White Oaks golden era. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 188?-18??, 1884-05-29
Grand Jury's Report.

Grand Jury's Report.
To Tie Hon rab,c Warren Bristol,
]ndgr of The 3gd judicial District
Court, greeting:
The G'and jury f = May trrm, 1894,
have to report that they have diIireu,-
IS inquired INTO ami true rrescnln,pt
made of public oilinses against iii.
people Of the United States, and of
this Territory, triablc in this county.
OF which wc have obtained egal evil
dtncr, regardless of favor. fear or af.
'cc'ion, according to tn, best of our
ability and understanding. We have
nspcc ed the public buildings and
yards, AMI inquired into Il e condition
of the Jail and lis inmates. We find
tie inmates Of the prison in a healthy
conH 'tirn, and their food and apart.
hirntS satisfactory, except s, me pro.
vSl no should be made to relieve tho
Jail premises Of the foul gases and
presence Of poisonous excr,incnt Of ia
Inmates. To this end, the grand iurv
40 unanimously recon mend that this
Hon District Court do inncdiatcly ip-
s'ruct the coun'y commission to cN %
p'hu nominal sum, say not to exceed
Two hundred dollar to provide pipr
leading from a ditch at the r. ar Of
Tie court house ward, to conduct water
10 one Of the apartments of the i.ii,
aud From thence, a large pipe or escape
Tor eXcrrncnt from Jail premises, with
patent water closet fixture in said
apartment, snch as used in public
buildings in tile east. We find the
water ESCAPES from tic court house
arc 6r0@en aud the building mferfHg
olGtc'Jdlly from &c want Of iudIspcn.
sable repairs ana your Honor should
cal! attention Of the county comnIis-
sirncrs to this fact 10 less thar to tie
preservation OF the ornam'n ntal shade
trees around The public yaIa, by strict
attention ~ the irrigAting ditch essen
tlal 10 thtir pres rvati1n. We have
examined the clerks r,c.r,is Of tn,
year 1882, and previous years, and fini
up to tia! time, 10 annual report Of
public accounting officials were mad
The books kept by the clerks again,s
shcrln' and trcasurers, ARC defective, ana
they are now beyond our means 10
correct. we have exam ned the Off.
cial bonds of county officers and lirl
them sufficient, except as to want Of
Icing recorded, and would recommend
yoar Honor 20 order the records OF
present and all future OGicial bone.
We ilHd that the public records are in
too much danger of being destroyed
by fire or StO n, and DO recommend
that The custodian Of the public rec.
Oris be at once provided with col
modinus ir0h safe, aud we 90 earnestly
believe that it is q mistaken policy uot
to cXspcnd every cent essential tho
prcscWatian Of Invaluable bonds, pa-
ptrS and public records of The county,
and do earnestly brg ihe attention anl
considCra li2n of the county commis.
sioncl in the premises. In conclusiJa,
it is with feelings Of pride that the
grand jnry rCvcrts to the chaotic con
diliou Of tie public records of but y
few years past, in contrast with the
present means furnished to subscrye
the eEds Of justice to Our ciiiz Us 10
the iawlcSsnrs, anarchy, murder ard
plundtr Of the past to behold, in the
grand march Of civilization, the aug
mcntcd slrtnath and growth Of our
mining, agriGult lral anl stock indu,-
tries; while We point with plcasurna.
bic cmotiona to q more rigid enforce
mrnt Of our laws, which have given
dignity and grandeur to tie American
people. We now, under scnce of tho
fail discharge of our duties, ask your
Honor to dismiss Us from further ser
vice, and will ever pray.
ALoNzo w. RRYAH,
Enrnp, I'D,