Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-08-04
THE GRAND JURY REPORT.
The APPEALS Charges Sus-
tanned Against Commits
SiOner Bray.
Parkinson or Doane Sup
pressed the Publication
of Bray's Bills,
BUT NEITHER KNEW HOW 1T
ALL HAPPENED.
All the Rest ExOnerated and the
WhiteWash Bucket Exhausted.

State of Nevada, at Carson City
e New, August 3, 1892:
! SIR:-In accordance with instruc
lions received from your honor, tn
Grand Jury has, to the best of it
ability, endeavored to carry out thos,
instructions, by making thorough
investigation into the affairs Of The
county of Ormsby and the acts of the
various county officers during the
past four years.
The jury has given attention to
all charges made by the MORNING
APPEAL, and by citizens who have
asked the privilege Of appearing be
fore the Grand Jury; and further
more we have invited all citizens who
coald give the Grand jury any in
formation that would show malfea-
sance III office by any county officer,
to appear b fore the Jury and do so,
which invitation has been taken adj
vantage of generally
The Grand Jury has, as far as in
its power to do, examined into every
detail Of county affairs, as well as
into all charges made, both in public
and privately before the Grand Jury,
and has left no stone unturned or
overlooked any charge, no matter
how small, without thorough in
vestlgatlon, satisfactory to every
member of the Grand Jury.
COUNTY PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
Charges against the Commissioners
in regard to the letting of contracts
for county printing and advertising:
Upon examination of the bids and
testimony Of expert printers not in
We find that the action of
the Commissioners was legal and for
the best interests of the county. The
APPEAL bid, while one dollar lower,
excepted bound work, rule work,
md all advertising more than three
squares, while the other papers ex-
,epted bound work only.
,HARGES AGAINST COUNTY c0MMISS-
IONERS.
1t was unanimously agreed by this
frand Jury that Henry Martin,
county Commissioner, be exonerated
rom the charge of being or having
'een directly or Indirectly interested
n any county contracts of any nature
whatever.
In regard to charges against Coun.
y Commissioner Bray, we have in
estigated fully all such charges,
ave taken the opinion of District
-ttorney, and also attorneys Wood
urn and J. r. Judge. 1t is the
unanimous opinion of this Jury that Z
Il work done for the county by Mr.. {
ray, has been well done and his G
larges were reasonable, but we are IL
the opinion, from such legal adj q
ice which we have received in re- q
ard to the law, that County Com
lssloner has not the legal right to
erform any road or bridge work ex-
pit IN cases of urgent necessity. "
18th the above exception we have =
und all acts of the County Com =
issioners legal and for the best in
rests of the county.
This Grand Jury finds that the IL
lis of Charles E. Bray against the l
unity for hauling and road work, =
re wholly omitted for the period
one year, in the Tribune's publish
list Of bills against the county ),
1t is the duty of the County Clerk :
furnish the newspaper with tran
'ipt of all b lis for publication.
County Clerk Doane and E. j.
rkinson testified that they could =
account for the omission.
This Grand Jury considers this
'ss negligence on the part of some
?, but upon whom this Grand Jury
mot say. We suggest to the coun- n0
Commissioners that this duty be =.
eater attended to.
We have examined the books of W
County Clerk and County Audi
and find allibills have been prop Fa
: allowed and audited, moi
Dr.. Guinan appeared before this on
md Jury two different times in tlel
srence to the manner in which the me
lnty Physician is employed. In the
v of the fact that the Court in ion
Icted the Grand Jury that said pro
ter did not properly come under not
jurisdiction, the jury decided to Y
. no action in the matter.