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Senator James E. Babbitt
1938-1941
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Biographical Information:
James E. Babbitt served in the Arizona State Legislature from 1933 until
his death in 1944, first as a member of the House of Representatives and
then as Senator for Coconino County. Active in water, power, and teacher
retirement legislation, he served on the following Senate Committees: Agriculture
and Irrigation; Banking and Insurance; Education; Finance and Revenue; Judiciary;
Livestock; Public Defense; Public Health; Public Lands; and Suffrage and
Elections. He also served as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Scope and Content:
The collection consists of files from the office of Senator James Babbitt,
covering the period from 1931 to 1941. The records deal primarily with his
work as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, and the bulk of the folders
include minutes, budget requests, documents on hearings, and statements of
appropriation and disbursements for various state institutions, departments,
and agencies. Also included are correspondence and audit reports and related
materials. Records are organized into three series: appropriation committee,
correspondence, and audits.
Series Descriptions:
Series 1
Appropriation Committee, 1937-1939, includes two small boxes
arranged (not alphabetically) by state institution, department, and agency.
The folders contain letters, minutes, budget requests, documents on hearings,
and statements of appropriation and disbursements.
Series 2
Correspondence, 1931-1939, includes four folders. Most letters
are in regard to appropriations and spending. Also included are some personal
communications.
Series 3
Audits, 1933-1939, includes one folder containing audit
reports and supporting documentation of cash receipts for various state institutions,
departments, and agencies, with letters from Ana Frohmiller, State Auditor.
Inventory
Series 1: Appropriation Committee
| Box: Folder |
Description |
Dates |
| 1:1 |
University of Arizona – copy of HB 272; hearing |
1938-1941 |
| 1:2 |
Flagstaff (Teachers College) – minutes; biennial budget |
1937-1939 |
| 1:3 |
Tempe (Teachers College) – minutes; biennial budget; analysis
of revenue |
1937-1939 |
| 1:4 |
Department of Education – hearing |
1939 |
| 1:5 |
School for the Deaf and Blind – proposed budget and suggested
legislation; minutes |
1937-1939 |
| 1:6 |
Boys Industrial School, Fort Grant |
1937-1939 |
| 1:7 |
Pioneers Home, Prescott – minutes; budget request |
1939-1939 |
| 1:8 |
Arizona State Prison, Florence – includes report to attorney
general |
1937-1939 |
| 1:9 |
Attorney General – hearing; biennial budget; payroll |
1937-1939 |
| 1:10 |
Board of Directors, State Institutions – minutes; appropriation
and disbursements |
1937-1939 |
| 1:11 |
Arizona State Board of Health – hearing; biennial budget |
1939 |
| 1:12 |
Board of Pardons and Paroles – minutes; budget request;
appropriation and disbursements; letter regarding inmates received while
actively on parole |
1939 |
| 1:13 |
Bureau of Criminal Identification – hearing |
1939 |
| 1:14 |
Capitol Building and Grounds – hearings (Central Arizona
Light and Power Company and Capitol Annex Fixtures); appropriation and
disbursements; minutes |
1937-1939 |
| 1:15 |
Commission on Agriculture and Horticulture – hearing;
budgets request; appropriation |
1937-1939 |
| 1:16 |
Corporation Commission – hearing; statement of expenditures
and biennial budget; appropriation and disbursements |
1937-1941 |
| 1:17 |
State Dairy Commission – hearing; audit |
1939 |
| 1:18 |
Industrial Commission – hearing; appropriation and disbursements |
1937-1939 |
| 2:19 |
Department of Weights and Measures – hearing |
1939 |
| 2:20 |
Colorado River Commission – hearing |
1939 |
| 2:21 |
Library and Archives – hearing; appropriation and disbursements |
1939 |
| 2:22 |
Livestock Sanitary Board – minutes; biennial budget; appropriation
and disbursements |
1937-1939 |
| 2:23 |
National Guard– minutes; biennial budget; appropriation
and disbursements |
1937-1939 |
| 2:24 |
Secretary of State – minutes; appropriation and disbursements |
1939 |
| 2:25 |
Secretary of State, ANGIUS - minutes; budget request |
1939 |
| 2:26 |
Sheep Sanitary Commission (Board) - hearing |
1939 |
| 2:27 |
State Auditors – salary schedule; budget requirements;
report of inventory department; copy of budget and financial administration
act of 1939; statement of social security and welfare funds |
1937-1939 |
| 2:28 |
Miscellaneous – budgets requests; appropriation and expenditures;
salary schedules for University of Arizona, State Auditor, State Treasurer,
National Guard Association, State Hospital |
1937-1939 |
| 2:29 |
State Examiner – minutes |
1939 |
| 2:30 |
State Fair Commission – hearing; biennial budget |
1939 |
| 2:31 |
State Laboratory – budget requests; hearing; appropriation
and disbursements |
1937-1939 |
| 2:32 |
State Land Commission – minutes |
1939 |
| 2:33 |
State Mine Inspector – hearing; appropriation and disbursements |
1937-1939 |
| 2:34 |
State Tax Commission – hearing; breakdown of excise tax
collections |
1939 |
| 2:35 |
State Treasurer – minutes; analysis of appropriation and
expenditures; budget request; appropriation and disbursements |
1937-1939 |
| 2:36 |
State Veterinarian – hearing |
1939 |
| 2:37 |
Water Commission – revised biennial budget request; minutes;
hearing; appropriations for steam gagging |
1939 |
| 2:38 |
Veterans Relief Commission – minutes |
|
| 2:39 |
Veterans Service Officer – minutes |
1939 |
| 2:40 |
State Employment Service – hearing; telegram regarding
provisions of appropriation bill |
1939 |
| 2:41 |
Miscellaneous Board “Breakdowns” – Board of Chiropractic
Examiners(dental examiners, embalmers, game and fish commission, medical
examiners); Central Arizona Light and Power (billing analysis, summary
of E-42 customers, estimated cost of State Capitol plant, and report
on costs and advantages of diesel); Minimum Wage Law (minutes); WPA Expansion
and Rehabilitation Program (minutes) |
1937-1939 |
| 2:42 |
Appropriation Summaries |
1939 |
Series 2 Correspondence
| Box: Folder |
Description |
Dates |
| 2:43 |
Federal |
1931-1939 |
| 2:44 |
Constituent – regarding spending |
1939 |
| 2:45 |
Job Requests and Endorsements |
1939 |
| 2:46 |
Personal |
1939 |
Series 3 Audits
| Box: Folder |
Description |
Dates |
| 2:47 |
Reports of Ana Frohmiller, State Auditor – Pima County
Board of Social Security; supplementary report of welfare of children
confined in Arizona State Hospital for the Insane; State Departments
and Boards; Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind; Registrar
of Contractors; Arizona Game and Fish Commission; Arizona State Board
of Beauty Culture Examiners; Arizona State Board of Naturopathic Examiners;
examination of the records of and verification of cash receipts for the
Arizona State Board of Pharmacy; Social Security and Welfare Funds; verification
of cash receipts for State Weights and Measures; Maricopa County Welfare
Board; State Industrial School |
1933-1939 |
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