Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-01-12
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Meetings Of Old and New Boards
Business Transacted.

Meetings Of Old and New Boards
Business Transacted.
The old Board of Commissioners held
I it's regular meeting last Saturday and
transacted the following business:
The minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
The list of bills examined and allowed
will be found elsewhere in this issue.
c. ]. Carr presented map of pro-
posed townsite in Lyon county for APP
prevail. Objection was made to accept
ance Of said plat as it interfered with the
townsite of Bellview. The matter was
laid over until future date.
c. c. Turner presented a written OBJ
lection to allowing the bill of E. T..
Powers for $125, salary due for month Of
December, on the ground that said Pow
ers had failed to perform his duties. On
motion it was ordered that the bill of E..
I. Powers be laid over.
A petition of fifty taxpayers and resi-
dents Of Ramsey praying that Thomas
Andrews be appointed Constable of Ram
sey Township, it was ordered that Com
missioner Flaws have power to appoint
or reject.
A transfer of $40 was ordered made
from the General to the District Judges
Salary Fund to supply deficiency for 1907.
1t was ordered that the Treasurer re-
frain from selling the property of the
Union G. & S. Co., patented mining
claim belonging to Herman Davis and
having been assessed twice.
A petition from the residents of Yer
ington asking that the Commissioners
proceed to act under the town incorpor-
alton act for the town of Yerington, was
presented, and the Board accepted the
proposition and have made arrangements
for the carrying out of the act of the
Legislature providing for town incorpor-
alton.
The money in the hands of the Treas
urer was counted and found to be cor
rect-the amount being $19, 636.54.
There being no further business the
Board adjourned sine die.
DAYTON, Jan. 7, 1907
The new Board met this day, and, af-
ter organizing with T. j. A. Flaws as
Chairman, transacted the following bust
ness:
The bonds of the several newly-elected
county officers were examined and found
good and sufficient, but, on motion, it
was ordered that the bond of Auditor
and Recorder be raised to SIS, 200, and
he be given 80 days to secure additional
bonds.
The Board then selected $50 trial ju-
rors for the year 1907.
1t was ordered that the hearing of the
claim of E. T. Powers, for salary for De-
cember, 1906, $50, together with OBJ
jections, be filed for hearing on Friday,
February s, 1907. sss
1t was ordered that the Clerk procure
journal and ledger for Auditors Office.
The bills examined and allowed this
day will also be found elsewhere in this
issue
H. E. West was appointed deputy
Auditor and Recorder for time and was
also engaged to expert the books of that
Office as soon as they we're balanced.
The tax rate for the county was fixed
as follows for year 1907: General Fund,
so cents on each 500 valuation; school
fund, 20 cents on each 500 valuation,
and Interest and Redemption fund, S
cents; total of SO cents for county pur-
poses.
The Board counted the money in the
treasury and found the same to be cor
rect. si
1t was ordered that each Commissioner
act as Road Supervisor in his commits
sion district.
The petition of Ramsey people asking
for appointment of Thomas Andrews for
Constable of Ramsey was rejected.
Arrangements were made to repair the
bridge across the river near Yerington,
and soon there will probably be new
steel bridge erected at this point.
Jacob Troll was appointed Justice of
the Peace of Silver City Township and
Jack Lester Constable
The Board ordered another typewriter
for the Recorders Office.
1t was ordered that the TIMES be the
paper in which county advertising be
done for January.
Board adjourned to meet Feb. Is.