Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-05-13
Report OF the Grand Jury of Mari.
cspa County.


The report of the Grand Jury at thu
Spring session of the district court O
the third judicial district, held a
Phenix, Maricopa county, having beer
sent us, with request for its publica
ton that the matter thereof NAV b,
more widely disseminated, we herewith
publish the same. The report was mad,
on the 22d of April and reads as fol
ows:
To the honorable district court of the
third judicial district, in and for the
county OF Maricopa :-Your grand jury
for the April term OF court have exam
ined all cases and bl,sineSg brought be
fore it. and fepG as follows: We,
the grand jurors, have examined -four
complaints and have found three true
bills. One tor assault with a deadly
weapon, with intent d commit murder
one for grand Larceny; and one for as.
sault with deadly weapon, with in
tent TO commit great bodily injury One
case was ignored. We find that the
books of the county recorder, county
treasurer and county sheriff are kept in
a correct and business like manner. II
IS our opinion that the records of the
proceedings of the board of supervisors
should be kept in more full and ex-
plicit manner thereby giving a more
full and complete history of their
transactions. When auditing and al
lowing bills against the county, the re-
cord should show for what pur.
pose the bills were made. We find the
books of the district attorney kept in a
loose and careless manner, the same
not having been posted or balanced
since the organization of the county.
We would recommend that the dis
trict attorney keep a ledger account,
and that he post and balance his books
Immediately after his annual settlement
with the board of supervisors, on the
first Monday in July of each year. We
also find that the district attorney has
been derelict, in that he has not pressed
suits against delinquent tax payers,
and we recommend that the board of
supervisors require him to perform his
whole duty in this respect, in the future.
and that suit be brought Immediately
for taxes that are now delinquent and
now collectible. We are of opinion
that the above Irregularities are caused
by The gross carelessness Of the board
of supervisors, and we recommend that
hereafter they DE .eqdlred to comply
with the letter of the law, as laid down
in the statutes for guidance. We also
recommend that the board of superyis-
ors preserve not only the stubs, but
also the warrants after properly can
ceiling The same, instead of destroying
them as heretofore.
The county Indebtedness approx.
imates S1O,S46.73 for which warrants
have been issued There is cash on
hand in the several funds, to the amount
of $1945.75, leaving net balance
against the county of SS,S9O9S. The
district attorney is of the opinion that
he will collect yet $1,000, on the de
linquent tax list of 1915. We would
urgently recommend that the county
treasurer be furnished, by order
of the board Of supervisors, with SUIT
able books in which to keep each OF
the following accounts, viz: the county
general, contingent, school and road
funds, and the Territorial fund We
would recommend that the "dancC
house fund be transferred to the coun
ty road fund, as directed by law.
We find that the court room, and the
recorders, treasurer's and clerks rooms
are in fair condition, and suitable fol
the purposes for which they are used
The jail is in a useless condition, and
we would call the attention Of the
board of supervisors to this fact, also
to the importance of providing some
safe means of combining prisoners.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted. JOHN SMITH, Foreman