Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-10
rn-r COUNTY, HoaprTAL.

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Some of our clti1ena' may have had !
suspicion that the Storey County Hospital
was rather an expensive institution but
were at the same time not clear upon 'r'
point. For the full cnRghtenment Oh sum
doubters, we will make no illusions " '.'s
past and present condition of the ahaifS Oh
that institution; we will merel! a'Fec'
their attention to the figures IN the COM
rrn;,..;or If "Cosmos," showing the
nra.sS.,;v. COS. Of running tho machine
- ,he next year "under new and
$3.50 condition of things" Some infor-
~s,;on concerning this, burden which is
! Name by Storey county, may be gathered
from the following memorial which was
read in the Assembly yesterday, and re-
ferred to the Committee on state Institu-
tons, with instructions to report bill in
accordance with the petition, if they deem
it advisable:
To the Honorable Senate and assembly:
The undersigned, County Commissioners
Of Storey County, respectfully represent that
Storey county is burdened with heavy debt.
At an early day our predecessors deemed it
necessary to erect County Hospital to sup
ply the wants Of the INDECENT Sick Of our
county; it was the FIRST, and until recently
the only County Hospital in our Territory or
State. The care and attendance bestowed
upon the patients has given our County Hos
pital a favorable name throughout the State.
We are satisied, from information coming to
our knowledge Of the patients who have been
admitted, that many Of them came from other
counties of our Territory, and should properly
be charge 10 the various counties, respect
lively, and many Of the patients were emil
grants who had recently crossed the Plains,
and some Of the patients had recently came
from our sister State Of California, but had
not been long enough in any Of our counties
to gain a residence but humanity compelled
| us to receive and take care Of all such indi-
gent persons in our hospital, and under our
present laws we have no legal claim against
| the respective counties nor the State, who
have had their INDECENT sick cared for in our
| hospital; but we think our county has an
| equitable and Just claim upon our State for
! taking care of the INDECENT sick from the va
1 llOuo COQub1Co Va IlG 4CAAAbO4y1 "uSt
they would not be admitted, claimed Storey
county as their place Of residence, but who
really were residents Of other parts OF the
Territory.
And we respectfully ask you to donate from
the State Treasury the sum Of 81, 900 to the
| hospital fund of Storey county, as in part
\ compensation for the expense incurred BY our
county in taking care Of the INDECENT sick OF
other counties and ofour Territory and State
at large, and this sum we are satisfied, from
| information now in our possession, would not
cover by any means the expenses incurred.
And we would respectfully recommend that
YOU pass law whereby each county may
have a legal claim against sister county,
and also against the State, whenever any
/ county may be called upon to provide for the
wants Of the INDECENT sick Of other counties
| or State patients, and we would respectfully
suggest that each OF the County Commission
ers Of the respective counties Of this State be
authorized to administer an oath to each ap-
plicant for admission to the County Hospit-
ais in the respective counties, compelling
each of said applicants to testify in regard to
his pecuniary condition, and also as to his
place of residence, and that the testimony so
elected from each patient shall be primo
tacie evidence Of his place Of residence, and
| that the county OF which eacn OF SAID appl-
cants is a resident shall be responsible to the
county taking care Of said applicant for all
expenses necessarily incurred, not exceeding
the sum Of FIVE dollars per day, and that the
Commissioners or any one Of them, or the
clerk of their respective Boards, be compelled
to notify the Commissioners Of the respective
counties whence such applicant comes, or the
Secretary of State, in case Of State patient,
of the fact of them taking care Of such pa
tent said notice to be given personally or
through the express or post office, within two
days after such application for admission in
the county hospitals respectively.
Your petitioners would also respectfully
recommend the passage Of a law authorizing
the Board of Examiners to provide for the
| insane of our State, and we would state that
cur hospital is arranged for the accommoda
ton of a number Of such patients, and we
could take care Of them until such time as
the State erects an Insane Asylum, if the
State will give our county reasonable COM
pensation therefor. And your petitioners
will ever pray.
(Signed) MARTIN WHrTB,) Co. Com'rs
! ]. ]. DENIM, Of
CHAs. II. KNOX, Storey C'nty
Virginia, February 6, 1865. .a..E