Bisbee daily review., 1910-06-01
SUPERVISORS
OF GRAHAM IN
ROAD TAX SUIT
Attorney General Brings Action
Because of Failure TO Levy
Territorial Tax-GroundS
for the Refusal

The mebsrs of the board Of super
visors Of Graham county have been
sued individually for s17.1eS.5O. The
Graham Guardian thus tells of the
suit and the couse OF it.
1t will be remembered that the
last legislature passed a law Great
ing a Territorial highway or road
from the west end of Arizona 20 the
end of the Territory
According 10 the law the board of
supervisors Of each county through
which this road passes. were author
lied to levy such amount as was
deemed necessary by the Board of
necessary b. the board of control,
who ordered that twenty-five cents
be levied on each 500 for the pur-
pose OF meeting the expense Of sur
'vey and the building OF the road in
Graham county for the ensuing year.
4 When the board of supervisors Of
J this county were making up the as
Isesmeat for the year 1903. they found
that nothing had been done by the
territorial engineer in surveying or
or any other work IN Graham county
for this road and as a consequence
they determined to levy only five
cents on each s100, the amount lev
led being sufficient for any survey tina.
would be made for the road through
Graham county.
] Since the assessment OF 1909 was
levied, there has been absolutely moth
ing done toward either making a sur
vey or building this Territorial road
through Graham county In fact, nc
word Of any kind has come to the sup
ervisors in regard TO any survey OF
Other preliminary work on any road
through Graham cou1y in compliance
with the act passed by the last leg
islature
Last month when the board Of su
pervisors was in regular session, Al
itorney General Wright appeared be
fore it and demanded that the boar'
levy balance of the tax for this tel
ritorial road this year.
In consequence Of no action beini
taken by the board OF supervisors t
/, make the add ional levy this yeal
suit has been grought by Attor1e
I General Wright against the board O
: supervisors and their bondsmen. Il
. the sum Of s17,16s.5O. the papers
The suit being served on each membe
of the board and his bondsmen dun
ing the past week.
In view Of the fact that the none
SO far collected for this road is still
in the treasury, and that nothing What
ever is being done by the territoria
engineer, regularly appointed by tn
/, governor to carry on this work, {
do any work on such road through Grs
ham county it would seem that tn
board Of supervisors are right in re
fusing to levy an additional tax. es
lpecialiy as the five cents already lev
led and coIec. ed VIII more than pa,
for the preliminary work for such roal
in this county.
, The board of supervisors and tn
, people OF Graham county are per
fectly willingto contribute their shar
OF the expense incurred in building
Territorial road through the county
but are not willing to pay this asses
ment if the money so raised is to b
spent in some other county In othe
words. any monies raised by lsvyin
: an assessment for a Territorial roa
: spent in Graham county, and as notl
= ing has been done by the TerritOris
engineer in the preliminary work &c
such a road through this county, tn
F. board Of supervisors are absOlutel
RICH. in the stand they have taken
{ the matter and win be upheld by tn
! people.
; The suit brought by Attornc
: Wright win be fought to the las
ditch