Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-06-08
TOWN SITE REPORT.

10 the Hon. Board of School Trustees
ot Weaverville School District:
Gentlemen The law of this State
providing for the Entry, Survey and Sale
OF the sites OF unincorporated towns situat-
ed upon the public domain, while it leaves
every power To be exercised by the
County Judge in Trust, and fails to des-
ignate any official, or body OF oliicials
whose duty it shall be to approve or dis
approve of his actions, yet declares and
directs that any unexpended moneys
which may remain in his hands when
the business of Town shall be closed
shalt be paid into the hands of the Coun
ty Treasurer. and placed to the credit OF
the School District in which said town is
situated. | have therefore held it proper
to make report to the Trustees of the
Weavervile School District, stating the
manner in which the entry, survey and
disposal of the lands embraced in the
Town Site of Weaverville have been con-
ducted, with detailed Statement Of the
receipts and expenditures, and such oth. .
er matters Us may be OF interest to your
honorable board, as almoners of the ed .
ucational trust OF your district.
Upon my accession to the Office of
County Judge on the 1>t day of January,
1876. | was informed by my predecessor
that steps had been taken to assert the
claim of the inhabitants OF Weavervile,
to the lands upon which the town
was built, and that unless the claim
was Immediately pressed the right
Of the inhabitants to purchase as pre-
emptors would be lost, and that the
ilth day of February following would
end the statutory period during which
the necessary proofs could be made. |
therefore at once applied to the Register
of the U. S. Land Office to set day up
on which proof aud payment for the
Town Site of Weavervile could be made.
The money for the purpose ofpaying for
the land, witness fees, and other nccessa-
ry expenses, was furnished by number
Of lot owners, without any charge for in
terest. The necessary proofs and pay
ment was made on the 9th day of Febru
arv. the application being forwarded to
for approval. In September following,
the pntent for the Town Site, covering
SIG. "a 100 acres WAS received and re-
published, inviting proposals for the
SURVEY anu putting Ol tut tOWu, NO
bids were received in response to this
notice, and | finally contracted with
w. S. Lowden, L. s. Deputy Mineral
Surveyor, tn do the work at uniform
price of two dollars and fifty cents per
lot. The survey was completed and the
official map filed in the Office of the
County Recorder on the 9TH day Of
March 1877.
While Il large majority of the own
ers of lots favored the plan OF procuring
II title from Government for their lands,
there were others who regarded the
whole proceeding rs unnecessary, and
only trick of the officers doing the
work TO make business" To enable
lot owners To obtain their lots without
other expense than the actual assess
ments levied by law, I caused to be
printed all necessary blanks and took
upon myself all the work of making
out applications, administering oaths,
etc, without charge. In this manner
claimants of lots within the Town Site
have received title to their lots without
other cost than that provided by law
As each lot applied tor had to have a
copy of the official map embracing that
par: of the map containing the lot and
its ahuttaIs attached to the application,
your board will ut once see that it has
thrown n heavy amount Of labor on my
hands. Some of the lots, have been
drawn in this way II dozen or more
times. 1t was under the circumstances
disngreeabe business and | chose to
do work not required of me in order
that the expenses would be as light as
possible upon Lot owners.
When the application was first filed
in the Land Office Mt Shasta in 1873, II
survey of he lands embraced within
the Town Site was ordered. To meet
the expenses of this preliminary survey,
Judge Lnv,jny borrowed the sum OF
Sl4S. 75-l00 upon hi~ individual credit.
The payment of this note with the nc
crurd interest, amounting to u total OF
500, | assumed as part of the legiti-
mate expenses of entry From Judge
LovCjoy | received Treasurcr's receipt
for the sum OF Sl60. currency which
was accepted Mt the Land Office in part
payment of the land entered. | here
with append table of receipts and ex-
pendtures in carrying out the provis-
ions of the Law: