Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-03-03
s.,,,.;, Of the Grand jury Report.

The report of the Grand Jury for the
nsoamber term, which was read IN the
instruct Conrt on Saturday. showed that
.hsir labors began on the 81 OF February.
ri,lt indictments were found: One for
,rn,lsr, two for manslaushter and five
tor Grand larceny. Three bills were ig-
rored, two for murder and one for as
SAINT with deadly weapon. County
affair, were submitted TO committees on
bospital and schools, Courthouse and
iail, accounts of officers and books, res.
pectively; and the reports of these COM
mittees were made part of the Grand
Jury report. The Grand Jury recon-
mended that the following officers be re-
ouired by the Board of Commissioners
to give additional bonds, their sureties
in some instances being irresponsible, in
others non-residents of the State and
county: District Attorney, Sheriff (li-
cense bond), Surveyor, Recorder Treas.
urer. Constable and Justice of the Peace,
Ploche township.
The Committee ON Hospital and
Schools found the hospital under general
GOOD management, and the patient, sat.
isfed with the treatment they received.
The committee urged the erection of a
bath room, the enlargement Of the dim
ing room, the boarding up of the base
ment, and other improvements. Com
plant was made in regard to the man
ner of keeping the statistics in small
books and on scraps of paper. and re-
commended the purchase of proper
books for that purpose: For the months
of November, December and January
the average cost per day OF maintaining
each patient was $780, in script
Sl.5l 2-5 in coin. The cost OF wood was
not included, that bling paid out of the
general county fund. Complaint was
made that few bills for supplies were
itemzed, and that of those itemized were
found an average overcharge of l24 per
cent, and many oyercnargt % per cent,
and the committee were of the opinion
that the bills not itemized were over.
charged a much greater amount. The
report charges that the furnishing OF
supplies has been monopolized by one
firm, ana suggests that competition in
furnishing supplies would result in u
great saving to the county. The indebt-
edness Of the INDECENT Sick Fund, Feb.
5, was S5,9lS27,
The committee reported the schools Of
Phoebe in fiourishing condition. Aver
age attendance for the past three months
was 90. They found school facilities in
Phoebe inadt quate, and recommended an
enlargement Of the school building on
Cedar street, that ali the schools may be
under the same roof The committee
had net visited any schools except in
Pioche, but had good reports from some
of them, especially ut Fanaca, where the
citizens had built at their own expense,
fine school house aud furnished 1t with
all the modefn improvements.
The report Of the Committee on Books
and Accounts COMMENCES with those OF
the Assessor, and is altogether Of sta
tistical character. The books aud every
thing belonging to the County Clerks
Office were found in proper order.
good report was made OF affairs in the
Sherifl's office. The report in regard to
the District Attorneys office is wholly Of
a statistical nature. and everything was
found correct. The same is said of the
Justices Office in Phoebe. The COM
mittee found that the Treasurer bad re-
ceived from all sources from October 9,
1873, to February IS, 1873, S99,773.29,
which was duly apportioned. The County
Auditors books and accounts were found
to correspond with the Treasurer's, and
the affairs of the Auditors office were
found to be in first rate condition.
The report Of the committee shows the
county Indebtedness to be as follows;
General County Fund. s26,2Ii ..
INDECENT Sick Fund ,......,........... 0,OI4 i
Bonded Indebtedness. ...l79,ooo "