Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-13
.,,.,.,es OF Early Days in Lincoln
County--No. o..

catches OF Early Days i'm Lincoln
County--No. o..
AT the meeting OF the Board OF Com
,siouers OIL the 5th Of July, 1869,
County TT asurrr Barber res gned, aud
p..r Goodfellow wns appointed to fill
The vacancy. Bond required, $40. 0U0.
Na.,ipcs of the Board Of Commissioners
or. hell on the "a of August, The 9th
If August, the 9th, Goth and 9th Of
s.ptember, the 18th Of October and the
Oh of November. 1869. but a. none Of
tb-s. meeting was any business Of par
lien ar importance transacted.
Tue first meeting of the Board Of
Commis, ioners in 1870 was held on the
al aud 4 Ia OF January. At this Inc, ting
,hertprt vi the Auditor aud Tieasurr
ou the financial condition OF the county
showed balance IN the treasury, Jau-
nary /, 1870, Of 90, 255 IA Various
snuis we've allowed t, different county
ofli,,s for services rendered. On the
AN of January, Cbaries Il. Ely was ap.
point 4 supelintend' ut OF Schools.
.LIh,. Board met ON the first Monday in
F,bruily, but hsie being no business TO
trnusatt, adjourned until the 4th dny ui
April. and al this me- ting it was order.d
That from aud aft,r the LIST OF ARR, 1870,
\lhr Commissioners be aliaA,d $500 per
anuun az compensation. District At
torney Wandeii WAS author I'd aud
required to report, on or before the next
meeting of the Boari, how much money
il won d be necessary to ,xp,nd for the
purchase or erection OF a suitable build.
ing for jail" The amount oil
the assessment levied for the year
1870 WAS fixed at 81 80 on each
500 worth OF lroprity to deiray expens-
es and pay tn outstanding Indebtedness
OF the COUNTY; 10 ceuts for seho pur.
poses. and SLIPS for Stat purposes
S277H on each 500 worth OF prop
-erty. :,
n the meeting in May, held at Hike.
the report OF the District Attorney on
the cost OF procuring or building II
County Jail wits received mud filed, bnt
the matter WIS postponed indefinitely.
Al this meeting all the streets aud nllt, s
in fiech--wt re-df ctHrert- prt c-htgn.
Ways, with the exception Of II certain
portion of Hoffman and Bush sire, t.
provided that if the petitioners made or
caused to b mad ct their own expense
as good road over the grounds OF the
propos, d change as the old Travelled
route, then the whole Of Hoffman aud
Bush sire, Is shonld be d, clnred public
highways Tie road from Phoebe via
Try Valley and other points in the
county was also declared u public high.
way. The petition for nm order TO sub
mt to popular vote the qaestion Of r.
moving the county ssnt was rejected. AT
the IN. e'irg held July . til. Coas,y
Treasnrer's salary WHY ftxtd at SlU0 PEI
month from aud after July l. Albert
Barber, surr,y on the Sheriff bonds for
81 900, and Lonis stern for ~, 500, gave
notice Of their withdrawal from said
bonds. Vim. Ritter was then Sheriff,
and be seems to have become entan9ltd
considerably, for in addition to the with.
drnwal of two Of bis bonism-n. he WIS
required to give bonds in place Of L. A.
johnson, who had left the State. The
whole amount Of his bonds was fixed
at SIS. 900 instead OF $40 600. ani it WIS
ord red that unless he gave bonds for
the larger amount within ten days the
Office would be declared vacant. 1t was
further ordered that the District Attor
ney examine into the finar cial Affairs o.
the Sheriff in regard to he nses.
At this meeting Of the Board the conn
ty was sub divided into six townships
viz: Temputa, Hike, Phoebe. Panaca
V,r.in aud Las Vegas. Voting precincts
were established Mt Tempinte. Fri,burg
Hike, Logan Springs Ito inclnd- Ores
c-nt City aud Silver Cnnyon), Piocb'
(nclud NJ Dry Valley, Pnpaca City lin
Guiding Bulliouvillel. Snithvil e, Glove
Valley, Las VrQas and St, Thomas
Phoebe was 4, clartd school distr c.
Registry Agents were appointed MS fnl
lows: Peter Gui-, Logan Springs; Q
Z. Sherw God, utv,r Vail y: Vim. Ril
rlry. Dry Valley; Deunis Malone, Frit
brrs;O. D. Ga,s, LIS VEGAS; VIM. Nv
man. Smthvill., D. NJ. Thomas ""
appoi,t.d Justice Of ,l,e pr,c- for Vlrgi
Township, aud p. D. Butler for PanuS
Township.
The petition from 81 citiz ne Of Piocf
for the removal of the county seat WI
oriertd To b. laid over TIL ~ xt msetin
md tn, rtupon the BOARD adjourned
mt ct on thu 25th NJ Jnly.
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