The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-04-14

year 1880 alone.
Corroborative of the above, with the
Sherif's book as authority, we would
cite few instances:-
ID. p, Crook has paid no license for
four years, James Gould has paid no
license for one year, Jno. Borland has
paid no hotel license for one year, A.
kleinhans has paid no liquor license
since Feb. 20, 1880.
S. B. Hughes paid no liquor license
for four months he kept liquor bar.
We have examined into the manner
in which the Peace Officers of this
county have performed their duty, and
view with alarm the farcical manner in
which they have attempted to enforce
the law At intervals, the different
precincts of this county have been the
scenes of the widest rioting, regardless
of the feeble efforts of the imbecile
officials, and much to the annoyance of
respectable citizens. Attention is
called to Gen. Sec. 1856 c. L.
We find that our late County Clerk
charged the people court fees as pre-
scribed in Gen. Secs. 2766 and 2767 C.
L., but has failed to pay the same to
the County Treasurer as made his duty
in Gen. Sec. 1859 of the same, and in
violation. of Gen. Sec. 1862 G. L. OF
court fees appearing in clerks books
and approximating $2l59, the Treas
urers books only show payments to the
amount Of $685. We find that Gen.
Sec. 2737 G. L. makes the fee s'for en-
tering each suit in the plaintiffs and
defendants index, oneAdollar," but that
our late County Clerk charged for that
work two dollars, thereby directly
overcharging the public $3.50 In viola-
ton of Gen. Sec. 1855 C. L.
4 We find that Gen. Sec. 3075 C. L.
preseribes the compensation Of the
Clerk of Board of County Commission
ers to,he s. per day not to exceed 500
per annurp in the aggregate; that our
late County Clerk has received for such
services much larger sums, but owing
to the confused and indefinite manner
in which the entries have been made in
his books, we are unable to arrive at
the amount thus received.
We find that our late County Clerks
books"were kept in avery unclerical
manner, errors, erasures, interlinea-
tons, and slovenly blotches being OF
very frequent occurrence.
The impunity with which county
officials trample under foot the minor
provisions of law pertaining to their
official duties makes the application of
some remedy for the evil imperative.
After mature consideration this Jury
have determined upon the milder
course, in preference to. the sterner
| processes OF Justice.
Hoping that "the wayfaring official
may read, and Humboldt county be-
come the beneficiary. in conclusion, we
desire to call attention to the fact that
our session has been a. prolonged one,
but owing to the instructions of the
| lCourt and onrf own oaths we have
found it impossible to make our exam
nations in ayshorter time, and even
now our work is not as thorough as we
could wish, and we earnestly recon-
mend that succeeding Grand Juries
take.up the work and push it forward,
until the present rotten and pernicious
system of conducting county affairs is
broken up, and the County officers
learn to perform their duties honestly
and faithfully. Then may we lock for
an era of prosperity, lowering of the
rate of taxations and a lessening of the
present heavy indebtedness of the
| county,
A. MORRISON, Foreman.
FRANK NARAMoRE, w. I'll. MINOR,
AND'w WEsTFahI, s. w. HAMMAND,
ROBERT O'NEAL, NJ E. BUsHEE,
C. ". HINKEy, JOHN REED,
VIM. r. AGNEw, Jos. MARzEN,
EDMOND LYING, ROBERT PFLUGER,
j. w. Brown, ANTOINE JOSEPH,