Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.


contingent flind bv the present Board Of eommis-
sioners for he sum OF $500 lS In addition TO the
amount issued by the former Boaru, all OF Wnleh
compounded In accordance with the contract orgih-
ally made BY the first Board Of Commissioners AT
This time the holders OF the warrants on the general
fund made general outcry against the action OF the
County Commissioners in setting apart onethird o.
the revenues to pay contingent warrants, ana
threatened the Board with suit which. upon taking
counsel we deemed It inJudlcious 10 defend. We
therefore passed an order abolishng the contingent
tSe amount OF sliiS 81, which we sold for cash al
the rate of sixtyeght cents on the dollar. and re-
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money. After that fund was abolished We were
sin obliged to have cash 70 provide for the numerous
and Increasing wants of this new county, and We
continued to sell warrants, believing that we were
authorized 50 TO DO and pay the moSt ot our os N
such as officers salaries, ETC., believing that by so
doing we saved the county a Large amount OF money
IN the aregae or no % one YOU'D nS ss ms ms Ssa X
scrip invariably found that the price charged was
more in proportion than we could cash the scrip for
ourselves and pay the bills In eoi mother 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
ana paying bills in coin, our scrip never sold Tor less
than seventy cents on the dollar, and averaging
about seventy-iour cents; and even in May last,
during the session OF the last Grand jury we sold TO
in regard to the financial condition OF the county as
when the report OF the Grand jury Was published,
warrants to the amount OF ten Thousand dollars IN
cash. AZ 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 10
twenty-five cents on the dollar, and 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 untounded- Under THIS state OF facts we
leave il the sound sense Of this community to de-
eide whether the pursued by Us heretofore, In
selling warrants for the highest price and paving our
bills In cash. not better ior the interests OF the
Grand Jury, and now followed By the County Com
mlSsioners in pursuance of their recommendation
Accompanying this report Will be FOUND tul and
accurate statement OF ali cash received by the Com
misSioners for the sale OF warrants, and ffom all
sources, from January Al lsb5 up 70 the present
time; and also tu 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. q H-.'S
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-
niShed. Some time after its completion, under the
pressing demands for enlarged accommodations for
the indgeut sick. and at the urgent request oil the
Grand jury, the County Commissioners erected an
other building furnished II comfortably, Tor the re-
ceptOn OF those patients whose circumstances COM
peiled them 10 apply 20 the county Tor reiiet 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-
SGpd p i @ f PsS SaSa a Ra &
lSSnel at ruincuS rates 10 the county.
There has been admitted into our County HoSpt-
tai. from the founding thereof 10 the pre- present
received during lhe present year. A large proper
tion OF those admitted are properly Terri,
here from California and other places; some
OF them belonged 10 other counties that are
not provided with Hospitals Every Coun-
" In the Territory has had patients In our hos
pital and 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 10 pay whatever may be Just and eQuit-
able for the support of their INDECENT sick in our
Hospital.
Aaother 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
and County Clerks Offices also the Sherihs, Asses
sors, Tax Collectors and Recorders offices respec-
lively; and furnishing fuel for the same u
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 OF S32,Yos w. ms
sum has been issued during the past year, yet
rser portion OF the Indebtedness was Incurred pre-
vIouSiy the warrants FOR which were issued on the
certificates OF service given BY the Clerk OF the Dis
certificates to Jurors in said Court and whose GER
tihcate IS by law prua 1aca evidence OF the Coun-
tvs Indebtedness TO Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness OF the County
amounts TO the sum OF Sl74,ls9 %.
From thiSfeport It will be seen that the expenses
Of the County have oeen heavy ior tne PAST TWO w
new County. We started without q dollar In our
treasury; we had toprovide for all the wants Of
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 swelled 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
colmodations attention, all of which has helped
10 create present Indebtedness, and althoughtt
amounts to 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 as 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 It stands Is paid for; and 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. r.. .-r.. p ...Ea .t ....-
large vet our resources are great, and We are IN
hopes our revenue for tns present year will nearly
liQuIdate our Indebtedness. o. ....... r.r -
All Of which IS respectfully submitted to the people
OF Storey county. ....1|-
- H II. FLAGG, ..