Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-20
TUcsoS. November 7th, lssL

NJ. G. Samsniego, W. l.. Vail and Geo. Allison.
 TUcsoS, November 7th, lSSL
 Special meeting of Board of Supervi- sors held at the office of said board in the city of Tucson, on tine 7th day of November, 1881, at the hour of 9 o'clock a. m. of sad day, in pursuance of the foregoing call.
 Present, NJ. Ct. SamEniego, chairman; W. L. Vail, member; Geo. Allison, mem- Der; W. J. Osborn, clsrk.
 There were also present Alexander Campbell, Esq, District Attorney, and Charles Silent Esq, special counsel of the board in said matter.
 The proposition of the officers of sand Tucson and Gulf of California Railroad Company, to the effect that said compa- ny finds itself unable to construct said road, nor raise money for that purpose, and desires to surrender to the County all rights to the $50 O00 in:county bonds delivered by this county to sad company and to all other bonds. and 10 furnish To the attorneys of the couty for inspec- tion and use in courts all of its books, records and other evidence Tn its posses sion to enable said county to test the validity of said bonds Tn tho courts. Said company asking in return for such surrender etc, that the county cancel and deliver up the indemnity bond here- fnFnr.. hw GaI1 Copnnanu and tO pay and discharge certain indebtedness of the company incurred in connection with said bonds, amounting to S3,5OO ID money, was discussed by the members of the board and by the attorneys pres ents. Judge Campbell, the District At torney. advised the board that they had ample legal authority to accept sald proposition, and that he had already filed a carefully prepared written opin- ion upon tine subject with the clerk.
 The attorneys present recommended the acceptance of the proposition except as to the surrender of tine indemnity bond at the presents time.
 The board having carefully considered the matters, decides that by accepting the proposition made by the railroad company, about S30,OO0 in value of said bonds would be retired, and if said boLds should be finally held to be valid or binding on the county, that 1t would only be obliged to pay the claim of Hudson X Co, now held by T. l.. Stiles, Assignee, for about S20,OOO, and for which h. claims to hold said bonds as security from the railroad company.
 It also appearing from the advice of the attorneys present, that 1t would be very uncertain 8s to whether the county could recover amp collect anything on the indemnity bond given to the county, and the board deemIng the acceptance of said proposition an advantageous bus mess transaction for the county, such as they would accept on their own behalf If made concerning their private busi- pess.
 It was therefore, without hereby in any manner, or to any extent acknOwl- e1ging or Hssenting to the legality or validity of said county railroad bonds, or in any manner or to any extent rRti- fylng or confirm ng the issuance IT deliv- cry thoneOf, nor intending hereby n any manner or to any extent SO to do. Or dered by the board, Supervisors Saman- lego and Vail, voting "sye," and Super visor Allison mo-" that the proposition of the Tucson and Gulf of California Railroad Co, contained in the resolu- tions dated November 9th, 1884, and presented to us, be, and the same is hereby accepted, except as to that part whic requires the relinquishment of said indemnity bond, and as to that part of said proposition, this board refuses to assent.
 It is further ordered that upon said corporation filing with the clerk of this board its assent to the above mod!fca- tion of its proposal, and upon the re- celpt of such releases, papers and dOcu- ments, relating to said release Of said right to said county bonds, under the proposition as above modified, and sat isfactOry evidence of the legality of tine meeting of their beard passing said res olutiOn, and acceptance, all to the satis- faction of the attorneys for the county, the chairman and clerk of the Board of Supervisors, be and they are hereby au thorized and directed to make and de- liver to the agent of said railroad com psny, the warrant of this county, on the county improvement fund for the sum of g., ,22gS SS, and on the general fund for the sum of Sl,4l3 F, being together equal to the sum of s, 800 cash at the present price of county warrants.
 Ordered, all the members voting "ayet that the county treasurer be instructed not to pay any interest on the bonds Is sued by the county to the Arizona Mar row Guage Railroad Company, until he receives the further order of the board, and that the clerk transmit a copy of this order to the treasurer.
 Upon application and for good cause shown, it appearing that there Is an error in the assessment of lot , in block 214. the property of r. Abadie & Co.
 Ordered that the assessment of said lot stand as returned in the sum of SlO, 000, and that the clerk inform the tax collector of the action of the board.
 The following demands were andited and allowed, and warr6 nts dirsc l draw n therefor on the county treasurer as fol- lows, to-wlt:
 GENERAL. FUND.
 No. 324-Dolores Castro, sup
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