Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-17

There was an adjourned meeting oil
the Board OF County Commissioners las,
evening. Chairman Hszeltins presiding.
Present - Commissioners Nye. Fraser,
Gallagher and Canavan. The minutes
OF last meeting were read and approved.
The following communication was pre-
sen,rd by the Auditor and read:
OYFIcx OF COUNTY RECORDER AND
Ex-OFrIcIo AUDITOR oil STOREY Co..
VIRGINIA. New, January l6, 1850.
To the Honorable, the Board OF Coun'
~ Commissioners Of Storey county. Ne
vada-Gentlemen: In one Of the per.
sonal property tax.receipt books / fud
stubs Nos. 260s. 2609 and 26l0 torn
from the book and words written on the
back OF the next stub as follows: "The
next three receipts are destroyed"
Since that time. namely, on or about
the 18th inst. / camo in possession OF
tax receipt No. 26l0, dated Sept. 8. 1873.
for the amount OF Sl06 so in favor OF j.
Levy & Bros, and signed "wmilliam
Skyrme, Assessor. by L. b. Hastings.
Deputy Assessor"
also am in possession Of tax receipt
| No. 2G0l, drawn In favor OF L. Brown
for the amount OF 50 SO, dated May al.
1879, and signed wv Skyrmo. County
Assessor, by l.. B. Hastings. Deputy
Assessor" aud as there is no account Of
either Of these tax receipts in the weekly
statements filed by the Assessor in my
Office, I have reason to believe that the
amount-namely. Sll0 33-has not been
paid to the Treasurer as required by law.
And, furthermore. rs on or about the
| 3Oth day Of December. 1879. n b.
| Gilman did. without my knowledge or
| consent, take aud carry away from my
office as Recorder the original assess
ment roll to Q place to me then I'M
known, aud when I knocked at the door
Of the room that l found the said assess.
msnt roll in and gained admission /
found the said B. Gilman In
company with one L. b. Hastings
the said Deputy Assessor (whom I have
reason to believe signed the tax receipts
above referred toy. and n u. s. Ed
ridge, examining and either writing on
the leaves Of said roll or copying thore-
from. As those are the parties l have
reason to believe compiled the report
Of tho late Grand Jury that l have de-
nounced and have since proved to be q
tissue Of falsehoods, expressed or i'm.
piled, / hereby give notice to your Hon.
orable body that I will not DO held
responsible for any errors that may be
found in the said assessment roll, being
we'll aware that designing men can 30
easily falsify o book composed almost
entirely OF figures.
Again, I wish to call your attention to
stub book No. 9: You will perceive that
stubs Nos. 25lG, 2547 and 254S are TO
moved and the accompanying hand writ
ing is the same IS Of those referred to
above. herewith submit all stubs and
receipts and vouchers to sustain this
communication. and respectfully request
that you give them your careful atten.
ton. Respectfully submitted:
STEPHEN WILxIS.
Recorder and ex.oficio Auditor. Storey
county. Nevada.
The communication was received n
on motion OF Commissioner Canayan
referred to the District Attorney. MIR.
Canavan said he had heard some OK.
plantations which tended to show some
tninss te'etieu 70 IN .uo Uou, ~ .Ss a.
70 % T % %S Sn n' ps;s = no,,;an
S"S .,S.;a.S 90 Ia ss,isfaotion
naa oeen ehpia,neu
ana, ne oeiieVso' W 'h'
the poaiu. ~
Inc Same op'n,ou Na' 'p'
eomnissiSnel unS. -, A.. po.,a
FROM .he n1Hy ~, ,,. a,-
in'otmai'y uauspu .". ~, ,ho
P~ianaeoh soo's N.s s,I nos 49,
Assessor oy an o,si ~, h.a IT,.
.ne siOo I, III ~ 49, !, oysr nov
"ou'' a1N
The assessors e~1Piansson, -
planned oy COMMISSIONS N.Y. was .ns'
when the Board OF Equaiizatio1 were IN
session the name OIL Levy * bro. was
not found on the ROLL hastings ~ens
down I their store NJ coiiec's.
the Sl06 90 aud brought II up ana paiu
it to the Assessor. He u mot pay ~
over a. the hme ana nsnSs fs.ei'eu
for a final settlement. Inc ! WA
torn out Tor ths reason Una. u .ns s.u9
had been LETT u wouid NOT % ~
LOT o ms aseoan.s wouu GU. az,
balanced with the Auditors. sinco tna'
time be had neglected 10 pay over INC
money.
Auditor "iikin also presented y eoui'
munication 10 the boara, laying Iha. no
had drawn u voucher ior sne Oil OF ~
b. Hastings, expert, 70. SsIs. y lea'
son being thar ne WORKED IN tne Auu''
tors once not 70 e1eeeo tntee nours
each day Tor the nrst tnree days NO was
at work Tor me urand jury ana one aAy
charged he did not WORK ior INC SranI
Jury, and II be did do any WORK no ola
it Tor himself. hence the reduction Of
two and q half days ut ~ per day.
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