Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-06
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

contingent fund bv the present Board Of ComnIs-
siOners for he sum Of SSt66 Is In addition TO the
amount issued BY the former Boarl, all of which
e0nipoundsI N assoeanee with the contract origin
this time the holders OF the warrants the general
l9nd made general outcry AGAINST the action OF the
County Commissioners In setting apart one-thlrd OF
the revenues to pay contingent warrants, and
threatened the Board with suit, which, upon taking
counsel, We deemed II injudiciouS TO defend. We
therefore passed an order abOlishng the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general fllnI 10
the amount Of Sl,ItS 81, which we sold for cash Ut
the rate of siXty-eght cents on the dollar, anu
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money. After that funI was abolished We were
still obliged To have cash to provide for the numerous
anu increasing wants OF this new 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 Tor BY statute,
such officers salaries, etc., believing that by SO
doing We saved the county a large amount OF money
in the aggregate. for one would sell the county
necessaries less than coin price, and II We paid in
scrip We invariG bly, found that the price charged was
In proportion than we could cash tho scrip for
ourselves and pay the bills in coin. In other words.
the scrip price asked the county for everything pur-
chased was ut about the rate OF two for one AS
long We acted upon this plan OF selling warrants
anu paying bills In con our scrip never sold Tor 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 TO
a 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.
cash. at seventy cents on the dollar but since the
action of the Grand Jury condemninc our plan OF
doing business Tor the county, sST'p mas iaien 10 20
face decision OF the Supreme Court that all taxes
must be paid In gold or silver coin, thus showing
backs was untounded. Under this state Of facts we
leave 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
Grani Jury, AMI now followed by the County Com
mlssioners In pursuance oi their recommendation.
Accompanying this report will be found u full and
accurate statement Of all cash received by the Com
miSSoners for the sale OF warrants, and from all
sources from January, D. lS63, up TO the present
time aud also full statement OF the disbursements
OF the money by them. 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
once: that building has been completed and fur
nlsheI. 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 IL comfortably, for the re-
ceptiol Of those patients whose circumstances COM
prlled them TO appiy to the county for relief In
The erection and furnishing of the Hospital build-
rsS and in procuring supplies aud assistants for
the wants and comfort OF patients, the CommlS-
sloners found II necessary to pay cash, as many
things could not be procured for scrip unless II
Issued at ruincuS 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 $50 have been
received during lhe present year. large propor-
ton Of those admitted are properly Terri,
torial patients, rs they had recently arrived
here from California ami other places; some
OF them belonged to other counties that are
not provided with Hospitals: Every Coun-
II in the Territory has had patients IN our hos
pltGl AMI We would recommend to our delegation
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 to pay whatever may be Just and cquit-
aole, for the suppOr, Of their INDECENT sick in our
Another large item Of our cash expenditure. has
been the Hitting up and furnishing OF our Court
House, which Includes our District ami Probate
Court Rooms, the Judges Chambers, the District
and County Clerks Offices, also the SheTifS. Asses
sOrs, Tax Collectors ami Recorders Offices reSpec-
lively; AMI furnishing fuel Tor 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, amonnt-
ing in the aggregate TO the sum ot SS2SSs w. Ihls
sum has been issued during the past Year, yet
larger portion Of the Indebtedness was incurred pre-
viOusy, the warrants for which were isSied on the
certificates OF service given by the Clerk OF the Dis
tr!ct Court who alone is authorized 10 tSsae such
Certificates Jurors in Siid Court; and whose Ger
tiacate Is by law priia tcta sNd-nee OF the Coun-
Tvs Indebtedness to Jurors.
Tie present total Indebtedness OF the County
amounts 10 the sum OF Sl14,lS9 10.
From this report II will be seen that the expenses
OF the County have been heavy Tor the past two
years, but II should be borne In mind that ours Is
new. County. We started without dollar in our
tceasIrS: We had 10 provide for all the wants OF u
new ami growing county, ut d time when every
thing was high, ami money commanding hiSh rates
OF Interest.
Our county being the centre Of the population In
the Territory, has Swesd our criminal expenses TO
q larse amount. Hundreds OF patients have been
admitted ami cared Tor in our Hospital, VINO other
wise must have suffered or periseu ioT want OF ac-
cvmnoIailOnS ami attention, all VI which has helped
to create our present nlebLe,neSS and although II
amounts To a large sum, yet We have never allowed
cain against the county until We were satisfied
tbat IL was lust. for the future, our expenses viii
not be Is heavy as they have been heretofore, for
the reasons that our Court House AMI County
Offices are now all finished: our Jail and the lot
on which It stands is paid for: ami the road TO
our Hospital Is complete. our Hospital GEounIs are
substantially enclosed; our large and cOmmodious
Hospital Buildings are flushed, furnished and
supplied with ali things necessary Tor the comfort OIL
patientS.
Although our wants a county are many ami
large, vet resources are great, and We are IN
hopes our revenue Ior tn. present year Will nearly
IlquiIate our Indebtedness.
Al OF winch Is respectfully submitted to the people
H. H. FLAGG,
MARI1S WHITE,