Amador ledger., 1900-12-14
Grand Jury.

On last Friday morning the follow
ing citizens were selected as the Grand
Jury of Amador county for the year
1900: H. Eudey, H. N. Northup, Jos.
Pigeon, E. B. Moore, Robt. Curran,
John E. Brown, A. L. McWayne, ].
81. Zumalt; J. H. Heffren, R. Barnett,
Geo, Woolsey, W. o. Green, c. E.
Harmon, Andrew Noce, Jackson Dem
mis-, W. M. Penny, Albert Uhlinger,
W. A. BENEFITS and B. F. Taylor.
After remaining in session until noon
Saturday, the following report was
presented in open court:
JACKSON, CAL, Dec. Is, 1900.
To the Hon. r. G. Rust,
Judge of the Superior Court of
AmadOr Co., Cal.
We, the Grand Jury of ANA
dor county, impanelled on the 7th day
of December, 1900. beg leave to submit
this report of our proceedings.
Pursuant to your instructions, we
have made thorough investigation
into the general affairs of the county.
We have looked over the books and
accounts of the several county officers
and find same are kept in neat and
systematic manner, and that the de-
ficiency, reported by the Grand Jury
on Dec. 9, 1899, of the former Assessor,
of $l536.99, had all been paid. We find
that the various county account books
have not been exported for the years
1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896, but that it
would be useless for this Body to order
said exporting, the District Attorney
advising that under the present law of
the statute of limitation any defici-
ency that may have occurred could
not be collected.
We find that the Honorable Board
of Supervisors have ordered said &C.
count books exported for the years
1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900 at a compen-
sation of $500, but said contract does
not state within what time said work
must be completed, and we therefore
deem it advisable that the Board of
Supervisors have definite time speci-
fled for the completion of the work,
and recommend that in future these
books be exported annually.
A committee of our Body, appointed
to count the money in the treasury,
found the amount to be 1854, 241.O5, the
proper amount reported by the County
Clerk that should be in the treasury.
We find the County Hospital kept in
systematic manner, there being fifty
patients, we'll clothed and cared for.
But we find the roof of the old hospital
building in bad condition and recon-
mend that the Board of Supervisors
have the same repaired and coat of
cement put on the South side of the
new hospital building.
We find the Jail and out buildings in
neat condition and we'll kept We
find four prisoners therein, three for
misdemeanor and one for felony.
We find the Hall of Records and the
Court House badly affected by the ele-
ments, and hereby recommend that the
Board of Supervisors have the South
and front walls of these two buildings
cemented for the protection of the
same.
We recommend that in the interest
of economy the salaries of the employees
appointed by the Board of Supervisors
be reduced to the minimum of obtain
ing good services for the county.
We call attention of the Board of
Supervisors to the deplorable condi-
tion of the road on the approach to
Jackson on the North side, in the
gulch between the Tuscano Boarding
House and the residence of F. Hoffman.
In conclusion, we desire to thank the
various county officers for their uni
form kindness in giving us all the in
formation asked for, and showing us
all books and accounts cheerfully.
Respectfully submitted,
B. F. TAYLOR,
Foreman.
AT.T.EN Now AvNJE Caocafo,r