Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-03-12
THE NEW GRAND JURY.
How 1t is Comp osed-The Judges
Charge.

VIM A0'h @oS1NNJt $3.50 NO''N"a -
citizens summoned for that purpose
having answered to their names:
George w. Cooke, John Vande-
water, T. S. Davenport, Il. A.
Young, James A. Waddell, Horton
futile, T. D. Calvert, w. II. At
kinson, M. Kelly, Hugh CARING,
II. G. Glenn, Martin Cooney, John
Garnett, d. E. Harkin, NJ. b.
Augustine, x. X. Hackett, NJ. Eb-
ner, j. d. Blackburn, j. c. Cru
Der, Greeley French, l.. d. Noyes
and f. J. Titus.
Messrs. Briggs, Kelly, Cook,
Cooney, Hackett and French were
excused.
X. A. Young was appointed fore
| man.
The Judge delivered his charge.
1t being too lengthy for our col
umns, only such portions of it as
are deemed of general interest are
published, as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE jury: The
statutes Of this State require the
Court to inform you as to the nature
of your duties, and any charges for
public offenses returned to the Court,
or likely to come before the Grand
Jury - which information l shall
now proceed to give you. The stat
ute defines your duties as follows !:
You have the power, anu il IS your
duty, to inquire into all public of
| lenses committed or triable within
the jurisdiction of this Court, and to
present them to the Court, either by
presentment or Indictment.
X
am required by the laws of this
State to give in charge specially to
every grand jury of this court GER
tain statutes OF this State, which /
now proceed to give you. These
statutes are " An Act to regulate the
sale or disposal of opium, and to pro.
hibit the keeping Of places of resort
for smoking or otherwise using that
drug" +
Also, statute entitled =" An Act to
regulate fees aud 2ensaiion for
official aud other services in tie State
of Nevada" to be found ia the sec.
ond volume of Compiled Laws of Ne
vada, pages 10, etc. This statute is
amended in Statutes of Nevada of the
year 1875, pages 147, etc. An Act
relating TO elections, to be found in
the Compiled Laws of Nevada, pages
10, Is, 81, | give in special charge to
You, as required by law
also give in charge to you sec
tons II, ~, "a and rs of "An Act
relating to officers, their qualities
tio1s, etc, misconduct in office, and
to euiarce official duty" approved
Mar. il 0, 1866, to he found in the
second volume Of the Compiled
Laws Of Nevada, pages 40 and 80.
Sec. II of this Act provides that
" The State Treasurer and Control
Ter, the several county, city, or
town cooperation officers OF this
State, are hereby expressly prohibit
ted from purchasing or selling, or in
any manner receiving To their own
use or benefit, or to the use and BEN
fit of any person or persons whatever
"a State mr.
scrip, orders, demands, claim or
claims, or other evidences OF
Indebtedness against the STATE, or
any county, city, or town thereof"
and makes a violation OF the provis-
ions of this section public oifeose,
indictable and triable within the
jurisdiction of this Court. Section
~ Is somewhat similar to Section
II of this Act.
Section "A of this Act reads rs
follows: "The provisions of said
sections shall not be construed so as
to prohibit any State officer from pur
chasing orselling county or city war
rants, or any county or city officer
from purchasing the warrants of the
State, or any other city or county, or
to prevent any State, county, or city
officer from selling or transferring
such warrants or scrip as he may re
ceive for his services. bat none other"
In the opinion Of the Court Sec
lions II and 70 do not prohibit
township officers such as justices of
the peace and constables aud school
district officers or trustees from
purchasing or selling the warrants
or other evidences OF Indebtedness
against the county in which they
are officers; but all county officers
are prohibited from purchasing or
selling any such evidences of in
debtedness against the county of
which they are officers, except such
warrants or scrip as they may re-
ceive for their own services. The
policy of the law is that county
officers should be prohibited from
dealing in such demands against
the county of which they are off
GERS for the reason that, being
called on to audit, allow or pay
such demands, they might in some
cases. 'withont such prohibition. al