Bisbee daily review., 1904-12-10
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the grand jury report that the board of supervisors had paid out illegally and without the authority of law thousands of dollars and that legally allowed demands against the county were the exception rather than the rule. no specified acts were enumerated to give anyone who might feel inter- ested in these matters an opportunity to use their own judgment in deter mining whether or not public officials have been remiss in their duty. The censure of the district attorney is bess lieved to be most unjust; it is by in- uendo, stating that whenever the county has a district attorney who is willing to stand for honest govern ment. ssThere is no specific act charged against the district attorney which ld'warrant such language as that contained in the report of the grand jury. The treasurer's office was ribbed up.ialong with the rest of the officials, though he had done nothing more serious than that of employing a sys- tenn in handling the business of his ocfie not deemed to be the best by the expert from Tucson, who was em- ployed to go through the books of his office. The assessor and J. J. Bowen were accused of collision in exempting the latter, who is chairman of the board of supervisors. from taxation on his property by emitting it from the assessment. MT. Bowen produces the tax receipts to show that this censure of the grand jury was not warranted. The grand jury censures J. \. Gaines for performing work and receiving pay from the chairman of the county health board while he was employing extra help in the work of his own office. Dr. Hickman, chairman of the health board, says that Nr. Gaines only hired the work done for him and after paying for it turned the balance of the amount of his fees for recording deaths and births to him. So it seems that Gaines neither performed any of this health board work or received any uf the pay. It would seem iD this case that the grand jury should lose no time in apologizing to MT. Gaines.
 After all the strenuous language in- dulged in by the grand jury. aside from the hospital management, noth- ing was found to warrant the indict- ment of any official or to warrant the recommendation that any suit be insti- tuted to recover money illegally paid out of the treasury on single specified transaction. The summing up of the report ssks that the district attorney examine the report of the expert and if in his opinion suits and prosecutions sLould be instituted that he go into court with them.
 The indictments returned into court against the hospital doctor and stew ard have both been quashed, but the defendants are held in bonds of S300O for their appearance at the next term of court. It is no doubt true that con- ditions at the hospital have been mis- erably bad and the board of supervisors should take prompt action looking to bringing about better statement of affairs there and we believe that Dr. Johnson should be relieved of the con- tract and someone else be put in charge. A county hospital is not expected to be 6 place where isrt class accommo- dstion is furnished inmates. It is not expected that patients in the county hospital will receive such treatment as they receive at the Copper Queen hos