Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-06
cash disbursements as foIIows:

We have EXAMINED the books of the various
county officers, and found them correct.
We have added TO our annual report full state
ment OF the receipts and expenditures OF the county
from july l. 1862 to July J. 1858; as owing TO the alb
sence Of one OF the Commissioners and illness Of
another. no report was made out at the July session
OF 1868 the other Commissioner, together with the
County Clerk, examined the books OF the different
county officers at that time, and found them all cor
rect. .,l,
sioners came into Office, in September, 1862, they
found one of the present hospital buildings In pro-
cess oferection. and were Obliged 10 finish and fnr-
nsh the building speedily as possible, for the APP
pications for admission were many, and private &C
c0mmodations very Scanty; how to accomplish this
and purchase many other necessary articles for the
use OF the county, was the question. We could not
purchase lumber, lime, furniture. provisions, medi-
cines help Of assistants, etc. with scrip, without
paying enormous prices for them. The former Board
OF commissioners lsbored under the same disad-
vantages In a lesser degree. for the expense up to
that time were comparatively light but they found
II necessary to adopt some pan by which they could
contingent fund and setting apart one-thrd OF the
revenues Of the county for the payment of warrants
drawn upon that fGna Ihs smoan. So , drawn by
gent fund, up to the time the present Board came
into office, September 1862, amounted to the sum of
Si,4l4 90 and the present Board continued to draw
on the same fund up TO November, 1862. to pay
pressing bills which were coming In very fast at
that time. the hospital building was about COM
and finish the same pay the various bills contracted
for lumber labor, materials, ETC., besides furnishing
It. which was OF itself alone heavy item.
At that time there were warrants issued on the
contingent fund by the present Board Of Commits
sloners for he Of Ss065 Is, In addition TO the
amount issued by the former Board, all Of which
was drawing Ave per cent. per month interest,
compounded In accordance with the contract origin.
ally made by the first Board OF Commissioners AZ
this time the holders Of the warrants on the general
fund made general outcry against the action OF the
County Commissioners In settling apart one-thIrd OF
the revenues to pay contingent warrants and
threatened the Board with suit, which, upon taking
counsel we deemed II injudicIous 10 defend. we
therefore passed an order abolishing the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general fund 10
the amount Of 81, 4s 81, which we sold for cash at
the rate Of sixtyeght cents on the dollar and re-
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money. Alter that fund was abolished We were
still obliged tohave cash TO provide for the numerous
and increasing wants Of this new county, and we
continued 70 sell warrants. believing that we were
authorized SO 70 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 9 large amount OF money
In the aggregate, for no one would sell the county
necessaries les than coin price, and II we paid ii