Tombstone epitaph., 1891-05-24
GRAND JURY {
 REPORT

ci hiAlohub III hlu tIiC SouhN oi of Cochise.
 The Grand Jury for the May Term beg leave to report that they have completed their labors. Thg have examined into all charges brought before them, and have found and pre- sented to the court fourteen true bills and have declined to indict in five cases, one of which is the case of the Territory vs Peter Moore.
 The following reports of Committees of the Grand Jury. duly appointed to perform the duties assigned to them are made part of this report:
 To the FOreman of the Grand Jury:
 Your committee have attended to the duties for which they were appoint ed. They did not think it advisable to check the balance of the Treasurer, as this had been recently done and would require so much time and ex- pense to do in thorough manner, under the present system of keeping books. The books of the Treasurer and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors are we'll kept and intelligible. They are, however, not in harmony, but two distinct sets of books.
 Your committee believe that it is the intent of the law that the Super visors' office shall be the auditing de- partment of the county, and that their books should be so kept as to show the actual balance in the hands of the treasurer at all times, and also in such a manner as to cable the Grand Jury to arrive at the correct balance in one or two hours.
 The books of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and the cash book of the Treasurer should constitute but one set. Under the present system, the monthly report of the Treasurer is the only verifcation of his receipts for taxes in the Supervisors office.
 An injunction was obtained, early in January, to prevent the Treasurer paying any more money from the general fund (by the District Attorney) and a warrant drawn for his expenses in obtaining such injunction. The Treasurer refused to pay this warrant on the grounds that he was enjoined from paying any moneys out of this fund.
 January 9th warrant was drawn on the contingent fund for $1OOO, in fa- vor of the Clerk of the Board "to feed prisoners and etc." Out of this mon- ey MT. English's bill was paid by the Board, and he was also advanced $45O to enable him to lobby in the interest of bill he had prepared, before the Legislature.
 In addition to warrants for $625.O0 drawn in favor of Allan R. English, for his quarterly salary warrants were drawn April 9th, 7th and 8th to cover the following bills to wit:
 Services in drawing and se-
 curing passage of bill IS. . .$45o % Expense of attendance on su-
 preme court, 46 days and
 fare, $326; Expenses trips to
 Fairbank on murder case,
 $50; Telegraphing, for quar-
 ter, $5.S5. Total. ........ 561 S5 Jan. 5. Expenses to Tucson
 and injunction suit. ...... 100 %
 On April 9th the clerk of the board returned to the Treasurer 5000 which was carried into the contingent fund Your committee have the opinion that the two bills of $36l.S and $1O0 are excessive and not properly made oul, uNu tiltte III NiiOWihS thCHi tuC supervisors violated paragraph 4l2 of the revised statutes of the Territory. We are also of the opinion that the Board of Supervisors had no warrant in law to authorize Mir. English to lobby for any purpose whatever, nor to allow his bill for $450 for such ser vices.
 An examination or the Sheriff's books, shows that in many instances the license fees are not collected in ad' vance, in some cases not being paid until near the expiration of licelse. The law contemplates that these fees should be paid in advance, and the receipt posted in some conspicuc us place in the place of business of the person procuring such receipt. The failure of any one required by law to procure such license, to conform to
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