The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-07
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
The Board Draws the Line at
Shorthand Testimony in
Justice Courts

The regular monthly meeting Of tht
Board Of County Commissioners wa
held Monday. Present, Commissioner
Fraser and Paroni; also the Clerk and
the District Attorney.
The Commissioners and the Auditor
counted the money in the Treasury and
found the same correct, to-wit: $50.
665. 40.
A list of the bills allowed will b.
found in another column.
The joint statement Of the Auditor
and Treasurer for the quarter ending
June 80. 1906. will be found in another
column of this issue.
The Board ordered the reappointmen,
Of DIR. W. F. Burnett as County Physi.
clan from the first Monday in July 1906
to the first Monday in December, 1906,
at q salary Of 900 per month.
The bill Of ]. Arthur Kelley for tax
ing testimony in shorthand in the case
of May Rice in the Justice Court o.
Palisade, for s25. SO. was rejected.
The Board rejected this bill or the
grounds that Justices of the Peace are
not lawfully entitled to hire steno'
g~raphers at the. county's expense on
preliminary examinations, the Justice
himself being lawfully entitled to fees
for all folio work in such cases. Jus.
tice Jewell, it was learned, had hired
Mr.. Kelley to assist him, and had
agreed to pay him out of his fees.
From the bill of Constable N. Haw.
kins of Palisade for $201. O5. Constable
| fees, the Board laid over $34.60, the
sum charged as mileage for sending
May Rice to the County Jail in Eureka,
and the sun Of 50 charged for the ser.
vices of a nightwatchman at Palisade
was rejected.
In discussing the above bill of $34.6C
laid over, the point was raised that Mr..
Hawkins had not performed any SER
vice for the money. He had placed the
prisoner in Constable Dixon's charge To
bring to Eureka, while Constable
Dixon's services were already being
paid for by the county. The Board
was of the opinion that if Mr.. Hawkins
had performed the service himself he
would have been entitled to his mileage,
aud the Board considered that the
county void not be losing anything il
if this bill spaid, provided their was
no legal objection. The District Attor.
ney stated he would like to have time
to look into the matter.
A report was received from John
| Pratt, O. H. Rand and j. W. Ebert,
appraisers appointed by the Court te
value the lot ON which the Commission
ers intend putting up a County Build
ing at Palisade-to be used for a Justice
Court. polling place and branch jail
stating that they valued the lot at $2s
for % feet frontage. The Clerk was
instructed to write G. d. Abbott and
request him to send a bond for q deed,
until such time al he could give o deed
to the county.
A communication was received from
L. A. Sumner of the Southern Pacific
in regard to moving a fence about two
miles west of Palisade on the north side
of the railway track to a position be-
tween the railway and the county road
At present the fence is above the county
road and there are two gates which are
frequently left open by travellers. allow
ing cattle to stray in and get killed or
the track, making it dangerous fol
traffic. AS the county road is bull,
across railway land, Mr.. Sumner
stated that if the county would accept
a lease from the railway to the county
for the roads through their land, they
would Immediately remove their fence
between the railway aud the county
road, thus doing away with the gates,
The Board accepted the proposition.
which it considered very fair.
A communication was received from
John Pardy in regard to fire insurance
AS the risk on County pro- erty does
not expire until August it is understood
the Board will not renew its Insurance.
until the dollar for dollar companies
have gone on record.