Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-10-06
Makea a Final Report and are
 Discharged.
l3 INDICTMENTS FOUND
Sensible Suggestions made as to
 Penalty and Punishment.


 before it, has [ he honor to report to the honorable cour that We have examined twenty-eight cases and found thirteen indictments. Thirteen cases were ig. nored and two cases were referred to the next grand jury. We herewith submit the reports of ! the various committees who were ap- pointed to examine into the condition and the conducting of public offices ap- pertaining to the county. l To the Forman: | Your committee on probate judge and surveyor have the honor to make | the following report: | We find the records of the probate court kept in accordance with law. the l papers in each case being 1ndexed, | numbered and filed so that any infor- | nation can be obtained at once. The | records are complete and every item | entered up to date. In the surveyors office no official work has be- performed during the past year so we have no report to make. w. J. Ross, NABoR PACHECo, c. l.. DANIL, Committee. To the Foreman: We, your committee appointed 10 1n- vestigate the office of the treasurer, peg leave to report that we have made cure full examination of the books aud GepOs- it's of money Tn the county safe and, as the limited time your oom mittee had 10 investigate, found everything in good ape, orderly and properly kept,
 THEo. G. FITCH,
 J. K. GooDING,
 A. C. BERNAED,
 JAMES GARDINER,
 Committee. To the Foreman:
 The committee nominated by you to visit and inspect the county hospital beg leave 10 report as follows: We find the rooms aud bedding and inc dining rooms ard furniture, m clean and neat condition; To complaint from the patients.
 We further find that there are at the present time in the hospital at the ex- pense of the county ten patients and three indigent persons.
 CHAs. H. MEYeR,
 W. [. Brown,
 Committee To the Foreman:
 We your committee appointed to ex- anime the offices of the supervisors and assessor beg leave to report that we have made a careful examination of them as far as our limited time would permit, ard have found both offices ap- parently in good order and the accounts and records kept in a neat and business like manner.
 Er,. BULLOCK,
 H. MERCER,
 HOWARD F.. BANRS
 Committee To th FOrmGIl:
 Your committee to inquire into the affair, of the 'sherlff's office beg leave to repoct that, Uopn examination. every thing roOuS the office was found to be clean and m S.ood order, the books and accouutI kept correctly and all the du- ties apperJaruing to the office manag ed in an able manner by the sheriff and hs deputies, and, in our opinion, Pima county can justly feel proud of the re- cord of its sheriff's office under Sheriff Scotls management during the past two years.
 THOMAS HUGHFs,
 THos H. LAvERY,
 G. c. BURTAN,
 Committee. To the Fornan:
 We, your committee on recorders office and court house, beg leave to re- port as follows:
 We have insp ected the recorders office and found the books and records in good condition.
 On inspecting the jail we found 1t neat and clean aud the prisoners satis- fled with their treatment. We would reccomend that a bath tub be placed in tie jail for the use of the prisoners, that old windows Ill the jail yard be better secured; also that the steps leading to the second story of the jail be in some way made more secure from a possible escape.
 We ind that the railing in the cupola or the court house IS broken, and 1t should be repaired at once as 1t IS dan- gerous. Repairs on the exterior of the building shonld be made especially in the matter of the large cracks in the bricEwork.
 We find confined in the county jail for different offences. thirty prlsonere of which thirteen are Un ted States pris- oners.
 JOHN N. BROWN,
 Chairman of the Committee. Doring our investigations our atten- tion has been drawu to the depredations to which the property of our cattiemen IS subjected; that large numbers of cat tie are slaugh and driven away, and that many horses are ioen without tbere being any clue to the perpetrators; and iJ must appear that thls IS due in part 10 ,he law makers 8S we'll as to the law breako-L We are well convinced of h stealing an animal ls out If all prOpor- ton to the stealing of otne property of the sane vi.lue.
 1:ial jrries under the strict practice of the district court ,'efuse 10 convict in a cas-, wi,en in just;Go court the crlm in.,i '%ould receive speady aI'G proper punishment, the ,Iracllce ot the justice courts Daing more appropriate 10 the amount of the value Of the property stolen; again, many Of the witnesses are uneducated and readily forget, or are uncertain as to the nam point in the case, on the le igth of time l8psing be- tween the commission Of the offense, tbe action of the grand jury ard the sub- mission of the case to the district court. Without multiplying reasons. winch we think will become apparent to tn SC Investigating the subject, we would re- | spectfulIy, in this public way, call the attention ot our citizens to what we l consider necessary change iD our crim- inal law. Under our statutes man twice convicted of petit larceny can, un- der indictment upon the second convic- ] tiop, be sent to the territorial peniten- 1 tisry for term of years, and We believe that by making a catalogue conform to the other laws of the territory, determ- ming what IS grand and what is petit larceny, then the crime of cattle steal ing will be gradually and materially 1 checked.
 All of which IS respectfully submit