Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-13
LEGAL ADYERTIsBNEETs.

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
und made general outcry against the action Of the
County Commissioners In setting apart one-third OF
me "a revenues 70 pay contingent warrants, and
counsel, we deemed 1t iIIjudicious to defend. We
therefore passed an order aboishing the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general fund 70
the amount or SILL l4S 81 which we sold for cash at
the rate Of sixty-eIeht 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 VS.
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 es officers salaries ETC., believing that BY SO
doing we saved the county large amount of money
IN the aggregate for no one would sell the county
necessaries less than coin price. and II we paid In
scrip we bly, found that the price charged was
more in proportion than we could cash the scrip for
ourselves and pay the bills In coin. mother words.
chased was at about the rate Of two for one. As
long as we acted upon this plan Of selling warrants
and paying bills IN coin our scrip never sold for less
about seventy-four cents; and even in May last,
during the session Of the last Grand jury we sold
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 70
twenty-iye cents on the dollar and that. too In the
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 II 70 the sound sense Of this munity 10 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
missloners In pursuance of their recommendation.
Accompanying this report will be found tlill and
accurate statement OF all cash received by the Com
,missioners for the sale Of warrants, and from all
sources, from January AD., 1853, up 20 the present
times and also full statement of the disbursements
ers, during the same time, period OF about nine
teen months. s'Hf ti4tAtii e4i
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 It's 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 It comfortably for the re-
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
sloners found It necessary 70 pay cash, as many
things could not be procured for scrip unless 1t was
issued at ruinois rates TO the county. .a
There has been admitted into our County Hospi-
tai, from the founding thereof TO the pre- present
time. 7s0 patients; OF this number $50 have been
received during The present year. large proper
torial & patients, as they had recently arrived
here from California and other places; some
Sot pTOvSeS With Hopa Esry
ty In the Territory has had patients In our hos
pital, and we would recommend TO our delegation
IN the next Lgtas to the passage S pf IA
which other counties, and the Territory, shall be
compelled TO pay whatever may be Just and eqult-
able for the support OF their INDECENT sick in our
y.
Another large Item of our cash expenditure. has
been the fitting up and furnishing Of our Court
Court Rooms, % the % judges ChSmbers, the the Distriet
and County Clerks offices, also the SheTlFs, Asses
sors, Tax Collectors and Recorders offices respec-
lively; and furnishing fuel for the same. s-.
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 $50 $50 o. This
sum has been issued during the past year, yet
Larger portion Of the Indebtedness was incurred pre-
viousy, the warrants for which were issued on the
trict Court who alone Is authorized to issue such
certificates 10 Jurors in said Court; and whose Ger
taeate is by law prima facla evidence OF the CounE
tys Indebtedness to Jurors. So ~
The present total Indebtedness Of the County
amounts 10 the sum Of slIi,le9 O6. ~
From this report It win be seen that the expenses
Of the County have been heavy for the past two
years. but Il should be borne in mind that ours is
new County. We started without q dollar in our
treasury We had to provide for all the wants Of q
thing was high. and money commanding high rates
Our county being the centre OF the population In
the Territory, has swelled 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 persisted for want Of ac
commodatlons and attention, all Of which has helped
TO create our present Indebtedness and although II
amounts 10 a large sum. yet We have never allowed
a claim against the county until we were satisfied
that It 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
0flces are now all finished: our Jail and the lot
on which It stands Is paid for; and the road to.
Hospitali is complete. our Hospital Grounds are
substantially enclosed; our large and commodious
Hospital Buildings are finished, furnished and
supplied with all things necessary for the comfort Of
patients. n +s'
Although our wants as county are many and
large, yet our resources are great, and we are In
hopes our revenue for tn. present year will nearly
liquidate our Indebtedness. q e..e he ~
An Of which Is respectfully submitted TO the people
H. H. FLAGG, - z
EA 1IARryN WI TIE,
CHAS. H. KNOX, Z il-7,
County Commissioner.
Virginia, August 5tb, 1854. aus St