The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01

+. Z. LEONARD.
To the Foreman Of the Grand Jury:
In addition to the report Of the COM
mittee oil books, l beg to offer the fol.
lowing statements as a supplementary
report:
The County Commissioners having
employed me as Special Auditor to 20
over the books of the several county of.
hcials handling the finances and records
Of the County. instructed me to care
fully check and examine said books
from April 1, 1910. to June 80. 1911. in
elusive. and to submit a full report of
my work to accord with the law, aud to
point u any errors or irregularities
that might be found.
/ began the work, but after q few days
was compelled to discontinue the in
vestigation In order to serve on the
Grand Jury.
So far as the investigation had pro.
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the cent with the Auditors balance of
December 81, 1910.
A complete check had been made on
the disbursements for the nine months
ending on the above date, and but one
error found.
Warrant No. 1924, date December 8,
1910, in favor of S. O. Strattan, was
drawn for $50 25 instead of $780, 5. as
shown on face of bill.
This is plainly a clerical error of the
Clerk in bringing the amount over to
back of bill for $40 in excess of amount,
and an error of the Auditor in not draw
ing his warrant for the amount of the
face Of the bill.
The recipient of the money is now q
County official, and l understand the
amount is to be held out of salary now
due him.
Judging from what / have seen Of the
books and accounts l do not anticipate
any irregularities, and few if any
other errors.
The system Of cross fire checking
by both Auditor aud Treasurer
would seem to render the occurrence Of
errors very unlikely. that is-the Audi
tor posts warrants from the stubs while
the Treasurer posts from the warrants,
and again the Treasurer posts receipts
issued from the stub, while the Auditor
posts from receipt. 1. f.. ROGERS,
Special Auditor.
Roads and Bridges
To the Foreman of the Grand Jury:
We. your Committee on Roads and
Bridges, beg leave to submit the follow
ing report:
We find the following conditions to
exist, namely: That the County road
from Palisade to Raine's ranch, and
more Immediately over the hill, is
lily constructed, and at times quite i'm
passable, and that the County Commits
should forwith advertise for the
Of a irst-class wagon road
along Pine Greek, east. therefore avoid.
ing said hill referred to. Said road not
to exceed $4,000 in construction.
That the road from Palisade west and
the river to the Iron Mines is in
a very bad condition, aud we recon-
that immediate action be taken
on said road by the County Commits
That the bridge in Palisade across
the Humboldt River while in a fair
state of repair, yet the fast driving of
and the rapid riding of saddle
across said bridge greatly in
lures same. We recommend that the
County Commissioners pass an ordin-
ance making it a fine of $25 for riding
or driving across this bridge faster than
a walk.
Regarding danger signs on the
Southern Pacific and Western Pacific
Railways, also on any crossing of
the Eureka & Palisade Railway. we
recommend that these roads be com.
PEELED to erect and maintain signs
"Look out for the cars"
We recommend the placing of sign
boards throughout the County at all
lntersecting roads. This Is a very i'm.
portant matter and should be attended
to at once.
That the Western Pacific Railway be
by the County Commits.
to build a fence over their tun-
mel on grade, known as Tunnel Grade.
to conform with the one built by the
Southern Pacific Railway on the same
grade. This being a very dangerous
piece of highway about a half mile
Palisade on the main road and
said work having been agreed to by the
Railroad Company. they should be
compelled to attend to it.
We recommend that the County
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