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Laws of Arizona.

lic schools, and may appoint a suitable person to examine the course of instruction, discipline, and attendance of said schools, and the qualifications of the teachers, and report the same to them at their stated quarterly meetings. Said county commissioners and inspector appointed by them shall not receive any fees or salary for any services done in the discharge of their duties under this act.

Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of January, a. d. 1865.
Approved November 7, 1864.




An Act

To Divorce Mary Catharine Mounce from the Bonds of Matrimony.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona:—

Sec. 1. Mary Catharine Mounce shall be, and hereby is, for ever released from the bonds of matrimony heretofore existing between her and Absalom Mounce, and is for ever absolved from all obligation by virtue of her marriage with said Mounce.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved November 7, 1864.




An Act

Authorizing a Loan on the Faith and Credit of the Territory to Inaugurate and Pay the Expenses of a Campaign against the Apache Indians.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona:—

Sec. 1. That by virtue of the power vested in the Legislature of this Territory, a loan not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars is hereby authorized to be negotiated on the faith and credit of the Territory, to be paid at the expiration of twenty years from the date thereof, but payable at any time after five years from the date thereof, wholly or any part thereof, at the pleasure of the Territory; said loan not to be negotiated for less than eighty per cent. in gold, on the par value thereof, and bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, payable annually at the capital of the Territory; both principal and interest to be paid in gold.

Sec. 2. The treasurer of the Territory is hereby authorized and required as soon as practicable to issue gold bonds of the Territory in sums of fifty, one hundred, two hundred and fifty, and one thousand dollars, payable on the first day of January, a. d. 1885, and not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, in the following form, to wit: