Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS,

contingent fund bv the present Board of Commis-
slOnerS for he sum OF s. U5 ls in addition 10 the
amount issued by the former Board, all of which
compounded IN accordance with the contract origin
any made by the nrSt Board OF Commissioners. At
this time the holders Of the warrants on the general
tnnd made general outcry against the action of the
County Commissioners in setting apart one-third of
the revenues 70 pay contingent warrants and
threatened the Board with suit which upon taking
counsel, We deemed IL injudcious to defend. We
therefore passed an order abolshing the contingent
iund and drew warrants upon the general fund to
the amount of Sll,liS 81, which sold for cash at
the rate OF sXty-eight cents on the dollar. and
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money. After that fund was abolished We were
still obliged TO have cash TO provide for the numerous
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 for by statute,
such rs 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
neccSSarieS less than coin price, and II We paid in
scrip We invariably 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
the scrip price asked the county for everything pur-
chased was at about the rate OF two for one. As
long we acted upon this plan of selling warrants
and paying bills In coin, our scrip never sold for less
than seventy cents on the dollar, and averaging
about Seventy-iOur cents; and even In May last,
during the session Of the last Grand jury We sold 10
a capitalist who was then equally as well informed
IN regard to the financial condition OF the county rs
when the report of the Grand Jury was published,
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 taleh 70
twenty-five cents on the dollar, and that TOO III tAe
face OF decision OF the supreme Court that all taxes
must be paid In gold silver coin, thus showing
that the fear % our scrip being redeemed In green
h,rss was nniounied Under this state OF facts We
leave Il to the sound sense of this community TO de-
eide whether the course pursued by us heretofore, IN
selling warrants for the highest price, AMI paying our
bills In cash. not better for the interests OF the
county than the plan recommended by the last
Grand Jury, and now followed BY the County Com
miSSoners In pursuance of their recommendation,
Accompanying this report will be found iull and
accurate statement OF all cash received by the Com
miSSOnerS for the sale OF warrants. and from Ill
sources irom January, A-D. lstJ up to the present
OF the money by them, aS copied from the vouch-
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 Of
office: that building has been completed and lur-
nished. Some time after Its completion, under the
pressing demands for enlarged accommodations for
the ndiCent 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 10 apply TO the county for relief. In
the erection and furnishing Of the Hospital build
inGS, ami in procuring supplies and assistants for
the wants and comfort Of patients, the Commis-
S.OnerS found IL necessary 10 pay cash, as many
things could not be procured for scrip unless 1t was
issued AT ruinOuS rates 10 the county.
There has been admitted into our County HoSpi-
tai from the founding thereof 10 the pre- present
time, 80 patients; OF this number $50 have been
received during lhe present year. A 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 had patients in our hos
pItal and we would recommend 10 our delegation
In The next Legislature 10 procure the passage Of
law, fnr the nrutection Of Storey county and bv
which other counties aud the Territory shall be
.nInnaIIs IN mai, vrh,teyer nlny he inst and r0uit-
shia fur the snpnrt of their inIicgnt sick In our
WnsnjtaI
IbSthrr ln-.. item of our cash expenditure. has
been the fitrln. 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 Sheriff's 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 Eypenditures for the past wear drawn on
thr General Fund Is that OF Jurors Fees amount
inc IN the aggregate to the sum of S32 9jg ~ This
SuIn has been issued during the past year vet a
iarer norton of the Indebtedness was incurred pre-
VI0usiv the warrants for which were issued on the
90 Ss-,.i.c ,.J,.ar nv tha CIart nf tbn Dis.