The border vidette., 1922-04-08

an'l Arizona railroad company; thance south westerly along said boundary line distance of e 9 feet to n point; thence southeasterly along line masking an angle of 72 degrees 3I' wi.h said boundary line a distance of 7I feet to point; thence by curve to tho left having radius of 1e55 feet through angle of 15 de- grees 12 a distance Of g feet to point in the southeasterly boundary line of the right of way of the Mexico and AIizona railroad company; thence along said eoutheasterly boundary line to a noI Itheasterly direction q dist1nce of 1902 feet to a point; thrnce reversing direction by 1s0 degrees and curving to the right with radius of G. feet thru angle of 72 degrees 33' distance of S7 feet to the point of begin ming containing area of G7JO square feet less, shown in red bue print map marked ''Tu son Division drawing A-3OI0, Sheet r. attachal heI eto and made A part hereof and
 Beginning at point in the ce,.tor line of the New Mexico and Arizona railroad main track at Engineer Station 2Si3 plus 7l.7 thence in southerIy direction distance of 63 feet along a line marking anglo to the left of @ degrees S2' with said center line, to point in the souther:y right of way line of said railroad, thence westerly along said right of way line distance of l26 feet to a point. thence nOrtherly A distance of I"6 feet alor z a line making an angle to the left of a2 degrees 32' with said c-n'er line, to point in the uOrtherly right of way line of said raiirOad thence easterly along said rG Int of way line distance of I26 feet 70
 
 A point of beginning, said track containing area of F .6 0 square feet. The above described premises are shown within red linked lines upon the blue print map attached hereto and made part hcreof.''
 communication from the State Land Com missioner with reference to appointment of County Land Apprai- ger for the sale of State Lands in Santa Cruz county, WAS presented to the board anO upon uOtfOn duly made, second cd and carried. NJ =. IT J Saxon WAS appointed l! such County Appraiser. and the c'erK in- structed to notify the Stt Land Depar tment of the action of the board.
 Upon motion duly m zde aud carried the c'crk was Instructei to authorize ths treasurer to transfer the of S--...-..--- from the county general fun1 to the county salary fund and the farther sum of from the county gen erai fund to the county expense fund Upon mo: ion duly made. seconded and car ried. the following resolutions were adopted. and tha clerk instruct sd to send copies to the Secretary of the Agriculture, Arizona Good Roads Association, tn ULited States Bureau of Public R ads. Secretary of Wa, Chief of the United States Indian Ssrvite and Arizona Re- preeentatives in Copgr7ss.
 WHEREAS. the Southern Arizona Interstate Highway. running from Rod o. New Mexico
 thence to Douglas. Bisbce. Tomb-tone. Benson 1 Tucson. handler, Mesa. Tempe, Phoenix | Buckeye, Gila Bend and Yuma is of primary importance to the State of Arizona, and to the 1 Cove. nrnant of the United Statea. and l WHEREAS, this highway reversing five of the fourteen counties of t:.e Htate in which are
 toca e1 G 2 Der cent of the entire population of | the State. paying taxes on asstsFe valuation 1 of 9 2 per cent of the total taxable wealth of l the State.enl
 l WHEREAS, th.a highway connects the most 1 i'm portant agricultural, mining. commercial l and c'ucatiun communities of the State. and WHEREAS, this highway is nearly complete | having miles of constructed road than
 any other State route, and 1 WHEREAS, the United Stata Government has called upon tue Arizona State HigI.way Department for its recommendation of the dc- l sisnation of the per cent State Highway Sys tem for Feeder al Aid. and
 1 WHEREAS. NIT. Mcdonald. chief of the Cr ited States Bureau of Public Roads has replied as fOllows in regard to a.cO communication 70 l questing information IS to whether all primary | roads must be paved, Federal Highway Law l specifically requires ample right Of way and surface not less than eighteen feet wide or
 primary road. Type of construction will bt
 determined by traffic requirements and ad- 1 equate surface must bo used in all cases, l therefore.
 1 BE IT RESOLVED, that Board of SuperTis- | ors of Santa Cruz county, Arizona do urgentl, l request the State Highway Department to de ] signate this highway as q primary interstate 1 highway, and
 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, tbat copie.
 of this resolution be refer red for action tht 1 State Highway department and that copies bt | sent to &Iessrs. W heeler Hewc7 and Mcdonald l of the United States Bureau of FubIic Roads | to the Secretary of Agriculture, Arizona Good | Roads Asf atiun and the Arlzona Reqresenta | tives in Congress
 The second resolution reads follows:
 WHEREAS. the Uonnties of Cochise, Sants Cruz, Yuma, and Pima desirous of com pleting the uuconstructed sections of the Tue | son-A jn- Yuma HiS!,wr order to | direct eastern and western outlet across tho State of Arizona. and
 WHEREAS. the War Department believes that
 the completion of this highway is of sutiicient | national importance to justify that constrcc tion of the section thru the Papago Indian Re 1 scrvation by the Federal Government and tho | expenditure of Federal Aid funds on the re 1 rlaining sections in srder that the important
 army posts along the border from Fl Paso tc San Diego may be connected by n high way. ana
 WHEREAS. Pima county has constructed without assistance from the Federal GOverI. | ment eighty miles of ''t'lnss A highway st ar
 expense of SIsl 0)C.OO and there remains to b,
 constructed approxi nateIy seventy Eve milei 1 in Pima county, including forty eight miies across the Papago Indian Reservation, and 1 WHEREAS, Yuma county has made avaiIahI, $75,OC0.OO of her recent bond issue 90 cOInpIet. their section of the highway from the Yuma Phoenix road towards jo to tine Pima county line, therefore
 BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Super 1 visors of Santa Cruz county, Arizona. dc 1 urgently request the state Highway Depart. rnent to designate this route a secondary highway entitled to receive Federal Aid, and | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. that copies | of this resolution be referred for action to the
 State Highway Department, and that copies ht