The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-01-09
BOARD HOLDS
LONG SESSION
RESOLUTION.


. BY Commissioner Stoker: =
O whereas, 1t is provided by q
O law that where the cost of any =
q contract equals the sum of $500 ?
O or more, the county commits .
O sioners shall proceed to let the .
Q same by bid (See Cuttings .
q Compiled Statutes, Section 2
o 2142); and =
O Whereas, The cost of adver- Q
Q Using and job printing for 9
q Humboldt county each amount =
q to more than $500 per year; 2
9 1t is hereby ordered by the .
Q Board of County Commissioners =
Q of Humboldt county, Nevada, =
Q that the Clerk of said Humboldt .
q county, Nevada, is hereby auth q
Q orized, as provided by law, 10 9
Q advertise in one or more papers Q
Q printed in said county for bids .
o for the county advertising and 9
Q printing for the current 2
Q year, for the period of thirty Q
. days, said bids to be submitted 9
> to the board at it's March, 1903, .
Q meeting. Each bidder to be re- .
> quired to accompany his bid ?
. with a certified check in the 2
q sum of 500, made payable to .
g the chairman of the board OF g
Q county commissioners, as a guar .
. antee that he will enter into the .
. contract if awarded same. The 2
Q successful bidder to give a bond 2
O in the sum of one thousand dol =
. lars to Humboldt county, Neva- 9
. d., for the faithful performance =
Q of said contract. The board OF 2
9 county commissioners to re- 2
Q serve the right TO reject any Q
Q and all bids. =
5000
The new board of county commission
ers met at the courthouse Monday
morning. William Blattner, follower,
presided as chairman, while Hi Stoker,
Of Loveloek. occupied the seat former
w held by Commissioner Ruddell.
True to his ante-election promise, and
in accordance with the Republican
platform on which he was elected, he
introduced the above resolution. Com
missioner Stoker endeavored to have
the county printing let by bid. How
ever. as soon as the clerk had finished
reading the resolution, COMMISSIONS
McDeid moved that the printing b.
given to the Humboldt Star, under tha
direction of the county clerk. The
motion was seconded by Chairman
Blattner, and the question of the
county printing for the next two years
was thus disposed of.
DIR. Giroux was appointed county
physician for Winnemucca. DR.. w. NJ
Scott for Lovelock, and DR.. Henry
Ostrander for Chafey.
A resolution was passed that for tbs
next two years all m~isdemeanor cases
arising in the town of Lovelock shall
be confined in the branch county jan
at that place.
II. c.. Hardesty was appointed jailel
for the branch county pail at Lovelock
and it was ordered that he work al
prisoners in his care on the streets OF
the town. under direction of Commits
sioner Stoker.
Ed Conner vas ~reappointed superin
tendent of the county hospital, while
A. f. Richardson was named as Jan.
itor for the courthouse, at a salary OF
800 per month.
J. ID. Bradshaw was appointed justice
of the peace for Paradise, and hi-
bond approved. Upon petitions, w
Il. Minor was appointed justice of the
peace and Bert Lyons constable for
McDermitt.
John Nancy. the Western Pacific
contractor, was granted permission ia
lay a temporary track IN the streets
of Winnemucca, for the purposes 81
construction work.
The contract for boarding the pris
I'll e.. H. 49,
three months was awarded to G.. w
Carly. of the Busch hotel.
w. F. Twist was granted a two
years lease upon the toll-houst
property.
The names of $50 citizens wer'
drawn for jury duty for the current
year.
J. O. Westrope and L. A. Lewis