The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-08-10

Board OF County Commissioners to ar
point jailers therefor, and as q branch
Jail has been established by this Board
at Palisade, it is hereby
Ordered, that W. H. Sweeney. sheriff
OF this county, be and he is hereb,
authorized to appoint a jailer for the
branch Jail at Palisade at a salary Of 500
per month. to go into effect at thi,
date.
One OF the petitions referred to abovs
called for the appointment of q jailer at
$50 per month. AS the duties Of the
jailer Of a branch j Ill are to look after
persons committed for misdemesnors.
the Board concluded, as the jailer was o
deputy sheriff, to make his salary 800
per month, as he could act as jailer and
peace officer at the same time. This
was the only way the Board could
see to give Palisade any protection un-
less by the appointment Of q policeman.
which would require a good deal of red
tape and a tax of 80 cents on each 500
on all the property of the town, and
this tax would be insufficient to pay an
officer a decent salary.
Complaint was made to the Board
about a hog pen in the town of Palisade
and requesting the Board of County
Commissioners to declare the same a
nuisance.
Complaint was also received about
two bitches across the public highway
in Pine Valley. The Board requested
Commissioner Thomas to look into the
matter complained of at Palisade. and
quote the law to the party or parties
concerned. A letter was also written
and the law stated to the owner of the
bitches complained Of in Pine Valley,
and the Board hopes that the above
matters will be promptly renfedied
without any further trouble or recourse
to law.
Water Company Receives More Money
The bill of the Eureka Water Works
for 500 for water for the month of
July was presented. aud on motion
duly seconded the sum of $50 was
stricken therefrom, for the reason thai
no order had been made allowing the
said water works any additional COM
pensation.
Whereas. Ga the l4th day of July.
1907. A. L. Fitzgerald. on behalf OF the
Eureka Water Works, stated to Com
m~issioners Fraser and Paroni that the
six-inch main which supplies the Court
House and the town of Eureka with
water for fire purposes from a point
about 200 feet south of the Court House
to the fire tank on the hill west Of
town was completely rotted out and
was on that day broken in several
places. and that it was necessary to lay
a new main for a distance of about 1000
feet, the cost OF which would be about
$1,000; that the said water works by
by reason of recent heavy expenditures
could not aud would not replace the
said pipe with new pipe unless granted
some assurance from the County Com.
missioners that they would give it some
assistance to replace the said water
main; that if some assurance was not
given he would be compelled to keep
the water shut off.
Now, therefore. it appearing to this
Board and to the taxpayers Of the
county whom the Board had consulted
that it would be extremely dangerous
to leav the Court House and town with.
out adequate protection from fire;
now. therefore, if the said Eureka
Water Works will Immediately replace
the old aud worn-out water main with
new pipe. it is hereby ordered. on mo-
ton seconded, that the said Eureka
Water Works be, and it is hereby
granted an additional sum Of SEQ per
month to assist in replacing the old
water main with new pipe to supply the
Court House and town with water for
fire purposes-sl0 per month to be paid
out the General Fund of the county for
protection of the Court House against
fire, aud $40 per month to be paid out
of the Fire Fund Of the town Of Eureka.
Commissioners' Statement of the Gaze
Before the adoption of the above reso-
luton, the County Commissioners had
quite a consultation as to the ways and
means of the manner in which the ad-
ditional $50 to be paid to the Eureka
Water Works should be provided for.
The assessed valuation of the property
of IL town of Eureka is about SAC, 900,
on which the Board of County Commits
sioners can only levy q tax not to ex'
coed so cents on each 500 valuation.
This tax on the above property would
give 800 per annum for fire purposes.
Out OF the above amount $500 per an
mum is paid the water company and $50
per annum for a fire janitor, a total OF
$500. If the additional $50 per month
were allowed from the ire fund this
would make a total of $3.50 per annum.
This deducted from $700 would leave
$40 per aunum; but as it is necessary to
fix fire plugs, buy new hose, and at
times employ ~watchmen to watch the
Court House and town from fire. and to
repair hose houses. the Board did not
saa how il could do otherwise than tax