Arizona republican., 1900-10-21
A Comprehensive But Not
 Exciting Report
A Recommendation Regarding the Disposition of Money Received From the Leases of School Lands.
 County Offices Found Well Kept.

report yesterday and was discharged. It included a bunch of indictments. all of which were blind" and will prob ably not he made public until tOmor- TOW. The report is a very Comprehen- sive document, deals very fully with the county affairs and bristles with figures. It contains very few recom- mendatiOns and none at all of start ling character.
 In passing upon the business of tn" board of supervisors the report finds that there has been collected on leases of school lands within the last nine months $1, ,420.74. all of which has been turned over to the territory. About one fourth of it comes back.i The grand jury recommends the passage of legis- lation by which each county shall re- tain all the rentals on school lands within it's boundaries. Such law would be especially beneficial to this county, seeing that Is the only one which leases school lands to any eX- tent. The report finds that the books of the supervisors office are well kept and that the board has carefully guarded the interests of the territory.
 District Attorney FlanniGan is high ly commended on account of his eco nomicaI management of his office. It is found that the total expense, includ- ing salary for 1899, was S2.l62 and for the nine months of the present year $l. 943.3O. This is favorably compared as follows with years under democratic management: 1896, S2,970.SO; 1897, $t,- 275.25; 1898 $41SO.56
 The grand jury further unanimously adopted the following resolution:
 Resolved, That the thanks of the grand jury are hereby given to the Hon. Thomas F. Flanngan, district attorney. for the able and dignitied manner in which he has presented the large number of criminal cases before il and also for valuable legal advice re- ceived. We appreciate the untirinS energy displayed by the district at torney in producing the evidence in all cases by which means the grand jury was enabled to fnishe it's lahors in a shorter time than could otherwise have been done.'
 Such conneudation would have been gratifying to Mir. FlanuiEan in any circumstances but more especially in this ease, on account of the political complexion of the grand jury which. on a ''straw vote" on the presidential ticket, was found to stand: For Me Kinley 4: for Bryan. IA.
 The report finds the office of the pro bate court to he conducted in a careful orderly and systematic manner, and further finds that the receipts for the last nine months exceed the eXpendi- lures by s527.76 County Treasurer Mes singer comes in for a great deal of grand jury praise for the skillful man ner in which he has managed his office. the introduction of new buSineSSllkc methods which not only facilitate the work but also the inspection of it, and special attention is directed to a new form of tax receipt, devised by him, whereby taxpayers may know, without further inquiry, precisely upon what separate pieces of property tax is paid.
 The sheriff'S office was found to be well managed ana the jail kept i'll q good condition.
 The work of the school superintcn- dent is described at great length and he is commended upon his industry.
 County Assessor CoSsins also earned the eulogy of the board, us did the county recorder, whose books were found to he carefully kept and the work well up to date.
 The insane asylum was also visited. The grand jury committee had no fault to find with the management, but found an inadequate water supply and means of escape from the building in case of fire. all of which is brought to the notice of the territorial board of control.
 A considerable part of the report is taken up by figures concerning the poor farm and mention is made of a com municatiOn on the occasion of it's visit to the farm, but no comment is made upon it.
 The grand jury suggests to the board of supervisors the propriety of scrutin- izing and cutting down the claims of justices of the peace and of reducing the number of cOnstables and deputy wenever possible to do SD, of preventing the subpoenainG of un- necessary witnesses. The report fur ther recommends that the board confer with the district attorney in the pre- paration of an act to be introduced into 1 the legislature for the restraint of pre- ( met officers. Judge --reet receives the | thanks of the grand jury for courtesies
 
 tions. The final report shows that l thirty-One cases were presented to the l grand jury. Twenty true bills were ! returned and six cases were ignored.
 THE COURT.
 CIoyd Young, an old man who had ' been indicted for incest. and had i pleaded guilty, was sentenced to nine years in Yuma.
 demurrer was Sustained in the 'ase of Frank Mosier vs P. K. Hickey. In the case of the United States for the Ise and benefit of William J. Rainey Ns J. B. Sprague ct al a demurrer was pverruled. In the matter of William Ielczer vs Rosa McNamara. eXccutriX 'f the will of James McNamara. de- nurrer was sustained and the plaintiff vas given leave to answer Judgment vas given the plaintiff in Golf and Gal-