00
6,000.00
425.00
1,000.00
For the 20th
Fiscal Year
$ 3,600.00
2,400.00
$ 7,425.00 $ 7,225.00
......$
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION
The appropriation to this Department for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32
1932- 33 is as follows: ( See p. 382, Session Laws of 1931).
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES .
For Operation
For Capital Investment
Superintendent .
Assistant Superintendent
Section 2 of the Act provides that the Bureau shall be under the
and control of a Superintendent, who must be a recognized
expert, who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with
consent of the Senate. His term of office is two years. His salary is
per year. The Superintendent has power to appoint an assistwho
shall be an identification expert. The assistant holds office subto
the will of the Superintendent, but may not be dismissed without
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION ...
Section 14 of the Act provides that the Superintendent shall procure
filing devices, and other office material for the conduct of the
of the Bureau, the cost of which shall not exceed $ 1,000.00.
Section 15 of the Act appropriates the sum of $ 13,000.00 for the supof
the Department for the Fiscal Years 1929- 30 and 1930- 31;
to be available in the first of said fiscal years, and $ 6,000.00 in
second.
This is a legislative creation. The Bureau was created by an Act of
Legislature, approved February 23, 1929, which will be found set out
Chap. 16, pp. 42 to 47, inclusive, Session Laws of 1929.
The purpose of the Bureau is to assist in the detection of crime within
State, keeping records for that purpose, including finger- print records,
The personnel of this Bureau in 1931- 32 is shown on page 103 of the
Arizona Blue Book for that year.
The personnel of this Department for the Fiscal Year 1931- 32, as
shown on page 101, of the Arizona Blue Book for said year, is as follows:
$ 3,000.00
1,500.00
$ 7,800.00
50.00
1,000.00
$ 3,000.00
3,000.00
1,800.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
1,800.00
Fot' the 20th For the 21 st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
...... $ 7,800.00
100.00
1,000.00
.......... $ 8,900.00 $ 8,850.00
.... Veterans' Service Officer
. Stenographer
. $
SALARIES
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS ---------------------
VETERANS' SERVICE OFFICER
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION ....
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES
For Operation
For Travel
Veterans' Service Officer.....
Americanism Director
Stenographer
LEWIS IRVINE .
ROSE Cox ...
Service Officer .
Stenographer ., .
This office is a legislative creation, first set up in Sections 1, 2, and
Chapter 84, Laws of 1925, carried forward into Revised Code of 1928 as
Section 3222, Chapter 79, entitled " Veterans' Aid".
Section 3222, above mentioned, provides that " the Governor shall
point a Veterans' Service Officer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the
Governor, and shall be paid a salary of $ 3,000 per annum. * * * *"
The duties of this officer are prescribed by Section 3223. The prin.
cipal duty seems to be to render assistance to any honorably diEichar!~ ed
veteran in securing adjustment of any claim made against the United
States, or any State, for payor benefit which the veteran may be entitled
to receive.
The appropriation for this office for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32 and
1932- 33, as shown on p. 420, Session Laws of 1931, is as follows:
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
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For relief of veterans, pursuant to law $ 7,500.00 $ 10,000.00
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
The appropriation for this Commission for the Fiscal Years 1931- 32
and 1932- 33 is shown on p. 420, Session Laws of 1931, as follows:
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$ 7,500.00 $ 10,000.00
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
VETERANS' RELIEF COMMISSION
TOTAL ApPROPRIATION
This Commission is a legislative creation, set up by the prOVISIOns
of an Act approved March 21, 1929, which will be found in Session Laws
1929, pp. 330 to 332, inclusive.
Section 1 of this Act creates " a Veterans' Relief Commission,
to be composed of three members, the State Veterans' Service Officer
to be ex- officio Chairman thereof. The remaining two members
shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of six names
of disabled veterans submitted by the Executive Committee of the
American Legion, Department of Arizona. The term of office of
the first Commissioners shall expire on the first Monday in January,
1931; thereafter the term of office shall be for two years, coterminus
of that of the Governor" Members of the Commission
shall receive no salaries, nor shall they be allowed any traveling
or hotel expenses." ( Session Laws 1929, pp. 330- 331).
The purpose of the Act is to provide relief for indigent ex- service
men and their dependents.
Section 3 of the Act appropriates the sum of $ 5,000 for each of the
Fiscal Years 1929- 30 and 1930- 31, for the purposes of the Act.
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The personnel of the Board of Pardons and Paroles in 1931- 32 will
be found on page 104, Arizona Blue Book for that year.
This Board is a legislative creation. Prior to the adoption of the
Revised Code of 1928, the provisions relating to this Department are
found in Sec. 1301, Penal Code of 1913.
The present statutory provisions for the Board of Pardons and Pa..
roles will be found in Sees. 5219 to 5223, inclusive, Revised Code of 1928.
The Board consists of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction
the Attorney General, and a third member to be selected by these two'
such third member to be known as the Citizen Member of said Board, and
shall be the Chairman thereof. The Citizen Member receives a compen_
sation of $ 7.00 per day while in attendance at Board Meetings. Each
Board Member receives his necessary and actual traveling and hotel ex..
pense while on duty. The Parole Clerk of the State Prison acts as Secre.
tary of the Board. ( Sec. 5219, Revised Code of 1928).
This Board restricts the power of the Governor to pardon. ( Sec.
5220, Revised Code of 1928) ..
The appropriation for support of this Board for the Fiscal Year
1916- 17 was $ 1,000.. 00. ( Session Laws 1915, First Special Session, p. 16).
The appropriation for the support of this Board for the Fiscal Years
1931- 32 and 1932- 33 was as set out below: ( See p. 381, Session Laws of
] 931).
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$ 1,800.00
250.. 00
375.00
$ 1,800.00
250.00
375.00
125.00
$ 1,800.00 $ 1,800.00
For the 20th For the 21st
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
..$ 2,550.00 $ 2,425.00
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
BOARD OF P AIWONS AND PAROLES
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
Per Diem, Chairman ( Periodic)
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES
For Operation
For Travel
For Capital Investment
TOTAL APPROPRIATION
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Section 12 of the Act of 1929 reads as follows:
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE 63
FIREMEN'S RELIEF AND PENSION FUND
" Section 12. There is hereby appropriated and set aside for
the said Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund, the annual tax of
2% on all premiums collected by Fire Insurance Companies in
this State, after cancellations and dividends are deducted." ( Ses · ·
sion Laws, 1929, p. 273).
The money making up the fund thus provided for is collected by the
State Corporation Commission from the various insurance companies do · ·
ing business in Arizona, and is distributed to the various cities of the
State through the State Treasurer, upon certification of the Corporation
Commission.
This fund and the administration thereof are legislative creations,
origil! lalting in Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 97, Laws of 1919, carried forinto
the Revised Code of 1928 as Section 1515.
The law creating this fund, and providing for its administration, was
rewritten in 1929. The new Act, approved March 19, 1929, will
found in Session Laws of 1929, pp. 268 to 275, inclusive.
The purpose of the law is to provide a pension fund for retired or
dlsaOJ: eu city firemen.
t
The Commission is authorized to employ actuaries, accountants, inspectors,
etc., etc., and to fix their compensation, first, however, obtaining
the approval of the Governor to such employment and compensation. The
members of the Commission receive their salaries and necessary expenses
while engaged on duty, from the general funds of the State. The salaries
of all other employees are to be paid from the compensation fund to be
established by the Commission. ( Section 1395, Revised Code of 1928).
However, it will be noted that the Labor Department of the Industrial
Commission receives a direct appropriation from the general fund of the
State.
Each member of this Commission receives a salary of $ 5,000.00 per
annum. ( Section 1392, Revised Code of 1928).
Section 1410, Revised Code of 1928, provides for the creation of a
compensation fund from insurance premiums paid in by employers who
insure under the Act. The administration of this fund is entirely in the
hands of the Commission. The Commission is required by Section 1450 to
make an annual report to the Governor on or before September 1st, for
the preceding fiscal year, which report shall include a detailed statement
of its disbursements from the " Expense Fund", and shall show the condi · ,
tion of its other respective funds.
Subject only to the right of the Governor to l'emove any membel' of
the Commission for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeas · ,
ance, or nonfeasance in office, ( Sec. 1391, R. C. 1928), and subject to the
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
STATE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
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Section 8, of Article XVIII, of the Constitution, adopted by the
in 1925 as an amendment to the original Section 8 of said Article, made
mandatory upon the Legislature to enact a Workmen's Compensation Law.
The Legislature enacted a Workmen's Compensation Law, which will
be found in Chapter 83, Session Laws of 1925. The provisions of this law
were brought forward into the Revised Code of 1928 in Section 1391
seq., thereof. Section 8, Article XVIII of the Constitution provides that
this law shall never be changed in certain respects, except by an initiated
or referred measure, as provided for in the Constitution.
Section 1391, Revised Code of 1928, creates the Industrial Commission
of Arizona, to be composed of three members to be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the term
of six years; so arranged that the term of one member expires every two
years. Not more than two members can belong to the same political party.
It is the duty of the Industrial Commission to administer the Work.
men's Compensation Law, also to enforce all laws for the protection of
labor, where the enforcement of such laws is not specifically delegated to
any other Board. ( Section 1397, Revised Code of 1928).
The Industrial Commission is one of the Departments of State often
referred to as " self- supporting"" It collects and administers approximately
one million five hundred thousand dollars annually in insurance
premiums from employers of the State. It receives a considerable specific
appropriation annually from the general fund of the State. It does not
turn any part of its collections into the general fund of the State. There
is no available public record showing in detail the annual receipts and
expenditures of the Industrial Commission, In a substantial measure, the
Commission is a direct expense to the taxpayers of the State, and in a still
more substantial measure it is a direct expense to every industry of the
State" While generally conceded to be an essential and beneficial Department,
it is in no proper sense of the words a self- supporting Department.
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For the 21st
Fiscal Year
$ 15,000.00
3,500.00
$ 9,000.00
1,800.00
$ 10,800.00
700.00
2,500.00
$ 14,000.00
For the 20th
Fiscal Year
$ 15,000.00
3,500.00
....$ 14,000,, 00
... $ 32,500.00 $ 32,500.00
. $ 18,500.00 $ 18,500 00
.. $ 9,000,. 00
1,800.00
ARIZONA DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES ..
Commissioners, 3 @ $ 5,000 each...
Secretary .
FOR ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR LAWS
For Salaries and Wages for the
following positions:
Inspectors, 3 @ $ 3,000., 00 each
Stenographer
TOTAL LABOR LAWS _
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES LABOR LAWS... $ 10,800,. 00
For Operation ........ 700.00
For Travel , __ , 2,500.00
GRAND TOTAL ApPROPRIATION ...
of court review in certain instances, the Industrial Commission of
is subject to no other authority than the will of its members.
The Arizona Blue Book for 1931 · - 32, pp. 21 and 22, discloses that the
111(! mn; r, lcU Commission has established t
