Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-07
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

contingent fund bv the present Board of Comnis.
soners for he sum Of Ss.O66 Is in addition to the
amount issued by the former Board, all Of which
compounded In accordance with the contract origin
ally made by the iirst Board of Commissioners. At
this time the holders Of the warrants on the general
nlnd made general outcry aganst the action Of the
County Commissioners In setting apart onethird Of
the revenues 10 pay contingent warrants, and
threatened the Board with suit, which, upon taking
counsel, We deemed Il injudicious to defend. We
therefore passed an order abOlishng the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general fnnd 10
the amount of SilltS ST. which we sold for cash at
the rate OF slxty-eght cents on the dollar and
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money. After that fund was abolished We were
and increasing wants OF this new county. and We
continued TO sell warrants, believing that we were
authorized SO to do and pay the most OF our bills IN
cash, excepting what was provided ior by statute,
such officers salaries etc., believing that by so
doing VT saved the county large amount OF money
In the aggregate, for no one would sell the county
necessaries less than coin price, and " We paid In
scrip we invariably found that the price charged was
In proportion than We could cash the scrip for
ourselves and pay the bills in coin In other words
chased was at about the rate Of TWO for one. As
long acted upon this plan Of selling warrants
ami paying bills In coin, our scrip never sold ior less
| than seventy cents on the dollar, and averaging
about seventy-four cents: and even in May last,
during the session OF the last Grand jury We sold TO
a capitalist who WAS then equally as well informed
IN regard the financial condition OF the county as
when the report OF the Grand jury was published,
warrants 10 the amount OF ten thousand dollars 10
cash at seventy cents the dollar, but since the
action OF the Grand jury condemning our plan ol
doing business for the county, scrip has fallen to
twenty-five cents on the dollar, ana that too IN the
face OF decision oil the Supreme Court that all taxes
must be paid in gold or silver coin, thus showing
that the fear OF our scrip being redeemed IN green
backs was unounded. Under this state OF facts We
leave the sound sense OF this community to de-
Glide whether the course pursued by Us heretofore IN
selling warrants for the highest price and paying our
bills in cash was not better for the interests OF the
county than the plan recommended by the last
Grand Jury AMI now followed by the County Com
mISSionerS in pursuance of their recommendation
Accompanying this report will be found null and
accurate statement of all cash received by the Com,
miSSioners for the sale OF warrants, and from all
sources, from January, A-p., 1855 up to the present
time; and also full statement OF the disbursements
OF the money by them. As copied from the Houch-
erS during the same time, period Of about nine'
teen months.
The largest item of cash expended has been for
the County Hospital. One Of the present Hospital
buildings had been commenced before our term oi
office; that building has been completed and fur-
nished. Some time after its completion, under the
pressing demands for enlarged accommodations for
the indiEsnt SICK and at the TEsnI request St the @
other building furnished II comfortably for the re-
cepon Of those patients whose circumstances COM
PEELED them to apply to the county for relief In
the erection and furnishing OF the Hospital haiI.
ings and In procuring supplies and assistants for
the wants and comfort OF patients, the CommiS-
sioperS found IL necessary 10 pay cash, as many
things could not be procured for scrip unless It Was
/ issued at ruinous rates TO the county.
There has been admitted into our County HoSpi-
lal from the founding thereof to the pre- present
time 80 patients; OF this number $50 have been
received during lhe present year. large proper
ton Of those admitted are property Terri
| here from California and other places; some
| of them belonged to other counties that are
| not provided with Hospitals. Every Coun-
" in the Territory has had patients in our hos
| pItal and We would recommend 10 our delegation
In the next Legislature 10 procure the passage OF
| law for the protection OF Storey county, and by
Z 9th md hR hal
compelled 10 pay whatever may be Just and equit-
able the support OF their indiGent sick In our
| Another large item of our cash expenditure, has
been the hitting up and furnishing of our Court
House. which Includes our District and Probate
Court Rooms, the Judges Chambers. the District
ami County Clerks Offices also the SherHs, Asses
Sors, Tax Collectors anu Recorders offices reSpec-
lively; ani furnishing fuel i9r the same: -.
head OF Expenditures for the past year, drawn on
the General Fund, is that OF Jurors Fees amount
in IN the asGreSSte 70 ins sum o. ss "" W. a1s
Larger portion OF the Indebtedness was Incurred pre-
viously, the warrants for which were issued on the
certificates OF service given BY the Clerk OF the DIS
tr!ct Court vino alone Is authorized TO issue such
certificates 10 Jurors in said Court and whose GER
ticate is by law prima acia evidence Of the Coun-
tvs Indebtedness to Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness ot the county
amounts 10 the sum ofSlI%,ls9 W.
From this report iI will be seen that the expenses
OF the County have been heavy for the past two
new County. We started without dollar IN our
treasury; we had 20 provide Tor all the wants OF
new anti growing county, At u time when every
ihlug was high, AMI money commanding high rates
OF interest
Our county being the centre Of the population in
the Territory has swelled our criminal expenses TO
large amount. Hundreds OF patients have been
aumiited ami cared for In our Hospital, VINO other
wise must have suffered or perisned for want OF nc.
commoiatons and attention, all OF which has hepel
to create present Indebtedness, and although II
amounts u large sum, yet We have never ailoweu
a claim against the county untn We were satisfied
that It Was Just. FOR the future our expenses Will
not be as heavy they have been heretofore. for
the reasons that our Court House and County
Ottices are now all finished: our Jail and the lot
on which II stands Is paid for; ami the road TO
our Hospital is complete. our Hospital GROUNDS art
substantially enclosed; our large ami eommodious
Hospital buildings are hniSned, furnished anu
supplied with ali things necessary Tor the comfort OF
patients
Although our wants as q county are many and
large, yet our resources are great, and We are In
nopes revenue for thi present year Will nearly
nquilate our Indebtedness.
Al OF which Is respectfully submitted to the people
OF Storey county.
II II ELAGG.