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MARICOPA COUNTY COURT HOUSE — PHOENIX, ARIZONA

 INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES
OF ARIZONA
No. 7. MARICOPA COUNTY (PHOENIX)
PREPARED BY
THE ARIZONA STATEWIDE ARCHIVAL AND RECORDS PROJECT
DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE PROJECTS
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATEWIDE ARCHIVAL AND RECORDS PROJECT
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AUGUST 1940
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THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY PROGRAM
SARGENT Bn CHILO, DIRECTOR
DAVID M. MAYNARD, REGIONAL SUPERVISOR
. SIDNEY KARTUS, STATE SUPERVISOR
DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE PROJECTS

FLORENCE KERR, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER

JUNE J. OWENS, CHIEF REGIONAL SUPERVISOR

AGNES HUNT PARKE, STATE DIRECTOR

WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
F. C. HARRINGTON, COMMISSIONER
I‘ H. E. SMITH, REGIONAL DIRECTOR
‘ w. J. JAMIESON, STATE ADMINISTRATOR
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THE iﬂlﬁﬂlﬂﬁ! 9f TEE QQMEIX ABQHLME§ QE ABJZQEA '3 ONE OF A NUMBER
OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF HISTORICAL MATERIALS PREPARED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
STATES BY WORKERS ON THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY PROGRAM OF THE WORK
PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION. THE PUBLICATION HEREWITH PRESENTED, AN INVEN-
TORY OF THE ARCHIVES OF MARICOPA COUNTY, Is NUMBER 7 OF THE ARIZONA
SERIES OF COUNTIES.

THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY PROGRAM WAS UNDERTAKEN IN THE WINTER
0F 1935-36 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING USEFUL EMPLOYMENT To NEEDY UNEM-
PLOYED HISTORIANS, LAWYERS, TEACHERS, AND RESEARCH AND CLERICAL WORKERS.

IN CARRYING OUT THIS OBJECTIVE, THE PROJECT WAS ORGANIZED TO COMPILE

. INVENTORIES OF HISTORICAL MATERIALS, PARTICULARLY THE UNPUBLISHED GOVERN—
MENT DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS WHICH ARE BASIC IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, AND WHICH PROVIDE INVALUABLE DATA FOR STUDENTS OF POLITICAL,
ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL HISTORY. THE ARCHIVAL GUIDE HEREWITH PRESENTED IS
INTENDED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF DAY—TO-DAY ADMINISTRATION BY THE
OFFICIALS OF THE COUNTY, AND ALSO THE NEEDS OF LAWYERS, BUSINESSMEN AND

‘ OTHER CITIZENS WHO REQUIRE FACTS FROM THE PUBLIC RECORDS FOR THE PROPER
CONDUCT OF THEIR AFFAIRS. THE VOLUME IS SO DESIGNED THAT IT CAN BE USED
BY THE HISTORIAN IN HIS RESEARCH IN UNPRINTED SOURCES IN THE SAME WAY HE
USES THE LIBRARY CARD CATALOG FOR PRINTED SOURCES.

THE INVENTORIES PRODUCED BY THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY PROGRAM
ATTEMPT To DO MORE THAN GIVE MERELY A LIST OF RECORDS—-THEY ATTEMPT
FURTHER TO SKETCH IN THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE COUNTY OR OTHER
UNIT OF GOVERNMENT, AND TO DESCRIBE PRECISELY AND IN DETAIL THE ORGANI-
ZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHOSE RECORDS THEY LIST.
THE COUNTY, TOWN, AND OTHER LOCAL INVENTORIES FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
WILL, WHEN COMPLETED, CONSTITUTE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS
WELL AS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LOCAL ARCHIVES.

THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE WORK OF THE HISTORICAL RECORDS
SURVEY PROGRAM, EVEN IN A SINGLE COUNTY, WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT
THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, HISTORICAL AND LEGAL SPECIALISTS, AND
MANY OTHER GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEIR COOPERATION IS GRATEFULLY
ACKNOWLEDGED.

THE SURVEY PROGRAM WAS ORGANIZED BY LUTHER H. EVANS, WHO SERVED AS
DIRECTOR UNTIL MARCH 1, 1940, WHEN HE WAS SUCCEEDED BY SARGENT B. CHILD.
THE SURVEY OPERATES AS A NATION-WIDE SERIES OF LOCALLY SPONSORED PROJECTS
IN THE DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE PROJECTS, OF WHICH MRS.
FLORENCE KERR, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, IS IN CHARGE.

F. C. HARRINGTON
COMMISSIONER
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THE ARIZONA STATEWIDE ARCHIVAL AND RECORDS PROJECT IS ONE OF THE
NATION-WIDE GROUP OF HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY PROJECTS IN THE DIVISION
OF PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE PROJECTS OF THE WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRA-
TION. THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY WAS INITIATED IN JANUARY 1936, AS
PART OF FEDERAL PROJECT NO. 1. THE SURVEY IN ARIZONA BEGAN OPERATIONS
IN MARCH 1936, UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OF ROSS SANTEE,
STATE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL WRITERS PROJECT, AND UNDER THE TECHNICAL
SUPERVISION OF ESTELLE LUTRELL. THE LATTER BECAME STATE DIRECTOR OF THE
SURVEY WHEN, IN OCTOBER 1936, IT BECAME AN INDEPENDENT PART OF THE
NATION-WIDE SURVEY. FROM DECEMBER T0 APRIL 1938, LOUISE R. NORTON,
DISTRICT SUPERVISOR OF THE DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE PROJECTS,
TEMPORARILY EXERCISED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OF THE SURVEY IN
ARIZONA. THE PRESENT STATE SUPERVISOR, WHO WAS FORMERLY EDITOR, WAS AP—
POINTED APRIL 15, 1938.

THE SURVEY IN ARIZONA OPERATED AS A FEDERALLY-SPONSCRED PROJECT UN-
TIL SEPTEMBER 1939, AT WHICH TIME IT WAS COMBINED WITH THE STATE ARCHIVES
PROJECT TO FORM THE PRESENT ARIZONA STATE-WIDE ARCHIVAL AND RECORDS
PROJECT, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

IN ARIZONA THE CHIEF OBJECTIVE OF THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY IS
THE PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF COMPLETE INVENTORIES OF THE EXTANT
RECORDS OF THE STATE, AND ITS COUNTIES, CITIES, AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTAL UNITS. IN THESE INVENTORIES, A SECTION IS DEVOTED TO EACH OF THE
PUBLIC OFFICES FORMING THE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, AND IN IT ARE LIST—
ED, BY SUBJECT, THE ENTRIES FOR RECORDS OF THE OFFICE. EACH ENTRY GIVES
INFORMATION CONCERNING EXACT OR ASSIGNED TITLE OF THE RECORD, ITS LIMIT-
ING DATES, QUANTITY, LABELING, CONTENTS, ARRANGEMENT, INDEXING, METHOD
OF RECORDING, CONDITION OF THE RECORD, SIZE, LOCATION OF THE RECORD IN
THE COURTHOUSE OR OTHER DEPOSITORY, AND CROSS REFERENCES To OTHER ENTRIES
BY THEIR NUMBERS. IN THE SUBJECT INDEX To THE INVENTORY, ENTRIES ARE
ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY, WITH CROSS REFERENCES. THERE IS ALSO A CHRONO-
LOGICAL INDEX SHOWING WHAT RECORDS WERE KEPT IN EACH DECADE. PRECEDING
THE RECORD ENTRIES OF EACH OFFICE IS A BRIEF ESSAY ON THE HISTORY, POWERS,
DUTIES, AND RECORDS-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF THE OFFICE FROM THE CREATION
OF THE COUNTY To THE PRESENT TIME, BASED UPON CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATU—
TORY PROVISIONS, COURT DECISIONS, THE COUNTY RECORDS, AND OTHER SOURCES.
WHEN COMPLETED, lug LOVENLQBX QE lﬂé Q22Nl!.ﬁﬂ£ﬂl!£§ QE ﬂﬂLiﬂﬂﬁ W‘LL
FORM A SERIES IN WHICH EACH COUNTY INVENTORY BEARS A SEPARATE NUMBER.
EACH UNIT OF THE SERIES IS NUMBERED ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE PO-
SITIONS OF THE COUNTIES IN AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE COUNTIES. IN
THIS SERIES, THE MARICOPA COUNTY INVENTORY, HEREWITH PRESENTED, IS NO. 7.
THE INVENTORIES OF STATE ARCHIVES, AND OF MUNICIPAL AND OTHER LOCAL AR—
CHIVES, WILL CONSTITUTE SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS.

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PRELIMINARY WORK ON THE INVENTORY OF MARICDPA COUNTY RECORDS WAS
, BEGUN BY SURVEY WORKERS IN MARCH 1936. IN 1937 A DRAFT INVENTORY WAS
SUBMITTED To THE WASHINGTON OFFICE OF THE SURVEY, WHICH EDITED THE
DRAFT AND RETURNED IT FOR EXPANSION AND REVISION. THIS DRAFT WAS RE—
CHECKED, REWRITTEN, AND ENLARGED BY SURVEY WORKERS TO CONSTITUTE THE
PRESENT VOLUME. THE INVENTORY IN FINAL MANUSCRIPT FORM WAS EDITED IN
THE WASHINGTON OFFICE BY MABEL S. BRODIE, ASSISTANT ARCHIVIST IN
I CHARGE OF PUBLIC RECORDS INVENTORIES.
THE COVER ON THIS BOOK WAS DESIGNED AND EXECUTED, BY SILK SCREEN
PROCESS, BY THE ARIZONA ART PROJECT, 0. P. NO. 65-1-02-2079.
APPRECIATION FOR VALUABLE ASSISTANCE IS GRATEFULLY EXTENDED TO ALL
OFFICIALS OF THE WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION IN ARIZONA; T0 MR. MULFORD
WINSOR, DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES, SPONSOR
OF THE PROJECT; TO MR. ROSS SANTEE AND THE ARIZONA WRITERS PROJECT; TO
DR. RUFUS KAY WYLLYS, ARIZONA STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AT TEMPE, FOR RE-
VIEWING THE HISTORICAL SKETCH; TO MR. JAMES M. BARNEY FOR REVIEWING THE
HISTORICAL SKETCH AND ROSTER OF OFFICIALS; AND To THE OFFICIALS 0F MARI-
‘ CCPA COUNTY FOR THEIR COOPERATION WHILE THE INVENTORY WAS SEING MADE AND
RECHECKEO. THE COUNTY OF MARICDPA IS A COOPERATING SPONSOR OF THE
PROJECT, AND FURNISHED MATERIALS FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THIS VOLUME. THE
NAMES OF PRESENT OFFICIALS OF THE COUNTY ARE LISTED IN THE ROSTER OF
OFFICIALS WHICH IS PART OF THE VOLUME.
SIDNEY KARTUS
I STATE SUPERVISOR
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. MARICOPA COUNTY AND ITS RECORDS SYSTEM
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1. HISTORICAL SKETCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
IMPERIAL SPAIN. THE MEXICAN REGIME. AMERICAN OCCU-
PATION. FIRST WHITE SETTLEMENT. CREATION OF MARI-
COPA COUNTY. INDIAN HOSTILITIES. COUNTY GROWTH AND
ATTAINMENT OF STATEHOOD. MINING. AGRICULTURE AND IRRI-
GATION. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION. EDUCATION.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE. RELIGION. POLITICAL PARTIES.
POPULATION AND WEALTH.
MAPS OF CHANGES OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES IN ARIZONA . . 30
MAP OF MARICOPA COUNTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2. GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ESSAY . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
LEGAL STATUS OF COUNTY. STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT. GENER-
AL ADMINISTRATION. FINANCES: TAXATION; FISCAL CONTROL.
JUDICIARY: CIVIL JURISDICTION; CRIMINAL JURISDICTION;
PROBATE JURISDICTION; JUVENILE JURISDICTION; NATURALIZA-
TION; FEDERAL JURISDICTION; APPELLATE JURISDICTION. LAW
ENFORCEMENT: PRESERVATION OF PEACE; INQUESTS; ADMINIS-
TRATION OF ESTATES; PROSECUTIONS; PROBATION. RECORDATION.
ELECTIONS. EDUCATION. PUBLIC SERVICES: VITAL STATIS-
TICS; HEALTH; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; IMMIGRATION; AGRICULTURAL
AID. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. DISTRICTS AND PRECINCTS. REC—
ORDS SYSTEM. RESTORATION OF RECORDS. STATE SUPERVISION.
CHART OF GOVERNMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
3. HOUSING, CARE, AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THE RECORDS . . . . 53
ADOBE COURTHOUSES, 1871-1883. THE BRICK COURTHOUSE OF
1884-1928.} PROPOSED COURTHOUSE IMPROVEMENT. PRESENT
COURTHOUSE, STONE, STEEL, AND CEMENT, 1928 To DATE. SALE
OF OLD BUILDING. CONTRACTS. JOINT COURTHOUSE-CITY HALL.
COMPLETION AND DEDICATION. DEPOSITORIES. BOARD OF '
‘HEALTH. AGENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION OF STATE HIGH-
. WAY DEPARTMENT. SUPERINTENDENT OF DETENTION HOME. MA-
TRON OF CHILDREN’S HOME. AGRICULTURAL AGENT AND HOME DEM-
ONSTRATION AGENT. PHYSICIAN. COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SE—
CURITY AND PUBLIC WELFARE. SUPERINTENDENT OF HOME FOR
AGED AND INFIRM. ENGINEER.
FLOOR PLANS OF COUNTY COURTHOUSE . . . . . . . . . . 63
4. ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS, AND ExPLANATORY NOTES . . . . . 71
B. COUNTY OFFICES AND THEIR RECORDS
I. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
PROCEEDINGS: MINUTES; RESOLUTIONS; LEGAL OPINIONS.
ACCOUNTS: EXPENDITURES; BUDGETS; BIDS; REQUISITIONS AND
PURCHASE ORDERS; ORDERS FOR PAYMENT AND BILLS; CLAIMS;
. ‘PAYROLLS; WARRANTS. BOND ISSUES. TAXATION. COUNTY OFFI—
‘ CIALS' REPORTS. COUNTY OFFICIALs' BONDS. COUNTY PROPERTY.

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (CONTINUED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SUFFRAGE AND JURIES. TOWNS AND SUBDIVISIONS. SCHOOLS.
IRRIGATION. NO FENCE DISTRICTS. ROADS. HIGHWAY COM—
" MISSION: MINUTES; FINANCIAL RECORDS; CONSTRUCTION RE~
PORTS AND DATA. FRANCHISES AND LICENSES. VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT. PUBLIC WELFARE. MAPS. CORRESPONDENCE.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1‘. ASSESSOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 121
- TRACT BOOKS. TRANSFERS OF REAL PROPERTY. IMPROVEMENTS
OF REAL PROPERTY. COMPARISON OF VALUATIONS. PERSONAL
1 PROPERTY VALUATIONS. ASSESSMENT LISTS. EXEMPTIONS.
TAX RECEIPTS. MAPS: LAND TENURE MAPS; MISCELLANEOUS
' MAPS. CORRESPONDENCE.
III. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
IV. TAX COLLECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
TAX ROLLS. EXEMPTIONS AND CORRECTIONS. COLLECTIONS:
RECEIPTS AND RECEIPT STUBS; SEGRECATION OF TAX RE¢
CEIPTS; CASH BOOKS; BUSINESS LICENSES; SCHOOL DISTRICT
TAXES; ROAD OVERSEER; PROTESTS OF PAYMENTS; CANCELED
‘ PAYMENTS; TAX SETTLEMENT. DELINQUENT TAXES. TAX SALES
AND REDEMPTIONS. CORRESPONDENCE. MISCELLANEOUS.
V. AGENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION OF STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATION AND LICENSES.
NON—RESIDENT PERMITS. EXEMPTIONS.
OPERATORS' PERMITS. REPORTS AND CORRESPONDENCE.
VI. TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
‘ ACCOUNTS: JOURNALS; LEDGERS. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
BANK ACCOUNTS. RECEIPTS. COUNTY OFFICIALS' REPORTS.
WARRANTS. COURT ORDERS AND FINDINGS. BONDS. APPOR-
TIDNMENTS. TAX REFUNDS. MAPS. OFFICE ADMINISTRATION.
CORRESPONDENCE.
VII. DISTRICT COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
CIVIL: CASE FILES; CALENDAR AND DOCKETS; MINUTES;
REGISTERS OF ACTIONS; JUDGMENTS AND EXECUTIONS. CRIMI—
I NAL. JUVENILE. NOTARIAL COMMISSIONS AND BONDS. DEN-
. TISTS' CERTIFICATES. OFFICE ADMINISTRATION: FEES AND
RECEIPTS; CORRESPONDENCE.
VIII. PROBATE COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 ‘
ESTATES: CASE FILES; CALENDAR AND DOCKETS; MINUTES; ~
j REGISTER OF ACTIONS AND FEE BOOK; WILLS; ADMINISTRA-
TION. INSANITY. ADOPTIONS. MARRIAGES. ADMINISTRA-
TION OF OFFICE. -
Ix. SUPERIOR COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CIVIL: CASE FILES; DOCKETS; MINUTES; REGISTERS CF Ac-
. TIONS; JUDGMENTS; ATTACHMENTS; COURT REPORTERS' NOTES
I AND TRANSCRIPTS. TAX SUITS. DIVORCE CASES. COURT
f 1 WATER COMMISSIONER. CRIMINAL. PROBATE: CASE FILES; _
y DOCKETS; MINUTES; WILLS; ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES;
, MISCELLANEOUS. INSANITY. JUVENILE: MINUTES; REGISTER
OF ACTIONS; ADOPTIONS. NATURALIZATION. MARRIAGES. _
JURY. INQUESTS. NOTARIAL COMMISSIONS AND BONDS. MAPS. 5
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SUPERIOR COURT (CONTINUED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 179
ADMINISTRATION OF OFFICE: CLERK'S DAY BOOKS; FEES;
LEDGERS; CLERK'S REPORTS; BANK PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE.
MISCELLANEOUS. '
X. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE‘. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
PHOENIX PRECINCT: CIVIL; CRIMINAL; CASH BOOK. WEST
PHOENIX PRECINCT: CIVIL; CRIMINAL; MAP; ADMINISTRA—
TION OF OFFICE. EAST PHOENIX PRECINCT: CIVIL; CRIMI~
NAL; ADMINISTRATION OF OFFICE. MESA PRECINCT. TEMPE
PRECINCT. PEORIA PRECINCT. VARIOUS PRECINCTS.
XI. CORONER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
PHOENIX PRECINCT. MESA PRECINCT.
XII. COUNTY ATTORNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
BLOTTER. CIVIL. CRIMINAL. MAPS. CORRESPONDENCE.
XIII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
XIV. JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
CASE RECORDS. MAPS. CORRESPONDENCE.
XV. SUPERINTENDENT OF DETENTION HOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
DETENTION HOME. CHILDREN’S HOME.
XVI. ADULT PROBATION OFFICER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
CASE RECORDS. PAYMENTS BY PROBATIONERS.
XVII. SHERIFF 229
CIVIL: SERVICE OF PROCESS; SHERIFF'S SALES AND EXEcu-
TICNS; LICENSES. CRIMINAL: STOLEN PROPERTY; INVESTI-
GATIONS; INDENTIFICATION; SERVICE OF PROCESS; PRISONERS.
COMMITMENTS TO STATE HOSPITAL. MAPS. ADMINISTRATION
OF OFFICE: RECEIPTS, DISSURSEMENTS AND DEPOSITS; MONTH-
LY REPORTS; APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTIES. CORRESPONDENCE.
MISCELLANEOUS.
XVIII. CONSTABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
PHOENIX PRECINCT. EAST PHOENIX PRECINCT.
XIX. RECORDER . . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
BLOTTER. REAL PROPERTY: DEEDS; LAND CLAIMS; WATER
RIGHTS; MINING RECORDS; DECLARATION OF HOMESTEAD; PROPER»
TY OF MARRIED WOMEN; LEASES; AGREEMENTS; MORTGAGES; LIENS;
LIS PENOENS; JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS; ATTACHMENTS, EXECU- ,
TIONS, AND SALES; TAX SALES AND REDEMPTIONS; INHERITANCE
. , TAX. PERSONAL PROPERTY: CONDITIONAL SALES; MORTGAGES;
‘ LIVESTOCK. BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS: CORPORATIONS; PARTNER- '
SHIPS; POWERS OF ATTORNEY. PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND CER~
TIFICATES. VITAL STATISTICS. WILLS. REGISTRATION OF
ELECTORS: REGISTERS; PRECINCT REGISTRATION; CANCELLATIONS;
APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENT AND DISABLED VOTERS' BALLOTS.
OFFICIAL BONDS AND APPOINTMENTS. NOTARIAL RECORDS.
MAPS. ADMINISTRATION OF OFFICE. MISCELLANEOUS.
XX. ELECTION BOARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
XXI. ELECTION MARSHAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
» XXII. CENSUS MARSHAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
XXIII. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
SCHOOL DISTRICT FORMATION AND GOVERNMENT. TEXTSOOKS.
REPORTS. BUDGETS. ACCOUNTS. RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURES:
1 VOUCHERS AND INVOICES; WARRANTS. SCHOOL EMPLOYEEs' IN~
‘ DUSTRIAL COMPENSATION INSURANCE. MAPS. CORRESPONDENCE.
; MISCELLANEOUS.

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PACE
XXIV. BOARD OF COUNTY EXAMINERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
XXV. COUNTY LIBRARIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
‘ BOOKS: LISTS; CARD CATALOGS; WITHDRAWN OR LOST.
BRANCH LIBRARIES. APPLICATIONS OF PATRONS. SCRAP BOOK.
MAP. ADMINISTRATION OF OFFICE.
XXVI. LOCAL REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . 303
XXVII. COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
: CASE HISTORIES. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. EXAMINATIONS
OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. SANITATION. LASORATORY REPORTS.
MAPS.
-XXVIII. COUNTY PHYSICIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
AFFIDAVITS FOR MEDICAL AID. CLINICAL HISTORY AND
TREATMENT. CLINIC CASES. LABORATORY REPORTS. OFFICE
ADMINISTRATION.
XXIX. COUNTY CHILD WELFARE BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
XXX. COUNTY OLD AGE PENSION COMMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . 316
XXXI. COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC WELFARE . . . 318
j DIRECT AND WORK RELIEF: MASTER INDExES; REGISTRATIONS;
CASE INVESTIGATIONS; CASE FILES; ASSISTANCE TO RELIEF
CLIENTS; STOPPAGE OF RELIEF. TRANSIENT RELIEF. CHILD
WELFARE. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION
CORPS. INTER-AGENCY RECORDS. OFFICE ADMINISTRATION.
CORRESPONDENCE. MISCELLANEOUS.
XXXII. SUPERINTENDENT OF MARICCPA COUNTY HOME FOR ACED AND
INFIRM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
XXXIII. COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
XXXIV. COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
I 4-H CLUBS. REPORTS. CORRESPONDENCE. AGRICULTURAL AD—
JUSTMENT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS.
‘ XXXV. HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
XXXVI. POUNOKEEPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34o
XXXVII. SHEEP INSPECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '341
XXXVIII. SANITARY MEAT INSPECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
XXXIX. FOUL BROOD INSPECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
XL. SURVEYOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
‘ XLI. ROAD OVERSEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
XLII. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
XLIII. COUNTY ENGINEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 347
‘ SURVEYS. CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: FOREMEN'S TIME REPORTS;
_I EQUIPMENT REPORTS. HIGHWAYS. GARAGE. EMPLOYEES.
: REQUISITIONS AND PURCHASE ORDERS. MAPS. CORRESPONDENCE.
‘ MISCELLANEOUS.
‘ B’BLIOGRAPHYIQOOOIIICOCIIOOIOOOOQI 355
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
: CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
I SUBJECT INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

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:E
I8 1. HISTORICAL SKETCH
'9
IMPERIAL SPAIN
A LANDS NOW IN MARICOPA COUNTY LIE BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE GILA
2 RIVER, THAT NATURAL DEMARCATION WHICH CROSSES ARIZONA FROM EAST TO WEST
AND FLOWS INTO THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR THE LATTER'S MOUTH. IN A GENERAL
WAY THE COURSE OF THE GILA DIVIDES THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS AND HIGH
PLATEAUS 0F NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM THE DESERT VALLEYS To THE SOUTH. ON
0 MUCH OF ITS COURSE IT WAS A NATURAL PATHWAY FOR THE OVERLAND MIGRATION OF
THE SPANIARDS, MEXICANS, AND AMERICANS TO ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA.
THESE LANDS WERE ACQUIRED BY SPAIN THROUGH DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION
, IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES. IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINE—
; TEENTH CENTURIES, THE SPANIARDS ESTABLISHED MISSIONS, PRESIDIOS, AND
3 SETTLEMENTS IN A SMALL AREA OF THE SANTA CRUZ VALLEY, SOUTH OF THE GILA,
OF WHICH THE PRESIDIO AT TUCSON BY 1776 CAME To BE THE PRINCIPAL SEAT.
THIS WAS PART OF THE IMPERIAL PROGRAM OF EXPANSION CARRIED ON BY THE
SPANISH CROWN THROUGH THE VICEROYALTY OF NEw SPAIN. THE CONOUEST OF THE
INDIANS BY THE SOLDIERY AND THEIR CONVERSION BY MISSIONARIES WERE co-
ORDINATED TO CREATE FRONTIER ZONES 0F PARTLY CIVILIZED NATIVES To GUARD '
THE EXPLOITATION OF AREAS FARTHER SOUTH. THESE FEW SPANISH ESTABLISHMENTS
IN THE SANTA CRUZ VALLEY, HARASSED BY APACHE ATTACKS, NEVER HAD MORE THAN
A PRECARIOUS EXISTENCE AS FRONTIER POSTS.1 .
MOST OF THE REGION SOUTH OF THE GILA IN WHAT IS NOW ARIZONA, IN-
CLUDING ALL OF THAT AREA Now IN MARICOPA COUNTY, WAS THEN PART OF PIMERIA
ALTA, NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROVINCE OF SONORA. 0N EARLY MAPS, THE
UNCHARTEO AREA NORTH OF THE GILA RIVER, INCLUDING LANDS THEREIN NOW IN
MARICOPA COUNTY WAS DESIGNATED AS APACHERIA. WHAT IS NOW NORTHEASTERN
ARIZONA WAS DESIGNATED AS MCQUI PROVINCE.2
THE JESUIT EUSEBIO FRANCISCO KIND, WITH CAPTAIN JUAN MATHEO MANJE,
VISITED THE CASA GRANGE RUINS IN 1694, CONTINUING DOWN THE SOUTH BANK OF
THE GILA THROUGH PIMA AND COCOMARICOPA VILLAGES AS FAR AS THE BIG BEND.
KIND AND MANJE RETURNED TO THE GILA IN 1699, AND REPORTED HAVING SIGHTED
TWO RIVERS FLOWING IN FROM THE NORTH WHICH THEY NAMED THE SALADO (SALT)
AND VERDE.3
AFTER KINO'S DEATH IN 1711 THERE Is No RECORD OF ANY SPANISH EXPLO-
RATION IN CENTRAL ARIZONA UNTIL 1744, WHEN PADRE JACOSO SEDELMAIR SET OUT
To EXPLORE THE MOOUI COUNTRY. INDIANSIN THE VICINITY OF CASA GRANDE RE—
FUSED To SERVE AS GUIDES, SO HE CROSSED THE GILA AND DESCENDED THE RIVER
ALONG ITS NORTH BANK. BELOW ITS JUNCTION WITH THE SALT, HE VISITED AND
NAMED 42 RANCHERIAS, OR VILLAGES, OF FRIENDLY COCOMARICOPAS. AT A POINT
Lw____L_L_._____.______.________..________________._L__.__.___L__~__.___._
1. R. K. WYLLYS, PIONEER PADRE (DALLAS, 1935), P. 6.
2. H. H. BANCROFT, ﬂi§TDRY OF ARIZONA AND NEW_MEKICO, 1530—1888
- (SAN FRANCISCO, 1889), P. 345.
3. IBID,, P. 357.

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HISTORICAL SKETCH (FIRST ENTRY, P. 83)
ABOUT 90 MILES BELOW THE JUNCTION HE LEFT THE GILA, NEAR A WARM SPRING,
AND THENCE PROCEEDED WESTWARD To THE COLORADO RIVER. REVISITING THE AREA
IN 1748, HE NAMED THE WARM SPRING SANTA MARIA DEL AGUA CALIENTE.4
FOLLOWING EXPULSION OF THE JESUITS IN 1767, EXPLORATIONS IN PIMERIA
ALTA WERE CONTINUED BY THE FRANCISCANS. ONE OF THE LATTER, PADRE GARCES,
ACCOMPANIED ANZA IN 1775 AS GUIDE ON HIS SECOND EXPEDITION To CALIFORNIA.
THIS PARTY CONSISTED OF 240 PEOPLE, WITH MORE THAN 1,000 HORSES AND CATTLE,
I DESTINED FOR MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOUNDING A COLONY.
THEY PASSED THROUGH TUBAC, SOUTH OF TUCSON IN PRESENT-DAY SANTA CRUZ COUNTY,
IN OCTOBER, AND, AFTER PASSING THE PIMA VILLAGES WEST OF CASA GRANDE, THEY
STRUCK ACROSS THE BEND OF THE GILA, ENTERING PRESENT-DAY MARICOPA COUNTY '
THROUGH A PASS NEAR ENID. CROSSING ARROYO SECO (WATERMAN WASH IN RAINBOW
VALLEY), THENCE THROUGH THE PASS OF THE MARICOPAS (NEAR ESTRELLA) THEY
REACHED THE GILA AT UPARSOYTAC NEAR THE PRESENT SITE OF GILA BEND. THERE
THEY MET FRIENDLY OPAS (MARICOPAS) LIVING ALONG THE BROAD RIVER FLATS.
THESE INDIANS WERE NOT OBLIGED To IRRIGATE THEIR LAND AS WERE THE PIMAS,
BUT RELIED ON THE FLOOD WATERS OF THE SALT RIVER WHICH, ALTHOUGH CONSIDERED
j A TRIBUTARY OF THE GILA RIVER, CARRIED MUCH MORE WATER. FORDING THE RIVER
‘ AT ARITOAC (OATMAN'S FLAT) THE PARTY ARRIVED AT AGUA CALIENTE, WHERE A PEACE
CEREMONY WAS HELD WITH THE OPAS AND COCOMARICOPAS. ANZA APPOINTED CARLOS
AND FRANCISCO, TWO INDIANS CHOSEN BY THE TRIBES, TO BE GOVERNOR AND ALCALDE,
RESPECTIVELY, OF A NEW PROVINCE, SAN BERNADINO'DEL AGUA CALIENTE, AND IN-
VESTED THEM WITH THE CANES AND ROBES OF OFFICE, WHEREUPON THEY THRICE
PLEDGED THEIR FEALTY To THE SPANISH CROWN. THE NEXT DAY'S MARCH TOOK THE
' EXPEDITION BEYOND THE LIMITS OF WHAT IS Now MARICOPA COUNTY.5 WITH THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE YUMA MISSIONS IN 1781, AND THE MASSACRE OF GARCES AND
50 COMPANIONS BY YUMA INDIANS, NO FURTHER ATTEMPT gAs MADE BY THE SPANIARDS
To EXTEND THEIR MISSIONS WESTWARD To THE COLORADO.
- THE MEXICAN REGIME
‘ THE LOUISANA PURCHASE IN 1803 STIMULATEO AMERICAN EXPLORATION OF THE
' SOUTHWEST, AND ACQUAINTED THE PEOPLE OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH THE
VAST POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL MARKET IN THE SPANISH PROVINCES. NOT UNTIL
,MEXICO GAINED HER INDEPENDENCE IN 1822, HOWEVER, WERE THE TRADE RESTRICTIONS
‘ WHICH HAD BEEN IMPOSED BY SPAIN RELAXED SUFFICIENTLY TO PERMIT AMERICAN
TRADERS To ENTER NEW MEXICO. THEN THE VANGUARD PUSHED ACROSS WHAT IS NOW
, ARIZONA, WHERE THE PATTIES, KIT CARSON, PAULINO WEAVER, AND OTHERS USED THE
UPPER GILA AS A HIGHWAY TO THE VIRGIN TRAPPING GROUNDS ALONG THE SALT AND
VERDE. FOLLOWING GENERAL KEARNY To CALIFORNIA DURING THE MEXICAN WAR, THE
' MORMON BATTALION OPENED THE FIRST WAGON ROAD ACROSS ARIZONA. THIS ROAD
CROSSED MARICOPA COUNTY AND WENT DOWN THE GILA TO THE COLORADO RIVER. IT‘
WAS To BECOME THE PRINCIPAL ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA IN THE GOLD RUSH OF 1849./
BY THE TERMS OF THE TREATY OF CUADALUPE HIDALGO WHICH ENDED THE WAR WITH
MEXICO IN 1848, THE AREA NORTH OF THE GILA RIVER WAS INCLUDED IN THE TERRI-
TORY CEDED To THE UNITED STATES.8
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4. BANCROFT, OP. CIT., PP. 365 FF. ‘ ’ ' ‘
5. PEDRO FONT, FONT'S COMPLETE DIARY, ED. HERBERT E. BOLTON (BERKELEY, 1933),
PP. 2 FF.
6. BANCROFT, OP. CIT., P. 397.
’ 7. IBID., P. 407.
8. 9 STAT. 926, ART. 5. I

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HISTORICAL SKETCH (FIRST ENTRY, P. 83)
AMERICAN OCCUPATION
THE DE FACTo GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED BY GENERAL KEARNY IN NEW MEXICO
CONTINUED UNDER HIS SUCCESSORS UNTIL CONGRESS IN 1850 CREATED THE TERRITORY
OF NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THEREIN LANDS NOW IN ARIZONA NORTH OF THE GILA AND
WEST To THE COLORADO RIVER.9 SUCH LANDS NOW WITHIN MARICDPA COUNTY WERE IN-
CLUDED IN 1852 IN SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THAT
TERRITORY.1O
LANDS Now IN ARIZONA SOUTH OF THE GILA RIVER WERE ACQUIRED BY THE
GAOSOEN PURCHASE, FOR WHICH CONGRESS APPROPRIATEO FUNDS ON JUNE 29, 1854.
' ON THE FOLLOWING DAY PRESIDENT PIERCE PROCLAIMEO THE RATIFICATION OF THE
TREATY.11 CONGRESS ON AUGUST 4, 1854, ATTACHED THE AREA ACQUIRED THEREBY
TO NEW MEXICO,12 THE LEGISLATURE OF WHICH MADE IT PART OF DORA ANA COUNTY.13
IN THIS AREA WERE INCLUDED LANDS NOW IN MARICDPA COUNTY SOUTH OF THE GILA.
WHILE THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF DONA ANA COUNTY WAS THE GILA RIVER, THE
SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF SOCORRO COUNTY WAS NOT COINCIDENT THEREWITH, BUT HAD
BEEN DEFINED AS THE PARALLEL OF LATITUDE PASSING THROUGH LA LAGUNA IN THE
CENTER OF THE JORNADA IN NEW MEXICO.14 HENCE, THAT PART OF PRESENT MARICDPA
COUNTY INCLUDED BY AND TO THE NORTH OF THE BEND OF THE GILA AND EMBRACING
THE GILA BEND MOUNTAINS WAS EXCLUDED FROM EITHER SOCORRO OR DONA ANA COUNTY,
3 AND SO REMAINED UNTIL THE CREATION OF ARIZONA TERRITORY IN 1863.
I THE UNITED STATES EFFECTEO MILITARY POSSESSION OF THE GAOSOEN PURCHASE
ON MARCH 10, 18§EL BY STATIONING FOUR COMPANIES OF ORAGOONS IN TUCSON. FROM
1858 TO 1860, THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND STAGE LINE OPERATED OVER THE ROUTE
FROM TUCSON To FORT YUMA VIA MARICDPA WELLS AND THE GILA RIVER. A CONVEN-
TION AT TUCSON IN 1856 MEMORIALIZED CONGRESS FOR ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRIo
TORY OF ARIZONA ANO ELECTED A DELEGATE TO CONGRESS, WHO WAS NOT SEATED. IN
1860 ANOTHER CONVENTION AT TUCSON FORMED A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT To EXIST
UNTIL CREATION OF SUCH A TERRITORY, ADOPTED A CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, ELECT~
EO OFFICIALS, AND LAID OUT JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES. THE PROCEEDINGS
OF THIS CONVENTION WERE PRINTED AT TUCSON IN THE FIRST PAMPHLET PUBLISHED IN
WHAT IS TODAY ARIZONA.14A
ON FEBRUARY 1, 1860, THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE CREATED ARIZONA COUNTY
FROM THE WESTERN PART OF CONA ANA COUNTY. THE ACT PROVIDED FOR ELECTION OF
A PROBATE JUDGE AND A SHERIFF; FOR A JOINT COUNCIL AND REPRESENTATIVE OIS-
TRICT WITH DONA ANA COUNTY; FOR ORGANIZATION OF PRECINCTS BY THE PROBATE
JUDGE, WHO WAS TO ORDER AN ELECTION OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES;
FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNTY SEAT OF ARIZONA COUNTY AT TuaAc, SOUTH OF
TUCSON; AND FOR TRANSFER TO THE JURISDICTION OF ARIZONA COUNTY ALL MATTERS
PROPERLY PERTAINING THERETO.15 THE COUNTY.SEAT WAS MOVED TO TUCSON BY
LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT ON JANUARY 8, 1861.16
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9. 9 STAT. 447, SEC. 2.
10. COMPILED LAWS OF NEW MEXICO, 1865, SECS. 1, 2, P. 268. (HEREINAFTER
CITED AS N. M. C. L.).
11. 10 STAT. 301, CH. 71; 10 STAT. 1031-1037.
’ 12. 10 STAT. 575, CH. 245.
13. N. M. C. L., 1864, sec. 274.
I. 14. mm, 1865, ART. 17, CH. 42, secs. 1-12, PP. 268-274.
14A- QQEEILLEILQNLQE_EE9¥J§lﬂﬂ££.§91§BEMEHI_LE_&BL;QNA (TUCSON, 1860)-
15. LAWS OF THE TERRITORY OF N§W_MEXIQC, 1859-60, PP. 74-76.
16. 11'2“ 1880~61, FIT—767‘—

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HISTORICAL SKETCH (FIRST ENTRY, P. 83)
LATER IN 1861, A CONVENTION AT TUCSON FORMALLY DECLARED THE TERRITORY
‘ PART OF THE CONFEDERACY, AND I