The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-02-06
TAX LEVY FOR 1904
PROCEEDINGS OF COMMISSIONERS

Have Not Been Assessed
for Poll Tax-Beowawe
Wants a Jail.
The regular monthly meeting of the
the Board of County Commissioners
was held Monday. February 1.
Observation-Disclosures Fraser, Pa
roni and McNaughton; also the Clerk
and District Attorney.
The Commissioners and Auditor
counted the money in the Treasury and
found the same correct.
A list of the bills allowed will be
found in another column.
A communication was received from
Mrs. Lucetti of Amethyst, Colorado,
daughter-in-law of Mrs. M. Dolan, stat
ing that it would be impossible for them
to care for the old lady in her present
condition.
A communication was received from
the County Clerk Of Elko County in re-
gard to Eureka County live stock graz
ing in that county during 1908. Some
5000 Eureka sheep have been grazing in
Elko County, and the bill will amount
to about sos.
A communication was received from
Mrs. j. r. Ennor asking that the road
in Pine Valley near the Stone House
ranch be repaired. The Board en-
ployed Thomas Maggetti to view the
road and estimate temporary repairs.
A communication was received from
B. L. Smith asking that a school dis
trict be established at Roberts Creek.
A petition was received from citizens
of Palisade and Summit School Districts
asking that the two districts be consoli-
dated. The matter was referred to the
County Superintendent of Schools.
A petition was received from citizens
of Beowawe asking the county to build
a Jail at that place.
The bill of ]. w. Ebert, Constable at
Beowawe, caused considerable discus
sion. COMMISSIONS Fraser voted mo"
to pay So, paid by said Ebert to a
deputy at Beowawe to watch Manuel
Comes. an insane person. Mr.. Fraser
objected to the item in the bill on the
ground that it was contrary to law and
the Board had no right to allow it,
Constable's fees being definitely stated
in the Statutes. That the man was ar
rested at IL a. m. placed on the cars at
s p. m, and taken to Palisade, where
he was locked up in the Jail all night.
Commissioners McNaughton and Paroni
contended that as there is no Jail at
Beowawe in which the prisoner could
have been placed, that if Mr.. Ebert
had other business to attend to he
could not have taken the prisoner along
with him, and they thought the bill
should be allowed and accordingly
voted Eyes" They stated that a
similar bill was allowed by the Board
within the last few months. Mr..
Fraser in reply said hat he was not
aware that the county had to furnish
the Constable with a Jail wherever he
made an arrest. In regard to the bill
previously allowed. he stated he was
absent from that meeting, and that he
would have voted no had he been
present; and. further, that he
did not want it established as a prece-
dent that Constables could hire de-
puties at the expense of the county
without authority of the law.
Complaints having been made to the
Board that the Assessor had not levied
poll tax for 1908 on a number of people
who were able to pay and who could
easily have been reached, and who in
consequence escaped the payment of
their poll tax, the Board decided to
investigate the matter. The Board
took up the Registered List Of Voters
in Eureka County, and went through
Eureka precinct, checking the names
with the Assessors Poll Tax Book and
the Tax Roll. 1t was late in the after
noon when this precinct was finished,
and the Board adjourned to Saturday.
February Is.