The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-01
COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET.
Law Relating to County Advertising
and Other Matters of Interest
to Taxpayers

to Taxpayers.
The Board of County Commissioners
will meet next Monday for the pur-
pose of fixing the rate of county taxes
for this year 1t is presumed that the
matter of the county printing will also T
come up for consideration, for this is
the time to act, if the Board desires to
get the printing done as cheaply as
possible.
At the last meeting the Board did
not know that the COURIER would do
the work for less than half of $240, but
it knows it now, as does every tax
payer in the county. The Board also
believed that $240 was 81 less than the
work had been done for heretofore.
Whereas the same work was done for
SIP by the COURIER year ago.
All these matters have been fully ex-
planned in the COURIER during the past
three weeks and further comment is
unnecessary. 1t is simply question
whether the Commissioners will use
the taxpayers money to reward a
person whom they deem a political
friend and pay him more than twice as
much as necessary-more than twice
as much as he will offer to do the print
ing for if it is let to the lowest bidder
or take the common sense plan in the
interest of the taxpayers and give the
work to the paper that will do it the
cheapest. If the Commissioners carry
OUT the former plan they will do SO
now with a full knowledge of what
they are doing, and the people will I'M
derstand it pretty thoroughly, too.
AS we have said before, we do not
believe the Commissioners can recon-
cile themselves to any such plan. We
do not believe they are justified in pay
ing two dollars for work which they
can get done for one dollar, or that the
people will uphold them, or any other
county officer, in such a transaction.
Certainly not in this particular case,
for the petition presented by the CoUR-
TER to the Commissioners at their last
meeting was the longest petition ever
presented to Board OF Commissioners
in this county. 1t is signed by 81 tax
payers representing fully half of the
taxable property on which taxes are
, paid by residents of the county. We
have type written copy of the petit
ton but the long list of names would
take up too much room if printed in
this issue. This petition simply asks
that the county printing be given to
the COURIER, and after making a can
vass of the county, we are convinced
that five sixths of the taxpayers would
sign petition asking that the printing
be given to the lowest bidder.
Another matter relating to this sub
ject is the statement made by few
persons that the COURIER over charged
the county for printing years ago.
This is entirely untrue. When the
printing is not done under contract
the price is fixed by law, the same as
the salary of an election officer, or the
fees of Constable or Sheriff, or other
county or township officer. Whoever
heard of an election officer, for in
stance, who was entitled to $40 draw
ing down S.? The COURIER received
for printing the price allowed it by
law, and no more. Every bill was
carefully examined by the County
Commissioners and passed. Besides
this the laws are constantly being
changed. More work was required
years ago and the legal rate for adver-
Using was higher than now. Follow
ing is the law now in force relating to
legal advertising:
"All advertising ordered or required by
the State of Nevada, or by the respective
counties of the State shall be paid for by
the State or the county ordering or re-
quiring the same at the rate of two dol
lars per square of ten lines nonpareil
measurement for the first insertion and
one dollar per square for each subsequent
insertion; an insertion be held to be one
publication per week whether the news
paper in which such advertising is or
dered to be done be published daily or
weekly; provided, that nothing herein
contained shall prohibit Boards of Coun-
ty Commissioners from entering into
annual contracts for the entire official
printing and advertising of their respec-
tive counties when in their judgment
saving of public funds will be effected
thereby"
Waste of Water.