The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-06-24
Proceedings Of Board of Supervisors.

&, 1910. Present: Z. G. Prina, men,
berS H. j. Dowdle, member; w. E.
Clark, clerk Absent: Geo. Web
ster, chairman.
Upon motion of Mr.. Dowdle. Mr..
Prina is declared chairman pro TEN.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
On motion carried, Geo. Webster,
chairman of board of supervisors
and T. S. Bunch, judge and ex-officio
clerk of the probate court, are each
allowed leave of absence from the
territory for sixty days, to date from
June 2, 1910.
A petition heretofore having been
filed in the Office of the board of
supervisors. praying for the consoli-
dation of school districts Nos. and
3S; and it appearing to the board
that said petition is signed by the
parents and guardians of at least a
majority of the school census children
in each of said districts, on motion
carried, it is hereby ordered that
school districts Nos. and 80 be con-
solidated and after July l, 1910, shall
be one school district to be known as
school district No. 8, and the boun
daries of said new district No. 3 shall
inclule and be the boundaries of both
school district No. 3 and school dis
trict No. 50, as at present consti-
tuted. Provided, however, that tor
the purpose of paying bonded in
debtedness and the interest on same,
school district No. 38 shall continue
to exist and shall retain its present
boundaries.
The application of Wright & Smith
for lease of ne IA, Sc IA, and sw IA
of school sec. SO, tip. 5, r. 81 e, and
the application of Sam1. Scholsto
lease the whole of said section are
ordered rejected for the reason that
said section is unsurveyed land.
A petition having been fled in the
Office of the clerk of the board pray
ing for the esta blishment of a public
road as follows: Beginning at juno
tiou of Welker street and Solomon
Vile, road running thence south and
southeast to line between sections
80 80, tp. I s., r. 26 e; thence S. to line
between sections 80. tip. 8 s., r. 26 e;
thence sc along old Cienega road to
line between sections 15-i6; thence
south to Artesia, upon motion carried
the clerk is ordered to cause notices
to be posted setting Friday, July l,
1910, as date OF hearing said petition
and Lam ar Cobb, county surveyor,
VIM. Coombs and ]. J. Murphy are
appointed viewers to view out and
locate said road and assess damages
if any there be, and to report on
feasibility of said road, reporting to
this board not later than Friday,
July l, 1910.
On motion carried, action on re-
port of viewers of the Clifton-Dun-
can road is deferred until the next
meeting of the board.
A petition having been presented
to this board praying that a new
school district be established at
Shannon hill Metcalf, on motion car
ried, the same is denied and the
clerk directed to refer the letter of
the county school superintendent in
relation thereto to the clerk of the
board of trustees of the Metcalf dis.
trict that some provision may be
made for schooling of children re.
siding on Shannon Hill.
w. II. Grider, heretofore appoint
ed by the board of supervisors to ex-
anime the books of the various
county officers presented the follow
ing report:
Stafford, Ariz., May II, 1910.
To the Honorable Board of Supervis-
ors, of Graham County, Arizona.
Gentlemen:-In compliance with
my appointment to audit the books of
Graham county, Arizona, will say
that L have completed my work,
checking from January l, 1909, to
May l, 1910, finding vouchers for
each and every debit and credit.
The receipts, disbursements and the
balances shown in the different de-
positories are in exact accord with
the statements made monthly. The
books of the different offices are
neat and kept in a business like way
and pronounce them correct.
Respectfully.
w. II. GRIDER.
On motion carried, the above re-
port is approved.
Petition having been filed in the
office of the board asking that new
school district be created with the
following boundaries: Beginning at
ne cor. of sec. 81, tip. S. of r. 19 e;
thence to Pinal county line; thence
south to south boundary line of tp.
8; thence e to Sc cor. of sec. 81, tip.
S. of r. I9 e.; thence northwesterly
to place of beginning. Upon recon-
mendation of the county school
superintendent said district is created
as prayed for in said petition and
designated Copper Creek No. 46.
Petition having been filed in the