Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-18
WE OUGHT TO HAVE COUNTY

or offer none. There is no general out
side pressure i~nstigating or encouraging
such neglect Of prescribed duty, by our
Commissioner Whatever their reason
be. it is not INT arising from, or con-
structed out Of popular desire OF sugges-
ton. There are, however, a half-dozen Of
holders of debt-evidence who are impor-
tuning for a transfer Of the accumulated
Building Fund into the Redemption Fund.
They are pressing, here and there, with
the disinterested remarkably We ought to
draw in these county Bonds" Now, the
county Bonds were BY them purchased at
from 80 to As cents, and there is no call
for their redemption as an act Of preferring
gratitude to them for anradyance. We
need county buildings. The present
place for Clerk and Sheriff and Court
rooms could be bought for q sum equiva-
lent TO the three yearSDrent of the same.
And as there are two superAuous Court
rooms now, the conversion of them into
Tax Collectors and Assessors offices will
render the building nearly ample IN &C.
comnodation for all county officers pur-
poses. Or, Jones' Building might be
purchased on easy term II barley goes
up pretty soon, it viii be so far vacated
as to allow of the commencement o fneed-
ed alterations and Improvements. The
other plan presented-that of building a
house specially for the county use-sstms
to be the f~avorite one with our Legisla-
tors-so far as we have had opportunity
to understand and infer. 1t 10 believed
that an admirably, indeed a perfectly
adapted building could be constructed
within six months, on a central, eligible
lot, at an entire expense of not over
$685. Such a character Of public
building would add considerable to the
general credit, and, we will say, the COM
fort Of the county. The county own
nothing but q dungeon; if it has a clear
title to that. Assuredly, the Virginia
delegation will push for the adoption Of
this plan, of constructing; for their city
will be ornamented and otherwise spe-
cially benefited thereby. And our Gold
Hill delegation will not go for dumping
all the cash that can be grabbed, from new
tax or separate funds, into the money bags
of the Insurers in Virginia City.
Because our debts are Unexpectedly
large. constitutes no reason why we should
strip the county Of everything, stay
nearly all desired purchases and improve
ments for county use, almost literally
stop the wheels Of Government, that
we may pay the so per cent. creditors.
Our legislators see that unless we are to
be wiped out, financially, as a county
organization. by a bundle Of warrants, a
stand must be taken through Legislative
enactment In favor and prescription of a
long run of the outstanding debt-unLss,
the holders of t-evidence come up and
take a fair price for their paper. We very
well know that there are large creditors Of
the county of Storey and city Of Virginia
who imagine, who believe that these COM
munities will be played out" inside Of
three years. Hence-among other reasons,
more palpable-they are on nettles to get
themselves first and quickly paid off at
par. You will find that they have the
first registered scrip, and are pleading for
payment in the order Of registration, etc.
Say, for instance, they got paid off their
500 or $4,000 worth, or so, Of four
and six per cent. per month scrip. then the
city of Virginia, with its balance Of debt,
may 60 to the devil, for all they care. In
like manner is it with and concerning
county affairs.
Is it not the true policy Of the county,
through its legislators, to provide anew
for frequent bids, at an admissible figure
of not over so much? The holders of
debt evidence may bid or not; but let it
be in the power of a duly authorized Board
to entertain bids at or below q prescribed
figure for a given year-not placing over
twenty per cent. in the Redemption Fund.
This would bring the spectators to m
thing like decent terms.
Last Saturday, about $1,000 worth Of
county warrants were purchased. at a
saving of about $1,000 over the bids and
purchases made at the least market-time.
At next bid day. the price will go down
much lower. Our legislators procuring
the appropriation of only a twenty per
cent. Redemption Fund-abundantf for the
taxes we must pay,--providing means to
compel the County Commissioners to do
their duty in regard to opening county
building bids, or appointing special COM
missioners to superintend the construction
of county buildings-they, doing this, will
actually save the county q $1,000 at
least, OF its,present Indebtedness : n at
the same time, with the same stroke, pro-
vide our people with originally and ex-
actly adapted rooms for the use of county
officers. Ts
Our county debts are too large to pay
off in q City; on the other hand, they are
sufficiently large, and are in precisely such
form as will admit Of our Representatives,
by discreet enactment, making literal friends
for the homes, taxpayers out Of the very
Mammon of Unrighteousness.
HIeHwAY RoBBERY.-The Treasurer Of
Esmeralda county, n day last week,
while on his way to make his yearly set
Element with the State Treasurer, was
robbed Of forty one hundred dollars-the
States portion of the property tax in Es-
meralda county. OF course the Esmsralda