Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-11

that there were undoubtedly strong efforts
made to sell this stock among saloon keepers
and those who were in a measure dependent
upon the favorable consideration of the ad-
ministration.
There appear to be a great many other
stockholders, however, in this company, and we
do not find any evidence that either the
mayor or any of his police commission were
aware Of the fact that there was any special
effort made to sell stock to saloon keepers and
others in like position, and do not find any
favors extended to any stockholders or
this stock company.
We found the sugar companies in which the
mayor was interested were ordinary business
ventures, in which there were associated with
him many of those who would naturally be
associated with man in business, his friends
and associates.
We, the undersigned members of the grand
jury, do not concur in the foregoing report:
Wesley Clark, z. c. Bichowsky, J. j. Andrews,
G. H. Richards, c. w. Damerel, Charles ].
Bliss.
The foregoing is a special report prepared
for presentation to the court, in advance of
the final report 1t is here made the first sec
tion Of this report without any change.
Following the reports of the regular COM
mittees, in their order, and verbatim:
On Books, Records and Accounts
The reports of the expert accountants give
an itemized statement of all receipts and dis
bursements of each officer of the county, of
which submit below summary Of the re-
ceipts and disbursements:
July 1, 1907-Cash on hand, S1,S41,S19 90; re-
ceipts for the year ending June 80, 1908, $780,
499 Is; total, 49, ,31S.24.
Demands audited for year ending June 80,
1908, S. $685. $50. SO; balance shown by auditor, ST.
6O2, ,4S7. .65.
Warrants outstanding June 80. 1908, S744S.23.
Treasurers balance June 3O 1908, ST. 609, ,9S5. So.
We find from this report that the county
clerk had on hand July 1, 1908, $23, so.
Section 573 of the code Of civil procedure re-
quires the county clerk to deposit with the
county treasurer the most of the moneys COM
inc iY7fO lie inn And We rppO 1pn6
that he be required to comply with the law and
deposit with the county treasurer all funds
contemplated in said section 57S.
This report further shows that the public ad-
ministrator had in his possession July l. 1908,
S14. 40. Section 1877 of the code of civil
procedure, amended in 1907, reads as follows:
''It is the duty of every public administrator,
as soon as he receives the same, to deposit
with the county treasurer of the county in
which proceedings are pending, all moneys of
the estate and such moneys may be drawn upon
signed by a superior judge, when required, for
the purpose of administration"
1t is therefore the duty of the public ad-
ministrator to deposit all funds coming into
his hands with the county treasurer. We rec
ommend that he be required to comply with the
law as above quoted in section 737.
We find much room for criticism in many
demands for road work, for road imple-
ments and for work at the county farm
many of which demands are paid for by the
county treasurer to supervisor, or to the
superintendent Of the county farm, without
assignment. We recommend that the county
treasurer pay no demands to other than the
payee, or assignee, as shown by such de-
mand.
We find from this report that the board
of supervisors-or the one in charge of this
work-was entirely too free in the expendi-
ture of the public money in the improve
ments made at the county farm, and at the
tax collector and assessors offices at Spring
and Franklin streets. Among the many ex-
orbitant items we note especially regular
mar ont nf he n q
expenditure for a superintendent, who ad-
mitted that he seldom inspected the work,
yet he received the munifcent sum of $1,000.
We find that many of the justices of the
peace are too diIatory in making their re-
ports and paying to the county treasurer the
amount due by them-some have held the
money for nearly one year. We find that
some of the justices do not pursue the policy
of depositing with the county treasurer
checks they accept for bail money; one JUS
tice had SO checks for $50 each, covering
several wears. same being Endorsed yet none
had been collected or deposited with the
county treasurer. We recommend that all
justices of the peace be required to deposit
all moneys with the county treasurer as the
law directs.
We have made a thorough examination of
the expenditures of the county farm and
find such a lack of system. there being no
reuuisitons in the office OF the county board
of supervisors and no segregation of the bills
so as to enable US to arrive at just con-
clusion as to the exact cost of any specific
item of Imprisonment, DuI CHe SuIn LOIdl VI
expenditures for said county farm justifies
the conclusion on the part of your COM
mittee that said improvements have cost
the county % to 40 per cent more than they
should have cost. There seems to be an
utter lack of proper care manifested in the
cost of said improvements.
we recommend system of acquisitions
and intelligent checking of all deliveries
hereafter by the superintendent of said
county farm.
We find the property account of the coun-
ty in a very unsatisfactory condition: ad-
justment has been had; said account shows
many times too much in furniture and much
too little in real estate.
We recommend that the board of supervisors
have an inventory made of the county prop
erty so that the property account will show
the true and actual wealth of the county.
After thorough examination into the books,
records and accounts of all offices, with the
above exceptions, we find the business of the
county as conducted by each and every officer.
properly safeguarded and all funds handled
efficiently and faithfully.
The business Of this county is immense and
rapidly increasing, and we recommend that all