Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-07
OUR COUNTY DADS.
A Resume Of Their First Session
for the Present Month.

A Resume OF Their First SesSsOm
o Ia Present Month.
Last evening our County Dads closed
their first monthly meeting for the present
month. They were in session all day on
Monday and held a night session continu-
ing until late and all day OF yesterday.
The session was a long one, and in some
particulars rather a stormy one. Numer-
Gus questions Of importance to the people
came up for consideration, and we believe
were fully considered and determined after
patient hearing and investigation.
The most important perhaps OF these
were the salary bills for the Deputies OF
the County Treasurer, Clerk and Recorder.
Last September the Board passed sundry
orders, which were at hat time published
in full by the SENTINEL, in which, instead
of paying the deputies the sum OF 500
each per month, as had been done by the
former Board, the Clerk was allowed the
sum Of $50 per month for additional help;
the Treasurer the sum of $45 per month,
in lieu Of office rent, lights and fire and in
payment of additional help; and the
Recorder $40 per month. b Board
held that these sums ought to fully
pay AOI uh 1cCooediy nuuitiVunA hcAP,
and that the principals of these several
offices ought to work a little harder them
selves. The amount of fees returned by
these several offices per month would not
pay the salaries OF the principals for many
months, and certainly not the salaries of
| principals and deputies both. On these
grounds " stated the changes above were
made, and in the case of the Treasurer INT
Recorder these sums were only to be
allowed during the months of October,
November and December; but as to the
Clerk, to continue until the further order
Of the Board.
Notwithstanding this order, each deputy
put in his bill as usual for 500 per month
for the month of October; that is, III. T.
Hoadley as Deputy County Treasurer,
James Laird as Deputy County Clerk, and
Benjamin G. Levy as Deputy County
Recorder. There vas q strong showing
made for the allowance Of these bills, and
George w. Baker, Esq, appeared as
attorney, more particularly for the Treas
urer and Clerk. The question was fully
argued by Mr.. Baker for the claimants,
and H. K. Mitchell, Esq, appeared as
attorney for the taxpayers. The argu-
ments were concluded at a late hour on
Monday night. and then the ques-
ton was reserved for decision until
the next morning, when, on motion, the
several bills were rejected, Messrs. Baily
and Arlington voting to reject, and Mr..
| Smith voting to allow. Then, on motion,
| the sun of $50, for additional help in
| October, was allowed the Clerk, $45
| allowed the Treasurer, and $40 to the
Recorder. And thus this dispute is set
tied, SO far, at least, as the County Com
missioners are concerned.
We express no opinion as to the right
or justice of the Commissioners in their
action; the question will probably be
tested in the Courts. This we do say,
that the people have been heavily taxed,
and are clamoring for retrenchment and
reform. Our county officials are expected
to work themselves. They are paid a
salary to do this, and only such aid from
deputies as is indispensable to them in the
discharge of their duties will meet with
the approval Of taxpayers.
In addition to this question, which,
perhaps, was the most absorbing one, many
bills have been contracted by the former
Board, which have been laid over from
time to time, and these the present Board
had to settle. Many of these bills had
been contracted by the ~absconding Tro-
fatter, and. a majority Of the present
Board believed, had been contracted with
out due authority upon his part;
but in nearly all instances it
appeared as though the services had been
rendered, or the goods sold in good faith
by parties holding these claims, conse-
quently it was all the harder to determine
what was the right thing to do under the
circumstances. At the present sitting we
believe, however, a large majority of these
bills were disposed of.
In addition to these matters there was
quite a contest over the County Hospital
as to its management, and also as to
County Physician. That was finally set
tied by appointing Mrs. Sarah Leventhal
as Matron Of the Hospital at 81 per patient
per day, and continuing DR.. James
Williams as County Physician until the
LIST of December, when DR.. Thoma will re-
sumo his place, from which he had leave
Of absence.
Space will not permit us to extend this
review of the late meeting of our County
Dads to a greater length. We express our
qualification at the effort made by them at
economy and reform. Some parties may
sneer at these efforts, but we believe it is a
move in the right direction. If they
do not go on as they have started, with
the heavy debt our county already has,
it would not be long until we would have
to run ON a scrip basis, and then our debt
would accumulate like a big SNOWFALL.
Let the reform be continued.
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