Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-08
OFFICE OF The
COUNTY TREASURER
DECLARED VACANT
FRANK MANNIX APPOINTED TO
SUCCEED ROBERT F.
GILBERT.

At a meeting of the board of coun-
ty commissioners held yesterday the
Office of the county treasurer was de-
clared vacant and Frank P. Mannix,
editor and proprietor of the Bullfrog
Miner was elected to fill the vacancy.
The notice of the change in the
treasurer's Office came as a distinct
surprise to the many friends of r. F.
Gilbert, incumbent, although it has
been intimated in inside political cir
cles that change was coming on ac-
count of the inability of Mr.. Gilbert
to furnish the bond required.
The difficulties of Mr.. Gilbert were
lprecipitated by the failure of the Nye
and Ormsby County bank which held
up a large sum of money belonging
to the county and made the bond al
ready given imperative.
Frank P. Mannix, who was selected
by the commissioners to fill the Office
of county treasurer, is the editor and
proprietor of the Bullfrog Miner, pub
lished at Rhyolite. Mr.. Mannix was
for two terms county clerk of Teller
county, Colorado, of which Cripple
Creek is the county seat. He has been
a resident of Nye county for more
than four years. He was defeated
for the Office of secretary of state by
w. G. Douglas in the campaign OF
1906. A temporary bond of $4,000
was given and later one of 100000
will be filed with the commission.
During his incumbency in office Mr.
Gilbert has conducted the office Of
treasurer in a straightforward bust
nell-like manner, and there is no in
: timation whatever of any direlectior
on his part.
Early in January Mr.. Gilbert
bond was set at $4,000, and the fol
lowing sureties furnished: A. G
Raycraft, $4,000; T. w. Kendall
$4,000; w. ]. Douglass, $4,000, J
j. McQuillan, $4,000; H. c
S Schmidt, $4,000; Grant Crumley
: $4,000; R. P. Stenson, $4,000; W
t w. Booth, $4,000; Charles Wonacott
g $4,000. The bondsmen qualifying i
). double the amount of $4,000, whic
n was a good and sufficient bond an
which would have held good had nc
n the Nye and Ormsby County ban
U failed on the twenty-third of Eel
q ruary After that date Mr.. Gilbei
II was notified to furnish a $4,000
5, bond. Individuals have becom
IS alarmed and refuse to go on bono
st where the funds are deposited i
IS banks. Many of Mr.. Gilbert's friend
J. were willing to guarantee his hol
2 esty, but were not willing to go s.
t. curity where the money was deposite
re in the banks.
is Mr.. Gilbert applied to the sure
companies for a bond. All the Cal
fornia surety companies refuse
furnish a reelected treasurer
bond. The bond was taken up Wi
the Fidelity Guarantee company
Baltimore and the bond was abo
completed. About this time the lie
islature passed new law compellil
nj all surety companies doing busine
\ in this state to deposit 5 per cent
their liabilities with the state co
troller, which the company refus
IT to do on account of the small amou
of business being done in this stat
Mr.. Gilbert was notified that til
would withdraw from the state aft
July first, 1909, at which time t
u law goes into effect, hence this cal
rs, ed another delay. Mr.. o. j. Smi
n sent a telegram to Mr.. Gilbert aski
-, if the county commissioners wou
!, accept bond with himself and asso
bo ates as sureties, which was agreed
NO and bond was given and present
!. to the county commissioners on Nc
day, May 3, with the following SUI