The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-10
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
N. P. Morgan Appointed to Fill
Office of District Attorney
OF Eureka County

The regular monthly meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners
was held Monday. Present Commits
sioners Otis Fulton, Alex Fraser and
Edgar Sadler, and Clerk R. Nc
Charles. The following business was
transacted:
The Board. the Auditor and |. H.
Rogers, the Expert Accountant,
counted the money in the Treasury
and found the same to agree with
the Auditors balances.
A list of the bills allowed will be
found in another column.
The several County officers reports
were read, examined, approved and
ordered placed on file.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried it was ordered that the bill of
Ralph Ferguson for $53, for salary
and meals, be laid over for the rea-
sol that the said Ferguson failed to
file his monthly report with his salary
bill, and also failed to file a voucher
for the $500 he paid for meals.
An affidavit was received from J..
P. Raine at Palisade stating ne re-
ceived a Poll Tax Book of 25 receipts
from the Assessor for the year 1913;
that he had collected six poll taxes,
and that the book containing 10 e
ceipts had been lost or mislaid; and
it appearing to the Board that said
affidavit fully set forth the facts. it
was ordered that the Auditor of this
County be authorized and directed
to give to the Assessor of this Coun-
ty a receipt in full for the above 10
receipts.
Percy Goblin, Constable of Beowawe
precinct, presented a bond for $1,000
with the requisite number of sureties,
and it was approved.
An application for appointment to
the Office of District Attorney of Eu-
reka County was received from N.
P. Morgan, which was ordered placed
on file.
Whereas, Thomas j. McParlin pre-
sented to the Board of County Com
m~issioners his resignation In writing,
as District Attorney of the County
of Eureka, State of Nevada, on De-
cember 2, 1913, and
Whereas, Said resignation was
duly and regularly adopted by the
order of said Board made and en-
tered on the record of said Board on
December 2, 1918, and the said res
ignation was filed by the Clerk of
said Board on said December 2, 1918,
and
Whereas, There is at this date no
officer duly authorized to execute
the duties of said Office of District
Attorney aforesaid;
1t is hereby ordered that N. P.
Morgan, a bona ide resident of said
County and State, and duly author
lied and licensed to practice law in
said County and State, and being a.
suitable person therefor, be. and he
is hereby appointed by the said
Board of County Commissioners to
perform the duties Of said office I'M
til filled by election or appointment
as provided by law, and that said N.
P. Morgan, as such a~ppointee, file a
bond in the sum of $4,000, to be ap-
proved by said Board, and take the
oath as provided by law.
On motion duly seconded and un-
animously carried. the foregoing res
olution was adopted.
A communication was received
from G. Baalman. manager of the
Diamond Peak Mining Company. ask
ing for a franchise to build a road
through Davis canyon. The District
Attorney was directed to write to.
said Baalman for further particulars.
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 January /, 1914, to