Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-02-05
THE GRAND JURY REPORT
AND THE COUNTY OFFICIALS
A Review of the Document as to
The Officers Who Are Put on the
Grill. Several Matters Explained

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The Appeal received tie report {
the grand jury prevented its pul
lication in it's entirety. A review OF
ly was published.
This county. which is the smalies
In the state, and also one of tn
most important in charactormfwyp
most important has an annual shake
up of the character such as has bee
given by the report Of the Jurymen
The matter that most effects th
people of this county is tae loss o
some nineteen thousand dollars b.
County Bank. This matter is unfor
tunate from every standpoint. That
Treasurer Patterson believed the
money 10 be in safe hands is unde-
nlable. The County Commissioners
also were of this belief. as were
hundreds of other depositors. Treas
urer Patterson did not willfully place
the money where It would be lost and
had given bonds for his honesty and
efficiency.
Former District Attorney Roberts
said that the bond was presented
to him for his approval as to form.
and form alone. He approved the
bond as to FORM and Us to the quail
fications of the bondsmen OF the
County Clerk and Treasurer or any
other official 1t was no more of lis
business than 1t was that of the
official poundmaster of Carson City.
The County Commissioners were
the ones who passed upon the quail
ifcations OF the bondsmen.
The sheriff as license collector, and
the county treasurer as city treas
urer, are censured in the report from
the fact that the sum of $l,034.OO was
lost in the suspension of the Nye
Bank. The report objects to the prac-
tice of the license collector taking
the receipt of the county treasurer
for the funds turned in instead of
taking q receipt rs City Treasurer.
The loss of the money is hinged to
the sheriff. This particular item Is
a matter of quibble. pure AM sim.
pie. Had the receipt been taken
from the city treasurer it would have
been lost through the same failure.
The sheriff followed the practice laid
down by others who had occupied the
Office
In the matter of county printing
the report cites the fact that the
sum of $lI53.35 was expended dur.
ing the year, the sum going to three
different firms. The report failed to
state that this printing Included all
county printing such as assessment
rolls. advertising. ledgers. county ami
court blanks and other items that
occur in every county In the state
When the sum Is looked over 1t Is
found that the county gets along on
"A little more than 800 a month for
all It's printing and advertising. Many
"a firm In this state spends far more
money in printing alone than does
the county of Ormsby.
I'm regard to the statement that
political preferment is given by OIL
ficials and the county commissioners,
Il Is yet the belief of all political
parties that to the victor belongs the
spois. But in the case OF Ormsby
County, men of different political be-
liefs worked side by side in most OF
the county work. Until pontics Is
wiped out AMI friends assemble to
elect their choice, the victor In the
field of politics will continue to pro
1T by the election Of their members.
The commissioners come In for cri-
ticism In tae building Of the roads
hauling, etc. The deduction Is maae
that IL would have been possible 1os
the county to save $1,000 on hauilhs
of rock had q contract been let ho'
To exceed one dollar per cubic yard
IT Is understood this was matter
Of hearsay. That u teamster sus'
gested to one commissioner that rock
could be contracted for at dollar
yard. The matter was not brought
M and the deductions are made from
the meager fact Of street testimony
In this case all the money was ex
,.nded to men Of teams In this cOun.