Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-09
LEGAL ADvBRr1sENRsTs

compounded IN accordance with the contract ORIGIN.
ally made BY the first Board Of Commissioners II
nd mads e resra ~ ns on the general
County Commissioners In nsettlng apart onetiird ~
the revenues 70 pay contingent warrants, and
threatened the Board with suit, which upon takino
counsel, we deemed It injudIcious to defend. W.
therefore passed an order abolishng the contingent
fund and drew. warrants upon the general fund Ia
the amount Of Sll4s 81, which We sold for cash at
the rate OF sxtyeight cents on the dollar and re-
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money After that fund was abolished we were
sd 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 so todo and pay the most Of our bills in
cash, excepting what was provided for BY statute,
SUCH as ofcers 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 If 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 thebils In coin. In other words
she sefp price asked the county for everything pur
long as we acted upon this plan Of selling warrants
and paying bills In Con our scrip never sold for less
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
q capitalist 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 condemning our plan OF
dong business Tor the county. scrip has fallen to
twenty-five cents on the dollar and that too in the
face Of decision Of the Supreme Court that altaxes
must De 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 fhcts we
leave II to the sound sense Of chic corn uIurity 20 dc
selling warrants for the highest price, and paying
bills In cash. was not better for the interests OF the
county than the plan recommended BY the last
missioners in pursuance ofther recommendation.
Accompanying this report will be found full and
accurate statement Of all cash received by the Com
sources, from Jauuary1A-D ls63, up to the present
timef and also full statement Of the disbursements
ofthe money by them, as copied from the vouch-
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
ONCE: 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 ut the urgent request OF the
Grand Jury. the County Commissioners erected an
other building furnished IL comfortably for the
ceRti9n Of those patients whose circumstances CON- m
the erection and furnishing OF the Hospital build
ings, and In procuring supplies and assistants for
The wants and !, comfort Of patients the Commits minis
things could not be procured for scrip unless 1t
issued at ruinous rates to the county.
There has been admitted into our County Hospi-
tai, from the founding thereof to the pre- present
time, $50 patients; Of this number 4J0 have been
received during lhe present year. A large propor-
torial patients. 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-
" in the Territory has had patients In our hos
pital, and we would recommend 10 our delegation
In the next Legislature 20 procure the passage Of
law for the protection OF Storey county, and by
which other counties, and the Territory, shall De
compelled TO pay whatever may be just and equit-
able, for the support OF their INDECENT sick in our
Another large item Of our cash expenditure has
been the fitting up and furnishing Of our Court
House, which includes our. District and Prob1te
Court Rooms the judges Chambe5s, the District
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 So 959 o. This
sum has been issued during the past year: yet eta
viously, the warrants for which were issued on the
certificates Of service given by the Clerk Of the Dis
trct Court. who alone is authorized TO issue such
certificates TO Jurors In said Courts and whose GER
tIhcate Is by law prina facia evidence Of the Coun
tvs Indebtedness TO Jurors
The present total Indebtedness OF the County
amounts to the sum of SlT+,lS9 Of.
From this report II will be that the expenses
of the County have been heavy for the past two
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 q
new and growing county, at a time when every
thing was high, and money commanding high rates
ofinterest.
Our county being the centre OF the populatDn In
the Territory, has sweed our criminal eSpe1ses 10
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 ac-
commodations and attention, all OF which has helped
TO create our present Indebtedness and although II
amounts to a large sum, yet we have never allowed
a claim against the county until we were satisfied
that 1t 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
Oaices are now all finished our Jail and the lot
on which It 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 all things necessary for the comfort Of
patients.
Although our wants as q county are many and
large yet our resources are great, and we arc In
hopes our revenue for ths present year will nearly
liquidate our Indebtedness.
Al OF which Is respectfully submitted to the people
Of Storey county.
MARTIN WHITE,
CHAS. H. KNOX,
, County Commissioners.
Virginia, August stb, 1864 auSst