Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-01-06
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.


1olloW1ng business
The minutes OF Oct. 2, zoos, were
read and approved.
The list OF bills examined and al
lowed will be found else where IN
| this issue.
The following bills were laid over
until next meeting of the Board: J..
G. Gallagher, sup. tor Indlgents,
$47.45; l.. Donatti, $50, work on road !;
Herman Davis, $23.75, Justice of the
Peace fees; Mack & harrington,
$365, attorney tees in the suit of
| Lyon county vs.. Storey county.
| The bill of G. f. Fox tor supplies
to indigents was reduced 5octs; bill
of VIM. Schooley for supplies to in
digents was reduced SI.5o, and the
bill OF Mrs. Mary Dobbins OF S44, care
OF indigents, was reduced S36.
On motion it was ordered that the
lot in Silver City, known as the
Vim. Ivy lot, be sold to Vim. Boyce
upon his paying all taxes, costs and
delinquencies.
1t was ordered that transfer of
$I87.65 be made from the General
Fund to the Officers Salary Fund !;
also transfer of S798 from the Cen
eral Fund to the District Judges
Salary Fund.
The monthly reports of the Clerk,
Recorder and Tailor were read and
| filed.
The quarterly report of the As
SCISSOR, Sheriff and Justice Carter
| were read and ordered filed.
The joint quarterly report OF the
Auditor and Treasurer, showing re-
ceipts, disbursements and the bal
ances in the various funds for the
quarter ending Dec. 81, 1905, was
read and ordered filed, and is pub
lished elsewhere in this issue.
The money in the hands of the
| Treasurer was counted and found
to be correct, agreeing with the
amount shown to be on hand at the
close OF the year I9o5-SI4,I37.39
The bonds of the various county
and township officers were exam
ined, and no change in sureties hav-
| ing been made, the same were ap-
proved.
The Board examined the court
house and Jail and found them in
good condition.
| A petition from "a treeholders
praying that the road from Dayton
to Como be declared a county road
and conducted as such, was read,
and after due consideration it was
ordered that the matter be laid over
\ until the next meeting.
The matter of changing the road
crossing at Fernley, near Wads-
worth, was brought to the attention
of the Board, and after due consid-
GRAFTON the whole matter was placed
in the hands of Commissioner Flaws.
| 1t was ordered that the District
Attorney notify the Nevada and
California Railway Co. to immedi-
ately repair and put in good condi-
ton all county road crossings where
their road CROSSES the same.
| The report of the grand jury was
read and ordered filed.
| A recess was then taken until
Jan. 2, 1906, at 8 a. IN.
Jan. 2. 1906. After recess; all
me mbers present.
The Board then proceeded to select
$50 trial jurors tor the year 1906,
whom were selected and placed in
the jury box.
| 1t appearing to the Board that a
deficiency of $466S, exists at this date
to pay the general expenses of the
county, it was resolved, that the
Board of County Commissioners re-
quest the permission of the State
Board of Revenue of Nevada, to
authorize the Commissioners to levy
an emergency tax OF 22Hcts. on the
SIoo valuation on all taxable property
in addition to the original tax levy.
| Whereupon Commissioner Flaws
proceeded to Carson to lay the mat
ter before the State Board of Rev
enue.
A recess was then taken until
Jan. g. 1906, at 2 o'clock p. m.
At p. M, Jan. 3, 1906, the Board
having received permission to make
the special levy, it was ordered that
in addition to the regular tax levy
for general county purposes, there
be levied an emergency tax of 22Hc.
on each $Ioo valuation on all taxable
property in Lyon county, including
proceeds of mines, for the payment
of the deficiency which now exists.
The following tax levy was then
made: State Fund, 75c; General
Fund, 62Hc; School Fund, 2oc ;
Emergency Fund, aaHc; total tax
rate, $3.50.
1t was ordered that the county
line between Churchill and Lyon
county be run from Leet's salt
works to the Carson River.
1t was ordered that Commissioners
Littell be permitted to expend $40. G.
G. Turner $50, and I. ]. A. Flaws
$40 per month in their road districts
up to and including the goth day OF
April, 1906.
Adjourned until April 2, 1906, at