Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-01-13
GOVERNMENT HAS FINE LOT Of
JUNK COLLECTED ON THE BORDER
Six Generals of the Federal Army,
5000 Fugitive Soldiers and 1900
Refugees Throw Themselves In
Uncle Sans Arms

PRESIDE, Texas, Jan. 13.-Six
generals of the Mexican federal ar
my, $500 fugitive soldiers and 1,5OO
refugees, who were driven out Of Oil
naja. Mexico, by General Francisco
Villas rebel forces were put in
readiness for four days march over
the Of miles of road to Maria, Tex.
The soldiers will be interned at Fort
Bliss indefinitely.
At Maria, the nearest railroad STA
ton, the federal army which sought
asylum i'll the United States after
their defeat by the rebels, will be
guarded by the border patrol, pend
ing their final disposition by the war
department. Among the refugees
are 1,2O7 women, as officially count
ed by Major McNamee. They have
also 1000 federal army horses and
mules Major McNamee sent caval-
ry along the road to select and pro-
vision camps at the points where the
procession will stop. The food SUP
plies will come from the army.
Major MCNamee was without def
would be taken after the had reach
1T shall not be lawful for the
commits slOners, or any officer OF the
county, to authorize, allow or con-
tract for any expenditure unless the
money for the payment thereof is
in the treasury and especially set
aside for such payment. Any COM
missioner or officer violating the
provisions of this section shall be
removed from office in a suit to be
instituted by the district attorney in
the county in which said commission
er resides upon the request Of the
attorney general"
1t is clear from the two foregoing
provisions that it is the duty of the
county commissioners between the
first Monday in January and the first
Monday i'll March to make a budget
Of the amount estimated to be re
quired to pay the expenses OF con-
ducting the public business of the
county for the ensuing year, and to
prepare such budget in detail, both
as to the aggregate sum and the
items. and it is made unlawful tor
the board Of county commissioners
to contract for any expenditure un-
less the money for the payment
thereof is in the treasury and espec-
tally set aside for such payment. |
am confirmed in this view by the
provisions of section 1881, which
provides in case Of great necessity
or emergency, with the consent Of
the state board of revenue, the
county commissioners may author
ize temporary loan, and by sec
ton 1882, which requires the levy
of an emergency tax at the hrst tax
levy following the creation OF the
emergency Indebtedness. You Will
also observe from sections 1888 and
1884 that all county business must
be conducted upon cash basis, and
no loans can be made by the board
of county commissioners except the
emergency loans or bonded lndebt-
edness authorized by law.
In connection with the foregoing
desire to further call your atten-
ton to the provisions Of IAN act in
relation to levying and assessing
taxes for state and county pur-
poses,' approved March 10, 1891, re
vised laws, section 1918, as follows: ::
"All state and county taxes re
uuired to be levied by the boards Of
county commissioners OF the several
counties of this state, shall hereafter
be levied by such boards of county
commissioners on or before the first
Monday of March in each year; pro-
vided, that if after the equalization
of taxes in the several counties OF
the state, it shall appear that the
levy previously made by the board
of county commissioners Of any
county of this state for county pur-
poses will result in the collection of
revenue, either in excess or de-
fciency of the requirements of such
county for the current year, then
and in such event, the board II
county commissioners in any such
county shall have the power, and