Board of Kingman County Commissioners
The board was first established when the county was organized by Thomas A. Osborn, the governor, on February 27th, 1874.[1]
Members
- J. K. Fical - February 27th, 1874 - ?
- J. M. Jordan - February 27th, 1874 - ?
- G. W. Lacy - February 27th, 1874 - ?
Meetings
March 5th, 1874
According to The Mercury, the proceedings of the meeting "partially explain the reasons for the premature organization to be to fill the pockets of a certain ring." The first act was to "Call a special election for the purpose of voting on the question of issuing bonds of said county to the amount of $75,000, for the following named purposes, to-wit: $25,000 dollars for a court house, $10,000 for bridges, $35,000 for general purposes, said bonds to be payable 10 years from date of issue, bearing interest at the rate of 10% per annum, payable, semi-annually."[1]
April 10th, 1874
The Mercury states "The bonds were declared 'carried' But still 'they were not happy;' by an act of the legislature the bonds became valueless."[1]
July 14th, 1875
The Mercury states the bonds that were issued previously were cancelled.[1] They state that no one who resides in the county is now connected with those bonds and states that "while our sister counties were all heavily bonded, this county fortunately escaped the designing thieves." This likely refers to C. C. Hutchinson.
