Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-05
VOL. 2.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

contingent fund by the present Board of CommIs-
s!oners 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 on the general
County Commissioners in setting apart one-third 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 order abolishing the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general fund to
the amount Of Slll+S 81, which We sold for cash al
the rate Of sIxyeight cents on the dollar and re-
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money. After that fund was abolished We were
and Increasing wants Of this new county, and we
continued TO sell warrants, believing that We were
authorized so to do, and pay the most of our bills IN
cash. excepting what Was provided for by statute,
such officers salaries, etc, believing that by so
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 We paid In
scrip invariably found that the price charged was
in proportion than We 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 We acted upon this plan Of selling warrants
and paying bills in coin, 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 to
capitalist who was then equally as well Informed
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 cOndemning our plan OF
doing business for the county, scrip has fallen to
twenty-five cents on the dollar, ami 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 Of our scrip being redeemed In green
backs was unioundei. Under this state Of facts We
leave 1t to the sound sense OF this community to de
eide whether the course pursued by us heretofore, III
selling warrants for the highest price, and paying our
bills in cash, was 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
Accompanying this report will be found lull and
accurate statement Of all cash received by the Com
miSSioners for the sale OF warrants, and from all
sources. from January, A. D.. ls up TO the present
time and also full statement OF the disbursements
OF the money BY them. as 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
office: that building has been completed and fur
nlshed. Some time after Its completion, under the
pressing demands for enlarged accommodations for
tue INDECENT sick and at the urgent request OF the
Grand Jury, the County Commissioners erected an
other building furnished It comfortably, for the re
ception of those patients whose circumstances COM
pelled ihem to apply to the county Tor relief. In
the erection and furnishing OF the Hospital build
ingS, and in procuring supplies and assistants for
Soners found It necessary TO pay cash, as many
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 $50 have been
received during The present year. large proper
nSh 0i paeSs tSsy Sad SsS PpSe
here from California and other places; some
o; them belonged TO other counties that are
not provided with Hospitals Every Coun-
ty in the Territory has had patients in our hos
pitSl and We would recommend 10 our delegation
in the next Legislature TO procure the passage ot
Ia. for ha
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
House, which includes our District and Probate
Court Rooms, the Judges Chambers, the District
anu County Clerks offices, also the SherinS Asses
sorS, Tax Collectors and Recorders offices TcSpec-
lively: ami furnishing fuel Tor the same.
One OF the largest items which appears under the
head OF Expenditures ior the past year, drawn on
the GenerSi Fund, IS that OF Jurors Fees. amount
ing in the aggregate to the SUN OF Ssos W. This
SUN has been Issued during the past year, yet
Ser portion OF the Indebtedness Was incurred pre-
riOusly, the warrants for which were Issued on the
trct Court, who alone Is authorized 10 issue such
certificates to Jurors IN said Court anu whose GER
ticate Is by law prima taclA evidence OF the Coun-
TVS Indebtedness 10 Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness Of the County
amounts TO the sum OF SlTi, lSS %.
From this report IL will be seen that the expenses
Of the County have been heavy for the past two
wears but il should be borne in mind that ours is
new County. We started without dollar IN our
treasury; We had to provide Tor all the wants OF
new and. growing county, at time when every
thing was high, and money commanding nigh rates
OF interest.
Our county being the centre Of the population In
the Territory has swelled criminal expenses to
a large amount. Hundreds OF patients have been
United anu cared Tor In our Hospital, who other
wise must have suffered or persisted for want OF ac-
commoatonS anu attention, all OF which has helped
create our present Indebtedness, and although II
amounts 10 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 VIII
not be as heavy us they have been heretofore, for
the reasons that our Court House and County
Offices are now all finished: our Jail and the lot
ON which II stands Is paid for; and the road TO
our Hospital Is complete. our Hospital Grounds arr
Substantially enclosed; our large and commodious
Hospital Buildings are finished, furnished anu
supplied with all things necessary for the comfort OF
patients.
Although our wants as q county are many anu
larre, vet our resources arc great, and We are IN
hopes our revenue for tn. present year will nearly
tiqulLate our indebtedness.
An OF which Is respectfully submitted to the people
H. II. FLA6G,