Williams news., 1904-12-17

the county court house, and has this to say:
 We find that the repairs and ad ditions that have been put on the court house, together with purchase of new furniture, has cost the coun- ty $33, 3,OOO A large portion of said amount was paid out contrary to the law, and in the face of a man. datory statute. The plumbing that was put in the building was done under the direction, of the super visors in opposition to the advice of A. O. Sherwin, who was en- ployed by the county at the time to supervise the work. We find that since that time $7OO has been paid out by the county for repairing the plumbing, and the end is not yet. It can only be remedied by remov- ing the entire job and putting in plumbing of suitable size.
 We find that the bars over the jail windows afford little protection from the inside or outside. We also find the steel cages very defec- tive. In fact, the jail, which has been considerably enlarged, is not as secure as the old structure It is recommended by this grand jury that the changes advised by the sheriff's office last April be attended to by the supervisors elect.
 The work of the expert in exam ming the books of the justices of the peace officers of the county, in the opinion of the grand jury, calls for criminal and civil prosecutions. We recommend that the amounts called attention to by the experts report be recovered.
 The special attention of the dis trict attorney is called to the ille- gal action of the board of super visors looking to the purchase of copies of the Worlds Fair edition of the Bisbee Daily Review. Para graph 955, Revised Statutes, 1901, not only empowers the district at torney to act in such cases, but it is made his duty to institute suit to enjoin the payment whenever the supervisors act without authority of law, and in case same shall have been paid, then to recover the same. The district attorney stated to the grand jury that he did not advise the board of supervisors in this case that they had no power under the statutes to allow such charge, yet when the board does allow the Reviews bill, is the district attor- ney to remain silent?
 , We recommend the abolishment of the salary fund, and that this money be placed in the expense fund for the payment of county warrants.
 A large number of complaints , are on file in the supervisors office regarding the assessment for the current year. and is ample proof that the assessor did not exercise proper care in making up his roll Among many of the assessments
 placed on the roll for the current
 year we also note that Hubbard and Bowen are taxed for one frame
 building for $500 for the year 1904 ! and no personal property returned by them or by J. J. Bowen. Such oversight on the part of the assessor
 might be possible, but it is incom prehensible that the chairman o1 :, the board of equalization should overlook property in which he is personally interested.
 It has been our effort in investi.
 gations, where we could not gc
 further, to show the location oi , guilt so that it can more readily be
 taken up when we have a board oi supervisors and district attorney
 in sympathy with the enforcement
 of the law, and should the ends o justice be defeated and the guilty escape, it will be chargeable to the ! actions of those ent1 usted with the ! execution of the law and the admin