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and capital justly enforced system of fair assessments
with its necessary corollary-low taxes.
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION AND OTHER FEDERAL Ac-

gess has gated upon several important subjects affecting
the Territory
The act providing the joint statehood of Arizona and
New Mexico approved June 1G 1906 So far affects
the Territories has, because of the result of the statehood
election, become imperative except to provide for the rem
burseen the counties of the cost Of that election
Steps being taken to effect that.
By Chapter $751; LIST session of the 59h Congress approved
June 5 1906 provided that Supreme Court shall
sst judges any of whom shall constitute quorum but
justices order judgment other
determination OF district court except that IN where
two of the justices shall be disqualified from sit
ting the justices qualified shall constitute quorum, and
majority thereof may affirm such case but should
be tried before only two justices their disagreement
would be aiirmance of the case"
Chapter 354S of the session is conrmaory of rights
Of of railroads through public lands including those
served to the Territory.
Chapter 952 same session. apprOprates additional S.,
100000 annually for the support of the experiment station
established under the act of March 2, 1887.
By Chapter 3592, 59th Congress- LIST session, the law regu
ang the naturalization of aliens citizens of the United
States is very materially changed.
The Act of Congress usually the Pure Food Law
Chapter $685. 59h Congress- LIST session. approved June 80
1906 is made specifically applicable to the Territory
respects and became operative the LIST January instant
Chapter 1894 59th Congress- 1st session, is act to
prevent cruelty to animals while in transit by railroads
other of transportation from state territory to
another state territory and affects materially the shipment
of cattle sheep and other stock out of into this Territory
Annual meat and slaughter house inspection, far the
meat other products of animals become the subject Of IN
erstae commerce. provided for by Chapter 393 59h Con-
gre LIST session, and applicable to the Territory And
Of some other of Congress relating TO interstate
The provisions of Chapter 1891 (59h Congress, 1st
son known generally the Interstate Commerce Law, is
made to apply many particulars not only to transportation
companies engaged interstate commerce. but well to those
engaged in transportation carriers of property and
passengers from point to another within the Territory
Chapter 3073 59h Congress- 1st session. relates to the
liability of the Territory to their
poyees 1t makes them liable to any employee in Of
his death his personal representatives for the benefit of his
widow and children if any, and then for his parents
and none then to his kin dependent upon him for
all damages which may result from the negligence of Of
its officers agents employees or by reason OF any defect or
insucency due to their negligence the engines
pliances machinery, trucks, ways works
1t further provides that the fact that the employee in
ued may have been guilty contrbutoy negligence shall
bar recovery when his contrbutory negligence slight
that of the employer gross but the damages shall be
reduced proportion TO the comparative negligence No
employment insurance shall be defense
such action for damages except that insurance relief benefits
indemnity paid may be set off against the damages The
of such actions is limited to from the
time the cause of action occurred.
There also established under the provisions Of the Act
of March 1891 26 S L. 1903 by proamatons Of the Pres-
dent during the period eapng since your last session, the
following forest reserves in the Territory:
March 20 1905 Pnal Mountain Reserve,
October 3, 1905, Tonic Forest Reserve.
November 5, 1906, Baboquivor Forest Reserve.
the boundaries of the following forest under
like authority enlarged otherwise changed:
Nav 6. 1905 Grand Canyon Forest Reserve
June 30 1906, Black Mesa Forest Reserve.
August s. 1906, Grand Canyon Forest Reserve
THE EXPERIMENT STATION.
By an Act of Congress entitled Gan Act to provide for
an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment
stations and regulating the expenditure thereof, approved
March 16 1906 Statutes 1 session of 59th Congress- Part
Page 63 annual appropriation of 100000 made to each
and Territory for the complete endowment and
maintenance Of agricultural experiment stations IN addition
to other sums heretofore appropriated
This annual appropriation of 100000 nures to the bene
fit the experiment station established in connection with the
University of Arizona The grant of money made subject
to legislative assent of the Territory to the purpose of the
grant.
recommend that you express in proper bill for that
purpose the legislative of the Territory to the grant by
Federal of this additional money to the purpose
indicated.
RECEIPTS FOREST RESERVES.
provided by Act of Congress making appropriations
for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending
June 80 1907 CHAP 1918 59h Congress- 1st Se, page $50
that per of all money received from forest shall
be paid annually to the State Territory within which the
situated be expended by the State Territory
the Territorial legislature prescribe for the benefit
of the public schools and public roads of the several counties
in which the reserve situated If forest within
more than one county, the distribution to each shall be in
proportion the of the in each of them 1t is
further provided however, that there shall not be paid to any
county an amount equal than 40 per cent of the
total income of the county from all other sources.
On December Goth ut l notified by the Treasury
Department that the Acting Auditor of that department had
under provisions of this act settled account between
the United States and the Territory for S94O5O which had
transmitted the Secretary of the Treasury who would
cause to be sent to me a warrant for that amount.
On the 18th instant received the warrant for this money
and endorsed and delivered to the Territorial Treasurer