The hydraulic press., 1858-12-18
THE COUNTY.

into the affairs OF the County Treasurer,
on account of alleged mal-feasance in
Office. The grounds of this allegation
are best given by the Grand Jury in
their report, which we find published in
the Democrat. They were engaged in
the investigation from Thursday morn
ing until Tuesday noon, and summoned
before them large number of business
men as witnesses from every part of the
county. Upon the testimony of these
witnesses they present the following as
facts:
LIST. The County Licenses Of the 9th and 10th classes
1.-THE only classes paid in the county, which ssuod
by the Auditor, and or their face % for
quarter the Treasurer has sc,.cctcd only in six
months instead Of every three months.
and. The Treasurer IN collecting the Hsenss afbrs-
said has BY the testimony Of one hundred and
fifty Witnesses received pay in hundred and
ffty instances, for six months, or two QUaxssrswhe
individual paying or six months thus receiving pay
for quarters license, while he Is ehargeable with
only one Quartsrs license BY the Auditor. In some
instances the Treasurer has collected for three quart
ersnine mOnths-whils he has issued only receipt
and license for the three months thus depriving lex
cept at his option and uulawfull) the County
great portions Of its The amount collected
is shown by the witnesses examined before the Grand
Jury is about twentyfour hundred and fifty dollars
and the amount recepted for and settled by the Trea
surer with tho Auditor, is about thousand dollars;
leaving balance due to the county of fourteen humid
red and fifty doars-and of which, by of the
administration of the Treasurer before pointed
out, the Auditor has account.
3rd The Treasurer In instances, according to
the testimony before the Grand jury has received pay
ment for quarters license and refused to issue to
the person so paying any license receipt until such
time he could collect for the adv quarter or
quarters then about to commence.
4th The Treasurer has in several instances collect
ed money for licenses and has given therefore, receipts
signed by himselfsaid receipts being in his wrtngor
his deputy and did not issue to the parties paying
him. any licenses prepared by the Auditor, he is
quired by law.
5th The Treasurer has issued licenses to, and col
lected monies from parties in Grass Valley, and issued
again, the same license to, and collected money the
same license from parties in Nevada.
9th. The Treasurer has neglected to collect the Ii
cense monies due the county from many prominent
business men, liable to pay the same.
The Grand Jury further state that
the Treasurer has heretofore received
five per cent. of the amounts disbursed
by him, while the law entities him to on
ly three per cent. They also call at
tention to the insuficiency of his bonds,
the amount of which is thirty-fve
thousand dollars, whereas all of the
sureties on the original bond are not as
sessed IN the aggregate on property ex-
ceeding seven thousand dollars in value
The annexed items are from the De-
naocrat:
The Grand Jury have presented the
Treasurer on three different counts, the
nature of which we are not advised land
we presume proper steps will be taken
to have him removed from Office.
DELINQUENT TAX SATISFACTORILY
was the day on which property was adj
yertised to be sold for delinquent taxes,
but there was such rush in the Sher-
ifs Office on the part of delinquents to
pay up, that the Sheriff postponed the
sale until yesterday. A small portion
only of the delinquent list was sold yes
terday, and the sales will be adjourned
from day to day until all the property on
the list is disposed of.
NATURALIzATIoN.- DESTROYS
of procuring their final papers of natu-
ralization, will bear in mind that the
District Court, now in session, attends
to business of that kind on Saturday
only. The Court will continue in ses-
sion until about the first of April.
The coolest day ever noticed in Ne
vada was January Goth, 1854, when the
thermometer stood one degree above ze-
70.
MINING TAx.-We learn that about
four thousand dollars has been paid into
the Sheriff office, for taxes on money
invested in mining claims. The money
is paid under protest, and will be held
by the Sheriff until the case now pend
ing before the Supreme Court, to test
the right of taxing such investments, is
decided. It is desirable that the case
should be decided as soon as possible, one
way OF the other, 50 that those interest
ed may know what they have to depend
on.
GRASS VALLEY.-The National has
the following:
"In former late issue we spoke of
earth being run through the mills. This
new feature in mining has much extend
ed since then, and it is difficult to say
where it will end. The poorest earth,
that which will yield nothing to the OPP
Grafton of sluicing, remunerates fairly
and sometimes handsomely, when run
through thestampers and amalgamators.
Almost any dirt around on the hills
seems to pay-a thing not until lately
thought of-when subjected to the del
icate mechanical and chemical process
of quartz mining.