The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-03-09
PROCEEDINGS OF COMMISSIONERS
Summary Of Matters Acted Upon
At Meeting of the Board
Last Monday

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Board of County Commissioners was
held last Monday. Present, Commits.
sioners Fraser, Paroni and Thomas; also
the Clerk and District Attorney, and
the following business was transacted:
The Commissioners and the Auditor
counted the money in the Treasury and
found the same to agree with the Couu.
ty Treasurer's statement.
A list of the bills allowed will be
found in another column.
Petitions of Eureka County taxpayers
requesting that Mrs. George Stone and
Daniel Deane. poor aud destitute per.
sons. be each allowed the sun OF $1s
per month. were received and read, and
it was ordered that the said sums b. al.
lowed the said persons each month I'm.
til countermanded by the Board.
The bill of Sheriff w. II. Sweeney
for s75 90 for snbpenaing witnesses in
Nye County in the case of the State vs..
Charles Williams was rejected on the
ground hat the said sheriff is not au.
thorized by law to serve subpenas out
side Of his own county.
The bill of w. II. Sweeney, Sheriff,
for s3l. 80 for watching and feeding one
sorrel mare in the town of Eureka, said
animal being held as evidence in the
case Of the State VS.. Charles Williams,
was LAID over.
A communication was received from
Exc County acknowledging the receipt
of s255. 10, s210 10 being for transient
stock ranging in Eiko County during
the year 1907. and s45 for the care OF
one Frank Glasgow. a nonresident poor
person injured ia Eureka County.
A communication was received from
the State Publicity and Industrial Com.
mission stating that a space Of 150x3S
feet has been set apart for the State OF
Nevada by the International Mining
Exposition to be hell in New York
CITY, May %. 1908. and requesting that
this county appropriate $3.50 to said
Publicity Commission as authoriz ID by
law. After discussing the matter il
was laid over until the next meeting OF
the Board. so as to give any person who
so desires to make an exhibit for this
county an opportunity to communicate
THAR utshaa m tho Board
A petition from taxpayers and citi.
zsns of the north end of the county
asking for the construction of a bridge
across the Humboldt river at Barth was
received.
Regarding the foregoing petition
COMMISSIONS Thomas presented the
following resolution, which was
adopted unanimously by the Board.
Whereas. A petition was received by
this Board signed by five or more tax
payers and citizens of Eureka County
on March 2, 1908. requesting The County
Commissioners to build a wagon bridge
across the Humboldt river at Barth.
about 100 feet east OF the present !ord
on the county road from Palisade to
Beowawe and,
Whereas. Section 43S of the compiled
statutes requires hat notice of the above
petition be advertised iu a newspaper
published in the county for a period Of
at least two weeks; therefore.
Notice is hereby given that this Board
will on Monday. April Q. 1908. at 2
o'clock p. m. hear the petition. examine
witnesses for and against the construc-
ton Of the said bridge and determine
whether OIL not the said bridge is neces.
sary as petitioned for.
The Beard adjourned to April 6. 1908.