Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-10-10

, Land Office on the 3lst of May 1888,
this being the time when the Sur
veyor General was vainly attempting
t. establish .anicable relations.
pay 20 get {. S. Land Office filing
cancled, as this Office has often done
the same for nothing, and if Mr.
Hickey believed this office at fault
1T would have cost less to have had
the matter tested i'll Court, besides
had 1t been proven against this office,
1T would have certainly prevented
the reelection of General Jones as
Surveyor General on the Republican
ticket, but nothing is heard of this
awful dereliction of duty until Mr..
Jones re-appears SIX years later as
the nominee for Governor by the
Silver Party.
THE ITEM OF FEES Is SORE SPOT.
"Messrs Day and W,therell make
no report for the reason that no Zee
ord las been kept.
| How is it known that no record
is kept! Did either of the gentlemen
ask to be shown such records! Mr..
Day would not ask for it-as he we'll
knew that such was a private matter,
nov did Mr.. Witherell make such Ie-
quest. Quoting from the editorial.
ANY person who desires copy of
any map or plat in the Land Ott &c
or copy of Patent issued may procure
the same, but he is charged a fee
therefore 1t is taken for granted
chat the price charged is S. or St for
a copy IF map, and 1t is asserted
that they are made by craftsman
for whose services the State pays a
stated salary. The margin allowed
on price of copies of maps is wrong.
The price ranges from 81 10 s. &C
cordIng 10 the labor expended there
on. They are not all made by the
craftsman for whose services che
State pays and who is accordingly
bound to serve the State and make
maps at all hours Of the day and
night. The law requires that office
hours in all the Sat, Departments
shall be from 10 "a. m. - 4. y. IN. It
has been the custom for the past 5
years for General Jones to reach the
office at $50 q. m. and depart be
tween 4 and > p. N. The Deputy
reaches the office at go a. m. ana
departs at 80 p m, if the day :
requirements are completed, which
Frequently is not the case until much
later. The drattstlan reaches the
office at 9 .. m. and leaves at / p. m.
The time between the hours named
is devoted to State work IN which no
fees are paid or charged Were the
hours computed il would show that
the State is not defrauded as TO time
Is it presumed that none shall eat or
sleep or enjoy social life! or does the
State demand the body and soul of
its employees. This immense array
of maps, on which So many thous-
ands of dollars Of fees have been col
lected, have been made in the hours
in which neither the Stat. or any
private individual would demand of
its servants. 1t is untrue that the
State material was used for private
work The maps are made on vellum
bought by the craftsman, paid for by
him aud the number made will aver
age about two per month. Neither
the State time or material is used,
and the money so earned, is at the
deposal of the one mating the map.
Great stress is placed on the copies of
patents. That being a personal
matter of my own, report can be
sary. During the past twelve years
the total number of copies of Patents
made i'll this office will not exceed
81. OF this number "a were made
by myself, for which a charge of
g, 90 each was made and payment
received for %. and the money put
in my own individual pocket, These
copies were lot made during office
hours, but State blanks were used,
and the State Land Office seal placed
thereon, as most were t. be used in
court. have also made one map III
the twelve years for which the sum
of SO was paid into my hand for my
use and benefit, Also | made alb
stracts of papers between the hours
of 7. m. and 4 a. NJ, working all
! NIGHT to Accommodate patrons for