Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-01-04
TO rEGAL1zE IKE LAW.

The following bill is sore subject t
 the holdover democracy Of Arizona. l.
 success means their defeat and ute
 political annihilation. They must let g
 of the good fat offices to which they arr 70 endearingly inclined, but which right
 flllyIbelong to their legitimate republi
 can successors for nearly year past That this hang-on democracy will tind much fault with the governor and the bill surprises no one, but it means that these abstructionists must go all the same. The bill will, as it is intended settle for on.seEnG fe- all time the now ve1ed question of the legality of our ter ritorial laws passed, it is said, out of ses- sion.
 In the Senats of the United States, December II, 1889, Mr. Platt introduced the following bili' which was read twice and referred to 5he committee CT terri tories.
 A bill legalizing the general laws of
 Arizona, except. as to certain repeal
 ing acts; also authorizing the Gov
 ernor to fiji vacancies occurring dur
 ing the recess Of the legislative coun-
 ell, not now provided for by law.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that all acts done within tae legislative days by the said First, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thir- teenth, and Fifteenth Legislatures Of Arizona Territory, and by the council thereof, as shown by their official ses- sicn laws and journals, as pub ished, and by the revised Statutes of Arizona of eighteen hundred and eighty and that were acts otherwis. legal and compe tent for the legislatii council or assem- bly, of said legislatures to have done, had they been in legal session, are hereby approved and confirmed and legalized, and all to Lave the same force and effect as though done by the leg islative council or assen ply Of said legislatures in legal session: Provided, That the act or acts repeating para graph one thousand and ninety seven, |6s,Ssss-rQp twelve of chapter thirteen |os the Compiled LawS c4s Arizona of eiohteen hundred and eighty-s7ven Is heraby repealed and annulled, Pr SC much thereof as relates to saio para granh one thousand and ninety seven, and said paragraph one thousand and 1Ainety-seyen is hereby re-enacteo, to have full force and effect; FioFi1ieu' that the act repezling an act sunple- mental to chapter twenty-tcur or Com- n;lad Laws of Arizona. entitled, or Gen- eral and Special Elections, apPp93eG March twelfth, eightetn hundred jnlG leichtv-five. and known as ru noaf 5 ,Page | two hundred and thirtten. Sessicn l2t's | of the Thirteenth Legislature, IS hereDy re-enacted. and to havefull force and ef- feet: Provided, That u act repesilHs the militia laws, or so ni ch tnereof aS relates to the militia, is Fereby aanuiitt, and the militia act, kncyn as chapter twentv-one of the Compiled jaws of Ali zona. pages two hundree aad three to two hundred and :.o:1, li.t:u.sfss. = l..sss- 2 by re-esta ablished, and to hare fdii fcrc5 and effect, together wiGh all acJs or parts of acts amendatory thereto, the same as though said repeating act had noS been had; and
 SEC. ?. The paragraph sixteen of section two thousand nine hundred and thirty-nina, Revised Statutes Of Arlzons of eighteen hundred and eighty seven, being as follows, to owi:: lie ithe goF- ernor) may convene tho Legislature by proclamation, on extraordinary occa slons, by consent of the President of the United States" is hereby approved to have full force and effect, and
 SEC. 8. That every officer, the mode 0: whose appointment is not otherwise provided by law, and vacancy by expira- tion of commission, removal. CT other vacancy in office the filling Of whic!, is not otherwise provided by law. shall be by appointment and commission by tho governor, and the said appointments and commission shall expire at the end oi the next session of the legislative council.