Graham guardian., 1909-05-07
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF
The BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
GRAHAM COUNTY

OFFICE OF
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
COUNTY OF GRAHAM,
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.
SoLoMoNvILLE, May 8, 1909.
The Board of Supervisors met at
9 a. M, in regular monthly session.
Present:
George Webster, chairman.
HI. J. Dowdle, member.
z. C. Prina, member.
l.. F. Vaughn, clerk.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
The Boaro proceeded to canvass
the returns of an election hel" N
Clifton, Graham County, r;,ora %
on March goth, A. D. 'o 100 at which
time the propositi",o of town ;ncor.
poration was '.abmitted to the quail
ined e!ee .ors. The Board hereby
mas chat ninety (90) votes were
cS.st in favor of incorporation, forty
(40) votes against incorporation and
one ID vote blank. There being a
clear majority in favor of incorpora-
ton, Clifton is hereby declared a
Town as provided for in Chapter 9S
of the Session Acts of 1907, entitled:
An Act Providing for the Incor-
poration of Cities and Towns"
And, an election is called to be held
in said town on Saturday, June 5th,
A. d. 1909, at which time the quail
fled electors will choose town officers
as follows: One mayor and four
aldermen at large. And the Clerk is
hereby directed to give notice of
election by publication in the Cop
per Era, q paper published in said
town. The following officers are
Hiamed to conduct said election:
Judges, Henry Hill and DR.. l.. A.
w. Burtch; Clerks, George Carlton
and Lamar Cobb; Inspector, James
H. Kerby;Marshal, George M. Nicks.
On motion duly put and carried.
it is hereby ordered by the Board
that all county officials and all other
officers, whose duty it is by law to
make monthly statements, be re-
quested to render monthly state
ments and turn into the. county
treasury all money collected; and
the district attorney is hereby in
structed to see that this order is
enforced.
On motion duly put and carried,
the road overseer of District No. l
is hereby authorized and directed to
work the road running north and
south between District No. and
District No. a. And said line-road
is hereby put in District No. /.
On motion sustained by entire
vote of the Board, the county school
superintendent is authorized to pur-
chase twenty-five diplomas for eight
grade graduates of Graham County
Public Schools.
On motion carried by entire vote
of the Board, $4,000 per month is
allowed for the necessaries of life to
Mary Hermen, age 70, of Clifton.
And $3.50 per month is allowed to
Matilda PARA, of Solomonville, for
the support of two orphan children.
On motion duly put and carried,
the tax collector is hereby advised
not to bring suit for taxes against
Charles Francis, owing to the fact
that the county is indebted to said
Francis by reason of taxes having
been paid in two school districts on
same property up to 1908.
BY order of the Board, seventy
five ($75.O0) dollars taxes for the
year 1908 is taken off the San Fran
cisco River Railway Co. Assess
ment owing to double assessment
on the same property being assessed
to the New England Copper Co.,
and paid by this company.
The following demands on Gra-
ham County were audited by the
Board and the Clerk authorized to
draw warrants for their payment:
241. S. c. Drollinger, re-
fund of taxes ....... $3.50
344. Arizona Copper Co.,
supplies to INDECENT. ..... 47.30
343. Arizona Copper Co.,
supplies to INDECENT. $3.50. 1000
554. Arizona Copper Co.,
supplies, diphtheria cases. 1920
SGT. Jacob G. Bigler, indi-
gent. ...........,. 1000
$50. S. e. Roberts, INDECENT 1000
396. J. A. Billingsley, sup
plies to INDECENT .. 5000
800. C. T. Reynolds, sup
plies to INDECENT ...... 600
44S. G. Garcia, supplies to
INDECENT ............,. $3.50
$40. Gila Valley Bank and
Trust Co., road vouchers,
district No. 49,. So. $500
b77. Gila Valley Bank and
Trust Co., road vouchers,
district No. 11....... St.U
578. Gila Valley Bank and
Trust Co., road Vouchers,
district No. b. ......... 104.oc
6o2. Gila Valley Bank and
Trust Co.. road vouchers,
district No. II ....,,,,.. l5.G
$50. A. A. Anderson, salary
obariG apd iailfr 1S0 U(