Section 3. All Acts or parts of Acts in con flict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved February 23, 1923. CHAPTER 11. (House Bill No. 44.) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 31, SESSION LAWS OF ARIZONA, 1922, SPECIAL SESSION, PROVIDING FOR THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS; FIXING THE TERM OF OFFICE; DEFINING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THIS OFFICER; PRESCRIBING THE OFFICIAL BOND; AND FIXING THE SALARY; AND REPEALING ALL ACTS AND PARTS OF ACTS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. That Section 3 of Chapter 31, Session Laws of Arizona, 1922, special session, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: Section 3. SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS. The chief officer of such department shall be the Superintendent of Banks, who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and such officer shall be appointed to serve until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. No person shall be appointed to the office of superintendent of banks who has not been a citizen of this State for at least two years prior to his appointment and who has not had at least four years experience in banking, unless he shall have heretofore served as state bank comptroller of this State. Before entering upon the duties of his office he shall qualify by taking and subscribing to the constitutional oath of office and execute to the State a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, with a surety company authorized to do business in this State as surety, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. The premiums on such bond shall be paid by the State. Said oath and bond shall be filed with the Secretary of State. Said Superintendent of Banks shall receive a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, payable semi-monthly, and his actual and necessary traveling expenses. Section 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Section 3. Whereas, the preservation of the public peace, health and safety makes it necessary that the provisions of this Act shall become immediately operative, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act is hereby exempted from the operation of the referendum provisions of the State Constitution, and shall take effect and it shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the legislature and its approval by the governor. Approved February 26, 1923. CHAPTER 12. (Senate Bill No. 21.) AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 66, SESSION LAWS OF ARIZONA, 1921, CREATING THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. That Chapter 66, Session Laws of Arizona, 1921, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved February 26, 1923. CHAPTER 13. (Senate Bill No. 14.) AN ACT PROVIDING FOR COUNTERSIGNING WARRANTS OF THE STATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. That Paragraph 72 of the Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1913, Civil Code, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: 72. All warrants issued by the state auditor, as authorized by law, must be countersigned by the Governor, or by one of his secretaries for him and in his name, before presentation to the State Treasurer for payment or endorsement, and in case of absence of the Governor from the state said warrants shall be countersigned by the Secretary of State, and, unless so countersigned, said warrants shall not be considered complete in form or effect as legal obligations against the State. Section 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Section 3. Whereas, the preservation of the public peace, health and safety make it necessary that the provisions of this Act shall become immediately operative, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act is hereby exempted from the operation of the referendum provisions of the State Constitution, and shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and its approval by the governor. Approved February 28, 1923. CHAPTER 14. (Senate Bill No. 68.) AN ACT AMENDING PARAGRAPH 3341, PARAGRAPH 3345, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 68, SESSION LAWS OF ARIZONA, 1919; PARAGRAPH 3346, PARAGRAPH 3351, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 58 OF CHAPTER 35, SESSION LAWS OF ARIZONA, 1922; AND PARAGRAPH 3354, OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF ARIZONA, 1913, CIVIL CODE, PROVIDING FOR THE RECALL OF ARIZONA DISTRICTS. TRUSTEES OF Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. That Paragraph 3341 of the Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1913, Civil Code, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: 3341. Every recall petition must contain a general statement, in not more than two hundred words, of the grounds of such demand, and must be filed in the office of the secretary of state if for a state officer; and with the clerk of the board of supervisors if for a county officer, superior court judge, or member of the legislature; and with the city or town clerk if for a city or town officer; and with the county school superintendent if for a trustee of a school district. Section 2. That Paragraph 3345, Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1913, Civil Code, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 68, Session Laws of Arizona, 1919, be and the same, is hereby further amended to read as follows, to-wit: |