Arizona miner., 1864-03-23
TEE 0RoAalg Acw.

AN ACT to provide temporary government S
 for She Territory of AaIzovA, and log otheFI
 purposes.
 Bz TT ENACTED BY TIE 5kEATB AID HoUsE og REFRESHMENTS og gHR UNITED STATES 9F AMERICA, IN CoNoHEss AssENBLED, That all tbat part of the present Territory of New Mexico sit uats west Of liue running due south from the point where the southwest corner ol the Territory of Colorado joins the northern boundary ot in0 Territory of New Iexlco to lhe southern b0unda. ry line of said Territory Of New Mexico be, and lte game is hereby erected into B temporary .gogegnment by the name of she Territory oI Au- gona Provided that nothing contained ia the
 provisions of this act shall be construed t0 pro- biblt the Congress ol Ghe United States irom dividing said Territory or charging its bonuda-
 rice iu such sanneT and at such time as Il may deem proper Provided, further, 9hsG said gov~ ferlueni shat e sss g.sl ssss4szee hae3l such LsE1 as tae peop residing % saia leFfiso- lry shaIL with the consent og Col1resa. .ofm g State government, republican in lorn. as pre- lscrlbel in the ouatituti0n Of the UDltel states
 and apply for and obGa0 admission int0 the ! Union as D State, 0n au equal footing wlh the
 original Slatel
 i SEC. 2. And oo t further enacted, 1'hat thg Igovegnment hereby authorized shal consist os af Iexecutive, legislative. and judicia power. Ths executive power shall be vested in aG0veFn0r T The legislative power shall con5st of council lnue members, and house Of representatives Q leigbteen The judicial power shall be yeated lI a supreme court, Go consist of three judges. ans ) such inferior court as the legislative council ma by law prescribe; there shal also be Q secretaTy
 Ia marshal district attourney and surveyo general for said Territory who. together with th ? lgoyernor and judges ot the supreme court, sha } be appointed by the President, by and with th advice and consent of the Senate and tue GerI . of office for each, the manner of their appoin . ment, and the powers, duties. and the compensa ' ton of the governor, legislative assembly, judge of the supreme court, secretary, marshal d.strl' 8 attorney, and surveyor general aforesaid, vii . their clerks, draughlsman, deputies and sergean ' at-aTms. shall be such as are conferred upon II r same officers by the act organizing the terutou B. government of New Mexico. which subOrdina officers shall Do appointed iu the same mapnt @ and not exceed in number those created bg go
 act and acts amendatOry thereto, together vi
 all legislative enactments of the Territory of NJ
 Mexico not inconsistent with the provisions is this act, are hereby extended to and contlnu e in force in the said Territory of Arizona, un
 repealed or amended by future ieglslation Pr yided, That no salary shalls be due or paid { d officers created by this aci untihtiTey have enter 'u upon the duties of their respective offices with hr the said Territory.
 ldl SEC. 3. And be it further enacted That th' O. shall neither be slavery nor involuntary servitu ne in the said Territory, otherwise than in the p' lio ishment of crimes. whereof the parties shall ha nt been duly convicted and glI acts and parts Ai acts, either of Congress or of the Territory 'n' New Mexico, establishing. regulating, or in [ ny way recognizing the relation of magteF md sa cI. in said Territory, are hereby repealed