Organic Act of the Territory of Arizona

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The Organic Act of the Territory of Arizona was the 1863 U.S. federal law that created the Arizona Territory and established its governmental framework under congressional authority.

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Organic Act of the Territory of Arizona canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law
organic act
appliesTo public administration in the Arizona Territory
territorial courts in the Arizona Territory
territorial executive branch of Arizona Territory
territorial legislature of Arizona Territory
appliesToJurisdiction Arizona Territory NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
defines powers of the territorial governor of Arizona Territory
structure of the territorial legislature of Arizona Territory
territorial judicial system of Arizona Territory
fieldOfWork administrative law
constitutional law
territorial law
follows earlier territorial organic acts of the United States
genre public law
grants congressional authority over Arizona Territory
hasConsequence formal separation of Arizona Territory governance from neighboring territories
integration of Arizona Territory into the U.S. territorial system
hasEffect created the Arizona Territory
established the governmental framework of the Arizona Territory
placed the Arizona Territory under congressional authority
hasHistoricalPeriod 19th-century United States law
hasLanguage English
hasLegalSubject residents of the Arizona Territory
hasPart provisions defining territorial boundaries of Arizona Territory
provisions on executive authority in the territory
provisions on judicial authority in the territory
provisions on legislative authority in the territory
provisions on relationship between the territory and the federal government
hasPurpose to organize the Arizona Territory as a U.S. territory
to provide a governmental framework for the Arizona Territory
hasTopic U.S. territorial expansion
federal–territorial relations in the United States
governance of U.S. territories
inception 1863
legalForm statute
legalStatus historical law
legislativeBody United States Congress
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. (place of enactment) NERFINISHED
partOf American Civil War era legislation
regulates territorial government of Arizona Territory
replacedBy Arizona State Constitution (as primary governing framework after statehood) NERFINISHED
subjectOf United States territorial law history
legal history of Arizona
temporalCoverage from 1863 until Arizona statehood in 1912

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Arizona Territorial Legislature authorizedBy Organic Act of the Territory of Arizona