The border vidette., 1915-10-09
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Board of Supervisors of Santa Cruz
 County, State of Arizona.

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 Board met at 800 o'clock a. m , pursuant to adjournment of Aug. 18th, 1915.
 Present: Chairman Fielder, Members Parker and Gatlin and Clerk.
 Minutes of meetings of Aug ust 9th. 10th, and 18th, 1915, read and approved.
 Communication from T. F. Nichols, office of the state en gineer, with reference to plans for the Santa Cruz river bridge, read and ordered placed on file.
 Communication from the State Board of Control, referring to application for the admission of Charles Dunavan to the pioneers home, read and ordered filed. Communication from H. D. Field Safe Co.,. with reference to claims for some additions made to the metal filing equipment was read and placed on file.
 Communication from Stanley F. Morse, regarding the time when the amount set aside for farm advisor, will be available, | was read and ordered filed. | Communication from the State Engineer, with regard to trans fer of the sum of S42.75 to the general road fund for this coun- ty. was read and placed on file. 1 Communication from C. o. Foltz, with reference to road work in the Gro Blanco district, read and ordered filed.
 Ia the matter of the cOnStruc- tion of highway across the Huachuca military reservation, on motion and by unanimous vote, the board passed the fol- lowing resolution.
 | WHEREAS, There is located in the southwestern part of Cochise County, State of Arizona, the Fort Huachuca Military Reserv- ation;
 | AND WHEREAS, It is the desire of the County of Santa Cruz, and the County of Cochise, to the east, to construct and maintain scenic mountain highway, which will greatly shorten the route from the cities of Douglas and BiSbee and the town of Ma co to Nogales and other points along the International border between the United States and Mexico;
 AND WHEREAS, It is necessary that this highway cross the Hua- chuca Military Reservation, east f@ i,-fo If oh eight miles;
 AND WHEREAS, The construc- tion of this highway will be of first importance to the War De- partment in the movement of supplies from the Post to camps located along the International Boundary and for the bringing in of supplies from the agricult- urai districts east and west of the military reservation; the present roads making wide detours ne ceSSary to get out of and into the reservation by wagon and auto mobile;
 | THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the War Department be and are hereby petitioned by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Cruz to take preliminary steps toward the sur vey and construction of this highway across the Military Re. servation and decision reached as to the disposition of the De partment in the matter so that the counties interested may with in the present year include the construction of the connecting highways in their proposed bond issues for the permanent con struction of county road systems
 A petition signed by residents and tax payers of Santa Cruz county, with affidavit of having posted notices thirty days before filing said petition, was present ed to the board asking for { change in the county road a: follows:
 1.-The public road and highway passing the sections of Nos. 13 14-23-24 township 21 s. Range T. east, to the line of the Baboco mori Grant and running diag onally through the ranch O John A. McCarty, dc petition said road to run straight through on section line from corner mum bers 13-14-23 24 T. 21S. R. 17 B J to grant line between P. A