Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. N

compounded In accordance with the contract origin
ally made by the first Board Of Commissioners. At
this time the holders OF the warrants on the general
mnd made general outcry aganst the action Of the
County Commissioners In setting apart one-thrd Of
the revenues to pay contingent warrants, and
threatened the Board with suit, which, upon taking
counsel, we deemed 1t irJudicious 10 defend We
therefore passed order abolishng the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general tnnd 70
che amount of Sll l45 ST. which We sold for cash at
the rate Of sIxty-eight 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 new county, and we
continued TO sell warrants, believing that we were
authorized 80 TO do, and pay the most Of our bills IN
cash, excepting what was provided Tor by stature,
such as officers salaries etc, believing that oy 50
doing we saved the county lArge amount OF money
In the aggregate. for no one would sell the county
necesSaries less than coin price, and II we paid IN
scrip we bly, found that the price charged was
more In proportion than we could cash the scrip lor
ourselves and pay the bills In coin. mother 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 coln our scrip never sold foriess
than seventy cents on the dollar, and averaging
about seventy-our cents and even In May last,
during the session Of the last Grand Jury, we sold 70
Capitalist who was then equally as well informed
In regard 10 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 condemnlng our plan Of
doing business for the county, scrip has fallen 70
face OF decision of the Supreme Court that all taxes
must be paid In gold or silver coin. thus showing
that the fear Of our scrip being redeemed in green
backs was unfounded. Under this state Of facts we
leave II TO the sound sense of this community TO de-
eide whether the course pursued by Us here0ore 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 ofthelr recommendation.
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accurate statement Of all cash received by the Com
mlssioners for the sale Of warrants, and from all
sources, from January, AID, 1853 up to the present
time aud also full statement Of the disbursements
ofthe money by them, as copied from the youch-
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 II 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
ings, and In procuring supplies and assistants for
soners found il. necessary 10 pay cash, as many
things could not be procured for scrip unless II was
Issued at rulncus rates TO the county.
There has been admitted into our County Hospi-
tai, from the founding thereof to the pre- present
time, 100 patients; of this number 450 have been
received during lhe present year. A large proper
torlal patients. as they had recently arrived
here from California and other places; some
Of them 9eUnsd to Sne RssrT n aTc
ty In the Territory has had patients In our hos
pltal, and we would recommend 10 our delegation
In the next Legislature TO procure the passage OF
which other counties, AMI the Territory, shall be
compelled TO 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 hitting up and furnishing Of our Court
House, which includes our District and Probate
and County Clerks Offices also the Sheris, Asses
sors Tax Collectors and Recorders ofices respec-
lively; aud 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 S32gj9 W. This
sum has been issued during the past year, yet
larger portion Of the Indebtedness was incurred pre-
viousy, the warrants for which were issued on the
certificates OF service given by the Clerk OF the Dis
trict Court who alone Ia authorized to issue such
certificates to Jurors in said Court and whose cer
tdcate Is by law prma facla evidence OF the Coun-
Tvs Indebtedness TO Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness Of the County
amounts to the sum Of fSl74,ls9 06.
From this report It win be seen that the expenses
of the County have been heavy for the past two
years. but II should be borne In mind that ours is
treasury; we had to provide for all the wants OF u
new and growing county, at 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 sweled 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 OF &c
eommodations and attention. all OF which has helped
to create present Indebtedness, and although II
amounts to a large sum, yet we have never allowed
a claim against the county until we were satisfied
that IL was just. For the future our expenses Will
not be as heavy as they have been heretofore, for
the reasons that our Court House and County
Ol1ces are now all finished: our Jail and the lot
on which 1t stands Is paid for; AMI the road to
our Hospital is complete. our Hospital Grounds are
substantially 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 tn, present year will nearly
lquIdate our Indebtedness.
All OF which is respectfully submitted to the people
II. H. FLAGG.
MARIN VIII TIE,
CHAS. H. KNOX,
County Commissioners.
Virginia, August 5tb. 1854 aus 3t