Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-03
Meeting of Town Trustees.

evening at Judge Halls Office. Present, a
full Board. The meeting was called to
order by President Aylesworth, and the
minutes of the preceding meetings read
and approved,
A petition from J. Haub to reduce the
rate of license for keeping a dance-house
and bar was read, and on motion referred
to Mr.. Gray to report upon at the next
regular meeting.
The Finance Committee reported favor
ably the bills of the DAILY News for
printing, and the bill Of Thos. Gallagher
for blacksmithing, and recommended their
payment. On motion warrants were or
dered drawn for their payment.
The special committee appointed to pro-
cure a hose-house for Yellow Jacket Hose
Company No. 9, asked further time in
which to report. Granted.
Mr.. Aylsworth, to whom was referred
the petition of John McCauslin to have
part of his taxes RENTED, on the ground
that he had been assessed too high, reported
favorably on the petition, and recon-
mended that his taxes, to the amount OF
1886 %, be RENTED.
Mr.. Goliath moved that a warrant be
drawn in his favor for that amount. Car
ried.
Mr.. Aylsworth asked one weeks further
time to report on the petition of Russell
& Co., which was granted.
Messrs. Ettlinger and LafFerty petition
ed the Board to prevent c. Miller, John
Hill and Jacob Nuss from diverting water
from the sewer on the Tunnel Toll-road.
Petition referred to the Committee on
| Streets for immediate action.
The following bills were then presented
and referred to the Committee on finances:
Bill IF Chubbuck & Phelan, stationery s 5 10
Daily News, printing blanks ......... 6S 90
w. \. Hall, Office rent ............ 70 W
John Dewitt, lumber d ~
The Clerk then read a communication
from Mr.. q. Lyford to the Town Trus-
tees, thanking them for their action in
renting the tax on the Homestead prop
erty.
On motion of Mr.. Goliath, the commu-
nication of Mr.. Lyford was ordered spread
on the minutes Of the meeting.
Mr.. N. A. H. Ball, of the committee
appointed by Liberty Hose Company No.
l, at their meeting last Saturday evening,
to confer with the Trustees in relation to
the admission Of that company into the
Fire Department. came before the Board
on behalf of said company and stated the
objections they have to coming into the
Department under the said ordinance.
He said that the company was comprised
of members who represented the varied
interests of the town and had the general
welfare OF the town at heart. They were
DESTROYS of settling this matter OF a Fire
Department satisfactorily to all concerned,
and were willing and anxious to deed
their FIRE apparatus to the town, could
negotiations and measures be adopted that
they could consider just and proper. He
said the company considered the organiza-
ton of the Department by ordinance pre-
mature, and on their behalf asked a repeal
of the ordinance for the purpose OF allow
ing a committee from both companies to
draft a new one mutually satisfactory, and
if none could be agreed upon, then allow
the companies to work under their old
organizations as heretofore, without an
ordinance. Some of the members Of the
Board signifed their dissent to this prop
o%sition, and Mr.. Ball then suggested that
a committee be appointed from each com
pany and from the Board of Trustees to
confer together and endeavor to make
arrangements satisfactory to all parties.
Mr.. Cushing moved that a committee Of
two, consisting of Messrs. Gray and Her
rick, be appointed to confer with commit
tees from each company. Carried.
The Clerk was instructed to notify each
of the companies Of the action of the
Board. and invite them to appoint COM
mittees to meet and confer with the COM
mittee from the Board.
Mr.. Prascho appeared and asked the
Trustees to order payment Of a Town
bond held by him. No action taken.
On motion. the Board ordered n new
warrant drawn in favor of Messrs. Her
rick, McCurdy s. Co., in lieu of one lost
by them, it being shown that the said
warrant had been duly advertised and
never had been paid.
A statement by ]. c. Corey that he had
drawn a check for the payment of the tax
of the Alpha Company, and had several
| times visited the Collectors Office, before
it became delinquent, to pay the tax, but
never found any one TO receive II. and
asking that the costs which had accrued
be RENTED, was then taken into consider
alton, and on motion a committee of n
was appointed to examine into the case
and report on Wednesday evening next.
Carried. L. U. Goliath appointed as said
committee.
On motion, the tax of John Rice, to the
amount of "a 25, was RENTED, and a
warrant ordered drawn in his favor for
that sum.
The meeting was then adjourned to
Wednesday evening.
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