Portal:Government of the Territory of Arizona

“ If any person shall neglect or refuse to pay the toll authorized by this act, for any animals or teams owned or driven by him, when demanded by any person authorized to receive the same, he shall be liable for double the amount of toll legally due from him, to be collected on complaint, in the name of the company, in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the wagon or wagons, and the animal or animals, owned by him or in his charge, shall be liable to be taken on attachment or execution to satisfy the judgment which may be obtained. ”

“ No toll or charges shall be made by said company for travel on any part of said road, until said road shall have been examined by a commissioner to be appointed by the Governor of said Territory, who is hereby authorized to appoint a disinterested person for such purpose, on receipt of a petition from the company praying therefor, and who shall have reported in writing, to the Governor, what amount has been expended on said road by said company, and what improvements have been made thereon, and whether said company have complied, in all respects, with the provisions of this act ”

“ All persons in the military service of the United States or this Territory shall be allowed to locate claims on mineral lodes or veins in the limits of this Territory, subject to the requirements of the mining laws of this Territory, and shall be protected in the possession of the same, and shall have the same rights in all respects, in regard to such claims as like persons not in the military service. ”

“ The privileges conceded to said company are and shall be continued for the term of twenty years from the passage of this act, and at the expiration of said term said road shall be relinquished by them in good order, and shall always remain for the benefit of the Territory or the State; but it is understood that the said company may sell or retain any real estate owned or possessed by them, and divide the proceeds of the same, in proportion to the shares held by them, among the stockholders, after all debts of said company are paid ”

“ So long, not exceeding five years, as the said Samuel Todd or his associates or successors shall maintain and operate a good, safe, and substantial ferry between the points aforesaid, they shall be authorized to charge, demand, and collect, the following rates of toll, namely:—For a wagon and two animals, three dollars and fifty cents; for every additional two, seventy-five cents; for every carriage with one animal, two dollars and seventy-five cents; for every beast of burden, seventy-five cents; for every horse or mule with its rider, one dollar ”

“ The coupons or certificates for the payment of the interest, shall be attached to said bonds in such manner that they may be taken off without injuring or mutilating the bonds, being severally numbered from one to twenty inclusive, each bearing the corresponding number of the bond to which they are attached, and shall be signed by the treasurer of the Territory. ”

“ That the object of said society shall be the collection and preservation under their own care and direction of all historical facts, manuscripts, documents, records, and memoirs, relating to the history of this Territory, geological and mineralogical specimens, geographical maps and information, Indian curiosities and antiquities, and objects of natural history. ”

“ At nine o’clock in the forenoon on the day of any election aforesaid, the legal voters aforesaid shall proceed to elect judges and an inspector, who shall immediately give public notice of the hour of such day, and the place when and where they will open the polls, and they shall appoint two clerks, and shall receive, canvass, and record the votes, and conduct the election as nearly as may be in conformity with the provisions of the chapter aforesaid ”

“ The parties may in any contract in writing, whereby any debt is secured to be paid, agree that if the interest on such debt is not punctually paid it shall become a part of the principal, and thereafter bear the same rate of interest as the principal debt. ”

“ Sec. 5. The Legislature of the Territory or State, as the case may be, reserves the right to repeal or change this act, and alter the rates of ferriage at any time after the passage of the same.
Sec. 6. ”