Chapter LVI. to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Arizona, and for other Purposes
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Chap. LVI.— An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Arizona, and for other Purposes.Feb. 24, 1863. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That all that part of the presentTerritory of Arizona. Territory of New Mexico situate west of a line running due south from665 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 56, 58. 1863. the point where the southwest corner of the Territory of Colorado joins the northern boundary of the Territory of New Mexico to the southernBoundaries. boundary line of said Territory of New Mexico be, and the same is hereby, erected into a temporary government by the name of the Territory of Arizona: *Provided,* That nothing contained in the provisions of this actMay be divided hereafter. shall be construed to prohibit the Congress of the United States from dividing said Territory or changing its boundaries in such manner and at such time as it may deem proper: *Provided, further,* That said government shall be maintained and continued until such time as the people residingTerritorial government to remain until, &c. in said Territory shall, with the consent of Congress, form a State government, republican in form, as prescribed in the Constitution of the United States, and apply for and obtain admission into the Union as a State, on an equal footing with the original States.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the government hereby authorizedGovernment, executive, legislative, judicial. shall consist of an executive, legislative, and judicial power. The executive power shall be vested in a governor. The legislative power shall consist of a council of nine members, and a house of representatives of eighteen. The judicial power shall be vested in a supreme court, to consist of three judges, and such inferior courts as the legislative council may by law prescribe; there shall also be a secretary, a marshal,Officers, how appointed, &c. a district attorney, and a surveyor-general for said Territory, who, together with the governor and judges of the supreme court, shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the term of office for each, the manner of their appointment, and the powers, duties, and the compensation of the governor, legislative assembly, judges of the supreme court, secretary, marshal, district attorney, and surveyor-general aforesaid, with their clerks, draughtsman, deputies, and sergeant-at-arms, shall be such as are conferred upon the same officers by the act organizing the Territorial government of New Mexico, which subordinate officers shall be appointed in the same manner, and not exceed in number those created by said act; and acts amendatoryActs governing New Mexico extended to this territory. thereto, together with all legislative enactments of the Territory of New Mexico not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby extended to and continued in force in the said Territory of Arizona, until repealed or amended by future legislation: *Provided,* That no salaryProviso. shall be due or paid the officers created by this act until they have entered upon the duties of their respective offices within the said Territory.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That there shall neither be slaverySlavery not to exist therein. nor involuntary servitude in the said Territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted; and all acts and parts of acts, either of Congress or of the Territory of New Mexico, establishing, regulating, or in any way recognizing the relation of master and slave in said Territory, are hereby repealed. Approved, February 24, 1863.