Graham guardian., 1916-08-11
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OFFICE OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, &C
COUNTY OF GRAHAM, 90 :
STATE OF ARIZONA.
Stafford. ARIZONA.
July 8, 1916.

IoupSifiooio tuSt 90 DouIO VI
Equalization, as required by Para
graph 1883, of Chapter 5, Title 40,
Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1913.
Present: Geo. A. Foote, Chair
man; Geo. A. Matthews, Member;
James Quinn, Member; Martin Lay
ton. Clerk; Myron Alfred. Assessor.
The minutes of the June meeting
of the Board of Equalization were
read and approved.
The affidavit of the manager of
The GRAHAM GUARDIAN, a weekly
newspaper. published in Stafford.
Graham County. Arizona, which is
the official newspaper of the said
county. showing that proper list
of all the proposed raises and ad
ditions, proposed by the Board of
Equalization at its June meeting,
had been published by said paper
for three consecutive weeks, ending
July 1, 1916. as provided by law,
having been filed, and it appearing
to the Board that a personal notice
of such proposed raises and addi-
tions had been given by the clerk,
the Board proceeded to consider the
Equalization of assessments and 10
hear the protests of taxpayers.
| Jas. H. Mack appeared before the
Board and obj, cted to the addition
made at The June meeting of AZ
acres of cultivated Hand and 38 acres
Of dry farmi ,g land, in the N / NV !
of Sec. 13. T. 6. r "a
| M. l.. Wood appeared in behalf
of the John Ellis estate and pro.
tested against the raise of 80 head
| of range cattle made by the Board
at the June meeting. 1t appearing
to the Board that the estate had
disposed of said cattle, therefore
ordered the said raise not to be en-.
tered on the assessment roll
| A. T. Wilson appeared in behalf
of the Double Circle Cattle Co.. and
protested against the raise made by
the Board at the June meeting of
of 800 head of range cattle.
A. l.. Wassem appeared before
the Board and protested against the
raise of TIA head of range cattle
made by the Board at the June
meeting. "a
Abel Sanchez appeared before the
Board and protested against the
raise of 10 head of range cattle,
made by the Board at its June
meeting, and it appearing to the
Board that the raise was in error,
the Board instructed the clerk not
to enter it on the assessment roll.
Gilbert Richardson appeared be-
fore the Board and objected to the
assessed value of 8 acres of irri.
gated land. placed on the same by
the assessor. The Board, after duly
considering the same. instructed
the clerk to reduce the same from
$400 90 to $4,000.
] d. Busby appeared before the
Board and protested against the
following described property: Be
ginning sc rods south and % rods
east of the northwest corner of Sec.
33, T. 5, r. "a, IL acres of irrigated
land, being assessed to him. on the
grounds that he did not own the
same. The Board, after investiga.
ting the same. found him to be cor.
rect and ordered the clerk to strike
the same from his assessment.
j. |. Palmer appeared before the
Board and protested against his as
sessment, as assessed by the assessor,
the same being in error of one acre
of land, and the value of his land
being placed too high. The Board,
after investigating the same. found
that he had only 39 acres of land
instead of 40, as assessed by the as.
SCISSOR, and also that the assessor
had placed the value on the same
too high; therefore. they instructed
the clerk to deduct one acre of land
from his assessment and reduce the
same $575 90 in value. q
| Mrs. Arthusen Hopes appeared
before the Board and protested
against her assessment as assessed
by the assessor. happeared to the
Board that the personal property
was in error; therefore. the Board
ordered the clerk to deduct the
same from her assessment.
it appearing to the Board that
the improvements on the following
described property: Sc of Sc /.
and NE / of Sc of Sec. II, T. z,
lR. q, 80 acres of irrigated land,
belonging to w. b. Sloan. was in
error, the said property having no
Improvements; therefore, the Board
ordered the same to lie deducted
from the said assessment.
On information had from the
Sierra Bonita Cattle Co., the Board,
after considering the same. in.
structed the clerk to countermand
the raise made at their June meet.
ling.
S, S. Marshall appeared before
the Board and protested against the
proposed raise on the following de-