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

contingent fund bv the present Board OF Comnis-
SiOnerS for he sum OF O66 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 inst Board OF Commissioners At
this time the holders of the warrants the general
ad made general Outcry AGAINST the action OF the
County Commissioners In setting apart one-third OF
the revenues 10 pay contingent warrants, and
threatened the Baard with suit, which, upon taking
counsel, We deemed II inJudiciouS TO defend. We
therefore passed an order aboshing the contingent
fund ami drew warrants upon the general fund to
the amount Of Sl,liS 81, which We sold for cash at
the rate of siStyeight centSon the dollar, ana re
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money. After that fund was abolished We were
stil obliged to have cash TO provide for the numerous
and increasing wants Of this new county. and We
continued TO sell warrants, believing that we were
authorized to do, and pay the most OF our bills IN
cash, excepting what Was provided Tor 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
neccSSaries less tnan com piiss, anu We paiu IN
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 ythig 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 Tor less
than seventy cents on the dollar, and averagin:
about Seventy-tour cents: and even III May last,
during the session Of the last Grand Jury, We sold TO
q capitalist vino 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 ~
cash, a; 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 70
face 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 uufounded. Under this state OF facts we
leave TO the sound sense of this community TO de-
eide whether the 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
mSSloners In pursuance of their Recommendation.
Accompanying this report viii be found full and
accurate statement Of all cash received by the Conl
miSSioHerS for the sale Of warrants, and irom all
sources, from January A-D 1865, up 10 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
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
oifice; that building has been completed and fur
nlShed. 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 10 the county for relief. In
the erection and furnishing Of the Hospital build
inSs. and in procuring supplies and assistants for
the wants and comfort OF patients, the Commis-
sloners found 1t necessary TO pay cash, as many
Things could not be procured for scrip unless 1t
issued at ruinous rates to the county.
There has been admitted into our County Hospi-
tal from the founding thereof 10 the pre- present
time, 80 patients; Of this number 40 have been
received during lhe present year. 4 large proper
tion Of those admitted are properly Terri
torial patients, as they had recently arrived
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
N the next Legislature to procure the passage OF
watch other Counties and the Territory. shall be
compelled 20 pay whatever may be just and cquit-
able, for the support Of their INDECENT sick In our
Hospital.
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
and County Clerks offices, also the Sheriff $ Asses
Surs, Tax Collectors anl Recorders Offices reSpec-
tively; 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 S329S9 6s. This
sum has been issued during the past year, yet a
larger 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 10 issue such
certificates to Jurors in said Court; and whose GER
tihcate Is by law pra facia evidence Of the Coun-
Tvs Indebtedness TO Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness OF the County
amounts TO the sum of SlIi, ,lSs u.
From this report 1t will be seen that the expenses
Of the County have been heavy for the past two
years. but Il should be borne In mind that ours Is
new County. We started without a dollar in our
treasury We nslu 10 ptONlUe lOT A Inc wants VI
new and growing county. at q 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 sweled our criminal expenses TO
a large amount. Hundreds OF patients have been
admitted and cared tor In our Hospital, who other
wise must have suffered or persisted Tor want OF &C
commodations and attention, all OF which has helped
create our present indebtedness and although II
amounts to 4 large sum, yet We have never allowed
a claim against the county until we were satisfied
that II was lust FOR the future, our expenses will
not be a. heavy as they have been heretofore, tor
the reasons that our Court House and County
Otices are now all finished Jail and the lot
on which IL stands is paid for; and the road 10
our Hospital Is complete. our Hospital droundS are
substantially enclosed; our large and commodious
Hospital BUILDINGS are finished, furnished anu
supplied with all things necessary for the comfort oi
patients.
Although our wants as county are many and
large, yet our resources are great, and We are IN
hopes our revenue for til. present year Will nearly
liuuidate our Indebtedness.
An OF which Is respectfully submitted to the people
OF Storey county.
II. II. FLAGG,
MARIN WHITE,
CHAS. H. KNOX,
County Commissioners
Virginia August 5tb 1851 au6 II