Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-19

fee, having his accounts and books
in an intelligent form and up to date
manner.
In making our examination of the
Sheriff and Assessors office We find
that he has collected for gaming, sa-
loon, slot machines, bankers and
brokers. merchandise and miscel-
laneous licenses from October list to
February LIST. total of $23,556.2O.
| bullion tax for the quarter ending
September Both, amounting to the
sum of $15,S47.67; personal proper.
ty tax of $11,105.61.
The cost of maintaining the Sher-
ifs office. including necessary ex-
penditures demanded by the Court
in prosecuting criminals and serving
various processes, was in excess of
| $4,000 for the year of 1907. He
has no option in the mourning of
most of the expenses which are I'M
der the present arrangement charged
to his Office. The increase of the
above expenditure is largely caused
! by the increase of crime in 1907 over
that of 1906, in which year the cost
of maintaining the Sheriff's Office was
approximately $4,000 for the same
items
We found considerable difficulty in
comparing the books of the Sheriff's
office with that of the Treasurers,
and we therefore recommend the use
Of a regular printed form for the
monthly statements between the
above mentione doffices. This will
greatly facilitate the work of future
Grand Juries.
We find the Sheriff has exercised
extraordinary diligence in collecting
POLL taxes and personal property and
various license taxes; his collections
being far in excess of his predeces-
snrs.
We find the office of the County
Clerk, County Auditor and Record
er conducted in manner satisfac-
tory to the public and to the countr
We wish to recommend:
First-That all county officials
| who are required by law to furnish
bonds be compelled to furnish such
bonds as issued by reputable and
acceptable surety company, as the
| law directs, and that the county pay
| the annual premium on such surety
bonds, as the present method of hav-
| ing individual bondsmen is in some
cases detrimental to the best inter
ests of the county.
Second-We find that in the office
Of the Justice of the Peace a large
percentage of the fines collected go
t. the State, notwithstanding the fact
! that the county has to defray all the
expenses incident to the prosecution
of petty criminal cases and INSIDE
meanors; therefore, we recommend
some action be taken by the Legis-
| lature to so amend the statutes to
cover each an devery statutory crime
less than felony, and that all prose-
C1tions in the courts of the Justices
OF the Peace be in accordance. with
such statutes. In this way the fines
collected can go into the county
| funds.
| Third-Inasmuch as the bills for
public printing seem exorbitant, we
recommend that the Board of Coun-
| ty Commissioners, or the several Off
cials under their authority. be COM
PEELED to advertise for bids within
the county for all public printing.
Fourth-From our investigation,
we believe that certain changes
should be made in the offices of the
Treasurer, Clerk Auditor and Re-
corder. We recommend in this re-
spect that portion of the vault wall
facing out of the office of the Treas
urer be removed, thereby creating
an alcove, which can be utilized as
additional desk room. and that an
opening be cut into the vault of the
County Clerk, and that thereupon
the said vault be given over to the
use of the County Treasurer The
present vault of the County Treas
rrer is entirely too small to hold a
large safe besides records and books
of the office. and sufficient space can
only be provided by a change as sug-
gested.
Through recent changes and APP
preparations of Office room, no pro-
vision has been made for the County
Surveyor. We recommend that the
office room of the County Clerk be
assigned to the County Surveyor;t that
an opening into the vault now occu-
pied by that officer be closed ami
sealed up and sealed with fireproof
material after the removal of the
vault door, which can be used advan-