Graham guardian., 1916-10-06
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OFFICE OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
COUNTY OF GRAHAM,
STATE OF ARIZONA,

STATE OF ARIZONA.
Stafford. ARIZONA.
September 5. 1916.
The Board Of Supervisors met in
regular session at 900 o'clock q. m.,
the following members being pres
ent:
Geo. A. Foote, Chairman; Geo.
A. Matthews, Member; James Quinn.
Member; Martin Layton. Clerk.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing held August Z. 1916, and of the
special meetings held August l4th
and 2lst. 1916, were read and ap-
proved, by motion duly put and
carried, by the board.
J. A. Haralson appeared before
the board and requested it to sell
him the county property described
as follows, Beginning at a point
$50 feet west and 620 feet south of
the northeast corner of the south
half of Sc / of S. 7, T. IS, r. 26
E.. G. and s K NJ; thence south
40 feet: thence west 676 so feet:
thence north degree 26 w 40 OF
feet; thence east 677.50 feet to the
place of beginning, the same con-
tanning .622 acres.
The board. after fully considering
the advisabiIitv of selling the above
mentioned land, by motion duly put
and carried. offered the same to the
said J. A. Haralson, at the rate of
$4,000 per acre, the said j. A.
Haralson accepting the same at the
aforementioned price, the board
then ordered the said property to
be surveyed and a deed made to the
said J. A. HARRISON, in consideration
of the above mentioned sum.
The board after duly considering
the advisability of buying the SAT.
ford fair grounds for the county,
to be used for the county fairs. etc, !,
by motion duly put and carried, de-
cided to purchase the said grounds
from the present owners, If the said
owners woulf make the terms on
the same satisfactory to the board.
The board requested the clerk to
advertise the lumber house belong.
ing to the county, located rs feet
north of the county court house. to
be sold at auction sale on October
l6. 1916. at the hour of 1000 o clock
in the forenoon of said day, at the
east outside door of the court house
of Graham county, Arizona.
E. L. Spriggs appeared before
the board and presented claim for
J. P. Walker, requesting the board
to refund to the said ]. P. Walker,
the sum of $1,000, of which he
claims was enormously paid by him
to A. Holiday, a. justice of the
peace, in and for the County of
Graham, State of Arizona; the ssid
J. P. Walker protesting that every
proceeding had in said matter was
erroneous and unwarranted by law;
that the said justice of the peace
had no jurisdiction over the offence
charged. and for which said fine
was assessed. The board, after in.
vestigating the said claim, by mo-
ton duly put and carried. rejected
the same on the grounds that it
was out of their jurisdiction.
At the request of Mrs. Hanna M.
Nelson. the board, by motion duly
put and carried, allowed her an in.
digent allowance of $38. Al, the same
to pay the back taxes on her place,
purchased by her from John Damron
By a clerical error in adopting
the county budget. the sum of $l8,-
682 90 was figured in the general
county fund. instead of the general
school fund, therefore the board
ordered the same changed to the
right fund, the same making the
rate of the general county fund.
.257, instead of .43O3, and the gen.
eral school fund rate, .5841. instead
of .4l08.. ...
The following State road claims:
Claim No. 9555. presented by James
H. Fine, for $84 so; claim No. 9O25,
presented by Jas. Acton. for $l.5O;
claim No. 9O32. presented bv Tuttle
& Willis, for $68. 10, and claim No.
9O28. presented by G. S. Van Wag-
ener & Co., for $3.50. were ap-
proved by the chairman of the
board.
The reports of the various county
and precinct offices for the month
of August, 1916, were reported
checked by the clerk and were ap.
proved by the board.
The treasurer was ordered to set
aside from the general expense
fund, one hundred and fifty dol.
lars, the amount of estimated ex.
pense of the sheriff's Office for the
month Of September, 1916.
Supervisor James Quinn intro.
duced and moved the adoption of
the following preamble and resolu-
ton, to.wit:
WHEREAS, In pursuance of and in
conformity with an act of the Sec
ond Special Session of the First
Legislature of the State of Arizona,
entitled. An Act to Provide for the
Establishment and Maintenance of
a General and Uniform Public