Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-11-29

Mason, Nevada, Nov. 20, 1913.
Editor Yerington / mes,
Yerington Nevada.
Dear Sir: Replying to your edi-
toriai of Nov. I'D. following copy
OF the article given the Carson City
Appeal by attorney c. L. Mack in
which he states that the people OF
Yerington were advocating a recall
election against the County Commits
sioner on account of the condition of
the roads in this district and to which
you add some very unjust criticism.
In the first place when the present
Board of County Commissioners went
into Office the road funds were com
pletely exhausted: there was but $l6S5
in the general fund, with bills utstand-
ing against the county amounting to
about $1,000, thus making it neces-
sary for the Board to get authority
from the State Board of Revenue to
borrow ten thousand dollars to carry
on the county business. This loan
was made at E per cent interest and
is still standing against the county.
With this Indebtedness standing
against the county we did rot feel that
we should create further Indebtedness.
50 tTltti W BCl dlbH0 d. bC1l We tolfl
until the fall taxes come in | am
criticized for not spending a lot of
money for road work when the books
OF the County Treasurer will show
that we did not have sufficient funds
to meet all of our bills at the No
vcmber riceting
wish TO call attention to section
1880 of the Revised Statutes OF Ne
vada which reads as follows 1T
shall not be lawful for Commissioners
or any other officer OF the county to
authorize. allow or contract for any
expenditure unless the money for pay
ment thereof is in the treasury and es-
pecially set aside for such payment
ANY Commissioner or officer violating
the provisions of this section shall
be removed from Office in suit to
be instituted by the District Attorney
oi the county Wherein said Commits
sioner resides upon the request OF the
Attorney General 1t would seem
that Mr.. Mack would have me recalled
Tor not creating such Indebtedness
when the law says positively that !
sHaIl DC removed from office II | do
so.
1 am censured for allowing Mr.
Turner to expend large sums III his
district and not eXpending the same
amount IN mine. when the facts are
that the roads i'll MIR. Turner dis
trict were so badly washed out nurls
ber OF times that they were utterly inn
passable. Those roads had to be kept
open SO as To keep the freight moving
10 Aurora or there would have been
ia head of horses and 9 auto trucks
hung up on the road and this busines,
would have been lost to Lyon county
and shipped via Hawthorne feel
that IL was only justice to Mr.. Turner
and good business to allow him to do
so with the understanding that | be
allowed to expend my portion of the
road money after the taxes were in
Had ! expended the same amount he
found necessary the county would
have been without funds some time
ago.
In making our budget for the year
we arranged for the expenditure of
$1,000 (ten thousand dollars) on the
roads of the county but as we only
receive about half of this sum on No
vember and half in June, it is only
since the 18th inst. that we have had
funds available for road work and
since that time | have had from FIVE
To seven teams at work on the road
all the time.
All ask is that unjust criticism be
withheld until have had a chance to
rcnair the roads in my district and
desire to invite the most thorough
investigation into my official acts to
determine if | have been lax in my
public duties
Very truly yours.
A. II. Barlow,
Commissioner Road District No. 2