Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-10
LEGAL ADYERTIsENEHTs N !.

compounded in accordance With the contract origin
ally made by the first Board of Commissioners. At
this time the holders Of the warrants on the general
fund made general 0utcry against the action of the
County Commissioners In setting apart one-third OF
,Se reyenpes e. pay contingent ting warrants and
counsel, we deemed 1t inIudlclous 70: defend. We
therefore passed an order aboshing the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general fund 70
the amount Of Slll4S 81, which we sold for cash at
the rate of sixtyeight cents on the dollar, and re-
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money: Alter that fund was abolished we were
and increasing wants of this new county, and we
continued 70 sell warrants, believing that we were
authorized 50 70 do, and pay the most Of our os IN
cash, excepting what was provided for BY statute,
such as officers salaries, ETC., believing that by SO
doing we saved the county large amount OF money
In the aggregate for no one would sel, the county
scrip we nvarL bly, found that the price charged was
more 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 as we acted upon this plan OF selling warrants
thSn ssventy s cents On he doar and 9 ayerartt
about seventy-fOur cents |; and even In May last,
during the session of the last Grand jury we sold to
capsasst g who s %as then e9n1ay as :, wen KY lormsa
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 on the dollar and that too, in the
lace ofa decision Of 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 unfounded. Under this state of facts we
leave It 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. not better for the interests of the
lima n o 1e 6 plan 6v nae 6 t4e as
missioners In pursuance Of their recommendation.
Accompanying this report WIN be found full and
accurate statement of all cash received BY the Com
missloners for the sale Of warrants, and from all
sources from January, A-D, 1868, up 10 the present
time and also afull statement ofthe disbursements
OF the money by them, as copied from the vouch-
ers, during the same time, period of about nine
teen months. lIE
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
nished. Some time after its completion, under the
pressing demands for enlarged accommodations for
the INDECENT sick and at the urgent request of the
Grand Jury, the County Commissioners erected an
other building furnished II 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 for
the wants and comfort OF patients, the Commits
sioners found IL necessary to pay cash, as many.
things could not be procured for scrip unless 1t was
issued at ruinous rates to the county.
There has been admitted Into our County Hospi-
pae o @ Number 20 baEe BEEN
received during lhe present year. A large proper
tion of those admitted are. properly Terri
here from California and other places some
of them belonged TO other counties that are
hot provided with Hospitals. Every Coun-
ty in the Territory has had patients In our hos.
pital, and we would recommend TO our delegation
in the next Legislature TO procure the passage OF
law for the protection Of Storey county, and by
compelled to pay whatever may be Just ard equit-
able for the support Of their INDECENT sick in our
Hospital. tsf,
been the fitting up and furnishing OF our Court
House, which Includes our District and Probate
Court Rooms, the Judges Chambers, the District
aH oectss sn Rscore as ras rssnee
lively; and furnishing fuel for the same.
One OF the largest items which appears under the
head ESns T E the past On
ing in the aggregate 10 the sum Of S32 $50 o. This
sum has been issued during the past year, yet
larger portion Of the indebtedness was incurred pre-
certificates Of service given by the Clerk Of the Dis
trict Court, who alone Is authorized TO issue such
tdcate Is by law pr ma facia evidence OF the Coun-
ty's Indebtedness to Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness of the County
amounts TO the sum OF Sl14.l .ls9 O6.
From this report It will be seen that the expenses
OF the County have been heavy for the past two
but Il shSad pc SOIs fhnnt n md t6oi sosT 1s rs Is
treasury; we had 10 provide for all the wants Of
new and growing county, at q time when every
thing was high, and money commanding high ntes
of interest, 49, L e TX q
our county being the centre Of the population in
the Territory, has sweled our criminal expenses TO
a large amount. Hundreds Of patients have been
admitted and cared for in our Hospital who other
wise must have suffered or perished for want Of
anG attention, all Of which has helped
to create our present Indebtedness, and although It
amounts TO large sum. yet we have never allowed
a claim against the county until we were satisfied
that Il was Just. For the future, our expenses will
not be as heavy as they have been heretofore, for
the reasons that our Court House and County
Offices arc 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 commodous
Hospital Buildings are finished, furnished and
supplied with all things necessary for the comfort of
patients.
Although our wants as county are many and
large, yet our resources are great, and we are In
hopes our revenue for the present year viii nearly
lluuidate our indebtedness. aG gu ~
All Of which IS respectfully submitted to the people
81 H. H. FLAGG, ~
MARTIN WHITE,
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