The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-10-11
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
Salaries OF Justices Fixed For En-
suing Six Months and Health
Officers Appointed

Inc regular monthly meeting of
the Board of County COMMISSIONS
was held Monday, October 6. Pres
ent 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.
Alist of the bills allowed are pub
lished in another column.
The report of the Treasurer and
Auditor for the quarter ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1913, is published on the
first page of to-day's SENTINEL.
A communication was received
from S, C., Strattan regarding the
building of a school house at Buck
horn. Tho Clerk was directed to in
form said Strattan that the Board
had no authority to build such school
house.
A petition was received from citi-
zens and taxpayers of Buckhorn
township requesting the Board to
establish a school district at Buck
horn, which was read to the Board
by c. c. Van Laningham of Buck
horn.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried it was ordered that a school dis
trict be established at the town of
Buckhorn, to be known as and called
Buckhorn School District, beginning
at the NE corner of Section Il,
township 26, N. r. 49 E., M. d. M.
thence north six miles, thence west
six miles, thence south six miles,
thence east six miles to the place of
beginning.
The Clerk of the Board was order
ed to forward a copy of this order to
A. b. Lightfoot, Deputy Supt. of
Public Instruction, at Ely, Nevada.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried it was ordered that all Justices
of the Peace acting as Deputy Local
Health Officers in Eureka County
shall receive as full compensation for
such services the fees allowed by law,
as set forth in Chapter 103, section
6, Statutes of 1913, to wit: One dol
lar for each birth and one dollar for
each death certified to by them, to
be paid by the County in addition to
their salary as Justices of the Peace,
and that the Clerk forward a copy of
this order to j. M. Requa, Justice of
the Peace at Palisade.
Subject to the approval of the
Board, County Health officer G. M.
Roberts appointed as Deputy Health
Officers F. f. Leonard for Beowawe
township, and C. C. Van Laningham
for Buckhorn township. The Board
approved these appointments.
This being the time set by law for
fixing the salaries of the several JUS
tees of the Peace and Constables of
Eureka County for the ensuing six
months, it was ordered that the sal
aries of said officers be fixed for said
period the same as in the preceding
six months.
A telegram was received from
Mrs. Magee asking the Board to APP
point |. Matson of Buckhorn as Coun-
ty Surveyor of Eureka County. The
matter was laid re- pending inves-
tigation as to his legal qualifications
for such Office.
This being the time set by law for
granting or refusing County liquor
licenses, the Sheriff presented to the
LIQUOR Board of this County the fol-
lowing applications for retail liquor
licenses from October |, 1913 to De-
cember 81. l9l3,
Martin Mahoney, the Sheriff OF
this County, was asked by the Board
if he knew of any reason why per-
mission Should not be granted by
this Board for the issuance of SAID
licenses. Said Sheriff stated that ne
knew of no reason why such licenses
should not be granted.