Tombstone daily prospector., 1891-02-19
VI EN ORIAl..

To hs Hon ths Senate and House 0f
 Representatives in Congress dssem-
 Jled:
 Your memorislists, the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, now in session, respectful ly beg leave to represent to your hon orable bodies:
 That in 1861, Congress and the President of the United States, in their joint capacity, gran,e ed to the Territory of Arizona every l6 and 36 sections oi the public domain within it's bnundar ies for the benefit of the public schools. In subsequent years, and in pursuance of law. hundreds of sections of the school lands thus reserved have been set apart, dedicated anl used for mili- 'ary and ImGian reservations, thus de pricing tho childIeu "f the present and future generations of the benCfi,s nf the lands which your illustriOus predecessors 90 wisely set apart ior their elucatiun.
 Your .nem"riali.ts would further represent that the school sections in lhe San Carlos resery alton. bv reason of their proximity to the rivers san Carlos. Gila and other tributary streams. by reason of the fe, tiliiy Oi the soil, tie facility of irrigation au" rlimalic influence. are the most de >irable lands for agriculture and hoI- liCulrure that We have in ihe Territory and the school sections and other sec ions adjncent thereto in the mOum- .ainuus regions within the rescr alton contain valuable mines of gold, silver. copper, and fiels of coal of great valne, from which our miners were cxpolied by the authorities of the agency at san Carlos.
 Now, therefore, in view rhe exist i3g condition of affairs at the Sen Carlos reservation and the probabil ty of the valley land. being held by the Indians in sevcralty for all time f' come. your mPm"riali.ts not only re quest but urge with earnest .ess:
 That in lieu of the schoo lands i, the valleys of the San Carlos rescrva- ton, you wiIl cause to be segregL,e. and sci apart for scho'i purposes Una: mountainous portion of the res"rva- ton known as the "coal fields" and mining region adjacent thereto A parr uf which are school lands in their en- tirety, and that you cause to be aP- pointed a commission of two, one to he nominated by the Governor, and -Ich commission Thall proceed 10 seg- regatc and set apart -ai mining re- zion and cause the same to be marked 1 by meet. and hJun.fs; and where SD segregated and sci apart, that the same De sOIi; first, To the best interest oi the schools; and second, so as to con- 1 fer the greatest good to the gr"a'e,t uumher of ihe people, and the pro. cec,!, thus obtained beinyested for the best interests of the schools.
 Your memorial sts would further represent:
 That in subsequent years, after saii grant 10 this Territory in 1861, hun. ireds of sections of our school lands have been set apart for the use and benefit of the Pima and MaricOpa In. dians, which will ultimately be held by them in sfveralty. Now in lieu of the school sections embraced in the Pima and Maricopa reservations, We reques; that you set apart and desig nate Fort Mcdowell, Camp Verde, Camp Thomas and Camp Fucker res ervations as school lands and cause the same (when no longer required for ! military purposes) to the best advan' tage for the schools of this Territory and that proper care be taken of said posts until sold.
 Your memorialists would further represent that many soldiers were dis charged in this Territory after the late war and have become aged and infirm and destitute; many ciiiz-ns and fam- lilies have been despoiled of their homes and property by the Apaches, and are destitute. Many invalids from other States have gathered here in the hope of regainins their health and have become destitute, and their husn'