The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-10-22
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NoSa oeEacs = eccuNAttoAs ARainht
the Boari Of County Commissioners,
which. being unsustaiued By the facts,
We. as q member OF said Board. did not
deem worthy Of more than = verbal de-
nial; but having discovered through the
unjust aud unProvoked attack made
upon them By u very large minority Of
that jnry-for Il is well known that the
entire proc edings OF that body we're
directed and engineered by not to eI-
coed four Of its members, as are most
Grand Juries-that the sole object Of
that report, which was to cast q stigma
upon the chtract-rs OF the men COM
prising the Board, had become partially
successful. in justice to ourself and col
leagues ne snail now. BY a plain. simple
statement. show to the public tho true
inNariness Of that Star Chamber inqui-
sition. aud the snormity Of the offenses
bich. after six long days of toiling
and sweating on the part OF n c. A.
Watson, Secretary. and Ea trrn expert
but no tax payer-assist-d by that i'm
mneuiats Christian reiormer. II. w.
Brown. foreman, was erbumei.
One Of the charges was that the
Board ''wilIfullv. unlawfuIiy aud cor
ruptiy counted in cert in amounts. slips
OF paper commonly called tags, as
mouey in the County Trrasurer'S office
when they were counting the funds be-
longing to Elko county in custody of
the Treasurer, at their meetings IN May
aud June" Now. with aspect to this
churSe, the facts are these: The ''slips
OF paper" r,fsrred to as tags were IN
envelope containing a receipt for taxes
to the amount Il S2s.l3, which were
about to become delinquent, md the
payment OF which was aIsumed by the
Treasurer. the party ibeins a friend
Tor whom he desired TO save the extra
percentage following a delinquency,
and scrip for salary then due, but not
transferred. for 500, which had been
temporarily accepted by the Treasurer
ms security for coin to that amount,
then due.
Another charge was-uith the same
dreadful array of words forming the
preamble TO all the other charg-s-that
the Board had accepted the Official
bond OF Thomas Giblin. swell knowing
said bonds to be not in Eecor lance with
law" This charge, more clearly. per-
hnps, thai any of the Others. shows
the animus Of the little coterie OF Star
Chamber manipulators toward the
Board. and clearly mauifests the petty
malice which inspired their every action
n the intensity Of their desire IL
smell ont some iniuitrsimal stink With
which to regals their moibidly sensitive
nostrils. There was nevor the slightest
grounds for such charge, aud none bet
ter knew that fact than those who
brought IL.
Another Of the consuming griefs Of
the select coieri- OF jury herlers waS
that one NJ. II. Miller" was allowed To-
hold 'hs ofhc, OF Deputy Recorder and
TT, nsur,r Mt the same TINS. The first
he held By authority Of Legislative
enactment, and the latter vas ouly
given 10 him after a profF-red appoint
ment Ivy the Board was declined by n
Republican member OF the Grand Jury
which subsequently brought the CHI srges
Tor the purpose OF avoiding tho ncces-
sity Of proceedings to sscuro the couaiy
against loss. The propriety and wisdom
OF the course pnrsusd by the Board In
connection with this matter IS best at
tested by the fict that the county lost
moi n single dollar, nor was q boudsman
called upon to contribute ono cent.
Another charge against tbs Board is
thrt they allowed bills for The salary CT
a Deputy Sheriff when the latter hal no
deputy. This was merely n "blast for
buncomb" on the par. OF that noble
little band OF rrformers. who, by "Di-
vine Right" as it verc. would handle
the regulations Of men in every way
their ~superiors. The Law allows
the sdary Of a Deputy Sheriff. and not
the Commissioners. as every body con-
vrrsant with the statutes knows full
well. A further charge was that the
Board had allowed bills for the boatd
Of the jtiler. contrary TO lay. which
was true, but which could have htpn
satisfactorily explained. had an menu
her OF the board been allowed to do 80.
The practice OF putting Ia bills Tor the
board Of j~iilers was first introduced by
Dir. II. W. Brown. foreman Of the
complaining Grani jury, at tho very
beginning Of his administration as
Sheriff OF Elko county, several years
ago. which practice bad been continued
10 ihec close Of bis term. through tia,
Of + l.. Sci rs tarm. aud on until the
passage Of the Salary Act absolutely
prohibited II. The present Dcatd uu-
willingly committed an error In rccor-
nizing that claim. aud Immediately on
discovery OF the fact-vhich discovery
was made by the Board themselves
they Immediately recliaed the error By
cutting Of from the succeeding jiilct's
salary bills on amount equal to that
e~rroneously silowcd. thus fully iudrm.
nifying the county for the los. sustain.
cd; neither did such ac,iou meet with
any opposition from tho Sheriff. II
there IL sny evidence al t,.,J y, o.,