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

1. That the Governor of said Territory be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to appoint a commissioner to prepare and report a code of laws for the use and consideration of the Legislature of said Territory.

2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. October 1, 1864.

Whereas, John G. Capron, of the first judicial district, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty, was induced by fraudulent concealment of criminal facts to legally marry one Sarah Rosser in the same district, and notwithstanding the strongest legal causes exist for annulling said marriage, there is no law of divorce existing in this Territory:—

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

1. That the bonds of matrimony heretofore contracted and existing between John G. Capron and Sarah Rosser be, and they are hereby declared annulled and absolutely dissolved, and that the said John G. Capron have the privilege of marrying again.

2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. October 13, 1864.