Arizona citizen., 1876-12-16
our County Boundaries.

The next Legislature ought to take action on the subject of the regulation and establishment of the county boun daries which, at present, are in such confusion that no one can tell much about them Originally, leaving tho abolished county of Pah-Ute out oi consideration as in no way affecting the matter, the whole Territory was comprised in the four counties of Mo have, Yuma, Yavapai and Pima.
 Mohave and Yuma then were bound cd as now, the meridian of 113 deg 20 minutes East longitude being ther eastern and the Colorado river their western limits, with the center line of the Santa Nara and Bill Williams rivers as the east and west line separat ing them. The remainder of the Ter ritory was included in Pima and Yav- apai ; all south of the center line of the Gila rIver being in Pima and all north in Yavapai.
 With the influx of population into the Salt river valley came the necessity for @ new county embracing that sec ton. Accordingly the Legislature of 1871, passed a bill which was approved February 14 of that year, creating the county of Maricopa out of Yavapai with boundaries as follows: COmmenc- | ing at the point where the San Carlos river crosses the parallel of 3i deg of north latitude-which point, by the way, exists only in the imagination of the framers of the bill, as will appear Ipresently-thence along said parallel to the Verde river, thence to the White Tanks, thence west to the border of Yuma county, thence sOnth to the Gila. thence easterly along the Gila to the mouth of the San Carlos, and thence up the said San Carlos river to the point of beginning. Now the San Carlos river extends not more than half way from the Gila river to the 34th parallel, the great Natanas range of mountains and almost the entire watershed of the Salt river lying between the source of the river and the parallel mentioned. On all maps, the San Carlos is shown to be formed by the conjunction of two streams, one of which comes down from the north and the other from the northeast, the latter being apparently the main stream. If the first is follow ed north and extended, it leaves in Iavapai a large section that would be in Maricopa if the trend of tine second stream be taken as the dividing line. This second stream if its course be extended, passes a considerable dis tance east of Camp Apache, which place therefore would appear 10 be in Maricopa, and not in Yavapai county as is usually believed. As it stands, at best, Maricopa county has no certain or well defined eastern limit.
 The Legislature of 1873, passed a bill "To Extend the Southern boundary of Maricopa County" which became a law February II of that year. By this law, a section was taken from Pima and given to MaricOpa, by line com mencing at a point on the Gila five miles west of MaricOpa Wells, running south to parallel B deg. 24 minutes north, thence west to Yuma county; ] thence north to the Gila.
 ! The last measure on the subject was the bill creating Pinal county, passed by the last Legislature The bounds of this county extending as they do along the lines of the United States public surveys are all definite and eas- ! fly determined, but strange to say its western boundary is about three miles east of Maricopa Wells. By this pecul- ! far conformation, there is a tract of land nearly twenty miles north and south by eight east and west, of which Maricopa Wells is the central point, which is still in Pima county, though ! cut off from the remainder by the entire width of Pinal. It IS only justice to the people therein that something should be done to place them where they legitimaiely belong, either in Pinal or MarIcopa-
 Again, as late events show, some pro vision should be made, either by legis- lative or county action, to settle exactly where certain county lines run. Al present, the inhabitants of the Globe district are not certain whether they are in Pinal or Maricopa. It seems to be the prevailing opinion, how well founded It is impossible to say, that i Globe City is in Pinal, but most of tho mines in MaricOpa county. This diff culty can only be settled by a cleal markingof the lines in legal way by a competent surveyor.
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