The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-12-08
ON U OFFICERS.

Z. A. PETERSON.
ON equity OFFICERS.
To III. A. CoMINs. Foreman I Your
Committee appointed TO examine the
books and affairs OF the various
county officers, beg leave to submit
the following report We have made
as thorough examination ofthe books
and accounts of the several county
officers as the limited time at our
command would permit. We find
the books of all the county officers
kept in a neat, clearly and intelligi-
Bile manner, and all the accounts and
statements of the various officers
strictly agree one with the other.
We find the finances OF the county
in a very deplorable condition. No
SALARY, nor any portion thereof, Of
any county officer has been paid since
the LIST OF January last, and there
WAS on the 1st day of the present
month but $40 80 in the Salary Fund
Of the county with which to pay the
salary OF all county officers for the
ten months last past. What ices have
paid into the Salary Fund by the
present incumbents Of office has been
consumed in paying the arrears due
the outgoing officers of last term.
We attribute this state Of affairs
mainly to the workings of what is
termed the ''Salary Law and other
causes well known to every tax payer
in the county.
We find that some OF the county
officers, viz: the County Clerk, Dis
trict Attorney, Treasurer aud Asses-
sor have strictly com piled with the
law aud have monthly paid into the
County Treasury all ices collected by
them in their official capacities, while
the Sheriff and Auditor and Recorder
have neglected and refused TO make
such monthly payments of fees,
claiming as an exemption therefrom
that the county is greatly indebted to
them for arrears of salary, and that
they have n right To retain such fees
until such time as their salary is
paid.
Without entering into a discussion
of the legal technicalities of the quss-
ton involved, we would respectfully
submit TO this Grand Jury that the
law as il now exists works a great in
justice both to the county officers and
to the taxpayers. We find and are
clearly satisfied that each and every
county officers has fully complied
with the law in regard to returning
monthly statements OF the amount Of
fees collected in their respective
Offices as per statements hereto an
nexed,
We commend the action of the
Hon. Board of County Commission
ers in their present effort to collect
the amount of the d~efalcation of the
late Treasurer of this county from his
bondsmen,
From examination OF letters and
kilograms, exhibited to us, we find
that the moneys and other securities
OF the county, deposited by the
County Treasurer in the Bank Of
California, are deposited in the name
of White Pine County, and for a full
and com plete statement of the county
finances we respectfully refer to Ex-
hibit A, attached hereto.
We find that the official bonds
OF the various county and town.
ship officers, with a few exceptions
which we have pointed out to the
County commissioners, are good
and sufficient to cover all liabilities;
and we also find that the various
county and State licences, in SO far as
we can determine, have been closely
collected, with one or two exceptions,
aud for the character and amount Of
all licences collected we refer TO Elk
hibit -, attached hereto.
The action OF the County Commits
sioners in allowing the County Re-
corder and Auditor a deputy at a per
diem Of four dollars, is In our opinion
warranted by law, and justified by
the surrounding circumstances.
1t is the opinion of your commit
tee that the County Treasurer has no
authority by law to deposit the county
money in any bank in San Francisco
or elsewhere, otherwise than the
County Treasury, except the same
ood N a N ttanarial danoait.o