The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-08-17

Board Of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees met ON Monday
evening. Present-Everts, Davidson,
Coburn, Dayton and Woodruff, and City
Clerk Chamberlain.
Minutes of the previous meeting read
aud approved.
The report of the City Marshal for the
week ending August 9th, ut n former
weetinp referred baek for correction,
yos read and placed on file, as amended,
sbovino the amount of taxes collected to
he. For licenses, $407; personal prop
ertv. $1S4.77L; dog tax, S69-from
wb;cb amounts $40. IA were deducted for
oounissions; the remainder, $6lS.O 3T,
Maid into the City Treasury.
The report of the City Marshal for the
week ending August 18th, was referred
hack for correction. Said report showed
,be following amounts were collected
For nersonai property tax, $272. 24H;
h., tax. SD; from which commissions
amounting to S15 were to be deducted,
LEAVING a balance in favor of City Trea-
sury of s271.24I. :,
The Recorders report for the week
was read and referred back FOR correc-
ton.
the following bills, and they were or
dered paid: A. kieTski, paper and port
folio. $3.50; A. Kierski, blank book,
81, 30; T. Starr. 50; p. A. Wagner, hard
ware. s1.75. The bill of VIM. Pardy,
for services as accountant, etc, which the
Roard had under consideration from a
former meeting, was then discussed, and
a warrant therefor for the sum of $500
drawn upon the City Treasurer.
The following bills were referred to
the Finance Committee: Phil. Splane,
for repairing hose carriage, Sc; Forbes &
Co., advertising, 80.
Bill of Keogh, for blaeksmithing, al
lowed on old indebtedness-$7S. IL scrip.
The bill of J. o'Gonnell Of 1913, was
referred back to the Fire Company.
The following communication was
then read:
w. u. TELEGRAPH OFFICE,
HAMILTON, New, Aug. 10, 1870.
Board City Trustees. Hamilton, Ne
yada-Gentlemen: The Secretary of the
Telegraph Company desires me to say
that il the quarterly license of $50 paid
by this office is abolished, he will make
n reduction in the tariff of % cents on
each message paid here. He also wishes
me to inform you that this license is
paid at but one other place on the Pa
cifc Coast, where il will be shortly dis
continued. Hoping that this PROPOSE
ton will meet with a favorable consider
alton, I remain Yours respectfully,
Jons HENDERSON, Agent.
The petition was denied.
The Clerk then read TO the Board the
following letter which explains itself:
VIRGINIA CITY. Aug. IL, 1870.
NJ. =. Chamberlain, City Clerk, Ham
ilton-Dear Sir: On my return to-day
from San Francisco | found your notiii-
cation to attend before the Board Of
Trustees and answer why | have not
paid over Ss12.70 due the city Of Ham
ilton on collection of delinquent tax
list. | have not been in Hamilton since
last October, and mp TO that time, | know
that every cent collected had been paid
over. As for myself, | never collected
any OF the taxes. but employed Scott
May for that purpose. My astonish-
ment is certainly very great that any de-
linquency should occur. | ave sem to
my attorney in Hamilton to get some ex-
PLANTATION of this matter. Since last
lith November / have been in bed at
least five months of the time. and an
now unable to travel on stage for n long
distance, or | would at once come to
Hamilton. would like the Board of
Trustees to give me n chance to thor
oughly investigate this matter, which
will be done a. Don ms possible. If
there is n delinquency. | want to know
who il is: that should the money be
paid by me, | can hold others RESPONSE
Bile. would feel greatly obliged to you
to show this letter TO the Trustees of the
city, and under the peculiar situation |
am now placed. to grant me the indul-
gence | ask. This is not an official com-
munication, but merely a reply to your
note, and to be shown TO the individual
Trustees. Yours truly,
WILL CAMPBELL.
Without further action, the Board
adjourned.