Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-03-12
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Regular Monthly Meeting-Busines SIS
Transacted, Etc.

Regular Monthly Observation-Disclosures
| Transacted. Etc.
The Board of County Commits
sioners held it's regular monthly
meeting on the 7th; present Theo.
Vinson, Chairman; w. H. Spragg
and Geo. e. Jaqua, Commissioners;
Henry Wood, Clerk.
The minutes Of previous meeting
were read and approved.
The bills allowed will be found
in another column.
Board made an order transferring
$41566 from General to Officers Sal
airy Fund.
The reports of the several county
officers were received, examined
and ordered filed.
A complaint was made to the
Board charging w. H. Warren, one
of the trustees of District No. 8 with
malfeasance in Office and asking for
his dismissal. After some consid-
Grafton, and the legal opinions of the
District Attorney, County Clerk and
Attorney Deale, the Board decided
that it had no jurisdiction in the
matter.
The additional bond of Sheriff
Donnelly was received, examined
accepted. 1t was for $4,000
In regard to the road in Town
I
ship IA, in Mason Valley, known as
the Brooks and Fagenspan road, it
was ascertained that one Genzel had
fenced the road to obstruct passage.
The Board ordered the Clerk to not
ify Mr. Genzel to remove obstruc-
tons to travel on the road within
ten days or legal steps would be
taken to make him do SO.
In relation to the road in Mason
Valley, a portion of which the
Greenwood Ditch Company took for
ditch purposes, the Board ordered
the Ditch Company to rebuild road
on upper side of its ditch, and place
it i'll good order, between the two
points taken possession of by the
Ditch Company.
Commissioner Jaqua was delegat-
ed to ascertain the cost and advisa
bility of building a culvert over the
large slough on the Barnett ranch
on the road to Mason Valley.
The Board being notified that a
portion of the Barrett Bros. fence
in Mason Valley was upon the road,
ordered the Clerk to notify Barrett
Bros. to remove the fence so as to
make the road the required width.
N. j. auckland, Constable of
Dayton Township, rendered his
resignation, which was accepted.
The Board declared the office of
County Surveyor, to which L. Davis,
of Sutro, was elected, vacant, as Mr..
Davis had never qualified, and J.
NJ. Houston, of Mason Valley was
appointed to fill the vacancy.
Four bids were received for the
care of the INDECENT in the county.
The bids for District No. 1 were
as follows: Mrs. NJ. A. Jaqua agreed
to keep all INDECENT in the District
for 81 per day, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chubbuck agreed to keep them for
80 cents per day. In District No. 2
C. Hernleben agreed to keep indi-
gents for $25 per month, and G. l.
Leavitt's bid was $40 per month.
After reading the above bids the
Board took a recess until 1 o'clock.
When the Board again met it was
decided to reject all bids for care of
indigents, and each Commissioner
to use his own discretion in caring
for them.
Commissioner Spragg was re-
quested to have the road through
Hutson Pass put in good condition
so that Smith Valley farmers would
have no trouble in getting to the
new Touring mill in Mason Valley.
The Board ordered the publishing
of the new election law in the
TINES from time to time until next
November, so that all might become
acquainted with its provisions be-
fore election.
There being no further business
the Board adjourned to meet April
4th, next.