Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-08

on the part Of officers to e. force tho snre-
ne iioha,gs u III theIr % servces into houses o.
Ill fame. contrary to law, where they hear and
see THUGS demoraizing and DEGRADING and we
any 'l minor snterine SUI such houses An orphans
home and school for girls Is in plain view OF
several such dcns
The Committee also recommend that appll.
cants for saloon licenses hs required. TO give
bonds of 81 600 mud that ali saloons should be
closed ut IL O'Clock, midnight, ana no one
should be allowed to sell intoxieants on san
day.
JaiIs and Hospitals: The cominiitie gu this
subject found pltlf the City ahd county jsiis
In good condition. aud rec0mmenu that tne
cells on the third door OF the Jounty Iall be
moved back and bath room added, ana thnt II
room be made for femnles; also that the Insane
all be padded The County Hospital was IN
good condition, except as g the closets which
were In bad shepc
TO legislators: Recommended that q change
In the mileage law be made so as to allow the
paying of fees by the trip ana not for each pris.
vrler. Also recommended that the salaries OF
Township Justices be tix d at - 900 for JUS,
tices in cities OF over 10000, $1,000 in cites Of
over 5000, III 500 in towns Of over 5000 and
y coo in towns of less
Public records; Recommended that the eree-
tion of the hall OF records be hurried as much
as possible.
reform school: Recommended the establish
ment OF an institution for the reform of the
.ueAi Va NAN NNtAiNJ "ANAS t@iS- iAos
be educated -
County roads. The county roads are not in a
good condition as they should be considering
the large sums OF money that is being reported
spent upon them annually aud we believe
that far better showing ought to be made,
aud to this end we would recommend that each
member of our Honorable Board should acts
a superintendent and inspector over the diiier-
ent road overseers in his respective district ex-
amining the work doue by them, and zee that
strict account Of labor and expense is kept by
them.
Recommended that the old Courthouse be
given thorough cleaning and the carpets
beaten and cleaned and the wood work
painted.
scale bug: We would recommend that the
Honorable Board use every possible effort to cx-
terminate the sea e bug, which is msking such
dsneerous inroads into the orange cultur,.
Humane Committee: Recommend the ap-
Hea Of M NJ pug wad5s ns Mr m1sr gss
Mesiner. and G. N. Earl as l.pinaEe visiting
committee for the County Hospital.
y AddOr na the and daF County nHy a 1s osoor
recommend hat the full smount allowed
by law, $4,000 per nnnum, be paid. We
condemn the practice of paying any deputy for
services which If performed by his principal
could be dispensed with.
Recommended that duplicate copy OF the
assessment rolls be made for the County Audit
or's office, and that the County Assessor be in-
structed to arrange his assessment SO as to have
separate volumes ior townships or districts;
also that the County Tax Collector set apart
different days for the collection OF the county
taxes Of the dfferental districts;
practice OF mixing the county moneys with the
general bank deposits. This is direct viola
ton OF the law and should not be tolerated We
request that the Board of Supervisors take i'm
mediate steps to recover all moneys found due
this county.
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
They have made and are making ordinances
or laws for the good government of your city
These when applip0 u the the inllViI-
ual are yeIy forcible, but when applied to such
corporations as steam railroad street car, water
aud gas companies, the testimony Of the wit
nesses heard by us sgree that such laws are
treated by them with the same regard as though
they never existed. The people, demand that
right and justice be administered to all alike.
The laws py you should be strictly enforced
without preference or distinction.
Streets The ruthlessly breaking up OF the
streets so recently paved displays lack OF fore
thought and abuses that should not be tolerated
except in the most urgent cases. N is pretty
safe conclusion that they Will not be repatched
SO that their condition will be as satisfactory es
before the breakrge. This freedom Of abuse II
not stopped will finally result in saddling this
city with very expensive street repairs. We al.
SO found whore streets have been excavated
through hills tbst high perps ndiouiar banks aie
left exposed to the great danger of pedestrians.
This should be remedied. We also recommend
the placing OF guard rails where streets are ex-
posed to dangerous Offsets. We also recon-
mend the placing OF city limit signbonrds Civ
Ing noticeto engineers OF the. rate OF speed al
roeds enter the city.
We also recommend that some plan be adopt
ed for the placing OF telephone and electric
wires In an underground ehanuel.
II the fire alarm s. stem now In use, sub
jeeted as IL has. jeen to many months
Of trials is still unreliable, ft should
be cendtmned and system that is reliable
advertised for at once.
There is noticeabls insuficiency in water
mains and lack OF FIRE hydt nts. There are
several thiekly settled districts that are unpro-
yided. We find number Of pieces OF city land
now occupied by claimants and we would urge
the Mayor and Council to instruct the City
Attorney to com nience immediate suit 10 dis
possess all doubtful owners. We would recon-
mend the substitution OF the old wooden zsnja
on Also road by a cement pipe underground
We would recommend that all storage houses
containing wares Of acombustible nature be
removed to portion of the city two and one
half miles frem the center OF the city.
Police; We find under this department grave
causes sJr eomplsiuts Desperate deeds are be
ing frequently committed, life and property is
being menaced while few, very few arrests are
being m ade to cheekmate their ous arght This
apathy reflects seriously as to the competency
OF the force, of the lack of unity and csrtainty
OF action on the part Of those who make the sp-
poinfments. viz. the Police Commissioners.
Certificates of character of applicants for posi-
tions should be endorsed by at least three re
We would recomm enc that when any officers
term Of Office expires that before his resigna-
ton is accepted that an expert be employed to
make thorough examination as to the correctf
mess OF the accounts OF said officer. b
The report closes by an expression of thanks
to the officers OF the Court, Sheriff Kays, Deputy
sheriff Cooney and Deputy District Attorney
fayton, and is signed by:
Secretary; John Avas, g. N. Earl, VIM Dryden,
John Il. Platter. J.. J. Colby, O.. Embody, W L.,
Tubbs, X. II Gilman, John l.. Overton, William
Lacy, A. X. sepulveda' Theodore summerland.