Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-23


The Board OF County Commissioner
held . special meeting last evening.
Chairman Hazsltine presiding. Pres
ent. Commissioners Nys. Fraser and
Gallagher. The minutes OF the last
meeting were read and approved.
Mr.. o. Carlson appeared before the
Board 10 sec about taxes on property
burned on II street. Virginia. The tai
was 81 10 and the Are left the family
destitute. Chairman Hszsltine said thai
NO costs would be made for the present.
A communication was read from q
San Francisco Arm in regard to bedsteada
OF gas pipe. etc.. for the Jail. Filed.
The Auditor notified the Board that
four copies OF the Enterprise, OF the 9th,
18th, 2lst and 2Sth OF December OF 1878,
which were by law required to be on
hls. were missing. The Auditor stated
that they we're gone before he came into
office. They could not b replaced from
the Office. One OF them contained last
years Grand Jury report. Referred to
the Courthouse Committee.
The Auditor presented the following
Communication:
VIRGINIA, December 10. 1879.-To the
Honorable, the Board OF County Com
missionsrs OF Storey County. Nevada
Gentlemen: A the report OF the Grand
Jury that appeared in the Territorial En-
terprise OF this morning contains q tissue
OF falsshoods, expressed and implied
Zone or two minor errors In indexing
sxcepted), u relates to my office. / re-
specially ask q full and thorough inves.
tigation at your hands. as to the manner
in which my books are kept. Trusting
that this will meet with your immediate
attention, I remain. respectfully. yours,
SrEPHrN WrLxIS,
Recorder and ex.oficio Auditor.
Filed, referred to committee OF the
whole and taken under advissment till
next meeting.
Thomas Heating said he hsd paid his
poll tar in Sutro last May. He was
working at the Scorpion and had II
taken out OF his pay last month again.
He had lost the frst receipt. The Dis.
trict Attorney thought action could only
DO taken on presentation Of tho two 70.
osipts. Otherwise II would be necessary
to get proofs or take Mr.. Ksating's word.
In the absence Of the receipts no action
was taken by the Board.
d. Knapp presented Q communication
and bill for SO 40. tax on Sl25 over.
entry on tax roll. Assessor Skyrme Ger.
tilted that the amount given in was
S325, and that 1t was enormously On.
tered at $500. The Board refused to
take any action. Communication filed.
Talk was made Of giving more time
to delinquent taxpayers. District Al.
tornsy Harris objected to this In certain
cases. He was entitled to the roll and
to bring actions for the delinquent
amounts. Certain OF the persons de-
linquent were able to pay. and should be
made to do 30. He did not purpose to op
press people. but he did want to bring
actions against some OF the delinqusnts
who could just as well pay as not.
Commissioners Fraser had not been
over the list. He knew that there were
some names there Of persons who could
not pay and against whom IL would be q
Hardship to bring suit and make costs.
Commissioner Gallagher had not yet
s1amipsd the roll. he know, however,
Of some also who could not pay. and II
forced to do so the Board would be
called upon to give them assistance from
the county.
Commissioner Nye had been over the
roll and checked certain poor persons
who could not pay. He was ready to
take the roll up.
Chairman Hazsltine said the Board
was entitled to tho roll and could hold
IL till they got ready TO hand II over to
the District Attorney. That officer
could bring actions. Of course, In all
cases where the amount OF the delin'
quent tar vas over $500.
On motion, action on the delinquent
tar roll was postponed till the frst meet
ing Of the Board in January, In order to
give dsliuquents q further opportunity
to pay up aud save costs.
Adjourned till 7:3O p. n. OF Wednes-
day. December Gath.
Before the Board was called to order
some informal conversation was in.
Obliged in by members OF the Board and
District Attorney Harris over that por-
ton OF the late report Of the Grand Jury
respecting bills allowed by the Board 70
Commissioners Gallagher for wood fur.
nished tho INDECENT and for sprinkling
during the simmer.
Commissioner Gallagher said he had
never furnished the county any wood.
He had never delivered . stick or q
pound OF coal to the Courthouse OF
to the Hospital. To the INDECENT hs had
never furnished any fuel except on
orders aligned BY Commissioner Hazel.
tine or Canayan. He had given nothing
Of the kind himself and had nsver yotsd
ON the allowance OF M Of his bills.
When he had delivered any wood 10 the
poor. be bad charged the county what
the wood cost him laid down at his yard
and the expense OF delivering 1t, nothing
more. There had been no contract for
sprinkling. The Board allowed him
what they saw-dt for Il.
District Attorney Harris said that he
had no doubt Of the right OF Commits
sioner Gallagher to sprinkle the streets
and to receive such compensation or
contribution from the county az the
Board saw at 10 allow him. He was not.
in doing 80, disesearding the statute
which provided that no Commissioner
should be interested in any contract for
the purchase Of goods or property for
the use Of the county"
In regard to the wood. he was not 50
positive. The statute was open to con-
struction. Inasmuch a. the county was
called upon to pay the bills. 1t might
be construed by the courts into being
"property purchased for the nss OF the
county" II was really property pur.
chased for the use Of the poor Of the
county. The county got no benefit from
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