Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-21
COUNTY FINANCES


Elko county is rapidly approaching
the issuance of scrip for the payment OF
it's running expenses. On August It'll,
the treasurer's balance sheet showed
-. $50. 81 in the general county fund.
After paying the bills allowed by the
commissioners ut the August meeting.
amounting t. the ntiSab)riooi OF
$1,000, there remained approximately
$1,000 in the general county fund and
about $1,000 in the contingent fund, or
approximately $500 in the two funds
out of which the running expenses of
the county are paid. The only revenue
that goes into the general county fund
until the taxes are paid in December il
that received from licenses and personal
property tax collected by the assessor.
Out of the amount now III the general
and the contingent funds and the
amount that may be received from
licenses and personal property tax must
he paid the running expenses, district
court expenses, criminal expenses,
road and bridge work, etc.
The assessment roll last year mount
ed to about so, COG. 900, upon which WAS
collected approximately $500, 900. So
900 of which went To the state and $50
900 to the county. The county portion
being apportioned To the different funds
rs follows:
=, ..- -.tA n,N
General. 600
Contingent. . OOO
lnulScit D OOO
County school. II 600
County high school. : 600
Total so 600
The county's portion of the amount
received from licenses, exclusive of the
gaming licenses that 90 into the Elko
town government fund, goes into the
general county fund. and transfers are
made 10 road and other funds when
required.
All the expense of the county govcrn-
mcnt.% including road work, is paid out
of the general county, INDECENT and
contingent funds. Since the. first Of
January, 1908, Approximately the
following amounts have been paid 10y
the commissioners for the following
purposes:
Board of prisoners. .........S l.62O 90
Board Of iurics. ............ IL %
Hospital steward. ........... 5000 90
County physician. 10 90
Justices and c%OnStablcS. ...... 5000 90
Road and bridges. ......... 1000 90
District court expense. ....... l,O6i 90
Officers salaries. ........... l2.20O 90
The amount paid the hospital stew
ard ducS not include the care of the
indigcmts not at the hospital. drug bills.
clothing furnished patients. autnpSic-.
eta.
While the trcaSurcr's balance sheet
shows S2S. 35O.2l in the treasury on the
18th day Of August. il must b. borne in
mind that the amount in the school
funds and the Elko town government
fund a not he used to pay the run.
ming expenses Of the county. That
iiipIitN II Stl slNIlt ny III" Ipl CURTAIN
purposes and it cannot b, used for any
other.
There is some complaint by citizens
because the commissioners ordered all
work III the roads stopped until further
orders. In the foregoing, VT have en-
dcavorcd to give the exact condition of
the cOunty's finances ut the present
time, not with the intent to cxcus the
commissioners for any errors they may
have committed, but wholly for the
purpose of showing the conditions I'M
der which the commissioners are work
ing.
The commissioners believe in good
roads and have done all i'll their power
tn meet the growing needs of the
country in this respect. They are not
to blame for the conditions that have
made it necessary for them to stop work
on the roads for the remainder Of the
| year.