Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-09
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
AN IMPORTANT NETTING LAST
EVENING.
The True InWardsess or Csssata
Exp>rtisg Revealed - Bills-xa.
suranco-Etc.


met last evening. all tho members being
present. The minutes Of last meeting
were read and approved.
Further time was granted several com.
mittees In which to report.
The District Attorney asked for Vol.
ums XII. Nevada Reports. and the
Clerk was instructed to send for 1t.
Judge Fianningham wanted the same
and Hawley's Digest; same instruction
given.
Chairman Hazeltine asked and was
granted further time in which TO report
on employing experts IN the extension
Of tho tax roll and opening the Auditors
new books.
Referred bills were allowed as follows;
J. A. Brumssy. insurance. $50 80; T.
H. Ralston. same. SEQ; Edwards & Mar
tin. same, Si63 80; j. X. Brown. Court
Commissioner fees, SIG; G. Williamson,
guard Of prisoners while working. S2S;
DR.. Van Zandt. post mortem. $50; VIM.
Krause, groceries. poor, $37 20; George
Naledon. taking patients to hospital,
etc, &c; Derby < Gsrhart, livery. So;
A. Remelli. groceries, poor. S3l; Z.
Chatslain. repairing clock, 50; E. koss-
man, lodging, POOR. Sl2; Vim. wolvin
and vile, indigent appropriation. $50.
A statement u L. b. Hastings as to
work done by him in exporting under
appointment by the Grand Jury was pre-
sented. as follows: On County Audi
tors and Recorders books, 20 days;
Virginia School District. 9 days; Jus.
tees and Constable's office. Township
No. 8, 9 days; on Grand Jury report.
5H days. Total. 34H days. at 81 so
per day, as per bill presented. $25S 20.
z. s. Eldridge's bill OF particulars Of
like services was a. follows +: Clerks
Office, 3 days; Shsrif's office. 2 days /;
District Attorneys office. l day Coro.
ner and Public Administrators office.
Il. days; Justice and Constable's office,
Z days (; Assessors Office, q day (; Audi.
tors Office, 1917 days; Hospital. 3 days;
School Trustees office. TX days; on re-
port. AZ days. Total. 3ih days, at
81 90 per day as bill presented. 1888 20.
Mr.. Eldridge was sworn and asked as
to the services rendered Al expert. The
four and q half days charged for making
the report was for writing the reports
for the committees at their request; 1t
took the four aud q half days as charged;
be had done the same the year before /;
was employed to examine the books,
vouchers, accounts. fees and charges OF
the various officers named in the item.
lied account; spent no time at anything
else that has been charged for; exported
on the County Hospital last year ; this
year examined the law in regard to my
work /; understood I was to DO paid
81 so per day. but the Grand Jury
recommended 81; cannot tell how much
I spent looking upthe law; did 30 when.
ever / had occasion to do so; cannot ap-
pro1imate to the time spent in that way;
il was not q day in all |; consulted the
District Attorney once or twice ; 1t did
not take me long to find the statutes and
read them; did not make the report that
Judge Flanningham had charged 81 for
q commitment where he should only
have charged City cents ; Mr.. Hastings
reported that I; l reported verbally and
presented my minutes was not under
oath at all ; the four and q half days
charged for making the report includes
time OF consulting with the committees;
the reports / presented were incorpora.
ted in the Grand Jury report; my report
was not made under oath ; / might Al
well have made their report. as the COM
mittees signed the report l made and the
Grand Jury adopted 1t ; think eight
hours exporting is q days work.
Commissioner Canavan said that there
was no statute authorizing the Board to
pay these bills for exporting; still, as Q
matter OF equity and in the protection Of
the interests OF the county, be was ready
to pay what was right for such services
where experts had been employed In
matters in which they were competent
to serve. In regard to other matters.
legal searchers. etc.. no was not willing
to allow for that. s II did not appear
that the experts were competent for such
services. II the Board were in favor OF
allowing for such services he should vote
against the report OF the committee and
against the allowance. He should vote
against allowing the bill unless Mr.. FL
bridge could tell how long he was On.
gagged in searches, etc.
Further time was given tho committee
in which to report on the bills Of the
experts.
III, Courthouse Committee and Dis
trict Attorney reported the following
policies Of insurance IN the county pro-
perry in due form, and they were. on
motion. accepted and ordered filed:
State Investment and Insurance Com.
pauy, San Francisco. $1,000 on Court
house.
Glens Falls, New York. $4,000 on
Courthouse.
Commercial Of California, San Fran.
cisco, $1,000 on Court.house.
British. America Assurance Company,