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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Queenie" data-source="post: 4039564" data-attributes="member: 8058">Government Buildings  There are a number of locations within Promise City that are owned by either the town, the county, the territory or the federal government.   Also listed are the local law enforcement jurisdictions for each.  They are as follows:Town of Promise City Property - Jurisdiction of the Town MarshallPromise City Marshall's Office and Town Jail (9 & 10).  The Marshall's Office is a 20x25 foot one-story brick building at the northwest corner of Fremont and South Streets.   The Jail cell is a twelve-foot square double cell that overlaps into the Marshall's office six feet.   The outer walls are brick and the two cells are and doors are made of iron bars.   The current Marshall is Wyatt Earp and his deputy is his younger brother Warren Earp.Promise City Town Hall (12).   This unfinished brick 25-foot square building is at the southwestern corner of Main and Fremont Streets.  The floorboards, brick exterior and exterior windows and doors are in place but the interior has yet to be built, including the second floor of the building.   The Promise City Merchant's Association ran out of money to fund the contstruction when there became a need to hire a deputy for the town marshall.  Presently the building is only used one a month for church services.   Vacant Lot (63).  This vacant lot 30x50 foot vacant lot at the northeast corner of Main and Federal streets is owned by the town and has been tentatively slated for the location of the Promise City Community Schoolhouse.   Presently there are twenty children in the town, half of whom are privately tutored. Municipal Storage Shed (66).  This 8x12 foot wooden shed was built and donated by Kris Wagner of the Wells Fargo Office to store a fire pump for the town.   He is presently heading up a fund drive to purchase the fire equipment from Saint Louis.   The shed has tentaively been placed on the town owned vacant lot (63) behind where the school is planned to be constructed.  Boot Hill (102).  This 40x80 foot cemetery is located on the southside of South Street opposite Federal Street.   A picket fence that has not been maintained surrounds the property.  Most of the land is level however a thirty-foot diameter rocky hill does lie in the center of this property (which is why it wasn't ideal for a building lot).  In the two year's since the town was started over 100 people have been buried at Boot Hill.  Chochice County Property - Jurisdiction of the County SheriffCounty Claims Office (11).  While land sold in Chochise County technically belongs to the Arizona Territory, it is adminstered at the county level and the County retains 20% of the proceeds from land sales.  This single-story 15x20 foot building is on the west side of Fremont Street between South and Main.   The Deputy County Recorder is Dennis Winston.  This is the only claims office in the eastern half of the county, the western half being managed from the main office in Tombstone.  Deputy Sheriff's Office (39)  This 15x20 foot single-story brick building building is on the southeast corner of the intersection of Main and Front Streets.  The office includes a single jail cell.   Deputy Sheriff Colin Hunter operates out of this office.  He is one of eight Deputy Sheriffs working for County Sheriff Johnny Behan who works in Tombstone.  The office was intentionally situated equidistant and between both of the town's banks.County Assay Office ('48').  This 15x20 foot single-story wood sided building is on the east side of Front Street between Main and Sierra.  Deputy County Assayer determines the weight and worth of ore bearing rocks and will certify a sample for a fee of $ 5.00 or weigh and certify dust for a fee of $ 3.00.  Generally certified samples bearing his mark can be used in the town in place of currency.   No ore samples are left in the building overnight, all being deposited into the vault of the Promise City National Bank, two doors down. Arizona Territory Property - Jurisdiction of the Territorial Governor's Arizona RangersCircuit Judge's Office (13) This small 8x10 foot single story brick building is on the southside of Main Street between Fremont and Allen Streets.   Circuit Judge Nathan "Hanging Nat" Isby uses this office during the one week in three that he is in Promise City.  The size of the office prevents it from being used for trials.  Territorial Office Building (29).  The former Trail Dust Saloon is a 15x20 foot single-story timber and adobe structure at the northwest corner of Allen and South streets.    It was receently confiscated when the former owner escaped from jail, thereby defaulting on his prison term and/or fine.   Thus far it has been used by Judge Isby for one trial.United States Government Property - Jurisdiction of the United States Army Telegraph Office (17) This single-story 10x15 foot single story brick building is on the southside of Main Street between Fremont and Allen Streets.   The telegraph office is actually privately owned by the Western Union Company, however they have formal arrangements with the Federal government for protection of their offices and telegraph lines.  Presently there are no telegraph lines to Promise City.   They were being put in alongside the railroad from Tombstone but stopped when the railroad line ceased construction.   The office is run by Dave Melany who sends and receives telegrams via the Wells Fargo Stage, the stagecoach drivers going to and from the Tombstone Western Union office during their 1-2 hours layover on round trips to that town. United States Post Office (24) This 20-foot square wooden building is on the west side of Fremont Street, between Main and Sierra.   It serves as both the office and home to Postal Clerk Eddie Palmer.   It costs a penny to mail a letter and five-cents to purchase a postal money order. First National Bank of Promise City (44).   This single-story brick 25-foot square building is located at the northeast corner of Main and Front Streets.  The bank is privately owned by Paul Stevens but has formal arrangements with the Federal Government for the assaying and purchase of silver as well as any property that changes hands in the eastern half of the county.   He is assisted by tellers Derrick Avery and Jason Snavely.  Chandler Wells handles maintenance and security.  The vault is the latest model from the Diebold Company in Canton Ohio, but last July safecracker May Clarke still managed to break into it. Wells Fargo Office (62).  This single-story 20-foot square wood framed building is on the northside of Main Street between Front and Federal Streets.   The office is run by Kris Wagner who is asssited by his half-orc clerk Coolie Fagen.   The office is actually privately owned by the Wells Fargo Company, however they have formal arrangements with the Federal government for transportion of the United States Mail.</blockquote>

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