Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-15
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IDAHO CITY, Boise CO., Idaho,
August 1U, 1898.
To THE HoN. EDWARD NUGENr,
JUDaE or TaE THIRD JUDICIAL DIS
rR1cr-Sir: We, the grand jury en-
paneled for the August (l893) tsrm
Of the District Court Of the Third Ju.
dicial District, held in Idaho City,
Boise county, submit the following
report:
We have had Eve cases before %,
which have been duly considered in
turn aud al Of them have been ig-
nored.
We have visited and examined the
jail aud other public buildings. The
Jail is BY no means . model structure
for the purpose for which il was built,
and besides is . very old building.
To make il what it should be would
be beyond possibility. even u an
expenditure that would be sufficient
to construct . new one that would be
in all respects more secure, and in all
it's appointments more comfortable
for the unfortunates who might be
confined therein, which would be in
accordance with . humane spirit.
We have no repairs to recommend on,
or within the structure, except of the
floor, which has settled so that it be-
came necessary to cut it in places to
admit Of the opening and closing Of
the iron door leading to the cells.
The we'll ought to be curbed couple
of feet higher and ditch dug above
to prevent surface water aud mud
from running into it.
The court house, with the excep-
tion OF the rear end and the roof, is
in good condition. In our opinion
new roof would be cheaper in the end
than continual repairing and patching
Of the old, and much better. We
will not detail the repairs needed in
the north end of the building, re-
ferred to above, but recommend that
the County Commissioners make an
inspection and see for themselves
what repairs are necessary.
We visited the Treasurer's Office
and found everything in good order.
The license books and papers in the
Office are kept in good safe belong
ing to the county. Double entry is
the system used by the deputy Treas
urer, E. w. Barry, in keeping the
hooks, etc. The cash balance in the
treasury on Aug. Z, '93, was $3,441. 80.
We found the Auditors office in
neat condition, and as far as our OBJ
servations extended found the records
and everything else in the Office sys-
tematically arranged, the records
neatly and well kept, all being an ev-
idence of the efficiency of the Audit
or, Art. Cunningham. We observed
that the posts in the Office have set
tied and the floor with them. This
was probably caused both by the
weight above and the rotting of the
posts at the lower ends. We think
small expenditure for repairs now
would be the means of preventing q
greater expenditure later on.
We recommend that slight repairs
be made OH the northwest corner of
the graud jury room and that a post
he placed there to prevent teams from
running against the building. This
has been the cause of what damage
has been done.
The Sneriff's Office would present a
neater appearance and be more CON-
Portable if 1t were repapered and the
ceiling repaired and painted.
We recommend that the grand ju-
ry room be furnished with eighteen
chairs and the court room with six.
There is one kind of experience
which. we have had and but few grand
juries, no doubt, have been on duty
any length of time without going
through the same experience, which
is annoying to the jurors; but this is
not The FIRST consideration. The re-
sultant expense to the county is what
we desire to refer to. Our expert
ence has been that petty complaints
are made-complaints on which, af-
ter hearing the witnesses, the jury
would not be justified IN finding in
dictments. Much time is wasted and
the final results are naught, save a
needless expense to the county. AS
the grand jury cannot determine, in
advance, the nature of the evidence,
these cases are gone through with
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