Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

contingent fund bv the present Board Of Commis-
sonerS for he sum of 5000 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 tirst Board of Commissioners. At
this time the holders Of the warrants on the general
fand made general outcry against the action OF the
County Commissioners In setting apart onethird Of
the revenues TO pay contingent warrants, and
threatened the Board with suit which, upon taking
counsel, We deemed 1t injudicious to defend. We
therefore passed an order AboShing the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general fund to
the amount of ST. las 81, which sold for cash at
the rate Of sixtyeight cents ON the dollar. and re-
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money. After that fund was abolished we were
St obliged to have cash TO provide for the numerous
and increasing wants OF this new county, anu 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 for BY statute,
such as officers salaries etc, believing that BY so
doing We saved the county a large amount OF money
In the aggregate, for no one would sell the county
neccSsaries less than coin price, and II we paid In
scrip invariably found that the price charged was
in proportion than could cash the scrip for
ourselves and pay the bills in coin. In other words,
the scrip price asked the county for everything pur
chased was at about the rate OF two for one. As
and paying bills in coin, our scrip never sold for less
than seventy cents on the dollar, and averaging
about seyenty-tour cents; and even In May last,
during the session of the last Grand Jury, we sold to
4 capitalist who was then equally as well informed
in regard to the financial condition Of the county as
when the report of the Grand Jury was published,
warrants to the amount Of ten thousand dollars In
cash at seventy cents on the dollar but since the
action of the Grand Jury condemning our plan Of
doing business for the county, scrip has fallen to
twenty-five cents the dollar and that too, In the
face of decision OF the Supreme Court that all taxes
must be paid in gold or silver coin, thus showing
that the fear of Scrip being redeemed In green
backs was unisunded. Under this state OF facts we
leave II TO the sound sense OF this community TO de-
eide 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, and now followed by the County Com
Accompanying this report will be found u Iull and
accurate statement of all cash received by the Com
mlSSioners for the sale Of warrants, and from all
sources from January, A. D., S63, up to the present
time and also full statement OF the disbursements
OF the money by them, as copied from the vouch-
ers, during the same time, period OF about nine
The largest item of cash expended has been for
the County Hospital. One OF the present Hospital
buildings had been commenced before our term of
office; that building has been completed and FUR
uiShet. Some time after its completion, under the
pressing demands Tor enlarged accommodations for
the INDECENT sick and at the urgent request Of the
Grand Jury, the County Commissioners erected an
other building furnished IL comfortably, for the
ception OF those patients whose circumstances COM
PEELED them TO apply to the county for relief. In
the erection and furnishing of the Hospital build
ingS, and in procuring supplies and assistants Tor
the wants and comfort OF patients, the Commis-
things could not be procured for scrip unless 1t
issued at ruinous rates to the county.
There has been admitted into our County HOspi-
tai, from the founding thereof TO the pre- present
time. 80 patients; of this number 45O have been
received during abe present year. \ large proper
ton OF those admitted are properly Terri
torial patients, they had recently arrived
here from California and other places; some
of them belonged to other counties that are
not provided with Hospitals. Every Couu-
~ In the Territory has lad patients in our hos
pital, and we would recommend to our delegation
IN the next Legislature 10 procure the passage OF
law for the protection OF Storey county, and by
10Th nd Shnn hfa
compelled TO pay whatever may be just and equit-
able for the support of their INDECENT sick in our
Hospital
Another large item of our cash expenditure, has
been the lifting up aud furnishing of our Court
House. which Includes our District and Probate
Court Rooms. the Judges Chambers, the District
aud County Clerks offices, also the Sherifs Asses
Sors Tax Collectors and Recorders offices reSpec-
lively; and furnishing fuel for the same.
One of the largest items which appears under the
head of Expenditures for the past year, drawn on
the General Fund, Is that of Jurors Fees, amount
Ing in the aggregate TO the sum OF S329j9 w. This
sum has been issued during the past year, yet
viously. the warrants for which were issued on the
certificates OF service given by the Clerk OF the Dis
trict Court who alone is authorized to issue such
certificates Jurors in said Court; and whose Ger
titcate Is by law prima acia evidence Of the Coun
ty's indebtedness to Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness OF the County
amounts to the sum Of Sl7I,ls9 To-
From this report it 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 to provide for all the wants of
new and growing county, at time when every
thing was high, and money commanding high rates
OF interest.
our county being the centre Of the population in
the Territory has swelled criminal expenses TO
q large amount. Hundreds of patients have been
admitted and cared for in our Hospital, who other
wise must have suffered or perlshed for want OF ac-
and attention, all of which has helped
to create our present indebtedness and although It
amounts to large sum, yet we have never allowed
4 claim against the county until we were satisfied
that 1t was Just For the future, our expenses will
not be as heavy as they have been heretofore, Tor
the reasons that our Court House and County
Offices are now all finished: our Jail and the lot
on which it stands is paid for; and the road to
our Hospital Is complete, our Hospital Grounds are
substantially enclosed; our large and eommodious
Hospital Buildings are finished, furnished and
supplied with all things necessary for the comfort OF
patients.
Although our wants as a county are many and
large, vet our resources are great, and We are In
hopes our revenue for ths present year will nearly
liquidate our Indebtedness.
An OF which is respectfully submitted to the people
of Storey county.