Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-10
CosCEnHIso OFFICIAL Bonds

ConCEnHIaa OFFICIAL BONDS.
Asssmblyman Coffin has introduced .
ILL to repeal the present Law regarding
onaoiai bonds. and to abolish and do
avsy with al Official bonds In this State.
The eiss Of the bill Ia contained in the
extracts:
sro. 4. All Acts and parts Of Acts or
s-tstutes nov In force In this State. in %
FAR a they relate 70. require or provide for
oficisl bonds, or any bonds, OF any oncer
or psson holding any Once. position or
station Of honor. trust Or profit In this
STATE, for the faithful discharge Of the
duties Of such enacs, position or station.
are hereby repealed.
SIC. s. All ofaeiL bonds heretofore
given In this State are hereby declared 70
bs Of no force or effect Whatever from and
after The dnal passage and approval OF this
Act.
The Nsws has long since been Of the
opinion that ofacial bonds, - . general
proposition. are . huubus. q dslusiou
and . snare. and the sooner the whole
system 10 upss. and done away with. the
better IL will b for everybody. The
biggest rascal or noodle In the world
might b able to give or procure bonds
or surstiss. where the most honest
and capable could not. Experience has
shown that bonds or sureties thus given
for the faithful performances Of ofacial
dlty. even when forfeited. are rarely
found available: In fact, the only r~ssliza-
ton In the matter eiphsrs down to tho
original proposition. the ofnsisl in quss-
ton. II hs 10 found to be . de-
faulter or guilty Of misdemeanor or
malfessancs in Office. he and he alone
should Be punished therefor. and not
lis friends who innocently and con-
Hdingly went on his bond. He should
Be punished. 10 he has not committed
suicide or run away. leaving bis ceahd'
ing friends to face the consequences OF
his. not their rsscality. A . plain proven
matter OF fact this bond business
IL an encouragement to dsfalcation and
~malfsssanes In Office. The official him.
self does not feel that the responsibility
o, bis position rests with himself alone
but that he Is backed mp BY his friends
who in reality arc looked to a. the
responsible parties-hs 10 merely the
fgurshesd 10 the matter.
For instance. County Treasurer Car
rick was we'll Endorsed by good respon-
sibls friends who each contributed what
Of financial responsibility they felt able
to his bond. not from any possible
chance or share in the emolu-
msuts Of the office to themselves.
or altogether that their friend Car
rick should have . good position.
but in order that Storey county should
have Q Treasurer. Without bonds thus
Voluntarily given. Storey county could
have NO Treasurer. II everybody should
combine and agree not to 60 on the bond
Of anybody. Storey county could never
more have . Treasurer. unless the
bill mentioned should pass abolish
ing the bosd system altogether.
Csrrick was poor man. and the hand.
ling Of 20 much money in the County
Treasury proved too great q tenn ptstion
to him. He felt that he could use some
Of II for speculative purposes, and come
out all right. o. thousands have
done before. Even 10 he should
some out loser. the county could
net. for had he not already
secured the county against loss BY the
signatures OF his frisndsi He did not
even look upon Il In the light Of a crime
against the county. but more q An abuse
Of the confidence rspossd In him by his
friends. He grieved for them more than
for any other phase in the proposition.
Carrick Is % in the State Prison,
being punished for his dsfalcation; Why
should his innocent friends DO punished
also 2 What have they done that the
money must DO forcibly taken from
their pockets to pay for his NAL.
~fsssanesf Yes, and suppose the County
Commissioner. whose duty IL was to see
that his bond was kept good. had neg
lsessd IL until the real responsible bonds
men In the case had ciphered down to q
still fewer number. to u man for in.
stance. would 1t be right to slaughter
that one man for Carrick's crimei
Abolish the bond business altogether.
and responsible men would be elected TO
Office on their wi bottom for honesty
and capsbility. Then make Il the
duty Of one set Of officials to
watch the others more closely. Make
the Treasurer deposit his receipts con-
stsntly 10 the hands Of some good bank
banking institution. II deemed advisable.
and II the bank breaks let the county
stand the loss. a. 1t should. But II oil
acceptable or respectable bondsmen
would combine against going on any
ones bond any more. that would be the
end Of this business without any Act Of
the Legislature.
Skulls Of people who existed In Ne
vada during the ants-sagebrush period
are frequently found about Phoebe. The
other night the reporter OF the Phoebe
Record wa on his way homo from the
brewery to his cabin in the suburbs
0han suddsplv \. 80 - 49,.