The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Return of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners on Prescott Town Site, Required by Section 8 of the Law Re- lating to Town Sites. approv- ed February 16, 1871.

Honorable 1T IT. Fltury, Probate Judge cf
 TarGpGi Coaaty, 4. T
 SIR: The Board of Commissioners on Prescott Town Site has the honor to make the following report required by law
 In accordance with previous notice given by your Honor, the Board commenced iti sessions on the Doth of January, and closed its labors on the 9th of April, 1872.
 The preliminary rulings of the Board, which were published in the Arizona MINER of February Sd, 1872, were as follows: That a survey made in 1864, by R. w. Groom, covering most of the settled portion of the town site, although it did not conform to the lines of the U. s. survey of 1871, should be accepted so far as practicable, as the town survey; that a survey be made under direc- ton of the Board, covering S20 acres of land for Prescott town site, and in accordance with the U. s. lines; that survey having been made it was shown that strip of land was brought into the town limits on the north, between the line of Fort Whipple military reservation and the north line of Groom's survey; that strip of land on the east, including Coronado and Whipple streets, would be cut off with all the blocks between those streets, and a strip of similar dimen- sions would be added on the west line of the town. The Board ordered a survey of said additions, making streets, blocks and lots, on the same, corresponding with the same di- visions in the Groom survey-which survey was made by o. H. Case.
 The Board ordered a plat of the town site to be made. in accordance with the corrected survey, which has been completed and is placed in your hands herewith.
 The Board decided that all plazas, blocks, squares, streets and alleys, laid of for public use on the town site, should be recognized and reserved as town property.
 That only improvements of lots, and act ual or constructive possession of the same, could be the basis of action of the Board in deciding questions of title.
 Notices of days of regular sessions of the Board were published in the Arizona MINER from time to time, with extracts from the law, for public information, as we'll as the notices required by law concerning the clos ing duties of the Board.
 In performance of their duties the Commis- sioners have been in session as a Board, be- tween January 18th and April 1th fifty days, during which time the full Board has been in attendance on all necessary occasions, when decisions were to be rendered, or any important business came up; but in order to keep the expense as low as possible the busi- ness of taking evidence in contested cases was left to the Chairman of the Board and the clerk.
 The whole number of lots on the town site. as appears on the map, is l,107. Of tEis number 533 were claimed before the Board by different parties. Fourteen of the lots claimed were found without Improvements as such subject to sale for the benefit of the town.
 Thirty three lots were claimed by opposing parties. The disputes concerning nineteen of these were amicably adjusted between tue parties aided by the Board.
 Five hundred and eighty six lots are un- occupied and unimproved, and are subject to sale at auction for the benefit of the inhab- tants of the town.
 The following is list of expenses incurred in connection with the town site, bills for which have been audited and approved by the Board: