Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1916-05-26
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF GRAHAM, ''''
STATE OF ARIZONA,
Stafford, ARIZONA,
May 6, 1916.
At the expiration of recess taken
May |. 1916, the Board reconveneG
in regular session at 200 o'clock
p. m.
Present: Geo. A. Foote, Chair
man; Geo. A Matthews, Member;
Martin Layton, Clerk.
Absent: James Quinn, Member
The taxable inhabitants Of the
Town Of Pima presented petition
to the Board Of Supervisors praying
for the said Board to incorporate
the said Town of Pima. In pursu-
ance to Paragraph 1922, o. the Re
vised Statutes of Arizona, 1913, it
appearing to the satisfaction OF the
Board that more than tWO-thlrdS of
the taxable inhabitants Of said town
had signed the said petition and
that the said town had a population
of more than five hundred inhabi.
tants, and that said petition con-
tanned the metes and bounds of said
proposed Incorporated town; the
Board being satisfied that all re-
quirements, according to law, hav-
ing been complied with. ordered the
said town Incorporated; the name Of
said incorporated town to be Pima,
and the metes and bounds of the
same to be as follows:
Beginning at the southwest cor
ner of the northwest quarter Of the
southwest quarter of Section Nine
teen in Township Six, South of
Range twenty-five East, of ella and
Salt River Meridian, and running
thence north on the section line to
the southeast bank of Cottonwood
wash; thence northeasterly along
the south and east ank of said
wash, following the meandering of
said wash to the point where said
wash crosses the north line of said
Section Nineteen; thence east to a
point twenty rods east of the north
west corner of the northeast quarter
of said Section Nineteen; thence
south eighty rods; thence east twenty
rods; thence south eighty-four rods;
thence east forty rods; thence south
sixty-four rods; thence east eighty
rods to the east line of said Section
Nineteen; thence south to the sec
ton line ninety-SeVen rods; thence
west sixty rods; thence south sew
enty-five rods; thence west one hun
dle ed twenty-four rods; thence north
forty rods; thence west fifty six
rods; thence north sixty eight rods
to the south boundary of the Ari
IONA Eastern Railroad Co. right-of-
way; thence northwesterly along
said south boundary Of said right
of-way to a point twenty eight rods
east of Tia place of beginning;
thence west twenty-eight rods to
the said place of beginning.
A petition having been presented
to the Board. signed by the citizens
of the Town of Pima, praying for
the Board to appoint the following
persons: A E. Packer, J. H. Man
gum, John Nuttall, A. Rhoner and
W. A. Lines, to act as city council
men for the newly incorporated
Town of Pima for the following
term, the Board after duly consid-
ering The same, appointed the above
mentioned persons to act as city
council for the said town for the
following term.
The bond of D. H. Weech, for the
penal sum of one thousand dollars,
was approved by the Board.
The Board, by motion, duly put
and carried, set the time for the
sale of the bonds of San Jose School
District, No. 10, at 200 o'clock p. M,
May 81, 1916, to be sold at private
sale.
State road claims, as follows: No.
1850, presented by Lamar Cobb,
for the amount of 92l.O3, and
8449, presented by E. W. Black, for
the sum of $29.25, were approved
by the Chairman of the Board.
There being no further business
to be transacted at this meeting. by
motion duly put and carried, the
Board adjourned sine die.
GEO. A. FOOTE,
Chairman, Board of Supervisors.
ATTEST:
MARTIN LAYTON,
Clerk. Board of Supervisors.
OFFICE OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, 80,
COUNTY OF GRAHAM,
STATE OF ARIZONA,
Stafford. ARIZONA,
May 20, 1916.
Upon this 10Th day of May, A. D.
1916, the Board of Supervisors of
Graham County, State of Arizona,
met in special session. with the fol-
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