Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-02-22

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enumerated:
The Nye & Ormsby County
Bank .$51,7S5.35
State Bank & Trust Co.. 15,479.09
Tonopah Banking Corpor-
alton 1,145.9O
First National Bank S,O2S.S0
Bank of Manhattan 3S2.14
Bank OF Austin ........ 1885
First National Bank of
Rhyolite ..........., 1911
Cash on hand S0S.O6
Warrants and vouchers
paid since Feb. 1st. 1,3S4.55
Making, in the various
funds included above, a
total OF ............. $74,131.95
We find the following funds to be
included in above deposits:
Nye county funds, Feb L.. 500. 996.SS
Town fund of Tonopah ~9,S90.19
Rhyolite town fund. PASS
1t will be observed that in the
above enumerated deposits the State
Bank and Trust Co. holds $~15,479.-
90. Through the action of the Dis
trict Attorney and through his care
IN this respect we find that money
to have been safely taken care of to
such an extent that regardless of
what the future action of that in
stitution may be, the county will in
no wise be the loser.
In the Nye county school funds in
cluded in the above we find that
$29,101.19, which is credited to the
various schools of the county, we
find that Nye county has a bonded
Indebtedness at the present time of
$4,000 all bearing interest at the
rate of six per cent, divided as fol-
lows:
Nye county courthouse bonds.
$4,000. The law provides for the
redemption of $4,000 per annum.
Nye county improvement bonds, au-
thorized for the enlargement Of the
courthouse, 500, 600. The law pro-
yides for the redemption of $4,000
per annum Nye county school
bonds. $4,000, no redemption al
lowed by law of any of these bonds
until 1903. In each of the above
funds We find a considerable balance
over and above what is required for
sinking fund ana interest. We
therefore recommend that the bal
ance of such funds, when not need.
ed, be deposited in a secure institu.
ton, so that the county can receiv,
some interest for the use of th'
money.
We find the interior of the vaul
of the T~reasurer's Office in a de
plorable and unsafe condition, in
sufficient shelving to accommodate
the books and making it ~neeessar.
to pile them on the floor when no
in use. The present inadequate
shelves are constructed of wood, ant
We urgently recommend that meta
shelves and bookracks of suficieu
/, capacity be provided. We would ais,
like to commend the manner il
which the Treasurer conducts his OF
fee, having his accounts and book
in an intelligent form and up to dat
manner.
r In making our examination Of tn
p Sheriff and Assessors Office We fin
D that he has collected for gaming, So
loon. slot machines, bankers an
: brokers, merchandise and misce
' ~laneous licenses from October list [
f February list, a total of $~23,556.20
bullion tax for the quarter endin
e September 3Oth. amounting to th
sum of $~15,S47.67; personal prope
ty tax of $11,105.61.
9 The cost of maintaining the She
d IFS office, including necessary e
penditures demanded by the Cou
in prosecuting criminals and servir
u various processes, was in excess
$4,000 for the year of 1907. +
has no option in the incurring
most of the expenses which are u
der the present arrangement charg,
to his Office. The increase of Il
s. above expenditure is largely Gauss
by the increase of crime in 1907 ov
that of 1905, in which year the CO
lie of maintaining the Sheriff's Office W