The Nevada journal., 1858-12-17
County Treasurer.


is the manner in which the affairs of the
County Treasurer's office have been
conducted. For some weeks it has
been noised abroad that something was
wrong in that quarter, and insinuations
were common that the grand jury about
to assemble would have job on hand of
some Importance. The grand jury met
on Thursday of last week and adjourned
on Tuesday last. The result of the la
bors of that body will be found in ano;h
er column in the shape of report
That, together with the card of the
County Treasurer, will open the diff
Guilty somewhat to our readers.
1t is charged that the County Treas
urer has been in the practice of collect
ing licenses for two quarters or more at
a time giving a receipt therefor for one
quarter only. This is not denied, we
believe, by the Treasurer himself. There
is an abundance of positive proof on this
point. 1t is alleged in the street, if not
elsewhere, that licenses have been paid
the Treasurer for which in some cases
written receipts were given, in other
cases none at all. 1t is reported and
believed by a large and respectable
portion of our population that the Treas
urer has retained for his own use large
share, if not all, the money collected
for which the receipts from the County
Auditor were not given. The same i'm
preston is left by the report of the grand
jury.
On the other hand, it is reported that
the Treasurer was not furnished the
proper blank licenses required by law,
That he received no six months and
year licenses, and consequently when
one of this kind was demanded he had
only the three months license to offer.
Attached to each license is a small re
ceipt for one dollar fees. In some cases
the trader would refuse to pay an extra
dollar for each three months, alleging
that but one dollar could be collected
for fees on each license, be it for three,
six or twelve months. TIE plan resort
ed to by the Treasurer was to give a
three months license for the last quar-
ter, with the dollar fee receipt attached
note the whole amount received on his
books and fill out additional blank licen-
ses in his Office to account for the whole
sum. The Treasurer claims also tc
have paid over all moneys received. Ii
an instance or two moneys were received
and personal receipt given; but it is
claimed that this was done while the
Treasurer was waiting for the blank Ii
cense receipts to be printed, and tina
the receipts given, stated this fact OF
the face of them. In reference to thu
charge of selling licenses more thar
once, it is simply denied, with this ex
planation. A blank license was partly
filled out by the Treasurer's clerk, TO
a Grass Valley merchant, when it wa
discovered the wrong class license wa
used. The right kind was then fillet
out instead, and given to the Grass Val
ley merchant Afterwards the forme
receipt was filled out with the name o
one of our most prominent merchants
the name already on it being erased.
We have thus far given the state
ment of the accusation and the defens
that our readers may have an idea o
what is alleged on both sides. They cal
draw their own conclusions. The law
it seems to us, has not been complies
with by the County Treasurer. in dis
charging the duties of his office neithe
, in our judgment, has it been strictly re
garded by some other county officers i
their dealings with the Treasurer. W
make no alluson to the Sheriff, agains
whom we have heard in this respect n
, derogatory imputations. The fact i
there has always been to some exten
an Indifference manifested towards tn
requirements of the law, by some of ou
county officials. The result of the 81
ting of the late grand jury we hope wi
, prick them hereafter to a more propt
observance of their legal duties.
: nothing else grows out of it, gre;
good will be done.
f I. w. Sigourney, we learn, is to /
e arraigned before the District Court Q
I, the 9th instant, for trial.
y S. T. NATIoNAL.-This doughty d.
: fender of the Administration exhibits,
seems to US, quite as much zeal as di
y cretion, in sustaining the government
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