The Arizona sentinel., 1909-10-14
Final Report
of Grand Jury

At 4:3O O'Clock Saturday after
noon the grand jury, which had
been in session since Monday,
filed into the court room and
begged to submit their final re-
port to the court. The same was
received by Judge Campbell,
who, after a brief perusal, an
nounced thar he would be forced
to disapprove of certain recon
mendationS contained therein, as
in these particulars the jury had
exceeded its jurisdiction. The
misrepresentation of the jury as
to its duties and authority seems
to have arisen from a lack of IN
struction in certain points of the
law. The report is as follows:
We, the Grand Jury, hereby submit
our final report as follows:
We have investigated all matters
brought before us, and have acted upon
eighteen cases, finding six indictments
and ignoring twelve charges, and have
examined sixty nine witnesses, which
cases have been reported to you.
We have examined the various Coun-
ty Offices, the reports of the various
Committees are hereto attached.
We make the following recommended
tons:
That the Board of Supervisors keep a
record of the admittance and discharge
of patients to the County Hospital
That the County Physician be required
to keep a check on l., ard make a
monthly report to the Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors.
We further recommend that, owing
to the high valuation placed on proper
tY this year, and the higher rate of
taxation, the cause of the same being
the change from a second class to a
first class county, and there being a
great many complaints over the indi
vidual taxes coming due December 2lst,
1909, and believing that the majority
of the tax payers will not be able to
meet the same, that, if it can lawfully
be done, the payment of said taxes be
extended from the third Monday in De-
cember. 1909, to the third Monday in
February, 1910.
We further recommend that the
County Treasurer be given thirty days
within which to Withdraw the County
Funds from the present depository, and
deposit the same in the Banks of the
Town who have the authorized capital
for the deposits of the County Funds as
provided by the Statutes of the Terri
tory, and who can furnish the neces-
sary bonds for the security of the said
deposit, and that from this, date the
said Treasurer deposit no more County
Funds with the present depository, un-
less it complies with the laws of the
Territory, and that if the Treasurer
does not withdraw the County Funds
from the present depository within the
thirty days as herein asked for, the
BOARD of Supervisors of Yuma County
shall proceed to remove the said County
Treasurer from office and appoint q
person who will comply with all the
Statutes covering said Office.
We also recommend that the Board
of Supervisors proceed at once to pro-
cure burglar and fre-proof safe for
the Treasures office.
We further show to the Court that
the Bounty of Yuma has increased in
population and wealth considerably
since the Supreme Court of the Terri
tory fixed the terms of court in the sew
eral counties of the Territory, and that
the business before our District Court
is increasing; and we therefore recon-
mend that the terms of the District
Court in Yuma County be increased to
one month in the spring, and one month
in the fall; and we respectfully ask
Judge John H. Campbell, our District
Judge, to take the matter up with our
Supreme Court at the next session
thereof.
Having completed our duties, we re-
specially ask that we be discharged.
Respectfully submitted.
ALTHEE MODESTI,