The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-04-07
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
Business Transacted Blythe Board
At It's Regular Monthly
Meeting

the Board of County Commissioners
was held Thursday. April 5. Present
Commissioners Edgar Sadler and R.
j. Reid. the Clerk, Auditor, District
Attorney and Sheriff.
The Board and the Auditor count
ed the money in the Treasury and re-
ported that the same was correct.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read by the Clerk and approved
by the Board.
A list of the bills allowed at this
meeting will appear in next weeks
SENTINEL.
The bond of George Shultes as Con-
stable of Beowawe township in the
sun of $1,000 was approved.
DR.. w. H. Nix appeared before the
Board as County Health Officer and
advised the placarding of houses
wherein were cases of the humps.
He stated there we're then two cases.
The County Board of health is COM
posed of the County Health Officer.
Commissioners and the Sheriff. and
these officials met later as a Board
and took action in this matter.
The personal bond of R. Mechanics
as County Clerk and ex-oficio Treas
urer of Eureka County in the sum of
$115, 900 was approved.
At the request of Mr.. Mechanics
the Board ordered that all bonds pre-
viously filed by him as Clerk and
Treasurer be surrendered and re-
turned.
The report of C. H. De Almond.
special expert accountant. covering
an examination of the books of the
County officials, was approved.
A petition signed by numerous
taxpayers asking that the salary of
L. w. Cromer, Justice of the Peace
of Eureka township, be increased
from S35 to $50 per month. vas ia
vorably acted upon by the Board and
his salary was raised to $50 per
month.
The salary of all other township
officers of Eureka County was or
dered to remain as previously set.
A petition numerously signed by
Eureka Comfy taxpayers asking the
Board to appoint Martin Mahoney
as County Game Warden was laid
over for the reason that a new law
covering this Office has just been
signed by the Governor and the pro-
visions of the new law were not
known.
A communication was received
from j. M. Requa of Palisade tender
ing his resignation as Commissioner
from the Third Commissioner Dis
trict, to take effect at once. The
Board accepted the resignation.
A petition signed by 46 taxpayers
of Palisade asking that j. M. Requa
be appointed Justice of the Peace of
Palisade township was favorably C
ted upon and Mr.. Requa received the
appointment.
Assessor w. j. Hooper appeared
before the Board with a letter from
the Governor of Nevada asking that
the Board of Commissioners of Eu-
reka County levy a tax of sever
cents on each 800 valuation of prop
erty in this county for State High
way purposes for 1917. The levy was
made ~
A petition of a majority of the res
idents, and representing three-fifths
of the taxable property of the town
of Eureka, was received by the Board
asking for a tax levy for the purpose
of lighting the streets of the town,
and it was ordered that 80 cents on
the 500 valuation of the property of
the town be levied for this purpose.
The Eureka Power & Light Com
pany was authorized by the Commits
sioners. acting as a Town Board, to
install and maintain eight lights upon
the streets at a cost of $24.0O per
month to the town.
Eurekan Appointed Fire Chief
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