The weekly ledger., 1857-04-18
Court of Sessions, Amador County.

This court met on the 9th inst, and will
probably adjourn for the term to-day, (lsth.)
1t has not, however, been in session during
the whole of the intermediate time.
Grand Jury Report.
The Grand Jurors of the April Term of the
Court of Sessions, for the county Of Am
ador
REPORT
That they have found five true bills; one for
murder, three for grand larceny, and one for
breaking Jail.
We have examined the jail and find it to
be very poorly constructed, and totally I'M
safe to retain prisoners We also learn that
TO make it more secure, it would require an
additional expenditure Of over two thousand
dollars; that that, taken in connection with
the sums already expended for building, re-
pairs. and monies paid for the retaking of es
capped prisoners, (amounting, as we are adj
yised, to over eight Thousand dollars forci
bly, admonishes us of the impropriety of ma
king any suggestions for additional expendi-
lures, to render the Jail secure-the praeti-
cability Of which we consider impossible In
view Of which Notwithstanding the present
indebtedness of the county, we would re-
spectfully suggest to the Supervisors of said
county the propriety, necessity, and econo-
my of their adopting immediate measures for
issuing proposals for plan and construction
of Jail, adequate in size and perfect in Sc
ouritv: to cost, not to exceed eight thousand
dollars, to be paid in county bonds, to be-
come due and payable at such future period,
that their liquidation may be met, without
inconvenience to the taxpayers or to the
revenue of the county.
In the further discharge Of our duty, we
have visited the county hospital, and altho
we cordially approve Of, the treatment and
course of the attending physician, we at the
same time regret that the county has no suit
able building, Of its own, proper for such
use: and would therefore most earnestly and
respectfully suggest to the Board of Super
visors, that we deem it to be the imperative
and manly dnty Of the Board, as agents of
the citizens of Amador county, to make an
early and immediate appropriation for the
building and construction of such county hos
pital, with such conveniences and appurte-
nances as would be adequate to the wants Of
the county, and commensurate with justice
and humanity.
From the slight examination we have made
in the books of the County Treasurer, touch
ing the public revenue, we find a sum nearly
approximating to two thousand dollars un-
collected for licenses-much Of it due for the
last six months, or two quarters; and we
have good reason to believe that the Treasu-
ry is annually defrauded outof thousands Of
dollars in consequence Of great laxity on the
part of the properly constituted officer, or Of
fcers, whose duty it may be to collect the
revenue of the county, and suggest more
Jealous and energetic discharge of such du-
ties We are assured that if all the revenue
of the county be promptly collected, our
Treasury would be augmented several thous-
and dollars yearly, and more healthy sys-
TEN of business inaugurated for the future Of
the county.
We further believe it to be the duty of ev-
cry county officer to recognize all violation of
the revenue laws, even where no fees may
accrue to such officer, as well as any and all
other violations when fees may be specified
for such duties.
The session Of the Grand Jury has been
somewhat protracted in consequence of diff
cultes in procuring, as they believe, evidence
necessary to proper investigation, where
crime has been charged. In conclusion,
the past with the present, we are
gratiiied at the elimination OF crime and an
increased respect to the laws of the land
All of which is respectfully submitted
GEO. l.. GALE, Foreman,
G.. w. WAGNER,
JAMES X. HATTON,
JOHN KEYES,
WILSON WEST,
A. +. NORTHR0P,
]. b. MALIN,
A. MALLERNEE,
HENRY METCALF,
A. l. HOUG HTALING,
w. S. COOLIDGE,
r. f. FRYE,
O. Il. REMINGTON,
Il. r. SPICER,
j. ii. SIMPSON,
j. IL. WEIGH,
FREDERICK MILLER
G. w. WAGNER, Sec. pro. TEN.
Jackson, April llth, 1851
Petit Jury
Inc L cut Jury iot Auc ttilu itHoNtTeu W
their names as follows:
VIM Hancock, William Thompson,
Peter Quinlan, j. II. Dollison,
Taylor Lake, Robt. Wadsworth,
James 0gg, Thos Fillmore,
j. b. Ryan, VIM. Cook,
Geo. Bates, John Keith,
S. N. Williams, Milo Pelton,
@. Lenager, w. T. Wildman,