St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-11
PUBLIC OFFICES.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 10, 1884.

ST. PAUL, Oct. 10, 1884.
To the grand jury: Your committee APP
pointed to examine the public offices of Ram
sey county respectfully report that they have
personally inspected the offices of county as
SCISSOR, auditor, treasurer, register of deeds,
clerk OF court and sheriff.
In the offices of the assessor, auditor and
treasurer the records and accounts seem to
| be kept in a manner showing precision and
method and rejecting credit upon the present
incumbents. From information furniahed it
appears that the volume of business in these
offices has increased nearly three fold in the
last five years, and in our opinion the facili-
ties in those offices for carrying on the
amount of business required are entirely in
adequate.
We would recommend that the salary at
tached to these offices be increased to an
amount commensurate with the value of the
services performed, and to enable these
officers to procure q sufficient number of
competent deputies and clerks.
The offices of register of deeds and clerk
of courts appear TO be well administered,
but both suffering Inconvenience from want
of room for the proper storage of documents.
The sherif's office in our opinion should
/ have sufficient fees attached to it to enable
/ the sheriff to carry on the duties-of his Office
/ in criminal actions without personal expense.
/ The sheriff complains, in our opinion justly,
/ that the allowance for board for
prisoners fixed by the legislature is INSULT
/ cient, and claims it should be increased.
Your committee find in the sheriff's Office
/ q large number of executions placed in his
/ hands for the collection of delinquent per-
sonal taxes for the years 1881 and 1882. Re-
turns of these executions to the court should
be made within the sixty days allowed by law
with the reasons, if any, for failure to collect
noted thereon rs a matter of record.
Your committee would further recommend
that in addition to the provisions of law now
existing for the collection Of personal prop
erty taxes, further provision be enacted
providing for the publication of the names of
all persons delinquent for such taxes in at
least two of the daily papers published in the
city of st. Paul, once each week for three
/ successive weeks, prior to any application
for judgment, and that the board of county
commissioners of Ramsey county are re-
Quested to prepare and procure legislation
accordingly.
Your committee would also recommend
that owing to the large increase in the duties
of the county attorney that he be provided
with the services Of Il stenographer when
such services would facilitate the discharge
OF Jnc attorneys uuIlcS. Respectfully SUD-
mitted, E. H. BAILEY,
w. L. ALEXANDER,
]. NJ. BoHRER,
L. II. Manifold.
woRKHoUsE AND POOR FARM.
ST. PAUL. Oct. 10, 1854.
This committee reported that the work
house was in clean and orderly condition and
could accommodate in its unfinished condi-
ton all the prisoners sent from the NUM-
cipal and district court, and will meet all the
requirements of the city for years to come.
They strongly compare the order and sani-
tary condition of the workhOuse with the
squalor anG dirt of the county Jail.
They report the condition of the poor farm
as fair, considering the crowded con-
diton of the building and its lack of
Of room, instances occurring where nine per-
sons are sometimes compelled to sleep in
one room. An addition to the poor house is
needed. The inmates seem to be cleaniy,
well fed and cared for.
f. A. earle,
F. MCNAMARA,
E. T. POWERS,
NJ. E. VINToN.
INDICTMENTS.
The grand jury reported forty-seven in
dictments found by them, which will be
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