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1927 Arizona Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1927)

handle is hein.sag/sagaz0048 and id is 1 raw text is: Department of the Attorneg (enrral Otatep of Artanna Pa1zamix A. R. LYNCH, SPECIAL COUNSEL 04 NATL BANK OF ARIZ. BLDG. April 14, 1927. Ron. Geo. '.r. Hunt, Governor, Capitol Building, Phoenix, Arizona. Dear Governor: I have made as careful investigation as time has permitted in regard to your inquiry of 4ril 12, 1927, relative to the powers of the legislature to re- cess, and other matters suggoted. I have not had ac- cess to the Journals of the constitutional convention, and have no indepiendent recollection as to whether the particular questions were discussed 'uriny the debates of the convention. Prior to the adoption of the Constitution, the legislature of the territory was limited 1,,- the following provisions of the organic law: The sessions of the le-islative assemblies of the several terri tories of the United States shall be limited to sixty das duratioE. Sc~ tion 16, UOranic Laws of' Arizona. This provision was construed in Maricopa County vs. Osborne, 4 Arizona 331. The provisions of the State Constitution pertinent to the inquiry are: The sessions of the legislature shall be held biennially at the ca'tal of the' State * * * Article IV, subdivision 2, section 3; and Until otherwise provided by law, members of the leCisltature shall re- ceive seven dollars per day; provided, however, that they shall receive such salary for a period not to exceed six- ty days in any one session Article 77, sub7T~ision T, section 22.