The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-03-11
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
To Obtain Fees Board Requires
Peace Officers to Prosecute
All Offenders Arrested

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Board of County Commissioners was
held Monday, March 6. Present. Com
missioners J.. B. Bale. A. Fraser and
Otis Fulton also the District Attorney
and Clerk. The following business was
transacted
The Commissioners and the Auditor
counted the money in the Treasury and
found the same to agree with the County
Treasurer's statement.
A list of the bills allowed by the
Board will be found published in an
other column.
Commissioner Fraser made the fol-
lowing motion. to-wit: That the fol-
lowing items in the January and Feb.
ruary bills Of j. M. Requa. Justice Of
the Peace of Palisade, aud N. Hawkins.
Constable of Palisade. be rejscted.
From j. NJ. Requa's bill. February 20,
John Streeby, drunk and disorderly.
discharged, s.. so; Henry Collier, dis.
turbing the peace, discharged. $3.50;
February 2S. G. Kuss. drunk and dis
orderly, discharged, s.. so. Total.
$40 90. From N. Hawkins bill $3.50
in each Of the above cases. Total
$40 so. This motion was carried I'm.
animously by the Board.
The above items were rejected for
the following reasons: That if the
Constable arrested the above named
persons he should have been able to
prove to the Court that they were
guilty of the offense as charged in the
warrant. II the complaint was sworn
to by any person other than the Con-
stable. then the Justice of the Peace
should have inquired whether there
was evidence sufficient upon which to
issue the warrant. II there be a want
of probable cause shown at the trial he
should tax the complaining witness.
whether he be an officer or any other
person.
The Board ordered that The County
Treasurer be directed to forward to the
State Treasurer at Carson City, Ne
vada, Eureks County's quote of the
salary of the District Judge of the
Third Judicial District of the State of
Nevada. in aud for Eureka County aud
Lander County, to.wit: the sun of
So. 149 40 per mum for the year 1911,
and pay the expressage on the same
at such time and in such installments
as will enable the State Treasurer afore-
said to pay such salary as provided by
law, and the County Auditor is hereby
directed to draw his warrants for said
amounts.
1t was ordered by the Board that the
sum of $l40O be allowed on the bill of
the Buckhorn Mines Company of $500
on the contract for the construction of
the road from Blackburn station to
Buckhorn, and that the sum of 500 be
laid over pending the settlement of the
matter in dispute about the two bridges
near Blackburn. which the committee
Of this Board recommended.
1t was ordered that the County Treas.
urer sell according to law to the highest
and best bidder for cash the machinery
on the Kit Carson mine on Prospect
Mountain.
Quite a lengthy discussion took place
between the Board and the District At
torney as to the expense accounts of
the District Attorney, Sheriff and Dep
uty Sheriff in connection with their
bills presented for expenses while they
were at Reno in connection with the
arrest Of Oscar j. Smith and w. Z.
Griffin, officers of the failed Eureka
County Bank. The Board adjourned
Monday afternoon without acting on
these bills, but after elaboration pass
ed the as presented at their
meeting on Wednesday.
The Board made the folio wing order
Whereas, the Board on the 28th day
OF October, 1910, by preamble and reso-
luton unanimously adopted and adver
tised for the construction of a piece of
roadway through Pine Creek Canyon,
but the same was not constructed. be-
cause in the opinion of this Board the
bids were too high; and
Whereas. this Board is of the opinion
that this road should be constructed.
it is hereby ordered that proposals for
bids be again advertised in the Eureka
SENTINEL.
The Board adjourned to March IL. e