The union Democrat., 1870-05-07
nep.r, Of shs ssr..d g.ry.

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May term 1870 of said Court beg to submit.
the following final report: We have exam-
| ined all the business that has come before us,
and have dismissed five charges against par
ties held to answer, as follows to wit:
One against Honora Greenwood. for draw
ing and exhibiting deadly weapon.
One against Robert Wreen, for an assault
with deadly weapon.
One against Frank Hall alias Bernard
Philips, for Grand Larceny.
One against George Morgan, for assault
with deadly weapon.
One against James burns for manslaugh-
ter.
/ We further report that we have visited the
County Jail and fad it clean and in good con-
dition and repair, except the rear wall to the
yard, which needs some repairs on the
fence. We also visited the County Hospital
and found it clean and the patients we'll car
| ed for. We have also examined the public
Records, and the manner in which official du-
ty has been performed during the last year
by the various county officers.
We 6nd that the Treasurer has kept his
books, and discharged his duties as Treas
urer in a faithful aud efficient manner, and
that the balance of the moneys shown bv the
books to be in the treasury. are actually on
hand ready for disbursement to the various
funds to which they belong.
We find that the County Clerk, as clerk of
the various Courts, as County Recorder,
as County Auditor and Clerk Of the Board of
Supervisors, has performed the various official
duties incumbent upon him in faithful and
efficient manner, and that the public records
in his Office are neatly and in,elligently kept.
/ We further find that these records are not
safe in the vault in which they are kept, for
the reason that we believe there is a KEY to
the vault in which they ere kept, in the hands
of some person other than the clerk, uu-
known to the officers and to the Grand Jury.
We therefore recommend that the lock on the
vault in the Clerk Office be changed, and
that new l6ck be purchased under such
precautions as will secure entire safety to the
public records and with no opportunity for
duplicating the keys. except by the person
having them in legal custody.
] We further recommend that the privy in
the Court House yard be cleaned out and re-
paired.
GERS entrusted with the collection of Revenue,
for the last year have not made the reports
required by law, and particularly the report
in relation to the name and description of per
sons liable to pay a Foreign Miners License,
from whom they have been unable to collect
such license, and that the reports which they
have made in relation to the collection of the
various classes oe license, are not made in that
Ineligible manner which will enable any
one to tell when person liable to license
may become delinquent.
We further find that the Collectors have
collected bet from one to three licenses from
companies of FIVE to ten Chine men, and that
this mode of collection has been with the full
knowledge and acquiescence Of the District AT
ney and the Board Of Supervisors.
| We further find that the District Attorney
has not made the reports required by law, in
relation to the Delinquent Taxes of 1867 and
1868, and that the same remain unsettled and
uncancelled.
We find that the Supervisors have been
derelct in their duty, in no: causing the semi
annual report to be made and published as
required By law. and in not enforcing more
prompt and faithful performance Of official
duty on the part of those entrusted with the
collection Of the public revenue.
We further find that the tax provided hv
law to be collected annually for county expen-
di,urcs, has been applied tG the payment Of
indebtedness or the old General Fund. when
it should have been applied to tho payment of
the current expenditures OF the county, and
that by reason of this misappropriat;on, a
Current Expense debt of about SIC 900 has
been created, and the county compelled to
| pay double price for articles bought.
We do not 6nd however, that there is cause
| for either indictment or presentment of any
duty, for the reason that we have failed to
discover wilful or intentional neglect of du-
ty in any instance; but we recommend that
the District Attorney bring the subject of the
collection aud disbursement of the revenue.
and all matters pertaining thereto, before the
next Grand Jury, with view of securing
more faithful and efficient performance of Of
| fetal duty.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
p. J. c. Rvlanl. Foreman John R. Sben.
ard, Francis A. Prassa Geo. D. Gookin. F.
N. Maupin. j. H. Martin, NJ. Sullivan.
Robert Boyd, Ffancis Jasper, John Mooney.
A. S. Phifer, J. NJ. Hampton, George D.
Fonda, Samuel Hagerty, H. Hickman.
The Bulletin of May Sd, reports contract
having been make in San Francisco for 50.-
600 ties for the Stockton & Copperopolis Rail-
road.
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