The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-06
DEMANDS ALLOWED BY SUPER

NISORS.
| Bills allowed for goods furnished I'M
| der contract rates found correct. For
others, action has been taken by this
| jury which will result in determining
the right of County Supervisors to pay
bills which we believe to be illegal.
JUSTICE COURT REPORTERS.
In the case of reports of Justice Courts
and reporters fees for same: 1t ap-
pears that claims for reporting in JUS
tice Courts have been paid without the
Justice having certified to them No
claim should be accepted by the County
Clerk, or warrant drawn for same by
the Auditor, unless the Justice in whose
court the service was performed has
certified to its correctness
Justice H. D. Owen owes on account
of fines 50.
| The report Of Justice w H Jones was
| so confusing that the expert could not
decipher it.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
| The County Hospital building is in
fair condition, and the institution is
we'll managed.
| The County Courthouse and Jail-We
recommend that improved ventilation be
provided in the messroom The Chair
man of the Committee on Public Build
ings of the Supervisors has had his at
| tention called to some needed and in
expensive repairs.
The City Jail was not as clean as it
should have been, even though it is a
dilapidated building
The public school buildings have been
recently examined by the Board of
Health, and improvements in drainage
are being made as recommended by
! them.
COUNTY DEMANDS.
Believing that the public service
would be improved by the cooperation
of the county officials, conferences were
| held and some changes in the system
Of treating demands for office supplies
and the proper accounting for same
were agreed upon, which, if adhered to,
should result to the benefit of the tax
payers and to the credit of the Off
Gals.
The following recommendation was
made to the honorable Board of Super
visors on April Is, 1897, which was ap-
proved:
sacramento, April 10, 1897.
10 lIlC 1lOIIOl dDlc bOdIu Ol SUPER
visors of Sacramento County-Gentle-
men: The Grand Jury at a meeting held
this day adopted the following resolu-
! ton:
" Resolved, That the honorable Board
of Supervisors be requested to pass an
order requiring each and every county
official to keep an accurate account of
the expenses of his office, the same
to conform to such system as may be
adopted by said Board of Supervis-
ors' -
In the matter Of the Supervisors voting
on October Is, 1896, for the publication
of the election proclamation in more
than one newspaper, the term of office
of some of the Supervisors expired be-
| fore the investigation of the case by
this Grand Jury
| ALLEGED CORRUPTION
Much time has been devoted to the
| investigation of charges preferred
against city officials for corruption in
office, and in view of the publicity given
/ to the same the jury made extraordinary
efforts lin which it had the cooperation
! Of the parties who made the COM
plaints) to establish the charges, but
/ failed to do so, except in the case of
one of said city official, which has been
previously reported.
In the case of charges against a citi-
zen for extorting blackmail the same
efforts We're made. but sufficient evil
dence was not obtained to warrant the
| finding of an Indictment.
The last Legislature having passed
new law governing the reports of Grand
| Juries, in which is the following lam
| guage, XIX: IF any Grand Jury shall
in it's report comment upon any person
or official who has not been indicted by
| the said Grand Jury, said comments
shall not be deemed to be privileged"
Therefore this Grand Jury has not made
certain criticisms which under the old
law they would feel justified in making
The following recommendations are re-
specially submitted:
l. That before a warrant is drawn
for claims of Court Reporters for tran
scribing the County Clerk should be re-
quired to certify that a copy of the
transcript has been filed in his office,
and that sufficient pages should be
counted by the certifying officer to es-
! tablish the correctness of the claim
2 The Judges of the Superior Court
! require the IOll-tdll Vi the jurors TO ne
kept in ink; Also that the minutes of
the court show when jurors are ex-
cused.
3. That the Auditor issue new stub
receipt books to the License Collector
at the beginning of each year, and that
| he recall and cancel unused receipts of
! the previous year.
| 4. That the following books of deeds
be rebound: ID" C. u" k L"
o." RI and 81
). That the Auditor be instructed by
an order of the court to cancel warrants
| No. 291S, amount $50 30; No. 2.979,
amount $103 40: No. $3.50, amount
| $7S 80; No. 2,9S1, amount 800 50-other
warrants having been drawn and paid
| covering these claims.
| 6. That the Secretary be allowed 50
| per day in addition to his per diem as
| juror. Respectfully submitted,
]. Q. COLEMAN, Foreman.
EXPERTS REPORT.