Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-01-08
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
Their Meeting Last Monday-Mr.
Shaw Reelected Chairman, and
the "Times" Declared the Official
Organ-Other Business.

Organ-Other Business.
The Board of County Com
missioners met in Dayton last Mon
day. Present, Messrs. Shaw, Burricr
and Mckenzie.
Messrs. Shaw and Burrier, having
been reelected, qualified by taking
the oath Of office. The Board was
then organized by the reelection
of James r. Shaw us Chairman.
The following was then adopted !:
Resolved, That the LYON COUNTY
TIMES 10 hereby declared to be the
official organ of this county for the
ensuing two years.
Mrs. Doolin, of Sutro, who has,
for some months past, been receiving
from $25 to $40 from the county, to
help her support herself and FIVE
children, appeared before the Board,
and asked that larger sum be all
lowed her. During the discussion
which ensued, it was stated that, in
addition to the sum above named, the
Board had paid the services of the
physician who had been attending
upon some of Mrs. Doolin's children
during their illness. This the Board
we're willing to do, besides con-
tributing to the support of herself
and family; but they did not feel
authorized to do more.
TIE compensation Of the County
Commissioners was then fixed at $50
per month, in scrip-the same as
heretofore.
THE sHERIFF's PAY AS JANIToR AND
JATLoR.
Commissioner Mckenzie then
moved that the compensation Of the
Sheriff, for taking care of the court
house and acting as .jailor of the
county Jail, be fixed at $75 per
month, instead Of $50, as for some
time past. In support of this motion
the attention Of the Board was d.
rected to the fact that there was very
little litigation in this county at the
present time, and the receipts Of the
Sheritf's Office were, in consequence,
much less than when the Board had
fixed his compensation, for the SER
vices statad, at $50 per month.
Commissioner Shaw did not wish
to object to the increase OF
pay asked for, under the circum.
stances, but he wanted it to be dis.
tinctly understood that the Board re-
served the right to, at any time, fix
the compensation of the Sheriff, fol-
taking care of the courthouse and
Jail, at any amount which they might
see At.
Commissioner Burrier was also
willing to allow the additional com.
pensation, under the circumstances
1t was therefore 50 ordered.
RTIIs AYIOwED
The following bills were allowed
Ripley & Haas, $50 IS; w. H
Vance, "a so; Mrs. Jaqua, $3.50 so
John G. Young, $3.50; George p
Randall. % so; J. c. Hazzlett, "a
Henry Hill, SIS so; P. Barnes, $12
The bill of G. Saul, for $27 fol
eighteen meals furnished the judges
of election at Sutro, was reduced tc
$1S so, and allowed for that amount
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Justice Hawkins, OF Dayton, re,
ported that his fees during the las,
quarter of 1878 had amounted to 500
Sheriff Cooke requested the Board
to visit the county Jail, to see the
condition of the brick partitions OF
the cells. The lime in the mortal
had probably Stacked, since the cold
weather had set in, and this, together
with the dampncss of the ground
caused the bricks to crumble. The
brick was rotting at such rate he
feared that the whole wall would fall
down. The Board visited the cells
and directed the Sheriff to keep ,
sharp look out until such time a.
repairs would be required. There
was nothing to do In the premise.
just now.
The Board then took recess tC
count the cash in the Treasurer's safe
After which they adjourned unit
the first Monday in February.