The Tombstone epitaph., 1881-12-19
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crime and offenses against the law of va rlous grades beg leave to submit our final report to he Honorable Court.
 At the conclusion of our labOrs we would report its summary as follows:
 Four indictments for murder. Fifteen indictments for grand larceny. Eight in- dictments for robbery. Eight indictments for assault with deadly weapons. One in. dictment for perjury. One indictment for forgery. All of which have been properly returned to the court
 We have ignored sixteen bills for lack of evidence, and have endeavored not to order indictments drawn where any doubt ex- isted in our minds of the ability to secure conviction if the facts so presented before us were left uncontradicted or unanswered before trial jury.
 Numerous charges of cattle stealing were made before us, many of which it Was impossible to establish by any direct or satisfactory evidence.
 We discovered remarkable reluctance on the part of many witnesses before us in testifylng to what they evidently knew in relation to the facts- We could conNider that such reluctance was consequent from fears of personal safety Such state of feeling is deplorabe in any community, when truth IS awed into silence by terror of Outlawry.
 We trust the day is not remote when the advance of settlement and the progress Of general prosperity of southern Arizona will produce greater security, and more clearly define the laws of mine and Ihlne"
 We visited the county jail, and found it as comfortable as from its meager and somewhat primitive character, we could expect. Satisfaction was expressed by the prisoners in regard to their food and fare.
 Our visit to the county hospital likewise showed cleanliness and orderly attention to the patients, and was satisfactory in all the details of its management.
 We would call the attention of the su perv sors to the consideration of the adOp- tion of the present mode of conducting ng county hospitals so generally in vogue in the State of California. Also would rec. ommend, in Orer to avoid imposition, that each applicant for admission to the hospital should be required to make an affidavit before a proper officer in relation to his indulgence before admission be grant, ed him.
 We found the books of the county treas. urer's office in balance, and most neatly and legibly written. At the time of our visit we noted the need of suitable safe for books and papers, winch we are since pleased to learn has been provided
 An examination of the county recorders office showed everything there orderly and ,.,. .lN NF N,,l, and satisfactory throughout. In connec ton with thfs office it IS IS deemed wise, in the opinion of the jury, that a safe de pository far the books and records of this county should be provided at an early day, and we would earnestly recommend that d fre-proof vault should be constructed for such records.
 Experience has taught us the speed with which the fire king spreads in our midst, and the contemplation of very possible contingency that might occur, and which would entail so large loss and produce so great confusion, is of itself sufficient reason for the recommendation. While the grand jury do not lose sight of the fact that the construction of a county court house containing all the necessary offices and prison is early desired, yet the fact of the necessary remoteness of the of such building should dem. onstrate the necessity of place of safety for t'e books and papers during the in terim.
 There should exist no reason, since the funds Che proceeds of the sale of county bonds) are now lying idle in the treasury, why the work on the courthouse should not be commenced at once and be pushed to as early completion as possible.
 In the matter of transcrlbing the records affecting real and personal property from Pima to Cochise county, which work was done under special contract made with the board of supervisors of this county, our attention was directed to q claim that an overcharge had been made in the quantity of work performed on the part of the con. tractor, whose bill had already been al lowed and paid by the board of super. visors. We carefully examined all the evi dence obtainable upon the matter, and could not, from the facts before us, reach d satisfactory conclusion as to whether d wrong had or had not been committed against the county; but inasmuch as the matter in dispute involves very grave question, we earnestly urge upon your serious consideration the advisability of the employment of one or more, as in your judgment may seem best, experts whose sworn duty it shall be to make careful and correct estimate of the number of folios, of one hundred words each so tran. scribed from Pima to Cochise county, and whose report verified before yourself, or whom your honor may elect, shall he ad- judged the true and correct amount of work so transcribed.
 In our examination of the county offices we found that the board of supervisors of this county have neglected to require quarterly statements from the various county offices, ard have most signally failed in their duties as named under sec. ton 3, page GOA, compiled laws of this territory, and we recommend that hereaf- ter they be required to a strict enforcement of the law in this particular.
 OFFICIAL BONDS.
 We recommend that the treasurer of the county be required to further augment the amount of his bond in the sum of $20,000, making the minimum of said bond not less than $60,0OO, and that he fife the addi- lional amount by giving two or more good and sufficient sureties, That the sheriff also be required to amend his bond by fur nishing two or more good and sufficient bondsmen in lieu of T. E. Sumner and A. H. Emanuel, who are deemed unsatisfac- ory to the jury; also that the tax.colleclor lex officio) should amend his bond by fur. nishing three or more good and suffi- cient sureties in the sum oi $l2000 to take the place of C. c. Bilicke, A. II. Emanuel and I. Levi That .he county surveyor be required to furnish a new bond. That all justices of the peace, now acting in said capacity within his county, and who have not filed their Dondsmen Tn the recorders offic of this