The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-05-11
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
Salary Fund Must be Replenished
Before the County officials
Will Receive Theirs

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Board Of County Commissioners was
held Monday. Present, Commissioners
Fraser. Paroni and Thomas; also the
Clerk and the District Attorney.
The Commissioners and the Auditor
counted the money in the Treasury and
found the same to be correct, to-wit:
$l2, 4S4. rs.
A list of the bills allowed will be
found in another column.
The bill Of Sheriff w. H. Sweeney for
s~ubpoenaing witnesses in the case of
the State VS.. Charles Williams was laid
over t the June meeting.
John L. Salin was granted an engi.
neer's license.
A communication was received from
B. L. Plummer in regard to road work
at Mineral Hill.
A communication was received from
]. p. Raine in regard to the action of
the recent Grand Jury, that econ
mended the removal Of the gates from
the old Emigrant road running from
Pine Valley to Dixie. Mr.. Raine states
this is the first notice he has had that
any one objected to these gates; the
gates are erected or a section Of land
leased from the railroad company for q
horse pasture. and the only way water
could be secured for the stock was by
running q fence across the road; the
two gates erected across the road are
easy to open and close and are Of little
Inconvenience to travellers; there is
little travel over this road ; further. this
land is in Elko County.
The Board passed all the bills except
the County officials salaries aud the
bill of Attorney A. J. Maestretti, there
being sufficient money in the Current
Expense, Road and General Funds to
pay the above mentioned bills; but
there being no money in the Salary
Fund the Board examined these bills
but did not allow or audit the same,
because under what is known as the
County Reduction Rate law (the New
lands Act) no bills can be paid
the by Board Of County Commits
sioners unless the money is in the
Fund nor can any scrip or certificates
of indebtedness be issued by the
Auditor, the same as was done in
former years.
This is the first time in II years that
the County has not had sufficient
money to meet all obligations as they
fell due. This has been caused by the
heavy criminal expenses Of this and the
preceding year. The criminal ex.
penses for 1906. and probably this year,
will be about $500, against $500 in
1908, 1904 and 1905.
The expenses of the Sauser trial in
1906 exceeded over $4,000. besides the
expenses Of the Schaefer trial. The
present trial jurors cost $iS12 for
salaries and mileage, besides over $3.50
for meals. The recent Grand Jury
cost the County about 500.
A great many of all the bills due on
the first Monday in June will have to
probably be passed until the third
Monday Of June, when the second
installment Of the 1906 taxes will have
been apportioned to the several Funds.
The Board will meet at that date and
allow all claims.
Under the Newlands' Act the County
rate of taxation has been reduced in the
past four years from $1.70 per 500 val
nation to 81. 40 per 800 valuation this
year, while the State rate has only been
reduced from rs cents in the past tour
years to 20 cents this year. The in.
crease in the valuation of property in
the County has not increased at all in
proportion to the reduction in the tar
rate.
Whilst the majority Of taxpayers are
not averse to an increase in the valua'
ton Of their property to meet the re.
duced rate. or in other words to pay the
same amount of taxes they feel that
they should not be compelled to pay
more State taxes every year by the in.
creased valuation of their propert y, and
this makes it difficult for the Assessor
and the Board of Equalization to in