Portal:Government of the Territory of Arizona

“ Resolved by the Council, the House of Representatives concurring, That the thanks of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona be, and are hereby presented to Lieutenant-Colonel King S. Woolsey, and all of those who, under his guidance, have endured with him so many hardships, and have contributed so much to the safety, knowledge, and general welfare of the people. ”

“ Instructing the Honorable Charles D. Poston to urge the Congress of the United States to appoint Commissioners to Survey and Establish the Boundary Line between Nevada, Utah, and Colorado Territories and Arizona.
Whereas, The settlements of Santa Clara and Saint George, on the Rio Virgen, contain a population of some five hundred inhabitants, and are now claimed and submit to the jurisdiction of the Territory of Utah; and, whereas, it is believed that said settlements are south of the 37th degree of north latitude, and within the Territory of Arizona ”

“ Whereas, These expeditions have been highly beneficial to the people, not only by taking the lives of numbers of Apaches, and destroying the property and crops in their country, but also by adding largely to the geographical, geological, and mineralogical knowledge of the country ”