Mohave County miner., 1898-04-16
The work of the late grand jury

was most thorough. Every office
was Investigated and the reports
thereon were not on the order OF
many similar bodies. In the af-
fairs Of the board of supervisors
several errors of trivial nature
we're found but the recommends
ton regarding methods Of keeping
the minute book is not to be over
looked. The minute book is the
only book Of reference the board
has and this book should be full
and complete. Every act Of the
board, no matter of what nature,
should be entered in the record,
and this the members of the grand
jury recognized In their examina-
ton of the supervisors office. That
every member of the board is hon
est and conscientious i'm the dis
charge of his duties goes without
saying, but too short time is TAX
en- in the transaction of the quar-
terly business. A day or two long
er at each session would add but
little TO the expense and at the
same time allow the members of
the board time to go over accounts
carefully. The recommendation
regarding the Coyote Hill bridge
should be acted upon at once. This
bridge is in dangerous condition
and the wrecking of one of the big
freighting outfits on this dilapi
dated structure would cost Mohaye
county several thousand dollars in
an action for damage. Nowhere in
the county is the expenditure Of
money 80 badly needed as on the
road over Coyote Hill. The condi
ton of this road is no fault of the
board, for the reason that they
have time and again instructed the
road overseers to expend every dol
lar in the road fund on this section
Of road. If the board will now
act on the grand jury's recommen-
dation the bridge and road can be
made the best in the county.
We have carefully examined in
to the matter of school apportion-
ments and find the grand jury com
mittee made grievous error when
they report that Judge Logan,
county superintendent, made an
excess apportionment of 400s too
much to district No. a (Kingman).
Instead of an excess Kingman has
received $3.50 less than the amount
due her and the other districts an
excess of 25s each. Under the new
school law each school district hav-
ing twenty or more census children
shall receive 500s for the school
year and every school district hav-
ing a daily average attendance ex-
ceeding twenty -fve shall receive
20s per capita in excess of twenty
five. AS shown by the record Judge
Logan has apportioned to the ten
districts outside Of Kingman dur
ing the school year 5,250.70s, ex-
cseding by 250.70s the amount
allowed them by law. Outside of
Kingman White Hills school has
the gre .test average daily attend
ance (24) but not sufficient to en-
title it to pro rata distribution.
Kingman's daily average is 40,
which entities the school to all the
excess school money after the other
districts have received the 5O0$ to
which they are entitled. So far
Kingman has received but l050s
from total of 6300s, when in re.
atty the amount should have been
1908. Kingman out Of its pre-
rata share of the county school
fund has to support an additional
teacher. The only error made by
Judge Logan is in making double
apportio ,ment to Kingman district
but this simply makes funds avail
able for twp teachers at once in
stead of waiting until the other dis
tricts received their maximum
amounts. Attorney General Fra
zier has just notified Judge Logar
that all money in excess of 500s t.
each district must be placed at tn
disposal of Kingman school trustees
This settles the controversy as fal
as the recommendation of tn
grand jury goes. Every axpaye