No. 08 AN ACT
Every male resident of the Territory over twenty-one and under fifty years of age, shall be required to perform either in person or by substitute, one day's labor on the highways in their respective road districts, which labor shall be performed at any time when required by the Road Overseer, or in default of performing such labor shall pay to the Road Overseer of his district the sum of two dollars for the benefit of the highways of the district.
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To Encourage Arboriculture
No. 15 AN ACT
Section 1. The Friday following the first day of February in each year shall hereafter be known throughout the Territory of Arizona as Arbor Day, and shall be observed as a holiday.
Section 2. (In part...) and recommending that the Arbor Day established be observed by the people of the Territory of Arizona in the planting of trees, shrubs and vines, in the promotion of forest and orchard growth and culture...
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Schooling was important even back then...
No. 21 AN ACT
No person who cannot read and write in the English language, shall be eligible to hold any Territory or count office, in the Territory of Arizona, whether the same be elected or appointed, and no certificate of election or commission shall be issued to persons so disqualified.
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Bounties for killing wild animals...
No. 29 AN ACT
Section 1. That a reward is hereby offered for the destruction of wild animals hereinafter enumerated, taken and killed within the Territory of Arizona...
Section 2. There shall be paid for each lynx two dollars, wild cats one dollar, lova or timber wolf three dollars, bear ten dollars, panther or mountain lion twenty dollars...
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What about the Indians...
No. 71 AN ACT
Section 1. That any person who sells, gives, rents, barters or furnishes any rifles, carbines, pistols or revolvers, or any ammunition or cartridges for rifles, carbines, pistols or revolvers, or any shot larger in size than standard number six, (6) shot, or any spirit, malt or vinous liquor to Indians, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than one or more than six months, or by a fine not less than fifty dollars or more than three hundred dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
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To provide for the Protection of the Frontier...
No. 81 AN ACT
Section 1. (In part)... The Governor of this Territory is hereby authorized to raise and muster into the service of this Territory, for the protection of the southern frontier, one company of Arizona Rangers, to consist of one captain, one lieutenant, one medical officer and twenty privates, each entitled to pay as follows: The captain and medical officer to receive each one hundred dollars per month; lieutenant eighty dollars per month, and privates each fifty dollars per month...
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To prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors and cigarettes to minors ...
No. 88 AN ACT
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in this Territory to sell, give, or furnish, or cause to be sold, given, or furnished intoxicating liquors of any kind to any habitual or common drunkard or to any minor.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person in this Territory to sell, give, or furnish, or cause to be sold, given, or furnished any cigarettes to any minor under the age of sixteen years.
Section 3. The violation of either of the above sections shall be a misdemeanor and the person guilty thereof, shall be fined for each offense not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars..
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To Assist Cured and Discharged Indigent Patients of the Territorial Insane Asylum ...
No. 99 AN ACT
Section 1. (In short) Every cured and discharged indigent patient, when he or she leaves the insane asylum shall have returned everything of value taken taken from him or her when entering the asylum, and likewise all money at that time received and not disposed of for his or her benefit... he or she shall furthermore be furnished with five dollars in cash and a suit of clothes not to exceed in cost fifteen dollars, and shall be furnished a half fare untransferable ticket on any railroad within the Territory for any continuous distance, however not to exceed three hundred miles in all....
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