Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1864-10-05

THE LEGISLATURE.
Elsewhere we refer TO the organization OF the
Legislature. That body is now in daily session,
and has thus far worked with diligence and har-
mony Hon. Coles, Bashford, lex Governor Of
Wisconsin, and Attorney General of thu Terri
tory) President OF Ishe Council, has had much
Legislative experience, and the same may be said
of General w. Claude Jones' the Speaker of the
House. Uuder such presiding officers, the
the members have met with a determination
to bury personal feeling and prejudice in united
action for the best interests OF the whole Terri
tory. II they viii treat the various important
aud difficult questions brought to their consider
alton in this spirit the people will have cause for
satisfaction. .n $3.50 d3.aa nag6uHt
On rrIugy nsr the Governor delivered MS
message to the houses 10 joint session. AS the
first document of the kind put forth in the Ter
ritory it will be received with interest and we
believe with approval We regret the. our COL
umns will not admit of its publication, matter
OF less consequence inasmuch as it has already
been printed in pamphlet form at the MINER Of
fee, and extensively circulated. The message is
characteristic of our Governor, straight-fo forward
fearless, and Astounding in strong
sense. There is neither an obscurity OF words
nor ideas, nor is there any attempt at fine writ
ing. nte
An entire and radical change in the New Mex
lean statutes, now governing is suggested. but
it 10 recommended that only such changes
as are absolutely necessary be made in the ordi-
nary course Of legislation, and that the general
provisions be suffered to remain 10 force until a
complete and consistent code OF laws, congenial
TO eur habits and tastes. aud adapted to on,
wants, can De prepared and adopted.
Such changes as seem TO be at once demand
ed, and such enactmsnts as the organic law AMI
our peculiar condition require are named
Among these 10 the immediate abrogation of De.
onage, which is declared equally disgrace and
q reproach TO the peof, and to the other citizens
of the State whose equal by law the peon ia
mads-an obstacle TO education and a bar to
progress" 1t 10 also proposed that the provision
of the New Mexican law which provides that q
debtor 10 arrest may be detained in prison for
five days before he can be permitted to take the
poor debtors oath. sball be abolished, and tina,
the debtor, upon instituting proper proceedings
be admitted to an immediate examination, and il
permitted to take the poor debtors oath be dis
charged at once. ur
1t Is recommended that young captives taken
from the Apaches be regularly apprentced
upon the system existing IN most of the States.
1t is proposed for the present that three counties
be constructed, and but few officers appointed
Careful attention to the provisions for the gov
eminent of counties and towns is urged, {" If
their affairs are promptly and economically ad
the foundation of good government is
!" st 1t, t,ir .-oi aviir.-
The following suggestions are worthy of espe.
cial consideration
The proceeds OF all dividend paying mines
IAN be taxed without obstructing the develop
ment of the country and license and tax
should be required from foreign miners. | also
suggest that hereafter the discoveries of mines
which are taken up and recorded be required to
ecats next TO the discovery claim ono claim