Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-31
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.


contingent fnnd oy the present Board Of Coui.nls
sioners for he sum Of U66 IS In addition TO the
amount issued by the former Board, all Of which
siy made bythe ,rst Bosr,l OF conmissioners, Al
this time the holders OF the warra ITS on the genera
fund made general outcry agaEst the action Of the
County Commissioners In setting apart one-third o
the revenues TO pay contingent warrants, and
threatened the Bosrd with siit which, upon taking
counsel. we deemed II injudictous TO defend We
therefore passed an order abolishng the contingent
fund and drew warrants upon the general fnnd "a
the amount of Sli las 81 which sold for cash al
the rate Of siXtyeight cents the dollar, and re
deemed all outstanding eontingent warrants with with
still obliged 70 have cash TO provide FOR the numerous
and increasing wants Of this new county. and We
coniinQei to seu warrants, believing that We were
authorized 50 10 do and pay the most Of our bills In
cash, excepting what was provided for by statute,
such as OtcersA 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
neceSSaTieS less than coin price, and II we paid In
scrip we 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 we acted upon this plan OF selling warrants
than seventy cents on the dollar, and averaging
about Seventy-four cents; and even in May last,
during the session Of the last Grand Jury we sold to
a capitalist who was then equally as well informed
In regard 10 the financial condition Of the county
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
acton of the Grand Jury eondemning 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
backs was untonnded. Under this state Of ACTS We
leave 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, was not better for the interests Of the
han Ian dad la
Grand Jury, and now followed by the County Com
miSSionerS in pursuance OF their Recommendation.
Accompanying this report win be found full and
accurate statement OF all cash received by The Com
TnIsS,oners for the sale OF warrants, and from all
sources from January, n, 1865 up to the present
times and also full statement oftne disbursements
erS, during the same time, period OF about nine
teen months.
me largest item of cash expended has been for
the County Hospital. One Of the present Hospital
buildings had been commenced before our term oi
office; that buildlng has been completed and fur
niShed. Some time after It's completion, under the
pressing demands for enlarged accommodations for
the Indgent Sick and at the urgent request of the
Grand Jury, the County Commissioners erected an
o;her building furnished it 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
ms, and in procuring supplies and assistants tor
the wants and comfort Of patients, the Commits
sionerS found It necessary TO pay cash, as many
things could not be procured for scrip unless II was
Issued at ruinouS rates 10 the county. g.
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. A Large proper
sSriai Sn patients. @ as they had recently arrived
here from California and other places; some
OF them belonged ito other counties that are
not provided with Hospitals Every Coun
Is 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
~.
which other counties, and the Territory, shall be
compelled 10 pay whatever may be Just and equit'
able foF the support OF their INDECENT sick In oui
Another large item OF our cash expenditure has
been the hitting up and furnishing of our Court
House, which includes our District and Probate
Court Rooms, the Judges Chambers, the District
and County Clerks otiCeS, also the Sheriff s. Asses
Sors, Tax Collectors ami Recorders offces respec'
lively; and furnishing fuel tor 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 JarpTs' Fees, amount
Ing In the aggregate TO the sum u So, ny. This
sum has been tsSued during the past year, yet q
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
titicatc is by law prma facla evidence of the Coun
tvs Indebtedness TO Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness OF the County
amounts 10 the sum OF SlI4,l ,lS9 N.
From this report It will be seen that the expenses
OF the County have been heavy Tor the past two
years but IL should be borne In mind that ours Is
new County. We started without a dollar m our
treasury; we had 10 provide for all the wants OF
new and growing county, at time when every
thing was high, and money commanding nigh rates
OF interest.
our county being the centre of the population IN
the Territory has swelled our criminal expenses tc
a large amount Hundreds Of patients have beer
admitted and cared for In our Hospital, who other
wise must have suffered or persisted for want OF ac
commodatons and attention, all of which has helped
10 create our present Indebtedness and although u
amounts 10 a large sum, yet we have never allowed
a claim against the county until we were satisfied
that IL was lust For the future, our expenses Will
not be rs heavy as they have been heretofore, fol
the reasons that our Court House and County
Ofices are now all finished: our JAN and the loi
on which It stands Is paid for; and the road 70
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 o
patients.
Although our wants as q county are many and
large, yet our resources ares great, and we are N
hopes our revenue for III. present year will nearly
liquidate our Indebtedness. .........-s
OF Storey county.