The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-01-15
To the same effect ara the authorities cited

question has not been successfully inpeached and carrot sustain ais injunction by any want of validity.
 Another allegation of the affidavit for the is- sue of the injunction is that the legislature which authorizel tho payment ofths bonds and warrants in controversy, was nulIity because the Hpper branch oft "convsned and adjourn ed without quorum of the rrem bers present.
 In the case of NcCafry, rs Cwry, before cited. the learned Judge who issued this in> Junction adds to this, as i.al error, that the same body corrected it's minutes without quo- rum present.
 In the case last cited, the learned judge says 1In accordance with the fundamental and rnbending principle of the Constitution of the United States, that Constitution and those ot the respective Sta tes expressly authorize each house of Congress and each house of the Legislature of the several States, to meet and a'journ, and to and for absent members.
 "Without such provision there could be no such meeting, and an adournmea; would work total dissolution of the bodies"
 Now, the utter woythleSsness of this assertion appears in the fact that neither in the ccnstitu, tiUn of New York, n,r in that of Massachus- stts, is there the slightest reference, either by letter or implication, to any power iu he legis- latures of these States, or either of them, to adjourn from day 10 day and send for persons and papers On the contrary, it is tacitIy as- suned by both ihese venerable documents that their legislatures can do this by their own
 inherent powers aud the necessity of the case
 In several other States of the Union, includ- ing New Hampshire and North Carolina, this power is treated as belonging to their respect i've legislatures, e1 aatura and when referred to at all it is by way of limiting an admitted general power.
 The British House of Commons is probably the slow growth from the increased wealth freedom and intelligence of the Commonalty of England and 10; he actual positive crsation of the whole people of that country, CT any considerable nuaber of them Ifse then. all tn, powers of that body-that of adjourning from day So day, and sendirg for persons and Iplpers, among the rsst--must be an evolution self made, from the inherent faculties belongs ing to that, as well ss to every ether esisla- tive body ths necessary result cf inevitable experience
 From the same unGAiling source, if from no other, would the legislature of Arzous have derived this power.
 The truth is, however, that this is one of he great class of inherent vital powers, LelCngirg to Seyery branch of human government, and which are descrb bed in the I-IX,h No. of the "Federalst" as 'the means of it's own pres sryation."
 Finally, however, this power is vested in the legislature of Arizona, if not ;here by the means before stated, by it's own organic act (Ssc. ,. Stats. at Large, vol l2 p. 604, and sec g, of the organicact of New Mexico, Stats at Large, vol. g, P 45O) Itis he constitutional power of congress to odjourn by the act of less than B quorum, and send for persons and papers thus communicated to the legislature of Ar;. zoua.
 It is the duty of all legislative bodies, whether sitting in quorum or less, to keep journals of each of their sessions. The connection of these journals, which is duty of the sane kind, is nothing more than the rect6cation of the CT, TOTS of the written minutes, from the memorr of thosevhO were Presentwhen they were made; and none but those who were thus present, are competent to participate in this correction.
 The omission of the members of any legisla tive body, however fsw, to keep correct jour nals of their sessions, would be 2 very grave error, and ought to subject them to severe an- 
 It may be added that legislatures are not so IT artal as to punish by such trifes as those thus ma nifad by the learned judge who issned the injunction in the present case.
 The last allegation of the affidavit for the issue of this injunction, IS, that the Governor and Secretary of the Territory acted as auditors of the bonds and warrants ia controversy It is there roundly asserted that this is violation of the Organic law, and that the people de- Ensnd protection against 1t. No specification of the record or the argument shows what pro,