The San Francisco call., 1897-11-24

Peace, charged IS each for issuing search war
rants and upon examination of the claim we
find that the District Attorney has indorsed
said claim as illegal upon its lace" when in
truth said Dwyer was not entitled to receive
any consideration from the county for such
services.
And as grana jurors we are perfectly power
less to reason out why it was the District AT
torney and Board of Supervisors permitted the
allowance OF the claims, as mere examina'
ton of the bills would have shown they were
illegal, and said District Attorney must be
held accountable for their conduct III the
premises.
We find that w. H. Dwyer as Justice OF the
Peace received and retained in his custody
for months fines and forfeituTes collected by
him, aud we also find that said Dwyer has re-
ceived as Justice OF the Peace certain fines
and forfeitures and still retains the same.
and as yet the District Attorney and Board Of
Supervisors have faileI TO take any action to-
ward causing said Dwyer 10 pay into the
count ty treasury such amounts retained.
This silence upon the part of the Board OF
Supervisors appears 10 us 10 be gross negli-
gence, and we as grand jurors are unable TO
proceed in the matter FOR lack OF proper legal
ad vice
We also find that hundreds OF criminal com.
plants have been issued in few days in the
Justices courts and many of them have never
been entered upon the dockets. We also find
that Justice Beggs of Redwood Township has
actually charged and received from the
county of Santa Clara SO apiece for the trial of
persons charged under an ordinance of the city
OF San Jose with beng drunk, and the District
Attorney, By his deputy, has indorsed upon
the claim Legal upon its face
This shows the care iess manner in which
public affa rs are looked after by the Board OF
Supervisors.
All of which is respectfully submitted
A second minority report was filed oy
Grand Jurors NJ. Hobin, F. Altman, Wal
ter L. Chrisman, c. H. Cropley, John
Flannery, Miles Hollister and S. Saun-
ders.
popularity about this document is
that 1t is signed Chrisman. Hollister
and Saunders, who also attached their
signatures TO the main report. Whether
they thus tried 10 trim sail for any wind
that might blow, or simply did not know
any better, was rot explained. Their re-
port follows:
We dissent from the clause charging the
Board of Supervisors with gross negligence in
III disbursement of some of the funds al
lowed TO induce immigration, as we believe all
the funds voted by them were honestly used.
We believe, furthermore, that as the Board
of Trade is composed of represen tive bust
ness men, honestly and earnestly laboring for
the best interests of the county ana is the
recognized headquarters for the distribution
of facts and lnforma alton regarding The
county, the whole amount of money allowed
could be more prof ia big used by that body
than by any other agency.
We also dissent from the recommendation of
the abolition OF the office OF Game Warden,
as we believe such an office is useful n pre-
serving game from indscriminate slaugh ter
and for the Introduce of game and song
birds, and food fish IN our streams.
As part Of their report tney also SUBJ
mitted list of those county and other
public off icials whose bonds had become
insufficient through death or from other
causes, and who had failed to file new
| bonds.
The list is as follows: Sheriff j. H..
Lyndon, Superintendent OF the Aims.
horse W. J. Wolcott; notaries pubIic-E.
G. Z .i-o, E. s. johnson. E. r Bailey, A.
G. Hinman. John A. Matthews Charles
Hemphill. ]. a. Wlckman, g. NJ Smith
T. T. Tourtilotte and William A. Clark.