Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-03
Departments Have Increased Wonderfully and Earnings Are Heavier Than Ever Be- fore Known.
397 Marriage Licenses Issued Last Year, While the Num- Der of Actions For Divorces Aggregate Eighty Two.
lsnecial tn Reriew.l

view of the work that has been done in the various branches of the county government duriEs the past year shows that in most instances there has been an increase of the volume of business trasacted while the ex pense in most of the offices has been reduced.
 In the District Court during the past year there has been up for con sideration before Judge Doan. over 200 civil cases, of these over 200 have been tried, few over a hundred dis missed. and a small number continued over for the term. On the criminal side of the district court during the Anril term there were forty-Seyen cases disposed of and six on the United States side of the court. Dur ing the present term up to the lst oi January, there has been twenty-five criminal cases disposed of on the county side of the court, and on the United States side thirteen cases making a total of all the cases that have come before the judge in the neiehborhood of 425 cases. There fs not another county in the territory that transacts the volume of business that is disposed of in the court here, There are now in the county jail some fifteen prisoners awaiting trial or for their cases to be investigated by the grand jury.
 Tn the clerka office during the past year there has been docketed 2es civil cases and I19 criminal cases Fifty-scyen citizenship papers have been made out to foreigners who be came citizens. and thirteen issued 10 sf.s f..s.- grffn n effect on October i, there has been fen appiications filed to become naturaifxed. There were filed during the year no inquests of persons who met death The recording of thirty seven notary bonds was also part of the work Of the civil cases filed, eighty-two actions for divorce are among the number. being nearly one third of the entire number. The cost of running the district court from October l, 1904 to October l, 1905 was SIS S.034.57. which includes the per diem of the clerk, fees of stenographer. fees and mileage of jurors and court orders.
 The sheriff's office during the year turned into the country treasury the sum of $55, .00 collected on licenses during that time. to which should be added the sum of g. ,s02 that was col lected and turned over to Sheriff White, making total of $57.8 The collections for the year previous were s51, ,624. The expenses of the sheriff s office and jail for the year ending Oc- tober l, was $21,778.06. The expenses of the office during the incumbency of Sheriff Hunt were greatly reduced over that of Sheriff Lewis, while the receipts were nearly s25.0 900 greater. During the year Sheriff Hunt had in his custody in the county jail S25 prisoners. Of this number the ma jority were time prisoners held to serve sentences for conviction of misdemeanors, while little over one-thfrd were held to await the ac- ton of the grand jury. Of these twenty-three were convicted and sen fenced to serve time in Yuma. while A number of others were fined or served short terms in the county jail. while Ehe largest portion were dis missed, the grand jury having failed to return Indictments.
 The report of County Assessor B. J. O'Reilly shows that during the year there was collected sf9,225 tn school or poll taxes. and nearly .he same amount in personal property axes Abstracts of all real estate. lots, blocks. etc, have been made ID and a complete record made of all tae Droperty in the county including a Il the patented mines
 The annual report of Recorder Frank Hare for the past year shows
 z the past year there were b!ed
 flee CABS instruments which
 sum of SIP ,055.15 70 the
 cost Of running the rec
 from January :, 1906.
 1907, was B. 5.032.70, show
 earning for the county cf
 During the year previous
 few more iists5Iaierss
 the receipts were not as
 this year. During the year tess sefs were nearly twice ss mary niring locations filed as dus7ng the mast year. which made the difference In The Probate Court there were Is sued during the year 395 marriage licenses. Nine4y-eight new estates opened up and administered apos There came before the court twenty seven insane patients for examination of these twenty-one were ordered co1arnitted to the asylum at Phoenix fonr discharged and two sent to tho county hospital.
 me records of the district attorney offiee show that it has been required sa attend to 1fe criminal actions thai have found their way into the distric court. The convictions will naEnoel eger haif.
 me office of the county treasurer is hard one to estimate. The largel nar of the work comes drring th' iSrt sow months of the year when sa' tax books are turned over. Since tn' sax sa books have been turned over t ,Sreasurer Gaines he and his assist ants nave made out and sent notice. e .o over 5000 different property owner = ssss have collected in taxes due tn ,ss,s ea,,uty M nearly s3o000o. and al th' '.rssent s,s....s rfpne are engaged in nakinl no the back tax books
 The clerk of the board and his as .,sssnf have the auditing to do To all of the offices of the county as s' ai' rhe reports filed witn the Board O