The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-16

fraud has been found. the committee feet that
the CLERK deserves censure at your hand,
| ihe record kept by the iailer does not comply
| Win the Jaw anu Is almost worthless. he syS
TEN Is unworthy OF a city Of this size and cannot
| De 100 strongly condemned. The his .Ory Oi
| many eases OF the police record ceases with he
| issuance OF the commitments.
| Your committee recommend the strict en-
| lore ment OF ordinance No. 10, section s. be-
Ieylng the ordinance, II complied with, will fur
ulsIl the necessary details IN each case, and 70
TINS end request that the city CLERK procure a
| printed record book for the use of the taller,
| wherein shall be recorded the progress OF each
case as required by the ordinance.
Inc commitment in most cases is not made
out al the proper time, often not until after the
prisoner has served his sentence and Is dis
charged. In such cases the docket number and
lame OF pTlsoney DO not appear upon the jail
Fines have been collected by iail or court
onclals and paid over TO the clerk without
proper receipt being given or demanded. In
tnis connection we recommend thar all officers
| paying money into the hands of the city c.erk
from any source. demand a receipt therefor and
preserve the same for future reference.
Your committee finds that prisoners have
been taken out of jail before expiration Of term
or SCI vice without an order from the proper
oHlclais. The responsibility is shifted from one
10 another and cannot be fastened upon any
one. In one or two cases, you will observe tile
notatlOn OF the jai,er's book reads, ''Didn'C
serve time" and absolutely no information can
be obtained as to what became of them. They
are as tine dew before the morning sun. A
strict enforcement OF the ordinance mentioned
The committee recommends a weekly settle.
ment by the city clerk with the city treasurer
Settlements are not regulated by law, and we
Jan. Z.
We recommend that the city clerk pay over to
lne city treasurer the several amounts not pro-
herein.
Your committee recommends that the city
treasurer De required to furnish montuy re-
ports as provided for In ordinance %, Sec
ton Z.
The cases wherein irregularity exists, as dis
coNeIeu Dy your committee, are as follows:
No. ,3o2. Emma 1eai was arrested April -,
taken into court. committed, but not placed in
jan; No further information could be oD.aineI
IN the case No. l,42S, the case of Jennie Mur-
pny; committed, but didn't serve time. No.
l4oO, Nellie BY paid SIS ON SlU5, ba.ance OF 500
credited Dec. 80 by the city c,erk, VINO stated 10
the committee that IN checking up his books
with the police magistrate at the eud OF the
year, no credit was found for the 500; the latter
ASSN red nun that the balance had been prev
lously paid. 1854, Frank smith. committed;
entry upon jailer's books taken out by Iiallahan
Haliahan Claims To have paid the city clerk IN
Iuil, No credit gwen. l,Yle. Dottie Bordeaux,
committed, but dld not serve time. 2,05S, Joe
BarraDoo, SlO, same as l,7Si 2.0l9, Jim Flynn
$40, same as l,4S0. LIPS, Ole Olson, committed
no further record. 2lG6, Nike Kennedy, so,
paid 40 city c.erk by L. T.. Courtney on Nov ;.
not credited. l,46S, john Doe, paid sl6 no
credit: Jaler has clerks receipt for amount
raise line; never returned. l,644, Stella Early |
committed; did not serve time l,s6s PM Pryor, |
gu, no cieull; PAID city clerk; 1ailer has re- |
celpt. l,sI2, Mat Odgens, $40, no credit; same |
as lisa. Loo, John Dillon, $40, same
as l,4sO. 2,O73 Tim Leary, $40; same as |
i4sO. 2lI9, Jim Flynn, $40, same. 2ls5, Paul |
brooks, 90, paid TO city clerk; no credit 2lyI, /
William hepler, So same liS0. 1860, Frank I
Belts, $40, Jaller Anderson claims to have paid /
city clerk, no credit. 2206, John DAVIS, 500 !
committed. not in jail. 22jI, Iom McNaily, paid |
10 Naughten, who claims to have paid city |
clerk, no credit.
In concluding this report your committee de-
slFes 10 state tnat IL has confined It's investga-
tlon 10 the court and Jail officials and the Guy
clerk only from May |, 1884, and believes 1t has
discharged its duty Information of |
gross lrregularlty in the poll department has
been submitted, but 1t is considered OUT of the
jurisdiction of the committed and il leaves the |
matter in tne hands OF the council for such ac- |
non as you may deem necessary. Respectfully
CHARLES SCHATZLEIN. |
GEORGE PASCOE.
L. L. BOWMAN.
JOHN BYRNF,
E. IL SHERMAN.
Con HAYES
Il. III. COOK.
The committee decided to send in bills |
'f Sl5 each for the three days lost in maxi
ng the investigation.