Arizona citizen., 1874-08-08
Village Council Proceedings.

A regular meeting of the council was held at the village recorders office on the 3d instant. Present, Mayor TOOle, COun- cilmen Drachman, Etchells and Samuel Hughes, and Recorder Osborn.
 The recorder reported that he had re- ceived through the register of the Flor ence land office the United States patent to the townsite of Tucson, and that he had caused it to be recorded in the Pima coun- ty recorders office.
 Conformably with an order adopted No vember IS, 1872, it was now ordered that the recorder issue deeds to the trustees of Tucson school district No. l, in trust for the use and benefit of the common schools in so much of said district as lies within tI.e corporate limits of the village of Tue son, for so much of lot s as lies on the east side of a line formed by the cOntlnua- tiOn Of the west boundary of lot 13 in a straight line to it's termination in the south boundary of lot 5, and all Of lots g, ID, Il, F and 13, all in block l95. (This lot of land lies between the old Camp Lowell parade ground and Congress street.)
 In the matter of the verbal application
 Of H. $. Stevens and George Hogg for the extension of the north line of lots 8, I and in block 190, to line commencing at the northeast corner of lot 5, and to include in the limits of Ott street, all that portion of lot l, lying north of said last mentioned line, it is ordered that Mayor ToOle, COun- cilman Drachman and Recorder Osborn be appointed committee 10 confer With said applicants and report at the next reg
 ular meeting of the council. The cornmu-
 nication Of Wm. ZeckendOrf, referred to elsewhere, was received and placed on file.
 Ordered that the feast Of san Augustine commencing August 2S, be held on that part Of Courthouse plaza lying west Of Meyers street, and to continue not exceed ing ten days, and that the recorder cause notice to be published as may be seen elsewhere in THE CITIZEN.
 Ordered that the recorder issue deeds to J. B. Salpointe in trust for the Catholic church organization, for the wants and
 uses of that body in Tucson, to these lots, viz: Lot in block 209; lot in block 2ll |;
 and lot ? in block 2l4. This to be done up [ on receipt by the recorder of the costs of executing said deeds.
 In obedience 10 6 previous order, the re- corder submitted list of lots upon which there IS still due amounts assessed for sur vey and payment Of entry at the land office. It was ordered that the recorder notify the claimants of said lots that un- less payment be made within thirty days, the lots w1li be sold at auction to pay charges and costs of sale.
 Ordered that the recorder instruct the marshal to abate the nuisance in the old building at the southeast corner of Main and Cemetery streets, and to notify all persons selling watermelons not to cause a nuisance In front of their premises by throwing watermelon rindS into the streets.
 A. Brichta's bill of S250 for recording pa tent to tOwnsite, was ordered paid.
 Adjourned till August i, at P. m.
 Met as per adjournment. Present full
 board and recorder.
 Ordered that in the matter of opening Meyers street, the Mayor be authorized ana instructed to draw warrant on the village Treasurer in favor of F. s. Leon, when he shall receive information that S700 is in the Treasury,
 Adjourned until the next regular meet ing.