Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-25
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

contingent fnnd hv the present Board of Commits
sioners for he sum Of SSO66 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 first Board of Commissioners. AT
this time the holders Of the warrants the general
fnnd made general outcry against the action Of the
County Commissioners In setting apart one-thir Of
the revenues 70 pay contingent warrants, and
threatened the Board with suit, which, upon taking
counsel, we deemed II intudicious TO defend. We
therefore passed an order abolishng the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general fund to
the amount of Sl jas ST. which We sold for cash at
the rate Of sixtyeght 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 ney county. and we
continued to sell warrants, believing that we were
authorized 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 large amount ofmoney
In the aggregate. for no one would sell the county
necesSarieS less than coin price, and we paid In
scrip we bly, found that the price eharged was
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 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 we sold 10
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 condemnlng our plan OF
doing business for the county, scrip has fallen to
twenty-five cents on the dollar, and that too In the
face ofa decision Of the Supreme Court that all taxes
must be paid in gold or silver coin, thus showing
backs was unfounded. Under this state Of facts we
leave Il 10 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
mlsSionerS in pursuance Of their Recommendation.
Accompanying this report will be found full and
accurate statement OF all cash received by the Com
miSSiouers for the sale OF warrants, and from all
sources from January. D., lS6S, up TO the present
time; and also full statement OF the disbursements
Of the money by them. as copied from the youch-
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 fur-
nished. Some time after Its completion, under the
pressing demands for enlarged accommodations for
the indigent SICK and at the urgent request OF the
Grand Jury, the County Commissioners erected an
other building furnished 1t comfortably, for the re-
ception of those patients whose circumstances COM
PEELED them TO apply 10 the county for relief. In
the erection and furnishing OF the Hospital build
lngS and In procuring supplies and assistants tor
the wants and comfort OF patients, the Commis,
Things could not be procured for scrip unless II was
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 40 have been
received during lhe present year. large proper
torial patients, as they had recently arrived
here from California and other places; some
Of them belonged TO other counties that are
not provided with Hospitals. Every Coun-
Is In the Territory has hal patients in our hos
pitaI. and We would recommend to our delegation
law y" for the protection Of Storey county, and BY
which other counties, and the Territory, shall be
compelled 10 pay whatever may be Just and eQuit-
able for the support of their INDECENT sick In our
Another large item of our cash expenditure, has
been the lifting up and furnishing Of our Court
Court Rooms, the Judges Chambers the District
and County Clerks Offices, also the Sheriff s. Asses
Sor'S 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 $22Y59 w. This
sum has been issued during the past year, yet
larger portion Of the Indebtedness was incurred pre-
yo1s me warrants iGr %icn me o tb on biS III
trict Court who alone is authorized to issue such
certificates to Jurors In said Court and whose GER
ticate is by law prima facia evidence OF the Coun-
TVS indie ebtedneSs to Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness Of the County
amounts to the sum Of SlTf,ls9 %.
From this report Ii wilkbe 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
County. We started WITHOUT uOLaT IN our
treasury; we had TO provide for all the wants Of
new and growing county, al 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 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 oi ac
commodatIons and attention, all Of which has helped
to create our present indebtedness, and atnongh
amounts TO a large sum, yet We have never allowed
a claim against the county until we were satisfied
that IL was lust For the future, our expenses Will
not be as heavy as they have been heretofore, for
the reasons that our Court House and County
0fices are now all finished: our Jail and the lot
on which II stands Is paid for; and the road 10
our Hospital is complete our Hospital Grounds are
substantially enclosed; our large and commodions
Hospital Buildings are finished, furnished and
supplied with all things necessary for the comfort ot
patients. ,
Although our wants as a county are many and
large vet our resources are great, and We are IN
hopes our revenue for th5 present year Will nearly
uauidate our Indebtedness.
All Of which IS respectfully submitted to the people
- II. H. FLAGG, ....,.
MARIN WHITE,
CHAS. II. KNOX,