The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-04-10
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
Changes Made In License Law
Causes Deficit Of About $4,000
In Eureka County

Board of County Commissioners was
held Monday, April 5. Present
Commissioners Otis Fulton, Edgar
Sadler and j. M. Requa, the District
Attorney, Clerk and Auditor.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The Board and the Auditor count
ed the money in the Treasury and re-
ported that the same agreed with
the Auditors balances.
A list of the bills allowed is pub
lished in another column of this
issue.
The several County officers re-
ports were read, examined and ap-
proved.
Applications for liquor licenses for
the quarter commencing April l and
ending June 80 were received from
IL persons engaged in the
liquor business in Eureka County.
The Sheriff having satisfactorily an
swered the usual questions regarding
the conduct of the different places,
licenses were ordered issued to the
different applicants.
The quarterly report of the Auditor
and Treasurer of Eureka County ap-
pears in another column. 1t will be
noticed that this statement showing
the Financial condition of the County
is now put forth in a different and it
is thought vastly improved form, and
while it has devolved considerable
more work on the part of Auditor
Father. the plain showing of the con-
dition of the different funds. espec-
tally those in the several school dis
tricts of the County, he believes it
will be appreciated by all interested
parties.
A communication was received
from Attorney E. E. Game of Elko,
Nevada, asking the Board to appoint
H. B. Menardi, a resident of Eureka
County, County Surveyor of Eureka
County. The Board ordered that
Mr.. Menardi be appointed, upon his
filing a bond for $1,000 with the
necessary sureties.
j. l.. Wathen. Constable of Beo-
wave Township, presented a $1,000
bond that was accepted by the Board.
1t was ordered that the Clerk or
der from the Pauly Jail Building
Company of st. Louis, Mo-. two lat
tice steel cells to be delivered at Beo-
wave, Nevada.
A communication was received
from c. C. Van Laninghan, Justice
of the Peace of Buckhorn Township.
asking the Board to raise his salary
from $35 to $50 per month. The
communication was placed on file.
On motion it was ordered that the
salaries of the several township Off
GERS of Eureka County be fixed for
the next ensuing six months, the same
as in the past six months.
The Treasurer presented the de-
linquent list for the year 1913, on
sisting of two patented mines, viz:
The Pride of the West and Star of
the West, assessed to Mrs. A. Fraser
and bought by Eureka County for
taxes on July 20, 1914.
On motion it was ordered that said
patented mines be stricken from the
Assessment roll, for the eason that
the said patented mines were non-as-
sesable and no taxes can be collected
therefrom.
The Board ordered that the tax
levy of As cents heretofore made for
the General fund be raised to AZ
cents and 7 mills to make up the de-
ficit caused by the recent change in
the license law made by the last Leg
islature. This change in the License
law will cause a deficit of about $500
per year to Eureka County.
Charles De Almond. licensed ac-
countant, was appointed to expert the
the books of the several officers OF
Eureka County for the last SIX
months of the year 1914.
With the approval of the Board,
County Health Officer G. M. Roberts,
has appointed N. A.. Whitmore OF
Palisade, Eureka County, a Deputy
Health officer, at a salary of $40 per
month.
Upon proper showing made, the
Board granted A. N. Voss an en-