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paid TO this man COltnn for this class Of
work All these transactions appear TO the
Jury % be Illegal and demoralizing 20 public
administration and seem cosely akin to
active partnership with crime on the part
OF the city marshal and mayor.
We think this method Of conducting the
business Of this department needs no com
ments from this Jury; II viii appear at once
% the minds OF those who hear or see this
statement that he whose duty IL is 10 guard
the public funds with every possible care
and 70 account for their expenditure with
a most zealous scrupulOusness, has, BY
advising and sanctioning such course,
thrown wide the gates and torn down
every barrier which should restrain those
in whose hands the hard earned taxes Of
thousands are placed, from a wasteful and
villainOus disbursement Of the public
funds.
We also submit for your consideration
the following: t
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The City Fathers Accused Of tx,
uayagance and Stupidity.
LEOPOLD AND HIS BOOK.
The County Officers Pulled Over
the Goals.


SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Dec. Il. lss9-
Honorable c. 5. zane, chief justice and Judge OF
the Third judicial district court territory OF
Utah:
SIR-The grand jury for the September
term Of said Third district court has closed
its labors, and submits herewith its final re
port
We have as directed by your charge to
Us at the beginning Of the term, inquired
into the case Of every person imprisoned
within the district on a criminal charge and
not indicted; into the condition and man
agement Of the public prisons within the
district, and into the wilful, corrupt mis-
conduct Of public officers therein, so far
time and circumstances would permit.
Below is
TABULATED STATEMENT,
showing the result Of one department Of
our labors, to-wit:
Indictments found in United States cases q
Indictments found in territorial cases------- g.
Total number Of indictments found -
Number of persons indicted in United States
N9n 5Ssi, Of persons indicted in territorial
----------------------- :,
Total number Of persons lndicted---- lUs
United States cases ignored------------------
Territorial cases ignored. %
Total number OF cases ignored q
Total plumber OF witnesses examined-------- $50
Ths examination Of public offices was, TO
some extent, and Of necessity performed by
committees Of the grand jury, supervised
and con troled By the jury as q body, and
confined to
Ffrst-The clerks Office Of the Third
judicial district court
Se,ond-The United States penitentiary,
and the United States marshal's Office
ThIrd-The county court, which, with the
probate court, IS the governing body ~
county affairs.
Fourth-City government Of Salt Lake
city.
We examined the United States peniten-
tiary, the county and city laiis, and tind
them all well kept-the food provided at
each is Of good quality, well prepared, and
plenty Of it.
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Clerks Office Third District Court.

We have caused to be made a careful eN-
animation Of the accounts Of the clerk ofthe
Third district court, rs far as such &c
counts pertain to the incumbancy Of John
NJ. Zane and Henry G. Mcmillan, and find
no evidence Of mismanaEement- We have
made comparison Of receipts on account OF
judgments and costs, with deposits Of
money to the credit Of the United States, in
United States depository and ind that each
Of them deposited the fun amount for which
he was liable according 70 law, and as
shown BY the books in that Office.
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County Affairs.

We submit the following as the result Of
our investigation OF the books and financial
affairs Of Salt Lake county: -
Our attention has been mainly given to
matters dating from June /, 1854, that
being the beginning Of the fiscal year, and
our Inquiries have embraced u period Of
about five years subsequent thereto. The
county clerk placed at our disposal such
books and papers as we asked for. Follow
ing is a summarized statement of the in
come from all sources for the five years re
ferred to:
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OF a ''trusty convict as driver. The mar
shal receives for the use of it IS for each
trip TO and from the city with one or more
prisoners.
This wagon account for one year. from
June l, ISIS, TO May 81, 1859, itemized,
shows the following:
30s trips, at s. per trip----------.- Al $40
y months delivery OF meat, SO per month 80
u months delivery Of groceries, SIS per
month onn
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Lake City corporation, il IS hereby or
dered shat Salt Lake county deed said enc
sixth interest in the waters Of the Jordan
river and in the dam, to said Salt Lake
City corporation as asked for in said peti-
TOMB
Minutes signed ELIAS A. SMITH,
Probate Judge.
Francis ARMSTRONG,
SAMUEL BENNION,
Z. NJ WELLER,
Selectmen.
In this connection the Jury desire to
state that after a very thorough. inyestiga-
ton Of this water question, and an exam
nation Of all the evidence before Us con
corning it. we do not believe that the
county ever had the slightest shadow Of
legal title TO any OF the waters OF the Jor-
dan river. The only legal appropriation or
diversion Of water from that stream was
made by individuals for their sole use and
benefit, and that was done TO such an ex-
tent that the whole volume OF the river
was vested in such individual appropri-
ators long prior TO the building OF the so
called county dam
During many years past thecounty court
has made the probate Judge "Superintend-
ent Of County Affairs This is an Office
unknown 10 the law, and one which we are
advised the county court had no legal
power 10 create. The statutes provide
that the compensation Of the probate Judge
shall be - per dzy and mileage for his at
tendance at sessions of the county court,
and in probate matters he shall receive a
per diem of Is in each case previously set
and the ordinary fees for papers issued.
The record shows that the probate Judge
has not only received such per diem and
fees as the law allows, but that he was
voted additional money by the county court
as follows:
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Tbe records show that there were

| The records show that there were
No BIDS RECEIVED FOR ROAD WORK.
In a few cases the county road super
visor or the county surveyor would ap-
prove bills presented, but these instances
are rare.
The several selectmen rendered uumer-
Gus bills TO the court for services rendered
4 in viewing roads ana bridges, but the
vouchers on which the foregoing large
amounts have been paid have very seldom
| the written approval OF any county official
/ who claimed to have personal knowledge
that the work charged for was actually
/ and properly done Some Of the bills give
items Of material used and labor expended.
but that does not prove that material was
used nor that the work named was actually
performed We charge that the county
court was grossly culpable in its appropria-
tons to road account, and in support OF
that charge give copies Of some vouchers
which il approved and paid.
On October l, 1854, A. Gardner, OF West
Jordan, writes the county court that he has
expended considerable time in the inter
est ofSalt Lake county, on roads, etc. for
which / have not received any cOmpensa-
tom He asked for 500 in payment for
such services; it was appropriated to him
the same day.
VOUCHER OF WILLIAM NICHE, JR-
August 3 isS5-For labor and material
expeRdsdOn Big Cottonwood road 500 90
r. p TURSBOW-
Februarv 1. tss5-Tllirtv nine DAYS work
with man and team, at ADD IS5 20
May lsss-F1fty -FOUR and half days
work with man and team-------------- 1000
u. PROCTOR.
sep,enberf isSs-For 4.at ties .,o m
- In =. ;--,.,,;., -. .,..s..
Nang Ollis a. Lnuei IN a tuose gwen
ao9te naNs oseh pau W the county court
" aIso hnu tiie, IN N!olatIon OF Jaw, T.
hoi5lan va an eA SOntrGclor Tor
rOdu"OrA anu iHa''iia4 "hiie d seleclihah-
SOME OF HIS BILLS RENDERED
,-aas follovr.
June l. I,.. lSoS-tor ues' s'Hnsers' Fails
For fbi-tvfTo DAYS on roaiis and mile. -''0 "
- las an
July II, Iss5-For stringers, ties and
rams ,i;s a.; i,,, = ~
ss-7,eIrbs-- tss5@FSor se-vices InneIto
date ifty $50 %
Formileace- .-------------------------- 75 o.
October !, lss5-For ties, str1ngers and q.
plank - -------;-------- go 30
December l. lSoo-tor thirty days on
ROAD ----------------- -------- - ~ ~
p ~ LIZ isSs-f11 sandy roa5 5S M
= =
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These appropriations with other large
sums Of money diverted from the road &c
count, We're advances made 10 various
canal enterprises owned and controlled by
private individuals among whom, and the
chief actors in which were members OF the
county court, including the probate Judge
and lis clerk
County officers were stockholders and
officers in these canal companies. As such
county officers they Incorporated ana
diverted the county funds TO the building
OF these canals upon the pretense. that IL
was a benefit 10 the county. They charged
upon the county books these large sums Of
money against the canal companies as ad-
vances and loans, and after a while, when
the statute Of limitations had run against
thedebt, Is officers and stockholders Of the
canal companies, backed By the lega
opinion OF their creature, the county at
toruey, they refused payment
The only canal company that has re
turned to the county any portion OF the
money so advanced was the South Jordan
Canal company, which appears to have re
paid the sum Of Slz,2jO on an Indebtedness
Of S32 e22.jO.
on October 1, 1859, the county treasurer
reportsc.lsh on hand, 81, 5U3.yS.
uThe assessment roll for Iss9 IS Sll9.3j9.O2.
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VOUCHERS FOR BEER

July !, :. L. Brewing company, three doz.
NteAn NNAlAAgl D. a = . -
Aug. I, Il Wagner. two dOz- beer for July 5 3 50
Aug. !, H Wagner, one half key beer for
N
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special police and detectives
1855.
June il-SOlOmOn Brothers & Gold. aftv
suppers served at hall for regular and
epcCAdl
July Solomon Brothers & Gold for
meals. J. Moore. detective, voucher "a 7uo
Aug. 2-Solomon brothers s Gold meals
J. Moore. No 93------------------ AZ
Aug. 2-SOlomou Brothers & Gold. meals
for policemen, July 2t----------------- Is %
July e-Solomou Brothers & Gold meals
at hall 5. dinner and supper for police 90 90
Nov 3-Solomon Brothers & Gold. meals
for J. Moore, voucher No. Id sos
iSs7
April 6-Iohn GALLAGHER seven meals,
voucher - - 500
July 4-Solomon Brothers & Gold. meals
for police and specials, s. -------------- - %
July 81 solomon Brothers 4 Gold. meals
for police and specials, voucher b. 10 90
July 3t-Solomon Brothers s Gold, re
freshments, voucher i36---------------- n 80
July 3i-John GALLAGHER refreshments
forpoIlce voucher i4l------------------ n 90
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Up 20 this date COltrin had 80 per cent
Of the fines in prostitution cases. but there
after, including the following dates aud
payments, he had all Of such fines:
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sIi

Above does not include several purchases
Of beer for Christmas and New Years
dinners for prisoners.
The jury was unable 10 gain any expla-
nation Of the above except that I'VE aim
20 treat the boys pretty well"
We also call your attention 10 the follow
ing copy Of two vouchers which attracted
our nOtice.
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@-aAarae1 10
This revenue has been expended in
various ways, but the chief beneficiary has
been:
ROAD ACCOUNT,
which has received appropriations as fol-.
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GRAND JURY REPORT.
Political Pointers for Foreign Con-
sumption.

SHORT RATroNs FOR coNvIcrs.
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City Affairs
Balance in treasury January !, 1881 > 50 -
An TENTED STATEMENT


An TENTED STATEMENT
showing the sources from which this reve-
nue. was derived and for what expended is
hereto attached marked exhibit A Refer
ence TO that statement Will show that after
deducting amounts borrowed and amounts
paid on all loans, bonds, etc, that the re
ceipts for iSs6 exceed disbursements,
SIS, 373.6S and in 1851, 80, 9i2.3s.
But in ISIS, after making such deductions
the disbursements exceed the receipts in
the sum OF 50 3OO 81, notwithstanding the
fact that during that year the income from
licenses exceeded that Of lss5 in the sum Of
=, rs. - and from city taxes SO, l23- 80 and
water rates, S9,6sl.15, making a total Of
5l,732-9s-
a large portion Of it consists Of the follow
ing items, to-wit:
Farley : creek canal including pur-
chase OF mill properties - $500 O.
Purchase Of hydraulic canal rights s.6ys ~
Amounting to..-.--.---..---.--... s8xa .
The fact that almost sixty five thousand
dollars has been expended on new water
supplies in ISIS, and that the water supply
OF the city during lsSg was less than dur
ing any time for years past, caused Us 70
wonder what results had been accomplished
by this unusual outlay Of city funds.
In this investigation we find the city
owned a canal which was supposed 10 con
duct TO the city One-sixth Of the water OF
the Jordan river, supply which, II the
title was good, was Of great value TO the
city.
For reasons best znowa 70 themselves, a
majority Of the city council favored an ex-
change Of this water supply with the farm
ers fer their interest in Pariey's creek.
with the understanding that they (the city
cOunciD would guarantee the farmers as
mucn water for their use as they We're
then obtaining from Parley's creek. the
measure Of the water in said Parley's
creek 70 be taken on a certain day in the
spring. This exchange was cOnsummated,
and then the council
MADE A DISCOVERY,
viz: that Mr.. Jennings, Bishop SmoOt and
others owned two mill properties
on Parley's creek, with which they
claimed certain water rights, and in
order that the city might receive
the water for which 4 had traded,
il became necessary 10 pay the mill owners
about 81. 600 for their claims This being
done. the water was measured, a new canal
was dug from Parley's canon TO the city,
and the sum Of Si5,6rEl.O2 expended thereon,
then the council made another discovery,
viz: that all the water in the canal they
had traded Of together with all they OBJ
tanned from Parleyis creek would not, in
the summer season when il was needed,
amount TO as much as they had guaranteed
TO the farmers, estimated by the measure
ments taken in the spring time So for
the canal the city once owned, which con
yeyed one-sixth Of the water Of the River
Jordan, and ss5.s35T cash, the city 10 the
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for money paid for meals for regular and
special police and detectives.
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H. o. Youxs. Agent

July /, 1857. F. Armstrong. mayor,
debtor to c. r Savage, bill for books, 81
Expense voucher No. 20. NOtatOn-bOoks
were for Prince Leopold, Of Germany
Bill Is correct II. NJ. W.
Why should the city be required 10 paw
express charges on books 20 John T. Game,
or furuishrb books % the amount Of s. for
Prince Leopold: These payments should
have been made by individuals, II made at
all There IS no reason why city funds
should be used for any such nurpOsa
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imposed IN sucn cases
The amounts paid by the city marshal 10
COltriu, as near as we can ascertain, were
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CENTRAL ExrENsE VOUCHER 20. 8.

December II, l>S5. Receipt OF Pacific
Express company for Si5, charges on two
boxes Of seventy five books, valued az $3.50
Marked Hon. John T. Game, NJ. c., Wash
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SO 90
70 .
$50
800
% On
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And It is hereby ordered that the sum Of
S,569.34 standing against George Crismon,
assessor and collector for the year 1S77, be
credited 10 his account and charged 10 re
lief account
And il is hereby ordered that the sum Of
S5,395.7i, standing against George Crismon,
assessor and collector for the year ISIS, be
credited 10 his account and charged TO re
lief account
And it is hereby ordered that the sum Of
s2,T9623, standing against the account Of
George Crismon, as collector for the year
lsf9 be credited to his account and charged
TO relief account
And tits hereby ordered that the sum of
soGl.20 standing against George Crismon
as collector for Salt Lake county for the
year lSsO, be credited 10 his account and
charged 10 relief account
And il is hereby ordered that the SUM Of
S,S5l-20, standing against George Crismon
as collector Of Salt Lake county for the
year ISL, be credited 10 his account and
charged 10 relief account
And il is hereby ordered that the sum Of
sl.090.25, standing against George Crismon
as collector OF Salt Lake county, for the
year lSs2. be credited to his account and
charged to relief account. Total, 81, GA o..
And tits ordered that the sum Of 81, $3.50
be divided and credited 10 George CrismOn,
collector, for the following years:
so tlo ~
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Honolulu Tax Assessors ONCE.
Interior Office, July 9, 1889.
1279-3t S-3t

honolulu Tax Assessors Office.
From and after July 1, 1889, the under
signed, Deputy Assessor and Collector of
Taxes for the District of Kona, Island of
Oahu, will be in his office in the Kapualwa
Building on each day of the week (Sun-
days excepted). from o'clock until 4
O'Clock excepting Saturdays, when the
Office will be closed at II o'clock noon), for
the purpose of receiving the returns of all
persons liable to taxation in this district
"~All returns must be made to the
undersigned not later than July 81, 1889,
or no appeals can by law be granted.
Special attention is herewith drawn by
the undersigned to the fact that no return
is valid in law unless sworn to before the
Assessor, Deputy Assessor, Notary Pub
lie, or some other person authorized to
administer oaths.
Blank forms on which to make returns
can be had daily during the month of July
on application at the Office of the under
signed.
T. A. LLOYD,
Deputy Assessor and Collector of Taxes
for District of Kona, Island of Oahu
w. L. GREEN,
Minister of Finance.
6-3W
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NATIVE HAWAIIANS IN UTAH.
How They are Treated by the Mormons
The Desire of Many to Return to
Their Homes.

How They are Treated by the Mormons
The Desire of Many to Return to
Their Homes.
A young native, named John Kahaa-
nui, who was one of the Hawaiian emf
grants to Salt Lake, returned by the
"Zealandia," having been assisted by
our townsman Mr.. w. A. Kinney to get
to San Francisco, whence he was sent
home by the Hawaiian Consul General.
He states that there are about seventy
natives there. A letter from Mr.. Kin
ney at Salt Lake to the Consul General
says:
GAS far as | can learn the natives are
very well treated by the class of Nor
mons who still have enough zeal to pro-
selytize, i. e. the rank religious Mormon,
but there is large class of Mormons in
the city here who, like many of the des :
cendants of the Missionaries at the ISL
ands, are very busy laying up treasure
where the moth and rust doth corrupt,
etc., and don't look on our kanaka
brethren at all, or, if at all, only as next
door to the darkey, and to be treated &C
cordingly. Some of the natives get
steady work, others do not, and all have
to work for their money as they never
did at home. 1t is not case of destitu-
ton but of homesickness. The Supreme
Court of Utah has just held that native
Hawaiians are not eligible to American
citizenship, and this will greatly depre-
ciate their importing value to the Nor
MONS"
We are informed that quite number
Of these emigrants desire to return, but
have not the means to pay their way.
Application has been made to the Con-
sul-General at San Francisco, but it ap-
pears that there is not enough of the
appropriation for the relief and return of
INDECENT Hawaiians for this purpose and
furthermore that the appropriation is
generally understood, to be for the return
OF shipwrecked seamen who are left
abroad without means.
1t IS not thought to be proper use of
public money to aid homesick people
who have voluntarily deserted their
country to live abroad. This should
serve as a warning to natives not to leave
their homes without full knowledge of
what they are going to, and full under
standing that they cannot rely upon the
Government to send for them when they
are homesick.
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But this the Court cannot order. If,
when it is called for trial, the Attorney
General, being present in person, or by J
deputy, does not prosecute 1t VIII s'a tba
not prosecuted in fact, but without the
entry of nolle prosequi. The Attorney
General will take his own course.
If it shall proceed to trial, | will ask
one of my brethren On the Bench to hold
the trial, not because L deem myseiI 70
have. or to have indicated, any bias III
the defendants case, by withholding my
concurrence to dismissing him without
trial, but because by the collision which
has arisen from this case, between the
Court and the Attorney General, sensi-
tive condition of public feeling has been
induced, under which it might be I'M
puted that my rulings were over strict
against the defendant, urging his convlc
ton, or were too favorable from fear o.
the other imputation. l.. MCCULLY.
Justice Supreme Court
| July IL. 1889,
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WANTED.

m TO PURCHASE ON ONE OF
- the Hawaiian Islands, a tract OF
land, 10000 acres, more or less.
TO Address offers with statement OF
price % A. s. &c." at the Advertiser Office
153 1277-1m#
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Consul Reimer at Santiago de
Cuba estimates the sugar crop of
that country at over one hundred
and fifty million pounds, of which
about one half is already shipped to
the United States. This, in view of
the fuctuating sugar market here,
is considered important. A scarcity
of labor is complained of and prices
have advanced nearly 100 per cent.
Deputy Consul-General Wood at
Cairo, Egypt, says at Batavia, Java,
there are reports of great damage to
the sugar crops by a new disease
known as "sereh," which spreads
rapidly in the sugar-cane, reducing
the quantity and injuring the quail
ity. Planters have subscribed
$50, 1000 to secure a European spe-
cialist to investigate and report
cure.