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146 MARCH 8 & 9, 1865 NEVADA TRANSCRIPT
THE COURT HOUSE.—The entire cost of the Court House, as it now stands, has been about
$46,400. The contract was let to Mr. Hart for $23,000. Some necessary changes were made for which
extra was charged. For instance, the old foundation walls were found to be weak and unfit to build upon,
and the building was brought ten feet to the front at a cost of $1,000. In the $46,000 is included the cost
of the iron cells for the jail, the shutters and doors, gas and water fixtures, furniture, stoves and carpeting.
The building is now complete and is equal to any similar structure in the State. All the material is of
the best quality and the work is excellently done. The establishment cost a large sum, but citizens of the
county may congratulate themselves that they have a Court House equal to any on this coast. The offices
are all furnished and the court room is convenient, while the jail is sufficiently strong to keep prisoners
without maintaining a guard at county expense.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1865
BIRTH. In this city, March 7th, the wife of Charles Marshal [sic], a son.
In this city, March 8th, the wife of Frank Aymer, a son.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.— . .. We have now the second Inaugural Address of President
Lincoln before us. It breathes a spirit of hope and confidence for the future, while it looks to the Almighty
as the ruling power in the great conflict. Four years ago there was doubt and uncertainty, but now the
light is breaking. The bondsman has been liberated and soon the land is to be redeemed forever from the
curse of treason. The Address closes with the following exhortation:
“All together, with malice towards none, with charity to all, with firmness in the right, as
God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the national
wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphans,
and do all we may to achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all
nations.”
ANOTHER GREENBACK DECISION.—Another decision on the greenback question was made
on Monday last by the Supreme Court. Its merits may be understood from what follows: The Bear
River Water Company, prior to the passage of the Legal Tender Act, gave a note, and a mortgage on its
property to secure the same, for the payment of some $27,000. At maturity they tendered greenbacks in
payment, which the holders of the note refused to accept. The Court decided that the offer of greenbacks
by the Company was a legal tender for the full payment of the debt. The effect of all the decisions on the
greenback question may be now summed up as follows:
1. State and county taxes must be paid in gold coin.
2. A contract made in writing to pay in gold will be enforced.
3. Greenbacks are a legal tender for debts where the debtor did not specifically contract to
pay in gold.
4. Greenbacks are a legal tender for all debts contracted prior to the passage of the Legal
Tender Act by Congress.
GRASS VALLEY FOUNDRY.—C. M. Taylor, owner of the Grass Valley Foundry, lately destroyed
by fire, has determined to rebuild it immediately. The Grass Valley Union says the main building will be
of stone sixty by thirty feet in the clear. The foundation and walls are to [be] completed in 18 working
days.
REMOVAL.—We understand that Wm. H. Crawford & Co. are fitting up the store adjoining