Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-01-22
GnASD jury rErnHr.

n, he HoY X. z. BIGELoT, Dit
piei ledge eftAs STATE Of Nss49a. IA
ana for ne cor-;y Of EEsa:
We your Grand JrEy. assembled on
the sth. day o. January. isSs, have
completed on. l.tors and bss leave to
repor. as follows:
There have been presented fo- our
consideration. four az cases toS As
x,ult With intent 20 Kill. Two otttem
We have ignored and presented you
with true Bills for each Of the oihers.
We have presented you With Seven
"a Bills for Killing. Stealing. Re-msrk-
in. and ~Re-braudiug cattle, resisting
an officer aud a conspiracy 20 def.srd
the cattlemen in the vicinity Of the par
ties named in the Indictments.
We have examined the books and
papers Of the diEereGt County Oa;cers
and have discovered 10 erEors. with The
exceptions named be!o|.
The books OF the County Clerk we
find in an unsatisfactory condition.
While il is clear to ~ tia: there vas 10
int ntion Oh the part o! the incumbent
to do auy vroug ac:, ve fear there are
more errors made that might not only
c.uss the County much expense, but
cause q loss to the Bordccen Of that
officer. We have spent some time o.
the booS~. but we do not feel e0mpe-
tent to detect all the errors, even il VS.
had the time and think i; the duty Of
the proper officers 10 ORDER IN M
MEDIATE examination Of them and TO
make them correct. These errors were
many Of them caused lin our judge
ment) by the lack Of knowicdgc as to
the duties OF the Office ari negligence
in attending to the duties thereof.
There have been three complaints
made in regard to the Office Of County
Sup.. OF Public Iust.uction, and had
they not been righted, would have been
deemed sufficient to have warranted an
Indictment against the present incum-
celt. We would sugges:to the incun-
beat, th It il would not be we'll for the
errors to occur again.
We fonnd in the Auditors Office, two
| ills which hal been allowed by the
Commissioners and pail by the Treas
urer. for fees for bounty on sca!ps.
These were clearly paid contrary 10
Law, bu: we think they occurred
through mi-Hpprehen-ion rs 10 the ex-
at wording OF the Act Of the LcSi,Ia-
ture. We refer to the bills OF L. L.
Morgan and JAS. +. Murphy.
Oar attention had been called to the
fact that the different justices Of the
Peace throughout the county with per-
hips two exceptiousl have fl!l.l TO
make the proper report OF fees collected
in their respective Offices. TO the Board
Of County Commissioners. THIS il
clearly contrary 10 the Statutes, and il
not promptly complied with, should re-
ceive serious attention. This Act re-
TO the report Of fees Of different
seems to be carried out verv
in some instances, the in
cu'nbea.s seem 70 think SO long rs they
report, or receive the amounts, they
done al that Is required, but the
Law is very plain that it shall be sch,
TO the Board OF Commissioners FULLY
TENTED.
We have rs n whole body, visited the
Hospital, Jail and Court House and
everything AZ Nee and orderly rs it
could be. W. desire particularly. to
those in charge Of the Hos
pitnI. and We think it 4houll always be
in The neat aud orG,rly condition
ID It II now j.. Tue outside needs
painting aud the foundation some re-
Respectfully Submitted, u.
". r. SMITH.
Foreman OF the Grand Jury.
J. l. HovEVMks.
Clerk Of the Grand Jury.
El'io. Nevada, january IS. 1883.