Arizona citizen., 1877-01-06

] you, containing q SldlcHltUL or lle con ? dition and management of the prison l CTS, which shows that there has been D received into the prison eight prison CTS, one of whom has been discharged - leaving seven at the time in cOntine ment The prisoners have been em l ployed in assisting in the construction Q of the building. The report shows the total expense c guarding and main taining the inmates from May 1, 1875 . to June 30. 1876, to have been SS,922 S9 ' and the future ,Xpense is estimated al 5 $415 per month. The expenses, nc - doubt, have beel larger in organizing and systematIzilg the management of
 the PenitentiaT ?, in proportion tO the
 number of prisoners cared for, than 'wlll be required i'll the future; in fact 1t requires about the same expense for employees to guard one prisoner that it will require to guard thirty. 1 am
 aware that it demands the servlces of
 trusty men to perform these duties, and
 although the prices paid for labor have T in some instances seemed Tn excess of those paid for like services elsewhere, yet 1 presume under the circumstances the Commissioners used due discretion
 in the premises.
 The law to provide for the erection
 of Territorial Prison and for the con | tinement of prisoners therein should be
 amended in several particulars. The
 mode of electing the Prison Commas
 sionerS, by the joint convention of the two Houses, is clearly in violation of ! the organic act. Section s of said act ! provides, That all township, district and county officers, not herein other wise provided for, shall be appointed or elected, as the case may be, in such
 manner as shall be provided by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of ! the Territory of New Mexico. The Gov ernOr shall nominate and, by and with the consent of the Legislative Council appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for" The office of Commis- sioner is neither a township, district ! nor county office, therefore the ap- pointment must be made by the Gov ernOr by and with the advice and con sent of the Legislative Council. No checks have been provided to prevent eXtravagant expenditures on the part of the Commissioners. So far as the pres ent management is concerned, believe
 they have honestly and faithfully en- deavOred to perform their duties, but should a Board be selected who had
 more regard for theU private interests
 than for the welfare of the Territory, as might be the case, great injury and eX- pense might ensue before any power could prevent. 1 would therefore rec ommend that the power be vested in some officer to examine and audit the expenses incurred by the Commission CTS before they are paid Under the present law the Commissioners are not required to report t0 any one They should be required to report annually to the Governor, copies of which re- ports should be laid before each Legis-
 lature.
 Tue present law appears to make it mandatory upon the Commissioners tO. pay the Superintendent $l50 per month, and 1t has so been construed by them. It should read that a salary of not eX- ceeding $50 per month be paid. There is a bill now pending in Congress to appropriate S15,000 towards the con structiOn of Penitenliary in this Ter ritOry. As it has been customary for the Government to build prisons for the Territories, it seems but just that this bill should be enacted into a law without delay, and l would suggest that you memOrialze Congress upon this subject
 THE INSANE.
 Under a contract made by me, in be. . half of the Territory, with Drs Lang don and Clark of Stockton, California, ! the insane of the Territory are main ! tained and cared for There are at the i present time but two patients in the l asylum. The total expense for their maintenance to June 30, 1876 was S46S.I5. In report to me, dated Oc- tober %, 1876, the physicians in charge give but little encouragement of the restoration to reason of either of the patients. Under all the circumstances the contract we have with MeSsrs. ] Langdon and Clark, is probably the most economical and humane plan that can be adopted for maintaining our insane, b6t, as the asylum Is To- cated so far away, l would suggest the propriety of authorizing the Governor 1. to appoint some competent person, liv- Ing at Stockton, to visit the asylum at least quarterly, to examine and re port the condition of the patients, their treatment, &c. While 1 believe that these physicians have faithfully performed their duty to the patients | who have been intrusted to their care, still it seems but justice to these unfor- tunate people that a disinteresied in dividual shall visit them at least once in three months
 MINES AND MINING.
 The mining prospects have never been so encouraging in the history of the Territory as at the present time. New discoveries are constantly being made and many valuable mines have been developed and are being success fully operated Among the most prominent of these, 1 will mention the Silver King, in Pinal county, the Peck. in Yavapai county, and the Me Crackin, in Mohave county Indian hlgn transportation anu scarcity of capital have greatly retard- ed mining development but now as the Indians are mostly living at peace on ( and railroads are fast ap- our borders, both from the east and the west, capitalists are seIZ- .s ing the golden opportunity to make in- , yeStments in mines l confidently eN- . pect before ten years have passed, that Arizona will excel in the product of [ he precious metals any other State or Territory in the Union. t
 AGRICULTURE AND GRAZING.
 The above industries have been en- , arged and advanced during the past wo years The yield of agricultural !: products has been satisfactory and the ,