The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-12-21

Judicial District, Ca and for hs County Q
 YdDGpdi, Territory cf Arizona.
 NOVEMBER TERM, lS77.
 The Grand Jury beg leave 10 submit the following report:
 We have had six cases under examina- tion, have found true bills in three cases and ignored three.
 We have also had under consideration and examination the finances of the county We regret to be compelled to report the f. nances of the county in an unfavorable con dition and submit as follows:
 FINANCES.
 Warrants on GenerAl Fund, Series of 1876 SASS 2e
 Contingent Fund Series of .. s.Ii2's 30 Interest outstanding Warrants, approNimate Indebtedness last quarter approximate .6ooooo
 Total SIS s7s, a
 The indebtedness of Bonds already issued and to be issued Is as follows:
 For purchase of Iron Spring Ton Road s1oOoo,oo For improving Black Canyon Road. %. AoO0ap For building Bradshaw Road .-...... S2Oo000 ." Court House. ......-..........- 60e0o0O
 Total. ......-.........-.......... ,slO7 Ooooo
 Total Indebtedness. .... c .......... IsAs7aTa
 The resources of the County are as fol- lows: The total amount of taxation for 1877 is $53,66S 80; of this amount il is hardly possible that more than 45,000 can be collected. The prevailing drouth and the hitherto total lack of Government ap- propriation. making it impossible for many of our citizens to bear the burden of heavy taxation. of this amount, or $45.O00. 4615 per cent. applies to the County, or the sum of SIS, 165 to the General Fund. and S2,0s4 to the Contingent Fund, making a total revenue to the County, of $20.s over and above amounts received from licences.
 From the above il will be readily seen that the entire resources of the County will little more than cover the interest on our actual and immediately prospective indebt- edness, and that such indebtedness imposed upon the taxpayers of our Courty is wan tonly extravagant and entirely dispropor- toned 10 the limited resources of the County.
 We further find on examination into the general County affairs and into the princi- pal items which make up our great indebt- ednesS, such as the care of the Indigent Sick, the Prescott and Bradshaw Road, and the Courthouse, and would respectfully re- port that with regard to the Indigent Sick. that, while we acknowledge the incumben- cy of our duties toward this unfortunate class in our midst, that our financial condi- ton imperatively demands that the most rigid economy should be practiced in their maintenance. and that none should be ad- mitted except such as are absolutely sick and in great deStitution. and in a suffering condition. We regret to say that great ex- travagance is practiced with regard tn this class; that in = days the sum of S65t was paid for board aud lodging alone, or at the rate of $S,052 per year: that the enormous sum of about $l0,0OO per year is added to our indebtedness by this charity: that the bills for the board and lodging are unu- Sually and unwarraniably large; that $24 50 per week, the amount now paid. is far in advance of the p1ces in our midst. even at the present prices our County Warrants sell at; that the Contractor has under his care, at great expense to the County. persons that from the nature of their diseases had no claims whatever on the charity of the people of this County, already overburdeu ed with heavy taxation, and that the Board of Supervisors are, in the opinion of this Grand Jury, guilty of a criminal neglect in the manner the settlements between the Contractor and the Board have been made. hy paying the enormous bills to the Con tractor certified to by himself and without any cheek as.to the correctness of the bills and we, the Grand Jury, most respectfully recommend to this Court, that the Board of Supervisors be by 1t instructed to appoint one or more persons to constitute Board of Examiners to examine all persons claim ing the benefits of this County as Indigent Sick, and admit only such as are entitled to it. and to certify ;o all hills presented by the Contractor.
 CONSTRUCTION OF BRADSHAW ROAD.