Arizona citizen., 1875-02-06
THE CITIZEN.
SATURDAY, = FEBRUARY 6, 1875.
ARIZONA IN 1876.

lcongratulate themselves that their repre- Isentatives have provided the means where by very creditable exhibition of sample
 of the leading resources of the Territor, can be placed before the world in 1876, a
 Philadelphia. Having spent time anc
 means for the past three years to assist il representing Arizona in the Centennia Commission, we feel that our efforts have
 not been in vain, and that the people al large will thank their representatives iol
 this bill, which we at once print for gener
 al information, and that all interested
 may be up and doing under it ::
 An act authorizing the Territory of Ari. zona to become an exhibitor at the Gen. tennial Exhibition to be held in sPhiladel. phia, Pa., in 1876.
 Be it enacted by the Legislative Assem- bly, or the Territory of AriZona:
 SEC. l. The Territory of Arizona IS here-
 by authorized for and on behalf Of its clti.
 Zens, 10 become an exhibitor at the Gen. tennial exhibition to be held at the city oi Philadelphia, Pa., in the year A. D., lS7
 SEC. 2. The sum olive thousand dollars
 is hereby appropriated out of any moneys
 in the Territorial treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, for the purpose of detraying the expenses incurred in eXecut-
 ing the provisions of this act.
 
 legislative assembly an agent, whose du- ties are hereinafter prescribed, to represent Arizona at said exhibition, who shall be elected by majority vote of the two Houses, assembled in joint convention, and said agent shall be duly commissioned as such by the Governor.
 SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of such agent, to execute good and sufficient bond to the Territory of Arizona, and to file the same with the Territorial treasurer, nf hnf rp a of A 1875, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with two OF t2Oge sufficient SuretieS, to be approved by the Governor, Territorial Au ditor and Territorial Treasurer, condition ed that he will faithfully and fully per form all the duties that shall devolve upon him by the conditions of this act or forfeit the amount thereof to the Territory of Arizona, and upon the filing and ap- proval of such bond, it shall be the duty of the Governor to commission him as such agent.
 SEC. 5. To aid in systematizing and con- centrating articles for exhibition at a con veDient point for shipment, the boards Of supervisors of the several counties, at their regular meeting in April next after the pAsSn&o oftllis act, shall each appoint a 4Q5>-asct for their respective counties, wf,os6 a3fffes shall be as follows: To re- ceive and take charge of articles furnished for exhibition, and to supervise the boxing and shipping of said articles to the care of the agent aforesaid a Yuma, Arizona, which said articles shall all be shipped in time to reach Yuma on Or before the first day of December A. D., 1875, Provided, that exhibitors shall pay all expenses incurred in packing said articles and the shipment of them to Yuma, and provided further that said Sub-agentS may reject all articles furnished for exhibition, which in their judgment are not of sufficient excellence to be advantageous to the Territory, or re- ject all of any one kind in excess above the number, and amount necessary for a creditable exhibition, and in the exercise of this power they shall be governed as nearly as possible by such rules as may be prescribed by the Centennial advisory board for Arizona.
 SEC. 6. It shall be the duty Of each per son who may furnish any article or arti- cles for exhibition, to accompany the Same with Succlnct history of the pro- ductiOn thereof, and all important facts bearing upon the same, and also such other information, il any, as the Sub-agent may require, and if demanded by the sub agent verify the same by oath, and the said Sub-agent shall, at the time of Sbip-l ment to the agent at Yuma, furnish him with a brief, but complete statement of such information as he may have received relative to the production, extent, quality, | and pertinent incidents of said articles for exhibition, and also to see that all said | articles accepted by him shall be in Yuma, on or before the first day Of Decembe A. | D., 1875.
 SEC. '. It shall be the duty of the agent | to provide some suitable place at Yuma, | on or before the first day of August A. D., 1875, for the reception and safe keeping ot articles as they shall arrive from the sew l eral sub-agencieS, and as soon after the | expiration of the time fixed by Section 7, | for the reception of articles at Yuma, as 1 can be obtained, he shall | ship said articles by water to San Francis | 90, California, and thence by rail to Phila- | delphia; and the said agent shall also attend to the tranS-shiD Dment of the articles at San Francisco, and person. ally receive the same on their arrival in | and he shall also cause to | be fitted up with necessary stands, Shelv- | ing, cases, etc, the space allotted to AriZo- na in the Exhibition buildings, and prop arly arrange therein all articles for eXhibi- Lion. It shall also be the duty of the agent, to cause all articles to be nun bered, and 3 corresponding number to be set down in the left hand margin of book, opposite 1 which several numbers, shall be given the | facts as he shall have received them from | the sub-agentS, relative to the several ar ticles, as numbered. It shall also be the duty of the agent to be present during the entire period of the Centennial Exhibition, have a supervisory care over all articles from Arizona, on exhibition, and ilnpart information regarding the same to all seeking it.
 SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the agent at the close of said Centennial Exhibition, 10 sell for cash, at public auction, after pubic notice of not less than ten days, all articles under his charge, on exhibition, and render a full and complete account thereof to the Ninth Legislative Assembly | of Arizona, and he shall pay all moneys received from such sale to the Treasurer of this Territory, to be placed to the credit of 5he general fdnd and he shall also keep ! of 1 a N 6l-I