The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-18

Sheriff Lewis yesterday submitted to
the board of county commissioners his
report for the year 1887. The report
states that it is pleasing to note the
prompt manner in which all business
has been done in the department. There
was no unnecessary delay in serving
papers nor in the execution of any
other duty, Notwithstanding that the
need of more assistants was frequently
felt The willingness of all the depu-
ties and court bailiffs to perform the
required duties has facilitated matters
and enabled the sheriff to do the work
of the Office up to date. But TO do this,
the report continues, it has been an al
most daily necessity of the staff to per-
form services after regular hours, but
the deputies have always promptly and
willingly responded to any call made
upon them and freely give their extra
time to satisfy all requirements.
The report continues. THE serving
of all criminal processes such as war
rants and SubpoenaS, bringing prison.
erS into court, seeing that witnesses
and jurors are in attendance in court
at dates of trials, etc, has involved
large amount of work from which no
fee is earned nor other revenue de-
rived. These services were formerly
constables and a charge made against
the county for the same. / think the
county attorney will bear me out in
the statement that have saved the
county hundreds of dollars by reason
of having done the work referred to
and in the manner stated. The fees for
this work, if performed by constables
and the county charged with the
amounts, would aggregate large sum
of extra expense. For verificatien, ref
erence is made to the dockets of the va
rious justices of the peace in the city
and county.
Another item to which attention is |
is the great saving in expense |
to the county effected by reason of the /
prompt measures adoDted by the sher- |
ms office in notifying witnesses and /
jurors excused from attendance at /
court for the term or during a post /
ponement of the trial for which they
were summoned. The aim has been to
give prompt and efficient service and at
the same time to reduce expenses An
other large saving has been accom-
plished on account of the use of my
own team in the serving of processes
at distance and in the transporting
Of prisoners to and from the Jail and
court"
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.
The years business is stated as fol-
lows:
Number of processes served. 1881
Number of male prisoners taken
into custody ............ sO7
of female prisoners
taken into custody 10
Number of male patients taken
to the state insane asylum 20
Number of female 81, patients
taken to the state insane asy-
Ium ----.------.-- -.----. 81
Number of prisoners tried, con-
Vlcted and taken to the state
prison, all males .......... 20
Number of prisoners tried. con-
victed and taken to the reform
school, all males -
Number of fugitives from justice
retaken, all males .
alue of property reported
stolen $50. -. Sc. 4o1 90
Value of property recovered and
returned to owners. .......... 4,S53 90
uncovered l. 4S 90 I
fees earned and collected. IA SO
SCHOOL BOUNDARY MODIFICA-
TONS.
Relative to the adjustment of school
district boundary lines, a resolution !
recommended by County School Sup !
Van Colt and County Sur ,,
'eyor Wilkes, was adopted. The reso- !
luton defines the boundaries making !
he written descriptions correspond !
With the official map and also extend !
ng the limits of Granite school dis
r1ct, No. ~ so as to include Little
Cottonwood, and Butler district No. 81 ,
o include Silverton precinct
superintendent Van Colt made an :
rSument to convince the board that !,
he boundaries of the two districts :
hould be extended to the county line. :
nus taking in property valued at :
bout $4,000 for the benefit of the :
chool districts. This property is taxed :
Or state and county purposes, but :
as escaped taxation for the district .
chool funds. a
Commissioners Hall and Rawlins
oncufred with the superintendent and
naHy Commissioner Armstrong ac-
uiesced.
A VACANT JUSTICESHIP.
Louis Peterson and a large number L
other electors residing in Bluff
ale precinct petitioned for the ap-
ointment of George w. Bills to fin
vacancy in the office of justice of c
lie peace. 1t was represented that
II. Bills is the best qualified, is p
aunch Democrat and was the sec q
nd nominee at our 'corcus' last cleo a