Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-20
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
VS.. CARLIN

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in due form, place the tuwn Of
Carlin under and subject 10 an act
providing for the government of the
towns and cities of this state as
can be found on page 264 of the
Revised Statutes of this state.
Following is summary Of the
account of the Carlin town govern
ment fund as taken from the
books of the Treasurer of Elko
county. viz:
Receipts, Aug. and Sept. 1910,
$2ll SO.
Disbursements, Jany, April and
June 1911. s209.00.
Balance remaining in fund $3.50.
1t is now March 1914 and this
beautiful $3.50 still stands on our
county treasurer's books to our
credit and without having been
molested, added to or taken from,
since June 9, 1911.
If there has been any money paid
from any of the several funds nf
Elko county for internal purposes
within the limits of the town of
Carlin, since June 8. 1911. the PEG
ples' money has been unduly paid
out.
am legally advised that the
board of county commissioners
have 10 authority to pay out dol.
lar of the county money for the
town of Car!in.
The public interests OF the town
of Carlin are in a most wretched
condition. 1t is filthy and unsani-
tary. Its streets and alleys are in
a deplorable condition as nature
made them, only worse by usage
and abuse.
Following is copy Of six notices
which were posted at six different
and prornincnt places in the town
of Carlin Feby. 81, 1914. viz:
NOTICE TO PROPERTY HOLD.
ERS OF CARLIN
A mass meeting of the property
holders and taxpayers of Carlin
township is called 10 be held in the
lobby Of the Overland Hotel, Sat.
urdsy evening, February %, 1914
at s o'clock, for the purpose of
considering the question of q spec
ial tax levy for the Carlin public
school and also a special ley for
town development purposes.
All the taxpayers are respectfully
invited to attend
There were at this meeting, at
least ten of the leading and rcput-
able tax payers of the town Of Car.
lin. The sense of the meeting
was to lay over the school tax levy
until after the election of school
trustees early ii april and allow the
newly elected board of trustees to
handle that question. 1t was the
unanimous desire &c the meeting
individually expressed that We re-
quest the county commissioners to
p ace special levy upon US for the
year 1914 of 81 on the 500 valua
ticn on all property within the
limits Of the town Of Carlin.
The writer Of this article wos re-
qucstcd by the meeting TO make
their wishes known to the commits
sioners, which he agreed to do on
the follow ing Monday as he had
other work calling him to Elko on
that day.
The writer d d on Monday, March
2, at about II 80 a. m. enter the
commissioners room and did then
and there fully and correctly make
known to them the wishes of the
people OF Carlin as expressed ut
the called mass meeting herein
mentioned on Febr'y %. When the
writer closed his statement To the
commissioners, they Immediately
adjourned for the noon hour. The
writer has been told by Mr.. Chas.
B. Happier, that the chairman of
the board came down tow.I, found
him (Mr. Kappler) and that he,
| (Mr. Griswold), asked Mr.. Kap.
pier to 90 to MIR. Lincbargcr. Mr..
Griffin, Mr.. Buckle, Mr.. lsola and
MIR. Ovens and tell them what
Mr.. Pnett had just done up at the
court h1use and Mr.. Happier to
have them let him (Mr. Griswold)
know right away what they thought