Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-02-02

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the District Attorney and Assessor
could be utilized for other purposes at
a profit to the county.
COUNTY ROADS.
We find that the sun Of one thous- |
and, seven hundred, seventy seven
dollars and eighty-six cents has been
expended upon the public highways
of the county during the last year for
labor alon'.
As the county does not maintain to
exceed thirty-fve miles Of roads, a
considerable portion of which needs
little or no repairs, we consider this
expenditure unnecessarily large. We
allude to this matter for the reason
that it has been represented to the
Grand Jury that bills have been
audited by the Board OF G mmission-
ers for the services Of man and team
when the team was MOI so used, ex-
cept perhaps to take the party out to
his work and return. And from the
fact that in some instances bills have
been presented and allowed without
being sworn to by the claimant 1t is
feared that.in such cases the services
charged for have not been faith
fully perfor med.
The county at present maintains
two roads in the direction Of Glen
brook, me by way of Kings canyon
and the other by Clear Creek. As the
former is but little useu, except for a
short distance. We recommend that
the portion Of the road from the resi-
dence of John Heidenreich to the
boundary line OF Douglas county be
al andOned.
This recommendation is made
maiDly for the reason that many
Of the bridges on this road are old,
and the timbers having become rot
ten, they are unsafe for loaded teams
and to repair the roads sufficiently to
render them safe would envolve a
greater expense than the necessity for
their use demands.
The woodshed recently built in the
rear Of the County Building we be-
lieve to have been erected at too great
an expense. considering the state Of
the county's finances, ard that a
cheaper structure, costing not ne
half as much, would have answered
every purpose.
COUNTY BONDS.
The bonds of the county outstand-
ing and unpaid are as follows:
Indian School Bonds, issued
Jan. Z, 1889 ............ $4,000 90
Agriculture Assn Bonds,
issued Jul e 10. 1889. 10000 90
Agriculture Ass'n. Bonds,
Issued June 10. 1889. 10000 90
The life Of these bonds was fixed by
the act authorizing their issue to ten
years, with a provision that at least
$4,000 of these bonds should be re-
tired bv the county each year, after
five years from the date of their issue,
until all the bonds should be retired.
And the County Commissioners were
authorized and required to levy a
special tax for this purpose and the
payment Of Interest Coupons as the
| same became due.
BY the neglect or refusal Of the
Commissioners to comply with the
, outstanding Of the first issue eight
bonds of one thousand dollars each
which become due and payable Jan.
; Z, 1899, and ten bonds in a like sum
which fall due June 10, 1899.
1t will be seen that We have bonds
in amount aggregating the sum of
eighteen thousand dollars which fall
, due in two years with no provision
!, having been made for their payment.
!, We therefore recommend such leg
i~slation at the present session of the
Legislature as will maintain the credit
q Of the county and be acceptable to the
:, holders of the bonds,
= FEES OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
OF the amount of unsolicited fees
I reported by the last Grand Jury We
J. find that Mr.. Tyrrel! has succeeded in
collecting as follows:
1 From those during the term of VIM.
Fl. Doane. s29.35, leaving a balance
Of q hundred. ninety-three dollars
and twenty-five cents still unsolicited.
{ From those during the term Of Mr.
L Aube, 1888, 40, leaving a balance OF
| sixty dollars and ten cents.
Ero~ tho foro~o;n, - -;Il 10 49,
that there is now due the county $253.