The following men have held the office of county attorney from 1854
to the present date:

1854-1856—J. W. O'Hara	1910-1918—J. S. Hodge
1856-1862—Russell W. Wake	1918-1926—C. C. Molloy, Sr.
1862-1878—Finis A. Wilson	1926-1930—J. S. Hodge
1878-1886—Dan B. Cassidy	1930-1938—James A. Vinson

1886-1890—E. H. James 1938-1942—R. L. Sisson        

1890-1898—Warren Martin	1942-1962—C. C. Molloy, Jr.
1898-1906—Sam C. Molloy	1962- —J. E. Story 1906-1910—Walter Krone

        
TAX COMMISSIONER

Duties

The duties of the tax commissioner are to encourage all property
owners to list their property, keep a record of all taxes of real property, make assessments for all taxable property, (except certain property which is assessed by the Department of Revenue) make every effort to locate, identify and assess property, and to prepare the tax roll. He shall also maintain an inventory of all exempt property, attend all hearings held by county board of supervisors, the Department of Revenue, or any other hearing pertaining to the assessment of property in Lyon County, and be present at the opening of lock boxes by administrators and report their contents to the Department of Revenue.
Tax commissioner compensation is ten cents a hundred on the first three million dollars of assessed valuation and two cents a hundred on the remainder. Deputy allowance allowed to tax commissioners' offices is paid by state and county. The county deputy gets $200.00 for first two million dollar assessment and one-half per cent per hundred of remainder of the assessed valuation. The county also allows $500.00 for deputy hire and $50.00 for expenses.

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