Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-03
THE REPORT.
Things the Jury Discouraged and Others
Recommended.

HVHtOTUUt SUD5TTUT CUITI, DtpuTDVtTIl
One, Of The County Of Sacramento, State Of Cdl0r-
| MIA: We, the Grand Jury, were impanelled by
| this honorable Court on the 9Th day of May,
A. D., 1890, Christopher Green being appointed
| foreman.
After receiving instructions from his Honor,
! ]. w. Armstrong, Judge of the Superior Court,
we repaired to the Grand Jury room, and there
completed our organization by electing Clarence
Nelson Secretary. We have been in actual
session twenty-seven days, and now desire to
make our final report and be discharged We
have found two true bills of Indictment. which
were returned in our partial report of June
Zltn, ana we have ignored three.
COUNTY OFFICERS BOOKS.
A. ]. Hopper was appointed to expert the
books and accounts OF the county officers up to
and including June 80, 1890, and il he deemed
| 1t necessary, was authorized to employ an as
| slstant. We have examined the experts report
officers have been honestly ard correctly kept,
| with the exception OF few clerical errors,
which were readily corrected.
We have inspected the several county offices
| and find that all the books are kept in a neat
and orderly manner.
| We would recommend that the Board of Su-
pervIsors purchase suitable safe and a reyolv-
of this Office greatly require them.
COUNTY JAIL AND HOSPITAL
We visited the County Jail and found every
! part kept in very neat and orderly manner,
and heard no complaints from the prisoners.
| We visited the county Hospital, an institu-
| ton this county can well be proud of. 1t seems
to be complete in every detail, and an honor to
| Sacramento county.
USELESS STRUCTURE.
We recommend that the Board of Supervisors
remove, or cause to be removed, the old bridge
across the American river, not only on occount
of It's unsightly appearance, but also on account
of the constant danger from fire. We consider
this an important matter and hope that action
will not be delayed,
COYOTE scALPs
1t appears to the Grand Jury that it is pos
sible and very probable that a system may be
worked by which this county can easily be de-
frauded. Nearly SSOD was paid for coyote scalpS
in 1889, which were supposed to have been
killed in this county, but there is nothing to
prevent dishonest persons from getting an I'M
limited number of scalps from outside this
county and State and selling them here. We
would recommend to the Board of Supervisors
that the bounty of S. a head on coyote scalps be
abolished.
CITY OFFICES AND JAIL.
We visited all the city officers and found their
books to have been kept in neat manner. The
experts report shows their accounts to be cor
rect.
We were shown every attention by the City
Auditor who was ever ready to answer all in
Quiries to the best of his ability.
We visited the City Jail and found it in ex
cellent condition. considering the rickety old
building.
We have spent considerable time examining
into the system of city water collections, and
find it to be very faulty and the system to be a
very loose one. We found several duplicate re-
ceipt books and other irregularities, which
would at least suggest a change in the system
connected with that department
We would recommend that the City Trustees
adopt new system and destroy all the present
water receipts, changing the style and color at
least every three years, and that the First
trustees signature be attached TO all water re-
ceipts, city licenses, hsrbor receipts and burial
permits, in addition to the signatures USE in
the present system, and that each officer signing
these receipts be required TO keep an account of
all such receipts signed by him; and that safe
and secure plsce be provided for all blank re-
ceipts, of which the First Trustee should be the
proper custodian; that the Board of Trustees
pass an ordinance requiring that the city Off
GERS, at the expiration of their terms, be re-
Quired to deliver all of their books and papers
connected with their respective offices to their
successors.
THE SOCIAL EVIL.
Second street, between X and L, being on the
main thoroughfare from the depot to the Art
Gallery, we would recommend that the Chief of
characters.
TOO RICH FOR DRINKING PURPOSES.
We recommend that the County Board of
Supervisors pass order removing from
its present location, Twentieth and North
streets, to some other locality, the fer
tlllzlDg company as ali the reIuse ana of1al
from the dead animals are carried into branch
of the American river and thence to the Sacra-
mento river, thereby endangering the health of
this city.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
In conclusion, we desire to extend our thanks
TO the District Attorney and his Assistant for
their prompt aud courteous attendance on the
Grand Jury, and recommend that cur Secretary
be allowed an extra per diem of 81. Respect
fully submitted.
CHRISTOPHER GREEN, Foreman.
Attest CLARENCE \. NELSON Secretary.