Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-02
LEGAL Advertisements.


contingent fund bv the present Board of Commits
Sloners for he sum OF s. 066 Is in addition TO the
amount isaled by the former Board, all OF which
In accordance with the contract origin
ally made by the nrSt Board OF Commissioners. At
this time the holders Of the warrants on the general
fund made general outcry against the action Of the
County Commissioners In setting apart one-third Of
tS Soap pay xtb sn Which,
counsel. We deemed Il injudlciOus to defend. We
therefore passed an order a0oshing the contingent
the amount Of Sl,IIS 81, which We sold for cash at
the rate Of slxtyeght cents on the dollar, and re
deemed all outstanding contingent warrants with
the money. After that fund was abolished we were
still 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 80 TO do, and pay the most OF our ols IN
cash, excepting what was provided for by statute,
such as 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
necesSares 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 con In other words,
the scrip price asked the county for everything pu
long we acted upon this plan OF selling warrants
and paying bulls in coin. 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
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 nf
doing business for the county, scrip has fallen 10
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 uniounded. 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 III
selling warrants for the highest price, aud 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
uISsiouers In pursuance Of their Recommendation.
Accompanying this report will be found full and
accurate statement Of all cash received by the Com.
mIsSOners for the sale of warrants, and from all
sources, from January AID, 1858 up TO the present
time; and also fnli statement OF the disbursements
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
office; that building has been completed and iur-
niShe,l. Some time after Its completion under the
pressing demands for enlarged accommodations Tor
the indigent sick and at the urgent request OF the
Grand JURY, the County Commissioners erected an
other building furnished II comfortably, for the re-
ceptlon ofthose patients whose circumstances COM
PEELED them to apply TO 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-
Sioners found II necessary 10 pay cash, as many
things could not be procured for scrip unless 1t was
issued at ruincuS rates 10 the county.
There has been admitted into our County Hospt-
tai from the founding thereof to the pre- present
time, 80 patients; of this number $50 have been
received during lhe present year. large propor-
ton of those admitted are properly Terri.
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
law for the protection OF Storey county, and by
which other counties, and the TERRITORY, Shal oe
compelled to pay whatever may be just and equt-
able. for the support of their INDECENT sick In our
Hospital.
Another lsrse 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 offices, also the SheriS, Asses
Sor's Tax Collectors ami 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 $32s9 ny. This
sum has been issued during the past year. yet q
larger portion OF the Indebtedness was incurred pre-
ytorsly 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 Courts and whose GER
tdcate is by law pTma facia evidence OF the Coul-
tvs Indebtedness to Jurors.
The present total Indebtedness Of the County
amounts TO the sum OF SlI4, ,lS9 u.
Prom this report II VIII Ot seen tlldl tue eNpSSeS
of the County have been heavy for the past two
years but 1t 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 high rates
Of Interest. -
our county being the centre OF the population in
the Territory has swelled our criminal expenses 10
a large amount. Hundreds Of patients have been
admitted and cared for in our Hospital. who other
wise must have suffered or perished for want Of &C.
and attention, all Of which has helped
10 create our present indebtedness and although il
amounts TO large sum, yet we have never allowed
a claim against the county until we were satisfied
that Il just 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 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 OF
patients.
ALTHOUGH our wants as a county are many and
large vet our resources are great, and We are In
hopes our revenue for tn. present year Will nearly
liQuidate our indebtedness.
An OF which Is respectfully submitted to the people
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