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Eureka, Nevada, June 24, 1911. To the Honorable Peter Breen, Judge of the District Court in and for the County of Eureka, State of Nevada. We, your Grand Jury impaneled by your Honor and assigned to duty on June 14, 1911, having investigated all cases submitted, also all public matters to which our attention was called by the District Attorney and others, and with the assistance of the Special Auditor employed by the County, having made a comprehensive examination of the books and papers of the various County officials, do now submit this, our report: The different committees were appointed as follows: Public Buildings-Chas. H. Rand, E. D. Walti, W. J. Harris. Books-I. H. Rogers, M. J. Hough, F. E. Leonard. Bridges and Roads-F. A. Fulkerson, Dan Johns, Miles McKinnon. Public Morals and Nuisances-James Mackey, F. J. Brossemer, W. S. Yates. Fire and Water-J. H. Fine, J. D. Murphy, F. J. Winzell. The reports of the respective committees are appended hereto. In the case of the State of Nevada, plaintiff, Indian Maggie, defendant, charged with murder, a true bill was found. In the case of the State of Nevada, plaintiff, Indian Tom, defendant, charged with murder, a true bill was found. In the indictments, B, C, D, E, F. G, H, I, J, and K, a true bill was found in each case respectively. The attention of the Grand Jury having been called to violations of the Gambling law, different parties were brought before this body and had read to them certain sections of the gambling law. Peace officers of the County also appeared upon request of the Grand Jury and had their attention directed to the gambling law, with instructions that they were expected to do their duty to the full extent of the law. The Grand Jury having been called upon to investigate the withdrawals of accounts by various parties just prior to the closing of the Eureka County Bank, beg to state that while we find this true, we do not find sufficient evidence to indict. For the benefit of the depositors in the said Eureka County Bank, and for the information of the general public, we wish to state that upon investigation we find that there is absolute and complete evidence to show that the deposit of the funds of this County in said bank by R. McCharles, Treasurer of this County, was placed therein as a special deposit, separate and distinct from all other deposits, and that he was fully justified in having same returned to him intact. In the opinion of this Grand Jury the conduct of the late State Banking Board (the predecessors of the present Banking Board, and to whom Mr. Van Fleet made his report of the condition of the Eureka County Bank during the last six months prior to the suspension of said bank) cannot be too severely censured. Had that Board taken steps to close the Eureka County Bank when their attention was first called to its deplorable condition, the results would have been much better for the depositors and all concerned, with the exception of the officials of the bank, as the deposits of the bank at that time were many thousands of dollars less than when the bank closed, while the assets were in much better shape. These are facts shown by the books notwithstanding the statements to the contrary issued by that Banking Board. Even during the time the Banking Board claimed to have been exercising supervision over the bank and its assets, the assets of the Eureka Live Stock the princi-
