Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

contingent fund bv the present Board Of Commits
SlonerS for he sum Of S066 Is in addition TO the
amount issued by the former Board, all of which
eSpouhded , N accordance with the contract origin
this time the holders Of the warrants on the general
fand made general outcry against the action Of the
,S O0nmiSSioners In setting apart one.third o.
tne 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 Il
the amount of Sll las 81, which sold for cash at
the rate OF SiNtv-eight cents on the dollar and re-
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money. After that fund was abolished we were
st obliged 70 have cash to provide for the numerous
and increasing wants of this new county, and We
SUntin4ed 70 sel warrants, believing that we were
cash, excepting what was provided for by statute
such as officers salaries etc., believing that by
doing we saved the county large amount OF money
In the aggregate, for no would sell the county
neceSSarieS less than coin price, and If we paid in
scrip We invariably found that the price charged was
more 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
long as We acted upon this plan of selling warrants
and paying bills IN CON- our scrip never sold for 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, sold to
a capitalist who was then equally as well informed
in regard to the financial condition of the county Us
when the report OF the Grand Jury was published,
cash at seventy cents on the dollar, but since the
action of the Grand jury condemntnS 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 o. our scrip being redeemed IN green
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. not better for the interests OF the
county than the plan recommended by the last
Grand Jury, and now followed by the County Com.
mIssionerS in pursuance of their Recommendation,
Accompanyiug this report Will be found a fIII and
accurate statement OF ali cash received Sy the Com
sources frnm Jannarv an INA nm 10 the nTeSent
fIms AMI nISo mil Statement al The ishn rsemenfs
Of The monsv bT them sS ronieJ trnm the vnnrb.
ers. during the same time. period of about nine
t,.4n 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 FUR
nished Some time after its completion, under the
pressing demands for enlarged accommodations for
the ndigent SICK and ut the urgent request of the
Grand Jury the County Commissioners erected I'M
other building furnished il Comfortably for the re-
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
incs and in procuring supplies and assistants for
tht. wants and comfort Of patients, the Commits
siOners found it necessary 10 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-
tal from the founding thereof to the pre- present
time 80 patients; of this number iJ0 have been
received during lhe present year large prOpOr-
tIou OF those admitted are properly Terri
tOrIal patients As they had recently arrived
here from California and other places: some
of them belonged 10 other counties that are
not nrnvideJ with UosnItaIS Every Conn
W In the Territory has ha6 natients in our hos
r;i,,i AMI w.. wonld rscommend 70 our ieIeration
In The next legislature TO procure the passage OF a
law for the protection OF Storey county and BY
which other Counties, and the Territory, shall be
compelled TO paw whatever NAV be lust and cluit-
able for the support OF their INDECENT sick in our
Hospital
Another larye 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
and County Clerks offices also the Sheritt-s Asses
Snrfs Tax Collectors and Recorders otices respec-
lively; and Furnishing fuel for the same
One OF the largest items which appears under the
bsaJ nj EynandIturpS for the naSt wear drawn ON
ths Genera, Find Is thar OF Jurors ices amount-
in in the a.crrgste 10 the sum OF $50 95g ~ This
Snm has been issued tlurng the past YEAR vet a
isr,ar norton Of the iniebteineSS was Incurred pre-
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