Are you a man above the age of 18? Do you live in Arizona? Have you joined your local

criminal hunting posse? Because it is actually required by law that men in Arizona

join a local criminal hunting posse. I'm quoting

straight from the compiled laws of the territory of Arizona from 1864 through

1871. Every male person above 18 years of age who shall neglect or refuse to join

the Pasecomitatas, that would be citizens law enforcement committees, by

neglecting or refusing to aid and assist in taking or arresting

any person shall be fined in any sum, not less than $50 nor more than $1,000.

So join that posse comitadas or fork over maybe as much as a thousand dollars.

Here's another law from that same compendium on the sale of liquor to indigenous people.

Any person who has been guilty of selling or giving spiritous liquor to any Indian within

this territory shall be fined for the first offense $25.

Totally racist, totally outdated, but again,

that is Arizona law, circuit 1864.

And here's another one on animal theft.

Every person who shall brand or deface the mark or brand of any horse,

Mary, col, Jack, General, Mule, sheep, goat, or pig, that is not or her own property,

shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison

for a term not less than one year nor more than five years.

Now if you were wondering a Schott is like a pre-teen pig and do not deface its brand or you might find yourself in the Arizona

clink for up to five years. Those were the laws of the land in Arizona in the mid to late 1800s.

At the time, Arizona was not yet a state.

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