Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-20
LEGAL ADYERrIsBNENTs.

contingent fund bv the present Board Of Commls-
sIoners for he sum OF SS066 Is In addition to the
amount issued by the former Board. all of which
ally made BY the first board OF Commissioners. eAt
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 Of
the revenues TO pay contingent warrants and
threatened the Board with suit which, upon taking
counsel, we deemed 1t inludicious 10 defend We
therefore passed an order aooshing the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general fund to
the amount Of SllltS 81, which we sold for cash at
the rate OF SiNtyeght cents 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 10 sell warrants. believing that we were
authorized so 10 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 a large amount of money
In the aggregate. for no one would sell the county
neceSSareS less than coin price, and II we paid In
scrip invariably found that the price charged was
more In proportion than 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 we acted upon this plan of selling warrants
than Seventy cents on the dollar, and AVERAGING
about Seyenty-tour cents; and even In May last,
during the session ofthe last Grand Jury We sold to
acapitalist who was then equally as well informed
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. 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 TO
twenty-five cents on the doar and that, too, in the
face Oa 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 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 CoH-
missioner In pursuance of their Recommendation.
Accompanying this report win be found full and
accurate statement Of all cash received by the Com
miSSionerS for the sale of warrants, and from all
sources, from January, A D., 1853 up TO the present
time; and also full statement of the disbursements
Of the money by them, as copied from the youch-
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
otice; 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 IL comfortably, for the re-
ceptIon Of those patients whose circumstances COM
PEELED 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
the wants and comfort of patients, the Commits
things could not be procured for scrip unless II was
issued At rulnous rates to the county. e. "a. -.
@ mas fn Seen 5S 20 1sr ne nr
time, 80 patients; OF this number 40 have been
received during lhe present year A large propOr-
tSrisl tSh patieSts, as 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-
ty in the Territory has had patients in our hos
ptal and we would recommend 10 our delegation
In the next Legislature TO procure the passage OF
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 ...-r
Another large item OF our cash expenditure, has
been the hitting up and furnishing OF our Court
House, which inclndes our District and Probate
Court Rooms, the Judges Chambers, the District
and County Clerks orees, also the Sherifs, Asses
sor's 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 aggregate to the sum of $50 6s w. This
sum has been issued during the past year. yet a
rger portion of the Indebtedness was incurred pre-
viously the warrants for which were issued on the
certificates OF service given by the Clerk OF the Dis
trict Court who alone Is authorized TO issue such
tidcate Is by Law prtma fcia evidence Of the Coun-
tvs Indebtedness 20 Jururs. ga g l.
The present total Indebtedness OF the County
amounts to the sum Of Sl74,lS9 o.. - ~ L
From this report il will be that the expenses
OF the County have been heavy for the past two
years but Il should be borne IN mind that ours Is n
new County. We started without a 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 high rates
Of interest," q ~ -.I - u. "a.
Our county being the centre Of the population in
the Territory, has sweled our criminal expenses to
s large amount Hundreds OF patients have been
admitted and cared for In our Hospital, who other
wise must have suffered persisted Tor want OF ac-
commodations and attention, all of which has helped
10 create our present indebtedness. and although IL
amounts 70 q large sum, vet We have never allowed
a claim against the county until we were satisfied
that 1t was lust. 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 II stands Is paid for; and the road 10
our Hospital Is complete, our Hospital Grounds are
substantially enclosed; our large and commodious
Hospital Buildings are finished, furnished and
supplied with al things necessary Tor the comfort Of
patients. ass HFstN .tras.. g(gss i ,
Although our wants as q county are many and
large, yet our resources are great, and We are In
hopes our revenue for ths present year VIII nearly
liquidate our Indebtedness. sss.l ; .
An of which Is respectfully submitted to the people
of Storey county. If-nGL II.Hr -F-s.. VI H.nf