Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-21
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
ApJousHED MEETING OF THE
BoARD LAST EVENING.

BOARD LAbE ESEuAN0s
Hr. Gilman and she Grand Jury
Commuuicass Ia Answer % shs
Auditor-Abens Fixing she Jsil
Againss Breakers. Etc.
The Board Of County Commissioner
held an adjourned meeting last evening
Of which all the members Of the Board
vero present. The minutes Of the last
meeting were read and approved.
Following communications were read
aad ordered placed on fle
VIRGINIA, New, Jan. 20. 1880.
To the Honorable the Board Of County
Commissioners OF Storey County. Ne
yads-Gentlsmen : Having seen The
communication to your Honorable Board
from Stephen Wilkin, under date OF 18th
instant, In which my name Is used. !
deem Il proper to give some further In
formation concerning the taking OF the
assessment roll from the Auditors ONCE,
which IL referred to in that document.
At the time mentioned I was q mem.
ber OF the Grand Jury, and In the per.
Torrance OF my duties as such grand
Juror I visited the Auditors office In
company with Mr.. Eldridge and Mr..
Hastings (who were employed az Grand
Jury sIpsrts) for the purpose OF exam.
lining the assessment roll Of 1873.
The Auditor was absent, and as there
were other parties at work In the ofaoe
I asked permission Of Mr.. MoDuffy, the
Auditors deputy, to take the roll to the
Treasures Office for examination. This
request was granted and permission was
given me by the deputy to take the roll
from the Auditors Office. From tho
time the roll was taken from that Office
until II was returned to the Auditors
hands by me, II was In my personal
possession, and no alterations. srasurss
or additions Of any description were
made therein. Very respectfully,
B. GILMAN.
VIRGINIA, January 20. 1880.
To the Honorable the Board OF
County Commissioners. Storey county,
Nsyada-Gsntlsmsn We have seen
the communication to your honorable
Board from the County Recorder and
sx-ofioio Auditor, dated the 10th inst,
in which he asserts that he has proved
the report Of the late Grand Jury to be
q tissue Of falsehoods. We consider It
but lust to the members OF that Grand
Jury that We 90 far trespass on your
time a. to lay the following facts before
you:
After the Grand Jury report was made
Q special meeting was held for the pur.
pose Of hearing whatever statements any
Of the county or township officers might
wish to make. Mr.. Wilkin appeared
before the Grand Jury and was sworn.
Concerning the report on his office Mr..
Wilkin testified that "a Of the "a errors
in the indexes reported BY the Grand
Jury were actual errors at the time OF
the examination; and, further. that he
received . fec for properly indsxing each
left with him for record.
Mr.. Wilkin also testified that the quar-
terly reports fled by him With the
County Commissioners did not state the
full amount OF fees received BY him. a.
prescribed by law. Mr.. Wilkin testified
that his ledger showed no account OF the
various funds In the county treasury,
and that he derived his knowledge OF
the condition OF those funds from the
and vouchers OF the County
Treasurer on Ale In his ofics.
In regard to the payment for making
military roll, Mr.. Wilkin testified that
he had Q copy Of the Acts Of the last
In his office, but he
was ignorant Of the fact that the law
requiring such roll had been repealed.
In regard to the statement In the report
concerning sundry amounts charged To
accounts, Mr.. Wilkin testified
that many Of the items In this portion
Of the report were a. stated |; but some
Of them were, he claimed, Q matter OF
differences Of opinion a. to which account
hey should DO charged. He further
that this was o matter Of little
a. he was not required
BY law 10 keep these accounts.
The statute says that he shall keep his
accounts so a. to show "for what pur.
moneys were expended; and com.
with this portion Of the law re-
luires the accounts referred to to DO
tept BY the Auditor. The Grand Jury
a. an instance OF the careless
ness and incompetsncy OF the Auditor,
hat the license account 90 shown by his
Iedger Dec. 2, 1879. stood debited with o
Of $685. 92 so; that said &C
,ount being Q revenue OF the county was
to Q credit. Mr.. Wilkin testified
hat ''hs did not know whether this was
rue or not" but the Chairman OF the
on Recorder and Auditor In.
the Grand Jury OF his personal
Of the correctness OF this item
Il charged In the report. In explains
ion OF this error We will state that It 90.
in bringing forward as o debit, In.
% the new ledger, opened BY Mr.. Wiikin,
. credit balance Of $549, 600. This was
,uly one Of several errors in bringing
balances TO the wrong side OF
The ledger. Notwithstanding these cd.
errors. the experts employed by
your Honorable Body report his work
and books to be correct. MIR. wilkins
given under oath, was 80 cor.
OF the truth and correctness
of the report OF the COMMITTEES on Re-
and Auditor that the Grand Jury,
after consideration. fully and unani.
Endorsed the report and did not
consider Il necessary to make any fur.
thef allusion to It. ii
Mr.. wilkin either perjured himself
before the Grand Jury or his communi.
cation above referred to contains q will
iul, malicious and slaudsrous falsshood.
We beg to submit the foregoing state
to the consideration OF. your Hon.
Body. Very respectfully,
O. @. STEVENSON,
A. L. EDWARDS,
w. D GRAY,
GEO. r. FoARp,
E. D. BOYLE,
DENNIS NrvN,
A. HASAx,
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