Delta chief., 1884-02-06
Repor, OF the Grand Jury.

lull SUBMIT 10 your nOnOT following
port: We find upon investigation that the
people of the county of Delta do not own any
buildings or building for the uses and pur-
poses of holding courts and supplying office
rooms for the uses and requirements of the
county officials, and that there is no building,
vault or other receptacle owned or possessed
by the people of this county which is used or
can be used for the safe and secure keeping of
the county records, papers, books, etc. And
further, we find upon investigation that the
people of the county of Delta do not own any
building or place which is can be used as a
common Jail for the Incarceration of prisoners
and the safe keeping of the same.
That the rented building which is now used
as place for the holding of the county court
and the keeping of the county records, pa
pers, books, etc, is not secure nor sale from
fire; and that it is not convenient nor sutii-
ciently large for the use and requirements of
the county officials; and further that the
buildings referred to is not convenient nor
sufficiently large for the holding of the terms
of the Honorable District Court, and that it
is necessary to rent seperate building or
place for that purpose.
That the rented building now being used as
a common Jail for the incarceration of pris-
oners belongs to the town of Delta; that ii is
n small log building, chinked on the sides
with adobe, and that the roof thereof is pole
and adobe roof; that there is but one room in
the said building and which contains but one
aperture for ventilation and light; that
there is no place for n stove or other mode of
warming said room that there is no bed for
the use and comfort of the prisoners who may
be incarcerated therein; that the building is
not sufficiently well built to prevent the es
cape Of prisoners and further that certain
prisoners who have been placed in the said
building have escaped and are now a. large.
And therefore, we, the undersigned grand
jurors, do most respectfully recommend to
the Honorable Board of County Commission
ers of the county of Delta that the said board
do investigate the matters above referred to,
and that they provide suitable building or
buildings for the holding of courts, for the
use and requirements of the county officials
and also vaults for the safe and secure keep
ing of the county records, papers, books, etc.
And we do further recommend that suitable
building or place be provided for the safe, se-
cure and comfortable keeping of prisoners
whom it may be necessary to place in the
common Jail of the county.
And further, we, the grand jury, having
been instructed by our law officer, the Dis
trict Attorney, that it is not an indictable Of
fense to kill aud destroy the game and fish Of
this county out of the season provided by
law to kill the same and it having come to
the knowledge of the grand jury that game
and fish within the county of Delta is being
and has for some time past been killed and
destroyed wantonly, by parties who kill and
destroy the same for other purpose than
for sport and the obtaining of hides, horns,
etc., and that the said parties referred TO are
not residents nor property owners of this
county, but that they transient people
who have no interest whatever in the county
Of Delta nor in its prosperity; we would
most respectfully recommend to the Honor
able Court. as provided by law, that the
county commissioners, sberifis, constables. or
other persons Of the said county who shall
have knowledge of any persons violating the
said law, shall be instructed to file, or cause
to be filed, affidavits before justice of the
peace charging persons with said offense; and
we would further recommend that the same
be prosecuted for the protection of the game
and fish in the said county of Delta.
Signed by Francis Il. Boyd. foreman; Otis
T. Standish Z. A. Adams, +. II. Burkhart,
Arthur Bogue, James w. Cline, G. b. Me-
Granahan. II. Fadely, r. g. Lewis, L. b.
Quackcnbush, VIM. II. Pollard, A. J. Spar.