Mohave County miner., 1886-10-31

the majority Of tds popalstion Of .bsI
county h clustsrsd around Mineral
Park ~ majority Of Jurors and ~is-
pssss 10 the ordinary run of court
business mnst naturally come from
that place. II this be so. and that II
10 70 10 ons can deny. il win nat
urslly follow that moro mileage will
bsve tp ts paid 10 Mineral Park wit
ues~es and jnrynaen thaa ~ nov paid
10 this few VII, come hsrs froA King
ss,an. Should this condition ofetLingsI
be re,'srssd, We would MOI have .
word 10 say against tbs removal Of
the county ssst. Sbould KingmAn
or HSskbsrry ut suy time cuirank rs
10 populsiiou with the additional I'D
vantsEssof being. on tLe railroad
then We would advocate the rssnoyai
Of ths.couoty seats, ones. Ne be-
liess in the old. principle of the.arsat
est good TO the greatest nun.l'er, aud
consequently bslisse that ~ long ss
Mineral Park has iDo,s than twios tb~
population OF suy other town ~ the
county that tho county vest shoald
remain where il 10.
{. We quote from the pan,phlst
sgsin:
IF the county ssst is rsta,ued at
its preseat situstion, ws must i,ear IN
mind one fact. IL will be sbsolnteiy
necessary to Lniid, at tbs expense Of
the cl,nnty, sub-jaii in kingmaD,
Tor the safe keeping Of criminals 90
route 10 the PARK, who are obliged ~
spend . day or night IN kingman.
This would cost 1000, which, added
10 thu proposed expenditure by thu
The present Board Of x5.O00 TO repair
our Court House, q statement 10 that
effect, which will be found in the
following pages, would make sn sx-
psuditdrs OF $1,000, or nearly suf-
ficisnt to cover the cost OF an entirely
new Court House. Az wsii ought TO
be considered the great expense
attached TO the serving OF public ov
court papers upon witnesses, jury
me0, DC, DC. which is borne by the
county, In view Of the extra distance
OF trAvsl from the Park; ali Of which
would be avoided with the county
sext ut Kingman.
There ~ stall smother Question that
ought 10 be called 10 the attention Of
our voters. The condition Of the pub
lie blildings at the Park 10 most
delapidated, the building especially
needing q now roof and ceiling. Now
IT 10 andsr consideration Of the Board
OF Supervisors 70 reconstruct, repair,
snd generally put. ia q state Of ssfe-
", The present Court House and
annexed buildings. The estimate Of
srch necessary repairs reaches a susn
not lsss than 5000. or one-half a.
much rs the proposed new buildings
wouid rest, added ~ which the cost
OF the necessary sub Jail, ~ mention
cd in previous paragraphs, will reach |
S7.0U. Ms therein stated"
Q, The above OF course Is lie, pure
and simple, and we are surprised
that the advocates Of the removal OF |
the county seat to Kingmsn should
have stopped TO such disrspntsble |
methods 10 fo'tify their position !
To rsfate them we append the
following affidavit and annexed bid
without further comment:
Territory OF Arizons
County OF Aobsve 90.
Personally appeared before me
this 18th day Of October 1885, Moses
w. H.Dkls nod Henry : Raymond, |
members Of the Board Of Supervisors |
Of Modave county, and Caldwell |
Wright, cleik Of said Board, who be
iDs by me first duly sworn, on oaib
declare aod say V;
That they have read the 81 statements
10 ! pamphlet recently pnblished in |
behalf Of the removal Of tho county
seat 10 Kingman and ss far as the |
same relate u the Beard IL Snper
yisors they are entirely falss. .
That tbs Board of Super,isors. |
either ss q Board, or as indiyuinals,
have never proposed To expend the
sum Of two Thousand dollars inre
pairing the Court House ip Mineral
Park, or any other sun shatever. |
but that on "tbe contrary the said
Court Houssis now in good repair
and preservation, and can be sokept at ,
an expense TO the county not exceed
ing two hundred and fifty dollars per
annum. g..
Tho said deponents further say
that they have never agreed, or even
had in contemplation the building OF
q branch jail at Kingmar at the
expense Of $1,000; bot on The con
trary do say that branch Jail can be
erected ut that place, sufficient for
the ordinsry requirements thereof.
ut an expense to the taxpayers not
exceeding the sum Of $3l4 in count,
warrants. in proof whereof reference
is hereby made to the annexed bid.