White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06

commissioners were present
Commissioner Weber was asked il
he did not remember while In the
grand Jury room that one of the
members asked him IL he as commits.
sioner would sanction the expendit.
ure Of seven or eight hundred dollars
to procure evidence in a certain case
or cases Commissioner Weber said
Re did not remember any amount
having been stated, but did recall
having been asked about the ex.
penditare Of money, as he thought,
to employ special counsel to assist
/, the district attorney and before COM
hitting himself demanded to konw
what case was being referred to.
Commissioner Gallagher. however.
remembered that the matter had
been spoken of when all three COM
missioners were before the grand
innulsitorial body and the amount o.
seven or eight hundred dollars men
toned.
In order to bring the matter to an
issue, Commissioner Gallagher said
that he thought the grand jurors had
spent the money in all good faith
and in order that proper action
might be taken. He said he felt un-
der the circumstances after lending
their best efforts to the county they
should not likewise lose their money.
He then moved the passage of the
bill. Commissioner Weber refused
to second the motion. After further
conversation Chairman North called
Commissioner Weber to the chair
and Mr.. North then seconded the mo-
ton as made by Commissioner Gal
lagher.
At this point Counsellor Anthony
Jurich arose and presented a written
objection to the payent of the bill
and the same was filed with the clerk,
which is in full as follows:
Ely, New. Jan. 3, 1918.
To the Honorable Board Of County
Commissioners of White Pine
County, State of Nevada, Ely, Ne
yada:
/, the undersigned. "A resident,
citizen and taxpayer of the City of
Ely. County of White Pine, State OF
Nevada. do hereby object to the al
lowance by you of that certain claim
filed by George Doyle. as foreman OF
the grand Jury. for the sum OF
s2,1OO.00, advanced to the Burns
Detective Agency. Which claim was
filed December 20. 1917. for services
rendered and furnished by said de-
tective agency to the grand jury OF
this county, during the year 1917;
my objections to the allowance oil
said claim being upon the following
grounds
FIRST. That said claim is an IL
legal charge against the county. THAI
the grand jury had no power to in
cur any such expense. That no pro-
vision is made under the laws of the
State of Nevada whereby a grand
| Jury can employ detectives at the
expense OF the county. That the
board of county commissioners are
the only officers authorized by law
to incur any such expense.
SECOND: That the services al
legged to have been performed by
said detective agency are not of the
value of 100000 or of the value
OF any other sum or amount what
soever.
! THIRD: That the said claim
was not filed within the six months
provided by law.
FOURTH That the grand jury
incurred said Indebtedness under the
advice and instructions of the Dis
trict Judge of said White Pine coun-
ty state of Nevada That neither
said District Judge nor any other
person or officer in White Pine Coun-
ty, Nevada. except the Board oil
County Commissioners. have any
such power. That said advice and
instructions by the said District
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