Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-01-19
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DIVISION on THE COUNTY.
We are pleased to notice the unanimity
of sentiment which exists upon the sub
| jecs of division Of the county. Among
the citizens of Gold Hill. there appears 70
be but one opinion in the matter; ana ~
Union is truthful exponent OF the sen
mens in Virginia. " Barkis IS VIM" ~ ,,;O
an unexpected degree. 10 It's 's'" "
morning that paper says; .,, -. ~
1.-THE project to divide ssO .;cn ;n,o new
eanizing the southern ;rs the sama "a the
county VIII Sonndary OF this city, is meeting
southern .;5srable favor. 1t appears to us to
with eo Just feasible plan Of reform we have
De tns .nSvested. The Gold Hill people are
nsJru of Virginia spreponderating influence
o,,r county affairs, and manifest desire
! - c,,, loose from US. And there are those
here who are jealous Of Gold Hill people hay-
ing too much to say in county matters in
proportion to her interest; so We think it bet
ter to segregate. In that event the city char
ter Of Virginia might be repealed, and the
city come under county government. The
present Storey county officials would continue
TO the end Of their terms, unless otherwise
provided BY the law dividing the county
We believe the expenses of sustaining such
a government would be less than either the
city or county expenses have been during the
last year. But the government must be run
upon cash basis, whatever form may be
adopted. To this end let the city and county
debts be funded, and sufficient tax levied to
pay of n certain portion annually, and dis
charge the whole in five or six years"
By such separation we would reduce
the number of municipal governments
which the tax. payers of Storey are now
supporting, from three to two; and as
retrenchment and reform" are now the
watch-words of the people, the two new
counties could run race in economy,
each regulating its own domestic insti-
tutions in its own way" The existing
county debt can, without any difficulty,
be justly apportioned between the two
counties, and by a judicious funding act,
and starting both the counties upon cash
basis, We can go on smoothly and econom-
ically, and rapidly extinguish the debtupon
far less rate of taxation than the citizens OF
Storey are now paying. The days of en-
ormous salaries are, or should be at an end.
The idea Of paying officials such salaries
that one term was a competence for life,
was one of those humbugs that had their
origin in the flush times of California.
That people at that early day when "an
ounce day" was laborer's wages, thought
thew could afford such extravaganza in
their public affairs, but even they found
their mistake. The people of Nevada
have not, and never had the capital upon
which to make such splurge. There is
no sense in paying public official o
higher price for his services than is paid
ior the same business qualifications in
other business pursuits. The offices OF
Sheriff, Clerk, Treasurer, Recorder, Asses
sor and Tax Collector, require men of an
order of business talent that Is by no
means rare in the community. There are
at least FIVE hundred men in either Of the
towns of Gold Hill or Virginia, who could
6ll either of the offices named with credit,
and to the perfect satisfaction of the peo-
pie, and who are to-day employed in
business that simply pays them the
| moderate salaries that their services are
worth. That the public should pay more,
cannot be established by any system of
reasoning. The Offices of Sheriff, Clerk
and Recorder, can not only be made self
sustaining, but can be made sources OF
revenue to the country. We have seen
the experiment tried in the county OF
Placer, California, and it worked to
charm. 1t brought thseeounty out oil
debt in marvellously short space Of
time, it paid all demands against the
county in cash, which, of course, reduced
the price of everything purchased. and at
the time we emigra,ed from that county,
the taxes were lighter than in any county
in the State, and there was large cash
surplus in the County Treasury. Pursu-
| ing such course here. we can make two
counties out of the present territory of
Storey county; both prosperous, and free
from those jealousies and chickering's,
which are the inevitable results of the
union, under one municipal government,
of two peoples so far from homogeneous
as those of Gold Hill and Virginia.