The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-12-13
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Met Saturday Relived Local Fl
nancial Stringency By Allow
ing Press Of Bills.

The following report from the grand
jury is very much to the point. DIR. j.
W. Worden, Socialist candidate for the
assembly, is the storm center in an
edict, which sets forth the grand jury's
opinion in the matter of the doctors s
job as city germ chaser.
To the Honorable L. N. French, Judge
of the Eighth Judicial District Court of
the State of Nevada:
We, the Grand Jury, duly empanel-
ed for the year 1911, beg leave to submit
the following report:
The committee on Books with refer
ence to the county Recorders Office
would suggest that the County CON-
missioners provide for new index for
those records that have no permanent
index.
The Committee ON Jails report that
they find the county jail to be in first
class condition, and we commend the
sheriff's office for their neatness.
The Committee on Telephone Build
ing would recommend that some chairs
be placed in the waiting room, and a
desk placed in the operatJfs' room.
The Committee on Court House finds
everything in connection Herewith to
be in very satisfactory condition, and
we heartily commend the County Com
missioners for the step they have taken
in going to have the Coui. house paint
ed. and the furniture vanished.
The Committee on Record Vault
would recommend the cleaning and DUST
ing of the same.
We would report as follows on the
condition of the county finance.
We find the report of Expert S. j..
Rogers TO De ii perfect and first class
condition.
We also find the books of The City
of Fallon exported by P. B. Kinney to
be in first class condition and commend
the city authorities for this able sys-
TEN.
Complaint having been made about
the condition of some of the govern
ment bridges and county bridges We
would call the attention Of the County
Commissioners thereto. We were ad-
vised by Mr.. d. w. Cole of the United
States Reclamation Service that any
bridges belonging to the government,
and out of order, should be reported at
once to Mr.. Cole or Mr.. H. w. Marean
at the government Office in Fallon.
We commend the County Commits
sioners for the erection of sign boards
throughout the county; but we would
recommend the erection of few more
sign boards on the roads leading north
from Fallon and In the direction of
Lovelocks and In the northeastern part
of the county.
We, the grand jury, in the case of
The State of Nevada, against Patterson
Owens, charged with an assault with
intent to kill on H. z. Drew, find nc
bill
We, the grand jury, find true bill
against Patterson Owens for an assault
with deadly weapon. committed upon
the person of Geo. w. Sharkey.
We, the grand jury, in the case OF
of The State of Nevada, against Chas.
Jones, do find true bill charging the
said Charles Jones with an assault with
intent to kill one w. M. Smith.
Grand Juror Frank Coffin was excused
by the foreman of the.grand jury from
participating in the case of Patterson
Owens.
A grand larceny charge was laid be-
fore the grand jury and after due con-
sideration thereof the same was ignored
owing to the fact that the evidence was
insufficient.
The attention of the grand jury was
called to the payment of certain money
by the Board of County Commissioners
prior to the year 1909, and also by The
City of Fallon from January, 1909, tc
July 1st, 1911, for city Health Officer
which office of Health Officer had never
been created, and which was without
authority of law. The jury finds thai
the payment made by the county can
not be recovered by reason of the
Statutes of Limitation, but we woulC
recommend that the question of the pay
ments so made by the City of Fallon bt
referred to the city Council OF the City
of Fallon for such action as they deem
proper.
We, the grand jury, find that the con-
tract entered into by the county COM
missioners with the county physician
for the current year did not conform
with the advertised notice for bids.
We would recommend that hereafter nc
such variances occur.
Respectfully submitted
G. Budd Williams.
]. B. Comfy, Foreman.
Clerk of Grand Jury.