Английская Википедия:9th Arizona Territorial Legislature
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox Arizona Territorial Legislature The 9th Arizona Territorial Legislative Assembly was a session of the Arizona Territorial Legislature which convened on January 1, 1877, in Tucson, Arizona Territory.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn It passed 79 statutes and adopted the Hoyt Code as the basis of the Territory's legal system.
Background
The Indian wars were winding down, with most of Arizona Territory's native population pacified. Following 1877 there would be periodic outbreaks of violence but no widespread conflict.Шаблон:Sfn The reduction in violence was allowing the economy to boom. Prospectors had found and were developing a number of mineral deposits. Reduced Indian problems had allowed importation of sheep and cattle. Additionally, the Southern Pacific Railroad was being built across the territory.Шаблон:Sfn
Governor Anson P.K. Safford's education initiatives were prospering. A May 1876 census showed at least 1,450 of the territory's 2,955 children were literate.Шаблон:Sfn Territorial school districts were also preparing to issue bonds to replace makeshift classrooms with larger structures better able to handle the growing demand.Шаблон:Sfn
The territorial legal code was in need of updating. To address this need, Territorial Secretary John Philo Hoyt had been commissioned to create a revised code based upon the "Howell Code" which was adopted by the 1st Arizona Territorial Legislature.Шаблон:Sfn
Legislative session
The legislative session began on January 1, 1877.[1]
Governor's address
As with all his previous addresses, Governor Safford discussed the current situation involving the Indian Wars.Шаблон:Sfn To this he added his concerns about outlaws. Declaring highwaymen "are a scourge to civilization, a disgrace to humanity, and should be swept from the face of the earth as remorselessly as the most ferocious wild beast", he recommended highway robbery be made a capital crime.Шаблон:Sfn The governor was able to report that the Yuma Territorial Prison was partially open, holding eight prisoners with a capacity for thirty.Шаблон:Sfn
Legislation
The ninth session of the Arizona Territorial Legislature was unusually productive, passing 79 new laws.Шаблон:Sfn The revised legal code drafted by the Territorial Secretary, dubbed the "Hoyt Code", was adopted as the basis of the territory's legal system.Шаблон:Sfn
Despite the previous session's permanently fixing the territorial capital in Tucson,Шаблон:Sfn the first action taken by this session was to move the capital to Prescott.Шаблон:Sfn Other organizational changes included adjusting the northern boundary of Maricopa County, moving the seat of Mohave County to Mineral Park, and incorporating the City of Tucson.Шаблон:Sfn In a related activity, residents of Grant County, New Mexico Territory had voiced a desire to have their county annexed to the Arizona Territory.Шаблон:Sfn The legislature responded by petitioning the U.S. Congress to make the requested transfer.Шаблон:Sfn
To help deal with continuing lawlessness, the session authorized payment of a US$300 reward for the capture of two highwaymen who had robbed a stagecoach and its accompanying United States mail near Skull Valley on January 4, 1877.Шаблон:Sfn They also authorized formation of another volunteer force to fight in the Apache Wars.Шаблон:Sfn
Other actions included imposition of a US$50 fine on anyone who allowed their hogs to run wild within a town.Шаблон:Sfn Maricopa County was given permission to issue US$15,000 in bonds for a series of four roads radiating from Phoenix: one to Globe City, one to Yuma via Agua Caliente, and two routes to Prescott via Black Canyon and Wickenburg.Шаблон:Sfn Finally, the session granted divorces to ten couples.Шаблон:Sfn
Members
| House of RepresentativesШаблон:Sfn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | District | Name | District | |
| J. A. Parker | Maricopa | John H. Marion | Yavapai | |
| D. A Bennett | Pima | S. C. Miller | Yavapai | |
| James P. Bull | Mohave | Estevan Ochoa | Pima | |
| M. H. Calderwood (Speaker) | Maricopa | William Ohnesorgen | Pima | |
| John W. Dorrington | Yuma | Ed G. Peck | Yavapai | |
| C. B. Foster | Yavapai | Hugo Richards | Yavapai | |
| G. Hathaway | Yavapai | Mariano G. Sameniego | Pima | |
| William S. Head | Yavapai | George Scott | Pinal | |
| W. W. Hutchinson | Yavapai | George H. Stevens | Pima | |
| CouncilШаблон:Sfn | |
|---|---|
| Name | District |
| F. H. Goodwin | Pima |
| Fred G. Hughes | Pima |
| George D. Kendall | Yavapai |
| Andrew L Moeller | Yavapai |
| J. M. Renondo | Yuma |
| Levi Ruggles | Pinal |
| John A. Rush | Yavapai |
| Lewis A. Stevens | Yavapai |
| King Woolsey (President) | Maricopa |
References
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Further reading
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