The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-11-24
GRAND JURY REPORT
GOES AFTER SALOONS

the fear OF those who might give US
evidence that they also will suffer
with other parties In the crime IL
| they diyulge the names of the viola
tors. To the former the grand jury
can only appeal to the manhood of
the citizenship of Roswell and endea-
vor to awake a sufficient pride to Sc
| cure assistance to succeeding granu
juries in their efforts to bring to JUS
tice the violators of this law. And as
| TO the latter who through fear of self
elimination refuse to testify we re-
spectfully ask that you direct the at
! tention of the Mayor and Council of
the city of Roswell to the city ordi-
nance Furnishing gambling which in
| our judgment has stood in the way of
prosecutions under the Territorial
| act. We thing this ordinance should
| be SO amended that persons can be
compelled to testify and receive pro-
| lection against prosecution based on
their own evidence.
New Court House.
We congratulate the people of
Chavas county on authorizing a new
| county building, which we trust will
| long be a great convenience anu
| pride 10 our community. We think
| the interior arrangement and con-
| struction OF this building an extreme
|
| will be very expensive and will nee
essarily have to serve the county for
| many years TO come. We think that
| all the county officers as we'll as the
| persons who have had experience in
| such matters should feel free to sub
init their suggestions to the Board of
| county commissioners, in regard to
the construction and arrangement
of tha court room Judges chambers,
i lrnr II oh ,lx- ok IN
grand jury rooms should be thorough
4 ly modern and up to date ami equip
ped with every convenience, and to
this end We tank all persons who
have had experience in such matters,
especially the members of the bar,
the district attorney. the Judge and
other court officers should submit
4 their suggestions to the Board of
! County Commissioners and we recon-
mend that the Board give such con-
sideration to all such suggestions as
their merits shall warrant. We also
wish to thank District Attorney and
other officials for courteous treatment
and services rendered.
Conclusion.
4 In conclusion we wish to express
the thanks of the community, of our
selves and of the judge of his district
| to your honor for coming to our coun-
Il
ing Judge Pope's enforced absence
from the Territory.
Having finished all tae work be-
fore us we respectfully ask to be dis
| charged.
(Signed)
aSigned) NJ. w. HODGES,
H. p. BLACK, Foreman
Clerk.
To NJ. w. Hodges, Foreman;
Your committee on investigating
| the various county offices beg to sub
NIT the following report:
We first visited the Probate Clerks
Office and found the same in charge
of r. F. Ballard. Deputy, and after
I looking over the records and books,
all OF which We found in good con-
dition. and neatly kept, we looked in
to the matter of indexing as suggest
ed by the previous Grand jury, and
we believe to cucumber tne index
book with any description of property
would be unwise, as the index book
is simply an index book and refers
You to book of record, number and
page In which Is found a full descrip-
tion of all properties transferred. We
learned from Mr.. Ballard that the au-
| thority vested In the Territorial Audi
tor has never been exercised In this
particular Office and further that that
office had no authority to make any
change in the system of book keeping
without further acts of the kgisla-
ture.
| We next visited the Office of County
Sheriff. in charge of o. z. Finley
and JaiIor Mr.. Young. We fouau that
all moneys collected by the sheriff
belonging to the county. the same be-
ing Territorial Liquor License, has
been turned over to the Treasurer
and receipts taken therefor except
$4,000 which has been collected dur
Ing the present quarter, which will
be turned over with other moneys yet