Английская Википедия:20th Arizona Territorial Legislature
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox Arizona Territorial Legislature The 20th Arizona Territorial Legislative Assembly was a session of the Arizona Territorial Legislature which convened in Phoenix, Arizona. The session ran from January 16, 1899, to March 16, 1899.Шаблон:Sfn
Background
Myron H. McCord had replaced Benjamin Joseph Franklin as Governor of Arizona Territory on July 29, 1897.Шаблон:Sfn With the Spanish–American War approaching, McCord had resigned to join the Rough Riders. Oakes Murphy had been sworn in as his successor on August 1, 1898.Шаблон:Sfn At the time of the session, efforts to build a territorial capital building were underway with the construction contract being awarded on February 13, 1899.Шаблон:Sfn
Legislative session
The session began on January 16, 1899, and ran for 60 days.Шаблон:Sfn During this time, the legislature passed 69 new laws.Шаблон:Sfn
Governor's address
Governor Murphy's address was thorough and straight forward. After praising the Arizona volunteers who had fought in the Spanish–American War, he provided an overview of territorial finances. On the issue of taxation, Murphy felt large corporations were not paying their fair share. Toward this end he argued that the owners of small properties paid taxes based upon the full value of their properties but large businesses had the means to disguise the true value of their holdings and thus reduce their tax burden.Шаблон:Sfn
In other matters, Murphy recommended an overhaul of the territorial legal code.Шаблон:Sfn Possible reforms to how the territorial Board of Control operated were discussed. He also suggested the territory implement women's suffrage.Шаблон:Sfn Not wishing to see a territorial building in Flagstaff used as either a reform school or insane asylum, the governor asked for the building to be used as a normal school.Шаблон:Sfn Murphy recommended the Pioneers' Historical Society collect as much materials as practical or else "all living witnesses will soon be gone and the opportunity lost of obtaining relative information."Шаблон:Sfn Finally, the governor reminded session that they should send a memorandum to the United States Congress if they wished to increase the size of the legislature from 24 to 32 members in the House and 12 to 16 in the Council as it would take an Act of Congress to realize the change.Шаблон:Sfn
Legislation
Desiring an overhaul of the territorial legal code, the session authorized creation of a commission "to revise the laws and eliminate therefrom all crude, improper and contradictory matter and also to insert such new provisions as they may deem necessary and proper."Шаблон:Sfn No progress was achieved on addressing the problems with the territorial system as a variety of bills dealing with the issue were introduced but failed to pass.Шаблон:Sfn The session did however grant a fifteen-year tax exemption to new water development projects while new railroads received a ten-year exemption.Шаблон:Sfn
Toward territorial organization, Santa Cruz County was created from southern Pima County.Шаблон:Sfn A bill to reallocate the territorial building in Flagstaff for use as a normal school was introduced by House Speaker Henry F. Ashurst.Шаблон:Sfn This resulted in the establishment of Northern Arizona Normal School (now Northern Arizona University).Шаблон:Sfn An appropriation of US$30,000, in addition to the US$100,000 authorized by the previous session, for construction of a territorial capital building was authorized.Шаблон:Sfn The session established a US$6250 contingency fund "for the apprehension of criminals, or escaped patients for the Territorial Insane Asylum, and for other expenses incidental thereto, for the printing of election and other proclamations, and all necessary expenses."Шаблон:Sfn
In other matters, a bill to restrict the number of hours miners could work underground and to create an office of mine inspector was defeated.Шаблон:Sfn The session cut off financial support from the territory for the National Guard.Шаблон:Sfn A compulsory education bill passed requiring children between 8 and 14 years of age attend at least 12 weeks of school each year.Шаблон:Sfn A $25/month pension was granted to Charles Debrille Poston.Шаблон:Sfn Finally, the session passed a resolution expressing grief over deaths of Captain Buckey O'Neill and other Arizona volunteers during the Spanish–American War.Шаблон:Sfn
Aftermath
Governor Murphy appointed John C. Herndon, Charles Wright, and L. H. Chalmers to the commission recommending changes to the territorial legal code. Following Chamber's death, Richard E. Sloan was appointed to the commission in December 1900. The next session of the legislature passed the commissioned recommendations with only minor modification.Шаблон:Sfn
Members
| House of RepresentativesШаблон:Sfn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | County | Name | County | |
| W. S. Adams | Yavapai | Otis Hale | Pima | |
| James E. Arthur | Pinal | William Imus | Mohave | |
| Henry F. Ashurst (Speaker) | Coconino | A. A. Moore | Yavapai | |
| S. A. Bartleson | Pinal | W. W. Pace | Graham | |
| J. W. Benham | Maricopa | W. A. Parr | Navajo | |
| Sam Brown | Maricopa | Charles Peterson | Maricopa | |
| John Doan | Yuma | George Pusch | Pima | |
| Alfred S. Donau | Pima | J. J. Sanders | Yavapai | |
| Henry Etz | Cochise | Winfield Scott | Maricopa | |
| John C. Evans | Gila | F. A. Stevens | Pima | |
| N. Gonzales | Apache | E. M. Williams | Graham | |
| Mike Gray | Cochise | H. M. Woods | Cochise | |
| CouncilШаблон:Sfn | |
|---|---|
| Name | County |
| T. S. Bunch | Coconino |
| J. H. Carpenter | Yuma |
| J. B. Finley | Pima |
| Aaron Goldberg | Maricopa |
| Morris Goldwater (President) | Yavapai |
| George W. P. Hunt | Gila |
| J. M. Murphy | Mohave |
| George A. Oiney | Graham |
| David King Udall | Apache |
| Charles G. Warner | Cochise |
| George A. Wolff | Navajo |
| A. C. Wright | Pinal |
References
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