Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-12-11
GRAND JURY REPORT.

To the Hon. Judge of the District Court
The Grand Jury impanneled for the Novem-
Der Term in the Second Judicial District
Or-asby county, report : That they have
found one Indictment for house breaking; one
for burglary, seven for attempt to break
prison, and ignored one charge for house
breaking.
They have also partially investigated the
financial affairs of the county and further re-
port by committees and otherwise
They made an important visit to the
County Hospital and found the arrangements
there quite satisfactory. There were only
four patients at the time of our visit, each of
whom expressed themselves as we'll satisfied
with the treatment they received. The rooms
though small were kept clean and tidy; the
provisions were good. The luxury of bath
room has been added by the present landlady.
The limited number of patients 1--WE were
told that the average was only four) does not
warrant much outlay in the line of bedding,
(the present contract only running about
three months), and this was the only point on
which reasonable complaint would lie. To
all appearances the Hospital is well conducted.
The whole cost of maintaining the poor and
INDECENT sick, both in and out of the hospi
tai, as per bills allowed and paid by The
county for the eleven months ending the Both
of November, 1877, is. .....S2 s., 233 %
Medical attendance ........... 7O5 10
s., 1913 SO
Complaint was made to the jury that the
District Attorney was receiving delinquent
taxes and receipting therefor, charging an ex-
ira five per cent. as attorney fees, which,
added to the delinquency, makes the onerous
charge of fifteen per cent. The ten per cent.
delinquency is of itself an outrage and oppres-
sion on the poor man who cannot pay his tax
on the day it is due, and when the FIVE per
cent. is added it becomes down right extor-
ton, only exceled by the ruinous costs which
follow a suit for taxes The whole thing is
a financial inqusition which bears only on the
poor taxpayer. The delinquent taxes can be
paid to the exofficio ia, receiver (the Treas
urer) any time within twenty days after they
become delinquent and no other person is
authorized to receive such taxes, nor can the
Attorney bring suit until authorized by the
County Commissioners unless the amount ex-
ceeds three hundred dollars.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Your committe to whom was assigned the
duty of examining the matters pertaining to
the offices of the County Clerk and Sheriff
and jail of this county beg leave to submit the
following report
That while we did not have the time to
make thorough examination, nor did we
consider ourselves experts in the matters re-
ferred to, we believe the above offices to be
ably filed by their present incumbents and
the duties belonging thereto to be ably pre-
formed by their respective occupants.
Your committee are unanimously agreed
that the present jail although kept in as good
condition as possible by the Sheriff is totally
unfit for the purposes designed, and would
suggest that such measures be taken as will
most effectually secure more suitable jail as
soon as the same can be done without impos-
ing too severe burden upon the taxpayers {
of the county.
We would recommend that the County
Clerks Office be provided with suitable con-
veniences for properly fling away the num-
erous papers and records that are constantly !
in his office.
Fl. T. DUNNING,
d. III. LENT, z
D. G. KTTZMEYER, z
E. R. ELRoD. T
SCHOOL MATTERS, DISTRICT NO. l.
The committee assigned the investigation n
# School District No. l report: That they t
AVE examined the books and accounts of the )
Trustees, also the two buildings erected the P
,ast summer, viz the north and south school "
leuses As the bills had not all been pre- Is
ented and as some portions of the work was '
lot completed, the exact cost could not be q
lscertained, but sufficient was obtained to Ii
warrant us in reporting the cost Of the two "
buildings, including the land, at six thousand 81
dollars. The south school house is very tt
building, well constructed, and >
large to accommodate hundred 81
pupils; has good out buildings and is well m
enced with over five hundred lincal feet of b.