The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-12

vicinity of Mineral, asking the appoint ment of aJustice of the Peace, and roaJ overseer, End the same having beer duly eons@sered. the Board hereby ere ate the Vernon (AIineral) Precinct, anG appoint Bateman H Wilhelm Justice o the Peace, and Sylvestre Padilla road overseer for said preclnct.
 Mir John Hancock is hereby appoint ed road oyerseer of the Taylor precinct. Leonard Jewell of Woodruff and T M Trimble of Holbrook, were also made road overseers.
 Neils Peterson of Pinetop having re- quested to be released from the bond of James Huff, Justice of the Peace of said precinct. The clerk is hereby directed to instruct Mir Huff in the premises.
 The Board by unanimous vote, agree to remit the taxes for the year 1893 paid by H B Owens of Woodruff, on account of his old age and infrmity, and the Treasurer is hereby instructed to remit to H B Owens said amount of taxes for said year. Also it appearing that one J H Lewis of Taylor died, on June g, 1893, the Treasurer is instructed to remit to the widow of said H Lewis the amount of taxes paid by her for the year 1893.
 On motion the Board adjourned til 10 a. m. tomorrow.
 April 5, 1894 It being apparent that one Patricio Guiterres. late resident of Concho, died about one year ago, leaV- ing widow. The Tax Collector is here by instructed to cancel the tax of the said Guiterres.
 Al their request T S Bunch Dist Atty and W H Gibbons Treasurer, are each granted leave of absence from the Ter ritory, for the period of thirty days, du- ring the quarter ending June 20, 1894.
 On motion it was agreed that the Board of Supervisors employ MT T w Johnston. and pay him the sum of $500 to assist the District Attorney in prose- cutting the cases during the coming term Ol the DiStflCG COurC.
 The Board read and approved the quarterly report of the following county and precinct officers: T s Bunch District Attorney, Art Mcdonald County School Superintendent, J H Wilson, F J Watt ron and Jas Huff Justices of the Peace, Desidero Ortega, Sylvester Hulsey, Geo H Crosby and J T Patterson road over secrs.
 The Board proceeded auditing claims, after which they adjourned till to-mor- row morning at 10 o'clock.
 April 6, 1894.-There being no Justice of the Peace in the Taylor precinct, Mir. John Hancock is hereby appointed reg istering officer for said precinct.
 The accounts of the Treasurer, Tax Collector and Sheriff were examined and approved.
 The Board hereby order that re-reg- lstration of the voters of Apache coun- ty be made and is hereby required for the coming general election, and the clerk is instructed to have the necessary order published in the St Johns Herald.
 It appearing to the Board that Mrs. Brown, who is widow, was assessed in the year 1893. The tax collector is in- structed to cancel the assessment of Mrs Brown of St. Johns.
 The Board of Supervisors having in- vlted bids for furnishing the county off, cers with ice during the summer season, two bids were received, and the con- tract let to the St Johns Drug Co, who were the lowest bidders.
 Following is the Treasurer's statement for the quarter ending March 31, 1894: RECEIPTS,
 Balance-Jan 1, 1894. ....$ $22, ,796 01 Sheriff, omitted Dec. state'mt 750 0C Delinquent taxes ....... 34.O83 1C County licenses. s........... 1,066 1S Gambling licenses. ..... 228 OC Justices fines, s,... 28 5C I Q