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Rh for a period of three years from the passage of this act, or until their successors are elected by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory; that the terms of the commissioners mentioned in this section shall be divided into three periods of one, two, and three years, and after the adjournment of the present session of the Legislative Assembly they shall meet and elect by lot the term of service of each, so that the time of service of one shall expire in one year, another in two years, and the third in three years.

The faith and credit of the Territory, and all the public lands which may be granted to the Territory by Congress, not heretofore otherwise appropriated, and all public moneys, and all Territorial mining claims, as provided for in section fifty-six of chapter fifty of the Code, entitled: “Of the Registry and Government of Mines and Mineral Deposits,” are hereby pledged to pay the interest punctually and redeem the principal of said loan.

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

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

The Governor of the Territory is hereby authorized to raise not more than six companies of rangers, and not exceeding in all six hundred men, to be employed in a campaign against the hostile Apaches.

They shall be raised, organized, officered, and mustered into the service of the Territory by the Governor, who shall make all needful regulations for their discipline, and direct how and for what time they shall be employed.

They shall be compensated by the commissioners appointed by the act, entitled “An Act to authorize a loan on the Faith and Credit of the Territory, to Inaugurate and pay the Expenses of a Campaign against the Apache Indians,” from the funds thereby provided. Said commissioners shall be authorized to expend for the purpose of this act no greater sum than is realized from the sale of the bonds provided by the said act entitled as aforesaid.

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of January, 1865. November 9, 1864.