Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-24
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

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contingent fund bv the present Board Of Commits
amount issued by the former Boari all of which
compounded In accordance with the contract origin
this time the holders Of the warrants on the general
tnnd made general Outcry against the action Of the
County Commissioners In setting apart one-thrd Of
tbreatene tSa Roar5 pay v;tb SnIs ncS non dS
counsel We deemed IL injudiclOus to defend. We
therefore passed IN order abolishng the contingent
tund and drew warrants upon the general fund to
the amount of Sl,liS ST. which we sold for cash at
the rate OF SNtyeiyht cents on the dollar, and re-
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
tns ,S money After that tand was aSoshed & 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 bis IN
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 II We paid In
scrip invariably found that the price charged was
more 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 as acted upon this plan Of selling warrants
and paying bills In coin, our scrip never sold for less
than seventy cents on the dollar, and averaging
about Seveuty-fOnr 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
in n ard to the financial condition Of the county as
when the report OF the Grand Jury was published,
warrants to tie amount of ten thousand dollars In
cash. at seventy cents on the dollar, but since the
action of the Grand Jury cCndemninS our plan of
doing business for the county, scrip has fallen TO
Twenty-Five cents on the dollar and that too, in the
face Ofa 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
hacks was unfounded. Under this state OF facts we
leave TO the sound sense Of this community TO de-
eide whether the course pursued Oy 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
Grand Jury and now followed by the County Com
mlSsionerS In pursuance of their recommendation.
Accompanying this report will be found full and
accurate statement of all cash received by the Com
mlSSioners for the sale of warrants, and from all
sources nom January, A D., lst3 up TO the present
time and also full statement OF the disbursements
OF the money by them, aS copied from the vogch-
ers during the same time, period OF about nine
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
ofice; that building has been completed and f1r-
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
pelled them TO apply to the county for relief. In
the erection and furnishing Of the Hospital build
ings, and in procuring supplies and assistants for
SionerS found 1t necessary 10 pay cash, as many
things could not be procured for scrip unless 1t
issued at rulnOus 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 proper
torial patients, US they had recently arrived
here from California and other places; some
OF them belonged to 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
Of Nnl GNF
which other counties, and the Territory, shall be
compelled to pay whatever may be just and equit-
able for the support of their INDECENT sick In our
Hospital.
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 Shern s, Asses
SorS, Tax Collectors and Recorders offices reSpec-
lively; and 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 asgregate TO the sum oil st2:yos " rms
larger portion Of the Indebtedness was Incurred pre-
vlouSly the warrants for which were Issued on the
certificates cf S-vice given by the CLERK OF the Dis
trict Court, WIO alone is authorized to issue such
certificates to Jurors In said Court and whose GER
ticate Is by law prma iacia evidence OF the Coun-
tvs Indebtedness to Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness OF the County
amounts to the sum of fSlT+,lS9 O6.
From this report II will be seen that the expenses
years but it should be borne in mind that ours Is
new County. We started without dollar In our
treasury; we had TO provide for all the wants OF
new and growing county, at time when every
thing was high, and money commanding hlgh rates
oil 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 Tor In our Hospital, who other
wise must have suffered persisted for want OF ac-
commodations and attention. all OF which has helped
to create present indebtedness, and although
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 Will
not be as heavy as they have been heretofore, for
the reasons that our Court House and County
Ofdces 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 ot
patients
Although our wants as county are many and
large vet our resources are great, and We are In
hopes our revenue for th1 present year will nearly
liluidate our Indebtedness.
All of which Is respectfully submitted TO the people
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