Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-13
At l~uuuERnEAus.
The Csansy Csumississers Rspu'
diase the Distriet AssorseS-ne
secures . vicssry, Hswsver.

The Board Of County Comnissionefs
are again at losssrheads with the Dis
trio. Attorney. Some time since they
ps,,.d a resolution requiring all county
and township officers under the salary
sy,tsm to make q full and complete re-
mort Of all the business transacted In
their respective Offices. and the resolu-
ton was worded to the effect that the
officers should not receive their salaries
till such Q report was made. The Dis
tries Attorney claims that he informed
the Board then that 1t would be all right
for the officers to make such Q report to
them, bat that 1t did not We In the power
OF the Board to compel . report further
than Of the actual cash receipts.
This month . number Of oficsrs have
simply reported the cash receipts Of
their Offices. The Board laid over the
reports claiming that the Law was not
complied with, and also stating that the
respective salaries would not bs ordered
paid until IL vas complied With. The
District Attorney was appealed to and he
rsasssrted his former statement and
claimed that the officials had done oil
required by law.
This was not satisfactory to the Board.
however, and they yesterday passed the
following, a. taken from the minutes:
"Now, on motion. the Court.hsuse Com
mittss DO empowered to employ Judge
Whitman to give this Board q written
opinion as to the nature Of the reports
required by law from the several sslarisd
officers Of this county"
Following 10 the section OF the stat
ute In dispute:
The several officers named in this Act
shall. at the expiration OF every month.
make out and file with said Treasurer q
full and accurate statement. under oath.
Of all fees. percentages, or compensa.
tions Of whatever nature or kind, re-
csivsd in their several official capacities
during the preceding month; also o du'
plicats copy 10 the County Commission.
ers, in which statement they shall set
forth the causes in which and the SER
vices for which such compsnsstions
we're received, and II shall DO the duty
Of each one Of said officers to keep q
book In which shall be entered by items
every kind or description Of services
performed by them OF their deputies;
the time OF rendering said services and
the amount allowed by law for each par
ticular service, which book Or books
shall bs open to the inspection OF the
Board Of County Commissioners and
every citizen at all times"
A telephone message received at the
Ngws Office states that Whitman pressn-
ted his written opinion to the Board at
their meeting this afternoon and that
his Interpretation Of the statutes agreed
with District Attorney Hiles.
II is true fermsr Boards have done
exactly what the Commissioners did
yesterday, disregard the advice Of the
District Attorney aud employ other law.
ysrs at the county's expense. but that
does not make 1t right or just. and few
taxpayers will uphold such o course.
The interest OF stake with the Commits.
sioners was nil and they could have well
Afforded to accept the District Attorneys
opinion. Again. in the opinion Of an
eminent lawyer. the Board has NO right
to pay counsel fees (outside OF the Dis
trict Attorney and his deputy, a '
whore suits are brought, and then the
statutes say the Board may employ addi'
tional counsel.
The language OF the statute Is not am
biguous nor It's meaning obscure and the
necessity OF legal advice Of all will not
be apparent to the average reader.