Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-04-14
Submitted to the Court Late Yesterday Afternoon After
Which the Jury Was Formally Discharged.


tbt county can well afford. and al q
matter of humanity, uHhi io pay FOR
iholf admission fn fhp asylum and
their hflue cared Coz at that place. Va
therefore strongly recommend to the
county commissioners that this bel
Gone
We also recommend that ni tho ear.
lloai possible moment tho $3.50 he rn.
lareod. ard that some Improved meth.
GA Of sewerage and drains he adopt
County Clerks oHss
The County clerk "a the clerk of
The probate court. clerk of the com
mlssionofs and the recorder of rccde.
W. and ihaf ihr system az recording
of deeds in uso % quito satisfactory,
and thoroughly adhered go. eD that We
have mother criticism nor recommen-l
dgilon to make as q. that part OF the
clerks lahors
We nnd however. 81 to- me files and
indesca of thc probate court and
hoard of county commissioners, there
rs much 90 ne desired Thef4 never
has hoCn any adequate or proper SYST
7 tenn "a these Departments. and We are
I informed that much valuable time iaI
often consumed Ga searching Ter pap
crs supposed o. bo in the uncc and
that b D. frequently Impossible from
anything in The records. to ascertain
whether "a particular paper has ever
/ boon niod or not While n may oc'
7 casi0n some expense this condition
should Do remedlcd. and we recon
mend in tlU county commissioners
That they ipko steps fo ihat end. Pro
I tlsi.n should also De- made fpr addi
H0nni SIC tascH iu this uflco in which
could ia Kept masses of papers liko
ihe nid cas- returns. iu some orderly
manner ao that they could be- easily
accessible Waon needed
since me above waf written we
have learned that The present com
missi1ners have during iho last year
repeatedly although Informally d.
ERECTED tho doing of what we recon-
n mrnd. and that on the details ~ the
( work are nov under consideration by
tho clerk who has been in Office only
ieW weeks.
The Sunday Law
We have he'd before his uumber OF
witnesses. from whom wo have nt-
tempted to secure evidence as 20 Flu-
iail0n Of tho law. hut without success.
Such Information as We havo been
liable To secure has satisfied us thar in
the city of AlhuQueruo there nave
( been in the last Tow months. Viola
ton aud evaglons of the law. bot it
I has haun impossible 20 secure legal
evidence thereof go So in Justify in-
! dlcimpnts. We are of the opinion
: Ithaf this law. IKE every other on che
/ statute book should bo enforced. and
. "" IHfI
: public officers IKE The city police ul
q Alhnancrnup the conainhics of che
; various precincts and tho sheriff of
I tho county and hls deputies viii ma
I Ifhrir mu duty. there VIII bo hui lif-
2 Mo dimcuify 100 securing due OhHerv
5 anco 90 the law % a simply ln-
Z credible that there can De- nuy cone
i siderable violation OI this statute. and
b that these officers can bo an ignorant
= of the facts
+, The law is defective and Inadequate
r and appears to have been drawn
: mihpr With an idea of tolernnng nul
q encouraging certain forms OF bnsines.
Z and amuacmenta on sunday aud t'
~ enforcement "a hnmncrcd hy The ilm'
70 ltaNnn ihaf there can be- no punish
a mont Inflicted except in the diairic
r. court We feel confident however
3 that within thc somewhat narrow Inns
ifs Fixed in the statute. public seutl'
p ment ls growing Hirongly an the time
81 In favor of lis enforcement
@ Justices Of the Peace,
Tho law requires that Justices of thl
= peace should make quarterly report
= 90 the hoard OF county commission
= ora OF al fines imposed By them, stat
I ing tho name OF the officer who mas
q or ought % have collected ne same
n We are Informed that sometime las
p year the county commissioners iHauel
2 a notice 90 ali Of the justices Of tnl
2 peace, calllng attention 90 this iHN
e and notifying them that reports mus
= De- made quarterly, even II no tine
y had been imposed, az that fact ehouil
y DC reported This requirement. ha
mot been generally met by the iuaiice
p of the peace. bat We have not luuuI
g any evidence OF ans wilful intentional
r. neglect nl duiy or mlaapproprlRilo
y OF money. except in precinct No.
b. ln that precinct we have found lha
81 fines imposed in January. 1900, wor
J. not reported 90 inc county commits
c sinncrs until August aud chat fhn
10 report was not complete ana nccu
d ste There appears 90 be- some re,
% sou io believe thut thls ren0r. wa
q made only after rumOr had sprca
y abroad that the grand Jury nt OBJ
j. approaching term of court, WQul
~ make some lnvcsf lTatl0n nf the mRt
20 ter Whllo this iusiice nl The neac'
Is aH well aa others might he prosecute
.o and punched loF failing 90 make rc
p ports. yet we are unable to beNeV
J. that the matter la of euiic.pnt I'm
g por1nco to Justify such a prusecI
r. tion.
1f We recommend 90 che county cuu
IN mlssinncrs tha there should ha pr
lo pared and distributed 10 the variol
m Justices oi tho pence blank Forms q
D. these quarterly reports, with iho ae
lions of tho htuiutCa printed ihereo
showing what ls required, and We b
ie ll0yc that there VII be "a general au
q uniform compliance with The Jaw.
ID we further recommend thnf NJ
o.. Justice 81 the peace ho lusirueied
pa keon their records of criminal ar
RI civil eases separately. This does M
ur necessarily mean that tho iusticl
nrI Ghould have separate hooks Tor n
d two kinds of cases. but aN OF oag
n. class should bo put ln particular uo
ii- 30 d larger look which would great
m, facilitate any Cknmlnaticn Of the Fo
pi orde This was specially imprcsa'
m upon us by ile tnroinl oxaminotii
no which we have given to thc records
ho ton OF che Justices whom we bad aui
ne munpd before u.s. limiting 0uraclW