Arizona citizen., 1877-01-13
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
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TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, EXECUTIVE DEPART1IENT,
 TUCsoN, January i, lS7I
 Hon. King s. Woolsey, President Of tn Council, Sir: herewith transmit to you I honorable body a copy of the semi-annua reportof the Territorial Prison Commis sioners showing the condition and man agement of the prison from June 30, 1876 to December 31, 1876.
 A. P. K. SAFFORD, Governor.
 On motion of Mir. Kendall hereport ant accompanying exhibits were referred {, committee on Territorial affairs. | The following message was received from the Governor accompanied by report! from the prison commissioners. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
 TUCsOS, January 4, 1877 Hon. King s. WoOlsey, President Of tht Council, Sir: l herewith transmit to youl honorable body copy of a report of tn, Territorial Prison Commissioners giving detailed information relative to the con struction Of the Territorial prison.
 A. F. K. SAFFoRD, Governor.
 On motion of NIT. Goodwin the report and papers were referred to the committed on finance.
 Mir. Hughes presented the following pe- tition:
 To the Honorable members Of the Coun- ell and House of Representatives Of the Territory of Arizona: The undersigned, citizens of Yavapsi county, your petition CTS would respectfully represent to your Honorable body that being at very remote distance from their county seat, which renders their attendance and other things considered very great hardship, and further that the rapidly increasing amount of emigration into the eastern portion of Yavapai county has given them sufficient ability to support county gov ernment, your petitioners would therefore pray your Honorable body, by legislative act, to grant them a county composed of the eastern portion Of Yavapai county, by metes and bounds as follows, tO-wIt: com mencing at the northeast corner of the
  the boundary line between the Territories Of Arizona and Utah to point opposite the Horse Head crossing on the little Col orado river, thence south by way Of said Horse Head crossing to southern bOun- diary of Havapai county, so as tO include the settlements of Stinson, Cooley and Camp Apache, thence east to the bOun- diary line between the Territories of Ari- zona and New Mexico, thence running north with said line to the place of begin- ming.
 And your petitioners would respectfully suggest the name Of Colorado for said county.
 And your petitioners further pray your Honorable body to locate the county seat of said new county at the town of Spring erville.in Round valley on the little Colo radO river. in township No. 9; IL being a point most centrally located and more to a majority ofthe population Your petitioners would therefore pray the location Of the county seat be at said point, and your petitioners as in dItyI bound, will ever pray.
 Done this December 12, 1878. (Signed) ". k. Milligan, x. B. George, Wm. VI. Rudd and IT others. Which petition was read, and on motion Df MT. Kendall was referred to the com-I mittee on counties and county boundaries. Mir. Redondo introduced C. B. No. l, ,"An ict to fix the salary and fees of the dis .rict attorney Of Yuma county; also Council bill No ?, "an act to amend an lct to amend sections three, four, fifteen, sixteen, twenty-nine, thirty-nine, of In of villages"
 MT. Hughes introduced c. B. No. 9, an let entitled an act to create the county of Colorado.
 c. B. No. l, was read first time.
 c. B. No. 2, was read first time.
 c. B. No. 3, was read first time. On motion Of Mir. Redondo the Council ook recess until three o'clock p. m.
 THREE O'CLOCK P. M.