Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-02
DUCKS AND BRAKES OF PEOPLES MONEY

v HE statutes of Nevada are not such dry reading The
afford pleasant entertainment particularly the taxpayers
who take delight noting how the soo arranged for their
money spent CHANGING through the report of the twenty
seventh of the Nevada Legislature ones falls upon chap
H. 1t interesting that is reproduced full that those
who have copy the laws not deprived of its incao
o delightful emotion
Chapter 77-An Act to amend of act ente
An amend entitled fixing the compensation
county and township officers Nye county, State of Nevada and
matters pertaining to the collections and disposition of fees asn
such Offices regulating the conduct thereof repeal
all parts of conflicting Herewith approved March -
1909, approved March Is, 1913.
approved March g. 1879
'The people the represented Senate
Assembly, do follows:
Salary of District Attorney of Nye County
Section Secon of said is hereby amended read
follows:
Section THE district attorney shall receive salary thirty
hundred dollars per his
shall have such deputies the judgment of the board of county
commissioners shall be deemed and such compensation
and for such time they provide He shall be allowed all his
actual travelling expenses of Of his ranport
ton and living while absent from the county
performance of his official duties provided expenses
first audited and allowed by the board of commissioners The
district attorney shall other compensation
than is herein provided for the performance his official
Repeal
"Sec PAN parts acts in conflict with or incons
tent with this act hereby repealed
Thanks to the author of the bl who doubtless lives
Nye county courthouse than the member who
regime of extravaganza this county
The county commissioners audit the personal district
attorney the district attorney sagey advises
lantern expeditions holy crsades Each spi
and they happily making pies people pay
the sometimes wonder why Nye
with its coonfds the southwark ranges
ward and its producing mines all does
OF lending at interest annually
instead of paying thes to the state to banks individuals
body from whom loan may be secured
1t understand why heavy
and the benefits from the expenditure of the public
mote nrequent and unconsequena The admiration
ETY. that ufes INTERCHANGEABLE the prodgaity of its
icuarly to their own benefit, is the of it all
Should the dark lantern brigade
thousand dollars for and then spend money sweeping
it off the again the district attorney office geely
up the necessary papers in personal bills are a
dted" and approved
Wonder just how money these personal bills amount to-
what for fares and pumans what drinks
sleeps what for this and what
cred by going up the courthouse and looking
bills allowed but the courthouse far from
of the heaviest taxpayers.
If the district attorney paid telephone stationery
expense senographer and deputy
pensed for anything he does the benefit
for the $4,000 year he
in the private practice of
borne by the county the the emomen
Just why the county commissioners should allow incumbent
snographer and deputy when enough engage
private practice himself easily understood bit
engaged in tutoring the district attorney fundamentals of law
while senographer photographed
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