Graham guardian., 1918-05-31
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Continued from Last Week)

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And it appearing to the board
that the petition had been signed
by parents or guardians of at
least ten school census children,
residents of said proposed new
school district and residing at a
greater distance than four miles
from any district school house.
and that the said petition set
forth the boundaries of the said
proposed district asked for, the
board, after carefully considering
the advisability Of creating the
proposed school district, with the
approval of the county school
superintendent, by motion, duly
put and carried, declared the
said district created as described
above and gave the proposed dis
trict the name of Alger School
District No. ID, the petitioners
agreeing to erect a suitable build
for the entrance of school.
The following deeds to prop
erty purchased by the county to.
be used as a county highway, be-
tween Hot Springs Station and
Fort Thomas, Depot, along the
northeast side of the Arizona
Eastern Railroad Company's rail-
road right-of-way, was. by mo-
tion duly. put and carried. ap-.
proved by the board and accept
ed, as follows: E. w. Witt, w,
0. Tuttle, Mrs. E. B. Mellenger, ]
J. Y. Lee, Geo. ". Healey, L.
J. Brown, Platt Curtis. Lillian
Alexander, o. N. Creswell. NJ.
D. Maloy, E. P. Bryce and W.
G. Bryce, and the clerk of the
Board Of Supervisors was ordered
to have the same recorded on
the records of the county re-
corder.
W. V. Thorpe appeared before
the board and requested that
they issue and execute deed to
Arthur Posey for the land de.
scribed as follows: Beginning
at a point of land 1.2 rod north
of the southwest corner of the
northeast Ia of the northeast
IA of Section TO-, Township z
South, Range Is East. of the Gila
and Salt River Base and Merid-
ian; running thence east 65 rods
and s links; thence north rs rods
and 5 links to the south bank of
the Union canal; thence south
west along the south bank of the
Union canal II rods and q links;
thence south SO rods and 10 links
to the place Of beginning, and
containing % 3-4 acres more or
less, the said land having been
sold for taxes by error. The
board, after investigating the
same, found that the same had
been sold in error, and by mo-
ton, duly put and carried,
authorized the chairman and the
clerk of the board to execute a
deed to the said Arthur Posey
for the above described property
| in the name of the county.
Upon the 9Th day of May, 1918,
the Board of Supervisors of Ora
ham County. State of Arizona,
consisting of Frank A. Webster,
Chairman; j. r. Welker and
James Quinn, Members, met at
its office in the court house, at
Stafford, Graham County, State
of Arizona, in regular session.
Upon motion of j. r. Welker,
seconded by James Quinn, the
Board of Supervisors of said Gra-
ham County, unanimously de-
termined that the petition filed
with said board on the 9th day
| of May. 1918, complied with the
requirements of Paragraph 5427
and Paragraph 5428, of Chapter
5, Title IS, of the Revised Stat
utes of Arizona, 1918, and unan-
imously passed and adopted the
following resolution and order:
Resolution and Order
WHEREAS, The Board of Su-
nerviSorS. of Graham County.
State of Arizona, determine that
the petition filed herein complies
with Paragraphs 5427 and 5428.
of Chapter 5, Title 55, Revised
Statutes of Arizona, 1918;
AND WHEREAS. 1t is provided
by said Chapter S, Title So, of
the Revised Statutes of Arizona,
1913, Civil Code, that upon petit
ton of five or more holders of
title or evidence of title to agri-
cultural lands which are suscepti-
BILE Of drainage by the same gen.
eral system of works, desire to
provide for the drainage of such
lands, may propose the organi-
cation of a drainage district un-
der the provisions of said title;
, and when so organized, such dis
trict shall have the powers, rights
and duties conferred or which
may be conferred by law upon
such drainage districts:
AND WHEREAS, The bound
aries of said districts are defined