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Página 82 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States...
Página 61 - ... the same jurisdiction in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States as is vested in the circuit and district courts of the United States...
Página 73 - University shall be to provide the inhabitants of this Territory with the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science, and the arts.
Página 63 - ... and for the construction or operation of railroads, wagon roads, irrigating ditches, and the colonization and improvement of lands in connection therewith, or for colleges, seminaries, churches, libraries, or any other benevolent, charitable or scientific association.
Página 20 - value" and "full cash value" mean the amount at which the property would be taken in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor.
Página 63 - ... manufacturing, and other industrial pursuits, and for conducting the business of insurance, banks of discount and deposit (but not of issue) loan, trust, and guarantee associations...
Página 48 - There are now four creameries and cheese factories in the Territory, with probably more to come in the near future. Another very important use of alfalfa is as a soil renovator. Our semiarid desert soils are commonly dense and deficient in' humus and nitrogen — circumstances leading to a condition of poor tilth, which often makes successful culture of ordinary crops a difficult matter. Alfalfa, however, flourishes in these soils, and in so doing loosens them to considerable depths by means of its...
Página 9 - The president, in his messages of 1857-8, recommended a territorial government; Senator Gwin in December 1857 introduced a bill to organize such a government for the Gadsden purchase, under the name of Arizona; the legislature of New Mexico in February 1858 passed resolutions in favor of the measure, though recommending a north and south boundary line on the meridian of 109, and also the removal of all New Mexican Indians to northern Arizona; several favorable petitions were received from different...
Página 85 - Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Página 47 - West, flourishes alongside with wheat, corn, and sorghum, respectively characteristic of Minnesota, Illinois, and Kansas. Oranges, lemons, and olives from California may be found in the same neighborhood with peanuts and sweet potatoes from Virginia. In brief, many of the leading crops of both temperate and subtropical countries, which are not affected by a too arid atmosphere or by the frosts of winter, flourish in southern Arizona. In northern Arizona, where the temperatures more resemble those...

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