Mohave County miner., 1889-11-02
wants the Texas CelIe Amended

In order to straiqhten out the incon-
gruities Of the Texas Code. given to this
Territory by Governor Zulick, during the
fourteenth legislative session. Governor
Wolfey has sent the following recon-
mendrtion to Secretary Noble for enact
msnt BY congress:
WHEREAS, The first legislature Of Arizona
Territory construed ths act Of congress
limiting the length Of Territorial leeisla-
tures, to mean legislative days, and passed
many Of its most important laws after the
end Of the consecutive days, and
WHEskAs, The eleventh legislature Of
said Territory gave the same construction
to said congressional act, and passed
many ef its most important laws after the
end Of the consecutive days, and, among
Others the law changing the time for the
legal meeting Of the future legislatures
from the first Monday TO the second Mon
day in January, thereby cauring the
twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth legislatures to hold their session
over the consecutive days, counting from
the frf& Monday in January, which, il
the change was not legal, still remained
the legal day for their meeting; and
WHERKAs, The fifteenth Legislature ol
said Territory gave the same construction
to said net as given by the first and
eleventh, and passed several important
acts after the end Of the consecutive days,
and, among said acts, the Appropriation
bin fcr the years 1889 and 1880, Tor the
Territory Of Arizona; and
WHxz,xAs, The Attorney General d
the United States has, by an opinion rem
dsssd March 16th, 1889, stated that oil
''pretenied laws passed after the consec-
utive days are nugatorv," and
WHEREAs, The said opinion Of the At
tornsy General Of the United States does
cast . very grave donbt on the legality ol
what now constitutes almost the entire
laws Of the Territory Of Arizona, causing
great uneasiness and uncertainty, in the
legal, financial and commercial Affairs ol
said Territory, therefore be it enacted,
that all acts done within the legislative
days, by the said first, eleventh, twelfth,
thirteenth, fourtee.dh and fifteenth legis-
latures ef Arizona Territory, as shown by
their official session laws and journals,
and by The revised statutes Of Arizona ol
1887, and that we.e acts otherwise legal
and competent for the legislative council,
or assembly Of said legislatures TO have
done, had they been in legal session. are
hereby approved. confirmed and legal.
lied, and are to have the same force and
effect a. though done by the Legislative
council, or assembly, Of said Legislators
In legal session.
Except that the act or acts, repeating
paragraph 1907, being Sec. u Of chapter
l3, Of the compiled laxs Of Arizona, o
1877, is hereby repealed and annulled, o.
90 much thereof as relates to said para
graph 1,097, and said paragraph 1907 Il
hereby re-enacted to have full force ant
effect.
Except that every officer, the mode o
whose appointment is not otherwise pro
vided for by law, and vacsncy, by expira
ton Of commission or other vsssancy IN
Office, the filling Of which Is not otherwise
provided for by law. shall be by appoint
ment ard commission by the Governor
and the said appointment and commission
shall expire st the end Of the next session
II the legislative council, and except, fur
fhsr, thst the act supplemental 70 chsptse