The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-11-08
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
Board Formally Notified That
County Highway Commission
Has Gone Out of Business

10 ANONSiIlDeT D, 1915. |
Present, Commissioners Otis Fulton.
Alex Fraser and Edgar Sadler. the
Clerk and District Attorney.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The Board and the Auditor counted
the money in the Treasury and
found the same correct.
A list of the bills allowed will be
found published in another column
of to-day's SENTINEL.
The following resolution was re-
ceived from the Board of Highway
Commission, which was ordered
spread upon the minutes
The Board of Highway Commits
sion met November 3, 1913, pur-
suant to law, with the full board
present.
Whereas, The members of this
Board did, on the 9th day of Sep
TENDER, 1913, meet and organize as
a Board of Highway Commission
under Chapter 259, page 800, laws
of Nevada, 1913, and
Whereas, An opinion has been re-
ceived from the Attorney General of
this State that it was not obligatory
to organige as such a Board until
the bonds had been authorized by
the County to carry out the provi-
sions of the law ; and
Whereas. Under the present cir
cumstances the Board is of the
opinion that no practical or bene.
fetal result can be accomplished
under present circumstances, it is
hereby
Resolved, That this Board be and
it is hereby dissolved as a Board of
Highway Commission, and that all
books. minutes and proceedings, to-
gether with the opinion of the At
torney General, be returned over to
the Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners, and that a copy of
this resolution be transmitted to the
Board of County Commissioners of
Eureka County.
The above resolution was unani-
mously adopted.
hereby certify the above to be a
true copy of the minutes of the
Board of Highway Commission.
THOMAS j. McPARLIN, Secretary.
The Commissioners ordered that
the Clerk have a list of all the bills
allowed by the said Highway Com
mission published when publishing
other County bills.
Moved by o. Fulton and seconded
by +. Sadler, it was ordered that
the Office of Road Supervisor of Eu-
reka County be declared vacant, and
the Clerk was directed to transmit a
copy Of the foregoing order to G..
A. Fletcher.
On motion duly seconded and
carried, it was ordered that |. Mat
son be appointed County Surveyor
of Eureka County, upon his furnish
ing a $1,000 bond to be approved by
this Board.
A communication was received
from the manager of the Buckhorn
Mines Company asking the Board to
appropriate money to build a road
between Beowawe and Buckhorn,
through Brock canyon, which was
ordered placed on file. The Clerk
was instructed to write to Mr.. Kid
der that it is the opinion of this Board
that Eureka County has expended
for the benefit of Buckhorn over
$4,000 for roads, buildings and other
improvements, and that the County
has not received IN over III pei
cent of said amount; that this Board
believes that Eureka County has been
very liberal in its expenditures OF
public money for the benefit and
welfare of the people of Buckhorn,
and that this County should not be
called upon for money until some
thing was received in return in taxes,
and that it is the opinion of the Dis
trict Attorney that this Board can
not appropriate any money to pay
the expenses of building the Brock
canyon road, because it is not a pub
lie highway, not having been used
for public travel, and has not been
taken up and dedicated to public use
hv the County. as required by law.