Tombstone epitaph., 1908-01-12

saloons in . drunken condition durini the business hours of the office. tC the neglect and injury of the business oi the office; that he is an hsbitua drunkard; that he fails in the dis charge of his duty to give legal advise to the Board of Supervisor, of that county; that he has refused to repre- sent the county in important htiga- ton pending in the Supreme Court of the Territory, wherein it was his of- tcisl duty to represent it; that he lacks sufficient knowledge of the law to perform the duties of his office that he so negligently, careless y, and ignorsntly conducts the business of prosecuting persons charged in the Courts with crime, that justice mis- carries, the law is brought into dis repute, and the Court into contempt and ridicule;
 And Whereas, it appears to me, and do so deem it, that the public inter est requires that the said w Shelley be suspended from the further per- formsnce of his official duties, as pro- vided by law,
 Now Therefore, know ye. that l, Joseph H Kibbey, Governor of the Territory of Arizona, y virtue of the authority vested in me by law Tn that behalf, have ordered, and do hereby order. that F W Shelley, the District Attorney of the County of Cochise in the Territory of Arizona, be, and be is hereby suspended from the further performance of the duties of the office | Of District Attorney of Cachise couu- ty, Arizons, until proceedings for the l removal of the said F W Shelley are begun and determined under the pro- visions of Par, 2, Title II, Removal or Civil Ofhcers, of the Penal Code. And of these thing, you will all take notice and accordingly govern your- selves, as the law directs you shall do.
 In Witness Whereof, have here
 unto set my hand, and
 caused the Seal of the
 Territory of Arizona to (ssaD be affixed. Done at the
 Capitol, in the City of
 Phoenix, the twenty-first
 day of December, nine.
 teen hundred and seven.
 JOSEPH H. KIBBEY, By the Governor:
 W. F. NICHOLS,
 Secretary of the Territory of Arizona. The board adjourned to meet Zee ember. 3l, 1907. at 70opm.
 wv. NJ RrGGs,
 Chairman. Attest:
 H. E. BERSER, |
 Clerk. Tombstone, Ariz Decem Der 3l, 1907. The board of supervisors of Cochise county, Arizona, met at 7:o0 p m pursuant to adjournment December B, 1907.
 G J McCsbe and J Bowen, pres. ent, and William M Riggs, absent. GJ NcCabe was appointed acting chairman.
 This being the time provided law for counting the mouey in the treas ury, the board of supervisors, together with 'he distric' attorney, proceeded to the tressurer's office, and couLted and checked up the funds, after which the follo~irg report was submitted and ordered entered upon the minute. to witt
 Office of
 Board of Supervisors
 Cochise County,
 Arizona. Tombstone, Ariz. December 31, 1907 We, G McCabe and Bowen, members of the board of supervisors Cochise county, Territory of Arizona, and and Fw Shelley, district at torney of ssid Coehise county, being es;h and all duly sworn, upon oath, each for himself, and not one for the other. deposes and says That by the statement and books of JN Gaines, treasurer of said county of Cochise, submitted to and filed in the office of the board of supervisors of sa;d county of Cochise, there should be in the county treasury ofsaid coun- ty of Coehise the sum of $266,- 476 s4. That we, and each of us, personally counted the money in the county treasury of said county, and that ve found in said treasury the following | sums and kind of money, to-Wit:-