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 To the Senate and House of Representatives
 of the United States tn Congress ss-ei,.
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 Your memoriai.ts, the Legislative Assem- ply of the Territory Of Arizona, respectfully repr r;sent that by an act approved May jth, lobO, Congress added to, and made a part oi the state Df Nevada |" al that extent of Territory lying within the following bounda- fles, fo wN: Commencing On the thirty-sey- enth degree of north latitude, at the thirty seventh degree of longitude west from Wash ingtOn, and running thence south on said de- gree of longitude to the middle of the river Colorado of the west, thence down the mid. dle of said river to the eastern boundary of California, thence nOrth-wcsteriy along said boundary of California, to the thirt E seventh degree Of north latitude and east along said degree of latitude to the point of begiGning !" Provided, however, that the Territory men toned should not become part of the state oi Nevada until said state should through ts legislature cOnsenttherctO.
 Your memyrialists further represent. that 10 the best of their knowledge and belief. this Territory has not yet been accepted bv the state of Nevada, in the terms and man ner required by the foregoing provision, and that the matter is yet wholly within the con trol of Congress, and they earnestly pray that the act by which it Is ropOsed Co take from Arizona this important part 0f her Territory be repealed by your honorable bodies
 The area m question which embraces the chief part of Pah Ute county. and all Of Mo have county west Of the Colorado river. hOids natural and convenient relation to the Ter rItpry oi Arizona, and a most unnatural and incon, enent one to the state of Nevada It Is the water shed of the Colorado river into which all the prin -ipal streams of Arizona. empty, and which has been justly styled the Mississippi 0f the Pacific. By this great river the Territory receives thc most of it. supplies, and lately it has become the chan. mel of large part of the trade of San Fran co with Ctah and Montana Moreover. while it is a comparatively short and easy journey from any part Of the Territory in question, tO the county seats or the capital oi Arizona, it is tedious and pcrilous one oi three hundred miles Co the nearest county seat in Nevada, and Co reach the capital Oi that state, by reason of intervening deserts. llfiH3tA- Att ftittiNNtI Death alley. over Nhich travel !. often impossible and al wsys extremely hazardous, ]; is necessary. to go around by Los Angler and Ban Francisco. a distance of some iifieen hundred miles, and a most circuitDus way. lt is the unanimous wish of the inhabitants Of Pah- Ute and Mohavc counties, and indeed of all the constituents Of your meuOrialists, that the territory tn question should remain within Arizona; for the convenient transaction of official. and other business, and on every account they greatly desire ii And on th, ir behalf and in accortiancc with what appears 10 bc no more than matter Of simple justice and reason, your menorisii~ts earnestly rt quest your honorable bodies fo set aside the aciion by which it Is proposed Co ceie IL to Sev aiA, and a. In duty i,ound ; our petition ers will ever pray.
 ResSref. That our delegate In Congress. Hon. John \ Goodwin, is hereby requested Co spare Dc effort te secure favorable re- sppnse io this memorial
 GRANVILLE II. OURY. Speaker of the House Of Representatives MARK AinRlCH, President of the Council Approved Novcmher s, lsf6
 RICHARD c. MCCORMICK. true copy of tho original on file in my office. JAMES P. T. CARTER Secretary of the Territory.