Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-19
LrGAL ADYBREISEMENTs. .l


contingent find bv the present Board OF Commits
sioners for he sum Of $3.50 Ii IN ADDITION 70 me
amount issued by the former Board, AZ oi wnlcn
compounded In accordance with the coniaet oriSln.
ally made BY the INST Board OF Commissioners. At
This time the holders of the warrants on the general
nnd made general outery against the action Of the
County Commissioners IN setting apar one.eniru III =,
threatened the Board with suit. which, upon taking
counsel, we deemed Il injudIcious TO defend. We
therefore passed an order a6olisnins the e9nsinsen1 ing 2,
the amount Of ,lls 81, which we sold for cash af
the rate OF sxtyelght cents on the dollar. and re-
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants win
sin Obliged to have cash TO provide for the numerous
and Increasing wants OF this new county. apd We
continued TO sell warrants believing that We were
cash, excepting what was provided ior oy statute,
such as officers salaries ETC., believing that by so
in the aggregate. for no one would sell the county
neeessaries les than coin price. and II we paid In
scrip We Invariably found that the price charged was
more In proposition than we could casa the scrip ior
the scrip price asked the county for everything pr
chased was at about the rate Of two for one. As
end a. Nv Mia i, coin or sr, never sod 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 70
a capitalist who was then equally as vel informed
in regard TO the financial condition Of the county
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 ALLEN 70
face ola decision Of the Supreme Court that all taxes
must be paid In gold or silver coin, thus showing
that the fear q our scrip being Iedeemed In green
leave u 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
bIi in cash. was not better for the Interests q 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 WIN be found a fnIl ana
accurate statement Of all cash received by the Com
miSSioners for the sale OF warrants, and from all
sources, from January, AID, lS up TO the present
time; and also full statement ofthe disbursements
OF money by them, as copied from the vouch-
ers, during the same time, period OF about nine
teen months.
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 u comfortably, for the
eeption 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 Commls-
sioners found II necessary 70 pay cash, as many
things could not be procured for scrip unless II was
There has been admitted into our County HoSpr
tal from the founding thereof TO the pre- present
time. go patients; OF this number $50 have been
received during lhe present year. 4 large proper
ton OF those admitted are properly Terri
torial patients, as they had recently arrived
OF them belonged to other counties that are
not provided with Hospitals Every Coun-
" IN the Territory has had patients in our hos
In the next Legislature to procure the passage OF
law 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
Hospital.
Another large item OF our cash expenditure, has
been the fitting 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 SheriTs, 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 Expenditures for the past year. drawn on
the General Fund, Is that Of Jurors Fees, amounts
Ing In the aggregate 10 the sum of So $50 o. This
sum has been Issued during the past year. yet q
larger portion OF the indebtedpess was incurred pre-
vIOusly, the warrants for which were issued the
certificates Of service given by the Clerk Of the Dis
trict Court. who alone Is authorized to issue such
certificates to Jurors in said Court; and whose Ger
tiucae is by law prinaa tcia evidence OF the Coun-
ty'S Indebtedness 60 Jurors gE
The present total Indebtedness Of the County
amounts to the sum of STA, 06.
From this report IL will 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 dollar In our
treasury; we had 10 provide for all the wants Of
new and growing county, at \ time when every
thing was high, and money commanding high rates
ofintereSt.
our county being the centre Of the population in
the Territory has swelled our criminal expenses to
4 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 ac-
and attention. all Of which has helped
to create our present Indebtedness, and although II
amounts TO large sum, yet we have never allowed
a claim against the county until we were satisfied
that II was Just. For the future, expenses viii
not be as heavy as they have been heretofore, FOR
the reasons that our Court House and County
0fiices are now all finished our JAN and the lot
on which 1t stands Is paid for; and the road to
our Hospital is complete. our Hospital Grounds are
enclosed; our large and commodious
Hospital. Buildings are finished, furnished and
supplied with all things necessary for the comfort OF
patients.
Although our wants as q county are many and
large. yet our resources are great. and we are In
hopes our revenue for tbs present year viii nearly
liquidate our Indebtedness. fI
An Of which Is respectfully submitted to the people
H. H. FLAGG,
MARTIN WHITE
CHAS. II. KNOX.
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