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

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Grand Juries.
We find the Sherin has exercised
extraordinary diligence in collecting
POLL taxes and personal property and
various license taxes; his collections
being far in excess of his ~predeces-
sors.
We find the office OF the County
Clerk. County Auditor and Record
err conducted in a manner satisfac-
tory to the public and to the county.
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 a reputable aud
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 misde-
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-
~cltions 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-lnasmuch as the bills for
public printing seem exorbitant, we
recommend that the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, or the several Off
Gals 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-
speet that a 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
urer 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 ap-
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; that
an opening into the vault now occu-
pied by that officer be closed and
sealed up and sealed with fireproof
material after the removal of the
vault door, which can be used advan-
%tageously elsewhere, and that the
aforesaid vault be used thereafter
in connection with the Office of the
Treasurer as above recommended.
That the Office now occupied by the
County Auditor and Recorder be as
signed to the use of the County Clerk
and that provisions for the better
lighting of that Office be made by one
more window. This office being larger
and with more commodious vaulr
room, it is better adapted for the
County Clerk than his present cram
ped quarters,
That the ot1ce formerly occupied
by the Sheriff and Assessor be giveI
, over to the Recorder and provision
be made for a vault by %convertini
the room formerly used by the iailo
into such, and that such vault b,
made of as large dimension as pos
sible, the vault door and frame to b.
i, removed from the County Clerk
Office should be utilized for this vaul
With the above changes Inaugural
: ted, the Grand Jury believes that tn
= present provision for the various OF
hcers will answer for years to come
Fifth-We wish to reeommen
that the law in reference to carryin
= concealed weapons be fully enforced
Sixth-We recommend that a del
. uty. at an adequate salary, be en-
y n1nvpd IN assist the County Trqal