Arizona citizen., 1873-08-23
village Council Proceedings.

The Recorder reported sale of the ex- elusive use ofthe plaza for the feast of San Augustine at $2OO and that cash therefor had been paid also that in accordance with authority, warrant had been drawn for balance of $1OO 36 due on village in debtedness. Bills amounting to $35 were ordered paid. The mayor was appointed committee to confer with the board of supervisors relative to allowing the village authorities to use the chain n-gang to work on the streets. Adjourned to August 20.
 Council met on 20th as per adjournment, with full board present. The mayor re- ported that he had made arrangements with the supervisors to work the county prisoners on the streets, under direction of the mayor and council. It was then or. dered that the mayor employ an overseer of the chain-gang at wages not exceeding S75 per month, and tbat he have authority to purchase requisite tools therefor. Or ders were then passed relating to the dis tributiOn of town lots as follows:
 On motion ordered that the blocks and parts of blocks bounded cn the north by Third street, on the east by Third avenue, on the south by Twentieth street and on the west by the occupied portion of Tucson, be designated and set apart as the lots and blocks to be drawn It the lottery by per sons entitled thereto by reason of the pay ment of the municipal lax.
 On motion ordered that the drawing by lottery for lots and blocks take place at Congress Hall, on Saturday, August 30, 1873, commencing at 10 o'clock, a. h., and continue until o'clock, p. m., or until all the lots shall have been drawn, provided, that all persons who shall not be present in person or by sgen, prior to the hour of 4 o'clock, D. III shall have their lots drawn by some person to be designated by the mayor.
 The Recorder shall ascertain and pre- pare a list of persons who may be entitled to one or moro blocks, and who desire to draw by blocks, and after having aseer- tained the number 50 entitled, shall place in a box a number of tags corresponding with the whole number of blocks set apart to be drawn, and shall place on each tag 8 number corresponding with each respective block so set apart, and on Monday, Au- gust 25, at 10 o'clock a. Iu., at the Re-
 
 which parties may desire to draw shall be drawn from the box by some disinterested person to be designated by the Mayor, and the tags for the blocks so drawn shall be placed in a separate box and shall cOnsti ute the blocks from which tae parties de string to draw for blocks shall be confined in drawing on August 30,
 The Recorder shall prepare tag with the number of the lot in each respective block set apart to be drawn for and not included in the list to be drawn for by blocks, and shall place the same in box and which shall constitute the list from which parties entitled 10 lots shall be con- fined in drawing on August 30.
 The Recorder shall prepare two lists of persons entitled 10 blocks and lots, having colamns for the number Of block and lot. and separate coluNns in which he shall place the amount paid and the number of the blocks or lots to which each person may be entitled, and on the day of draw ing the Recorder and a person to be desig- mated by the parties interestedi in the draw ing, shall each take one of the lists, and upon the drawing of any lot or block, shall enter the number of the lot and block so drawn, in the columns prepared for that purpose.
 The mayor and council shall superintend the drawing and shall designate one or more disinterested persons to draw the tags from the b,1es. The drawing shall be public and so arranged as to afford the most convenience to all concerned.
 After the drawing shall have terminated, the Recorder shall without unnecessary de- lay, ueliver to each person entitled thereto, deed for the blocks or lots drawn as herein before prescribed,
 THE weather has done well this week. Rain fell here moderately most all of Thursday, and glorious, soaking rain came down nearly all the night. The streets were washed and in many places damaged. Nearly the whole Territory has been favored with rain and many parts with abundance, and the larger streams are somewhat swollen. A mixture of heecy clouds and sunshine prevailed here yester~ day. The sky is clear this morning.
 PUBLIC attentiOnis directed to the dis solution notice of John H. Archibald t5 Co.
 PARTIES in want of a fine residence property are requested to read the adyer tisement of r. k. Brady in THE CITIZEN.
 JESUS CoNTRERAs' train arrived in town from Yuma on Monday with large lot of goods for Lord 65 Williams.
 NOTICE c, T. Hayden < Co.'S new ad-I yertisement.
 WASHINGTON, August 13.-At- torney- General Williams decides that DO spirituous liquors can be introduced