

ARIZONA. 



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from observation. A guard rail shall bo 

 MruHed ilial dily per>oii.s inside can approach 



wiiiiin si\ feet nf ihf booths in- tin- baUot-boxet, 

 Ixit neither of these shall lie hidden from the view 

 of person- just outside the rail. Voting shall IK; 

 done I iy marking a cross opposite the name of 

 the candidate to be voted for, or by writing in u 

 name ami marking a cross opposite thereto. The 

 after marking his ballot in the booth, shall 

 fold it so as to conceal his choice, and hand it to 

 the election officer. The top of each ballot shall 

 lie partially separated from the remainder by a 

 perforated line, and on this top or stub the elec- 

 tion clerk shall write his name and the number 

 of t he voter in the order in which he voted, 

 which number shall also be entered on the check- 

 list. 



The act docs not apply to school elections, 

 nor are its provisions enforceable until the first 

 Monday in June, 1892. 



An act limiting railroad fares prevents rail- 

 road companies from charging passengers over 

 six cents for each mile or fraction thereof which 

 they are carried, except that in no case shall the 

 minimum fare be less than twenty-five cents. 

 The rate chargeable for children under ten years 

 shall not exceed three cents for each mile or 

 fraction thereof. Baggage up to 150 pounds in 

 weight shall be carried free for each passenger. 

 An act to encourage railroad construction ex- 

 empts from taxation for twenty years the prop- 

 erty of all railroads hereafter built without sub- 

 sidies, provided actual construction begins with- 

 in one year after the passage of the act, and pro- 

 ceeds at the rate of fifty miles of track each year, 

 and provided other requirements of the act are 

 complied with. 



Another act provides for the appointment of 

 four railroad commissioners, two from each 

 party, holding office for two years, who shall 

 make an annual report to the Governor. 



The Governor was given power to remove any 

 Territorial officer appointed by him or his prede- 

 cessor, whether with orVithout the consent of 

 the Legislative Council, whenever in his judg- 

 ment the best interest of the public service 

 will be promoted. Provision was made for or- 

 ganizing, for the protection of the southern 

 frontier, a company of armed horsemen, consist- 

 ing of three officers and twenty men, to be 

 known as the Arizona Rangers, a special part of 

 whose duty it shall be to pursue and punish 

 marauding Indians and other malefactors. An 

 annual Territorial tax of six cents on each $100 

 is to be levied to provide money for the equip- 

 ment and support of these troops. 



The new funding law for the Territory, passed 

 by Congress in June, 1890, was re-enacted, with 

 additional provisions necessary to carry it into 

 full effect. The annual tax to be levied for com- 

 pleting the buildings for the Territorial Univer- 

 sity, at Tucson, was reduced from three fourths 

 to one half of a mill annually. A department 

 for the education of the deaf, dumb, and blind 

 was added to the institution, to be organized 

 whenever five persons who are ndmissi I ill- 

 shall apply for instruction. Subject to the ap- 

 proval of CongfMB, an act was passed creating a 

 Board of World's Fair Managers for Arizona, 

 and appropriating $30,000 for their use in secur- 

 ing a proper exhibit of the resources of the Ter- 



ritory at Chicago in 1893, the sum to bo bor- 

 rowed at 5 per cent, for twenty \ 



The offices of Ci>mmi>Moner of Immigration 

 and of Territorial Geologist were abolished. 

 The county of Coconino was created out of 

 the northerly and easterly portions of Yavapai 

 County. 



Amendments were made to the jury law, so 

 that in civil cases and in misdemeanor trials 

 where twelve persons form the jury a verdict 

 may be given by the concurrence of three fourths. 

 Other acts of the session were as follow : 



Changing the time of meeting of tin- Legislature to 

 the second Monday of February in 1898, and every 

 second year thereafter. 



To provide for the establishment of a board of 

 horticultural com mission ens in any county on peti- 

 tion of residents thereof, and to empower such board 

 to protect the county against the importation, propa- 

 gation, and spreading of insects injurious to fruit and 

 vines. 



Limiting the time within which executions may 

 issue to five years after rendition of judgment. 



Authorizing incorporated cities, towns, and village* 

 to dispose of vacant land. 



Consolidating offices and reducing expenses in 

 cities which cast a total vote of less than 600 at the 

 November election in 1890. 



Revising the mechanics' lien law. 



Detaching certain lands from Yavapai County and 

 annexing them to Gila County. 



To prevent the sale of fire-arms, ammunition, and 

 liquors to Indians. 



To prohibit the licensing of gambling at myfietta, 

 or in any park, or on any race track or fair ground, 

 or adjacent thereto, or in any public place frequented 

 by women or minors. 



Making the Friday following the first day of Feb- 

 ruary in each year a holiday, to be known as Labor 

 Day. 



Authorizing school districts to issue bonds for the 

 purpose of building school-houses and of liquidating 

 outstanding indebtedness. 



Amending the act of 1889 so that precinct and dis- 

 trict offices in the Territory may be held by persons 

 who can not read and write in the English language. 

 Territorial and county offices can not be held by such. 



Exempting from taxation for ten years all sugar- 

 beet factories built within one year. 



Repealing the close-herd law. 



To prohibit the sale of intoxicants to minors and 

 drunkards, and to prohibit the sale of cigarettes to 

 children under sixteen years of age. 



Providing for the appointment of live-stock inspect- 

 ors, who shall inspect all stock about to be killed for 

 sale or to be shipped or driven from the Territory, 

 and to make sure i hat such stock is not stolen. 



Providing a new law regulating the care of the 

 indigent sick by tne several counties. 



Giving to persons who cut or cord wood, cut, saw, 

 or skid logs, cut, saw, hew, or pile ties, a lien thereon 

 for labor. 



Education. The following table shows the 

 educational progress of the Territory for the 

 past eight years : 



1888. 



1--I 



18S. 

 l-s7. 

 1886, 

 189 



1890 



Receipt*. 



$101.890 02 

 206,901 28 

 1-U.riflC 12 

 159,956 14 



ss 



Expendi- 

 tures. 



17'.'.:- 



-.MM.2S8 70 



$77,997 86 

 161,861 67 

 188.164 88 

 185.0HO 89 

 117.004 T4 

 180,212 14 

 150,548 41 

 177,'s:; -:< 



104 

 121 

 187 

 150 

 169 

 1-1 

 197 

 219 



Chil- 

 dren. 



;,.:;,> 



MM 



10319 



10,219 



tun 



-'..V-4 



8,0 1 



:;.-;. 

 i. .'.<. 

 4.702 



98 

 144 

 181 

 150 

 175 

 191 

 199 

 240 



