The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-05-29

Judge of the District Court of
the Second Judicial District,
Alturas County:
SIR: We, the Grand Jury for
the May term, 1886, beg leave to
submit the following report:
We have presented to your hon.
orable court twelve true bills of in
dictment, and after careful consid-
Grafton of the evidence presented,
have ignored a greater number.
The duties of this Grand Jury,
in the examination of county of
fees, hospital, jails, etc, have been
apportioned to committees duly APP
pointed by the foreman, the re-
ports of which are herewith sub
mitted:
COUNTY OFFICES.
SIR: The undersigned commit
tee, appointed by the Grand Jury
to inspect county Offices, have the
honor to report that in the limited
time allowed we have discharged
that duty to the best of our ability.
We feel it our duty to especially
compliment and praise the Auditor
and Recorder on the efficient and
systematic manner in which the af-
fairs of the office are managed, and
take pleasure in saying that we
found the business of all other of
fees properly and well conducted.
We find the amount annually
collected by the Assessor and Col
lector to be about 100000, and
the extreme limit of his bond in
the capacity of both Assessor and
Collector to be $4,000. This we
deem entirely insufficient, and
would recommend that the Collect
or's bond be increased to an amount
equal, at least, to the greatest
amount collected in any one month
during the year.
1 Signed: George A. Black, Oil
yer Hughes, David Macy, E. c.
Headrick, Chas. s. Meyers.
COUNTY HOSPITAL AND BELLEVUE
JAIL.
SIR: We, the committee APP
pointed to visit the county hospi-
tai an Bellevue jail, would report as
follows:
We found the hospital building
clean and fairly adapted to the pur-
pose. We believe the furniture
and appliances insufficient. Ne
complaint was made in regard tC
the food. and our inference is that
it is good.
About the only good thing one
: can say of the Believe Jail is thai
| we found it clean. We would ur
: gently recommend that the VENT
1 lation be improved at once.
Signed: B. NJ. Davis, Don Me
: Kay, j. II. Hilton, Phillip Fay, a
= 0. Culp.
: COUNTY JAIL.
SIR: Your committee appoint
. ed to visit and inspect the count,
: Jail. at HALEY, beg leave to repor
g as follows: We made thorough
and complete investigation anC
found the Jail clean and well ven
tilated; the beds comfortable anC
neat, and all sanitary measure
we'll looked TO.
Signed: James Wrencher, Ken
n ny Fitzpatrick, Lewis Lonsielt, "
S. Liggett, David Bliss.
The entire Grand Jury hav
thoroughly investigated the com
plants made by the close proxim
q ity of powder magazines to the va
/, rious towns in the county, and al
ter receiving assurances from al
: dealers in Ketchum, HALEY, Belle
:. vue. Broadford and Shoshone, tina
q they will IMMEDIATELY remove tn
l. same to a safe place, not ncare
! than one mile from the town lin
. its. and not nearer than one-fourt
n of a mile from any public roat
have deemed it inexpedient to fin
:. any indictments.
We feel it encumbent upon ou1
selves to recommend that the vau
:, in the office of the Auditor and RI
corder be made iiire-proof, and tn;
- the valuable county records |
;. kept therein. Should fire occr
=. in this office, as the vault now ]
=, the loss to the county would be /
20 reparable.
The Jury is unanimous in d