Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-01-05
THE NEW BOARD
HAS FIRST SESSION

The retiring Board of County Com
missioncrs held its last meeting tor
thc year on December ,'lst and dis
posed OF number of bills and other
routine matters.
The first business OF the new board
was the selection Of Fred Bertrand as
chairman. On the approval OF his
bond. Ruel f. LoHlrop assumed the
duties OF Clerk and Treasurer, with
Leslie Welsh as deputy The bonds
Of the other officers. all Of whom sue
ceed themselves. were also approved.
Ruel T.. L.othrop rendered hts res
ignation as County Assessor, the same
being accepted by the board, who then
appointed Sheriff d. p. Randall to
ill the vacancy. This was tech
nical procedure taken to insure the
legality OF MIR. Randall assuming
the duties of Sheriff and Assessor TO
which he was elected last November.
Owing to an ambiguity i'll the law
passed by the last legislature, which
consolidated the offices OF Sheriff and
Assessor in this county it is not
clear whether the statute takes effect
n 1921 or 1922.
The bond OF J. c. Kennedy, coun-
ty surveyor. was approved. The fol
lowing Justices of the Peace were APP
pointed: A. H. Barlow, Mason: Fin
ley Heap, Fernley; r. n. Gibson
Ludwig
Jas ]. Kelly was appointed cor.
stable OF Mason valley township, !.
H. Whitacre was appointed publiC
administrator of Lyon County
II was ordered that the compensa
ton of the Board of Directors of the
Walker River Drainage District. No
be fixed at S. per day while actually
employed in this work.
Ut. VI. Il. l-cdNltl was appointed
county health officer at salary OF
SIS per month.
itor OF the court house at $l00 per
month.
The Board authorized the sheriff to
appoint two deputies, one at Fernley
and one at Dayton, at SIS per month
each.
The deputy health officers at Dayton
and Fernley were ordered discon-
tinued
The following resolution was intro
duced by Commissioner Bertrand and
unanimously adopted;
WHEREAS, an examination of the
\uditor's Annual Report lor the year
1920 shows to this Board the import
ant fact that the cost OF maintenance
of the indigents and poor oi the Coun-
tv each year is increasing to an cnor-
nous extent: and
WHEREAS. At this meeting,
Doctors L.cavitt, Edwards and Brown
appeared before the Board and sub
mittcd facts and figures showing the
feasibility of the erection OF a Coun-
ty Hospital in this County to maintain
ihe indigeut poor and, among other
things, showed that the same would
be to great extent self-sustainiug
and =.
WHEREAS, This Board believes
the same to be q, sufficient interest
| that the tax payers and citizens inter
! csted in Lyon County should take
some action looking toward the es-
tablishment of County Poor Farm
and Hospital; and
| THEREFORE,, BE TT RESOLV-
! ED, That the Board of County Com
| missioners of Lyon County, in meet
ing assembled, hereby resolves tha
the tax payers and citizens, civic
bodies and commercial clubs of thi
county should consider this PROPOSE
ton, and should endeavor to plac
the same before the Legislators 0
this county in proper light, shown
the feasibility of the proposition an
the great need of the same thereb
saving to the tax payers of this cour
ty what we believe to be great Sill
of money each year for the care {
the INDECENT poor.