Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-10
MEMORIAL.

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 MEMORIAL.
 To the Senate and House of Repre-
 sentatives of the United States of
 America in congress assembled:
 Your memorials, the legislative as sembly of the territory of Arizona, beg leave to submit to your honorable bodies; that
 Whereas, under the various acts of the legislative assembly of the terri tory of Arizona certain counties of the territory were authorized to issue in aid of railroads and other quasi-pub- lie improvements and did, under such Acts, issue bonds, which said bonds were sold in open market, in most in stances at their face value, and are now held at home end abroad by per sons who, in good faith, invested their money tn the same, and, save and ex- cept such knowledge as the law i'm putes to the holder of bonds issued under authorized Acts, are innocent holders of the same; and
 Whereas, The validity of these bonds for many years after their issu- ance was mquestiOned and acknOwl- edged by the payment of the interest thereon as it fell due; and
 Whereas, There has recently been raised a question as to whether these Acts of the legislative assembly were valid under the organic law of the territory and which has led to a move ment looking to a repudiation of the indebtedness created under and by virtue of said Acts; and
 Whereas, We believe that such re- pudiation would under the circum- stances, work great wrong and hard ship to the holders of such bonds, and at the same time most seriously affect the credit and standing of our people for honesty and fair dealing, and fair dealing, and bring us into disre- Pute.
 Wherefore, We most strongly urge upon your most honorable bodies the prOpriety and justice of passing such and remedial legislation as will protect the holders of all bonds issued under authority of Acts of the assembly, the validity of which has heretofore been acknOwl edged, and that you so further legis- late as to protect all innocent parties having entered into contracts result ing from inducements offered by our territorial legislation, and relieve the people of the territory from the disas- trOus effects that must necessarily fol- low any repudiation of good faith on the part of the territory; and that you may so further legislate as to validate all Acts of the legislative assembly of the territory which have held out in for the investments of large sums of money in enterprises 1 contributing to the develop 1 ment and growth of the territory, and |. thus relieve the honest people of the territory from the disastrous effects that must necessarily follow any viO- !. IatiOn of good faith on the part of our people.
 Resolved, That our delegate to con gress be, and is hereby, instructed to | use all honorable means to bring this . subject to the earnest consideration of | that the secretary of the | territory be and is hereby requested . to transmit a copy of the foregoing to each house of congress, md to our delegate in congress.
 J. H. CARPENTER.
 Speaker of the House.
 A. J. DORIAN,
 President of the Council.
 The following were the members of he eighteenth legislative assembly md E J Babbitt, of COconino county asst the only dissenting vote to the memorial.
 COUNCIL.
 Apache, F T Aspenwall; Cochise, 3 A Packard; Gila, E J Edwards; Graham, Bert Dunlap; Maricopa, HehS " E Kemp; Mohave, Wm H Lake; Pima, J B Scott; Pinal, Thos Davis; lavapai, John $ Jones; Yuma, M NuSent; at large, A J Doran.
 HOUSE.
 Apache, Geo H Crosby and Will c Barnes; COchise, A c Wright, c L Cummings and H c Herrick; COconi 10. E F Greenlaw; Gila, G W P Hunt; Graham, Jos Fish and Geo " Skinner; Maricopa A E Hinton, \ Marshall, Niels Peterson and Perry Wildman; Mohave, O D NJ iaddis; Pima, \ W Bernard, H K Jhenowith, James Finley, NJ G Sam niego; Pinal, Thos E Baker and NJ ! Moore; Yavapai, Thos H Brown, | W Hull and J c Martin; Yuma. J 1 Carpenter.
 A Surprise Party.