Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-15

truancy than ~ any time 0uting th9
history az aaia achoolay However. thia
Just bsGnm thA oeeinninw % thel
schools we believe many oe the young
er boys win Get tired afteP the holi.
days. ana this win bring on q ~.
newed desire TO bo out Of school. In
View Of this fact We deem - neeea-
sary to have q tFuant oflcer from
the city, ana we would therefore
earnestly request that the city appoint
a sanitary policeman Of thls city 20
act an such oflcsF, and that he at all
times keep dillgent search. and re-
port ali snoh oaaea 70 the supOStn.
tsndent OF these schoolA
We feel that some OF the parents
OF this city are entirely too derslict
In their daughters being allowed 10
rove about the atresta OF this city
with Questionable characters. which ls
bringing about a great deaf OF talk
from the citizens, and yet no EVIL
dence can be produced that could
Justify q criminal case. We would
further Auggest along this line that .
careful watch be kept by the night
officers Of the city, and that any time
suspicion 10 aroused by them, that
these girls between the ages OF ~
and 90 years of age DO sent to their
homcA and II they refuse to 20, be
locked up until morning.
We have by committee examined
the books OF the court house OF all
county officers, and are pleased TO find
them In excellent conditlon--hnd
them nicely, aentiy ana accurately
kept. the clerks In such departments
being kind and obliging, and taking
great pains In assisting us IN this
work
We recommend that the several
justices of-the peace throughout tho
county weighN carefully all evidence
presented To them. especially In any
criminal matter brought before said
Justices, and that an effort be made
to adjust such matters TO the end
that the majesty Of the law may tr
upheld---iho dignity ~ the court not
lsu impugned-that Justice shall pre-
vail, and that the Innocent. or those
against whom there In not sufficient
evidence TO reasonably expect CON
Viction can DO had IN the district
court, be- not made To suffer. For
example. We refer especially to the
case OF certain lj.yenr.old hoy.
who, We are led Ia believe. was held
TO the grand jury and placed In jail
for some sixty days. TO await the sit.
ting OF said grand jury, for no other
or better reason than that an older
hoy, who was found TO have stolen
bicycle In his possession, testified that
he, the older boy. had bought Aame
Nsa t.aIaN 49,
WAS no evidence whatever Ia corTob-
crate the statement OF tho older hoy
or to show that the younger boy ever
had such bicycle In his possession.
a committee Of this grand jury ulso
made careful Investigation Of the
county jail and reports that tho jail
In kept In very excellent sanitary
condition. the prisoners are we'll kept
being served with food that IL clean
and healthful. and have had no mis-
treatment. This committee, however
would suggest that un electric light
be placed IN the cell for women, and
that the lower cell door be fixed Nj
! that IL could he opened from the
outside. We would further recon.
mend that the Juvenile prisoners De-
kept separate from the ADULTS.
Tho investigation Of the grand jury
has developed the fact that IN GER
tain cases the county commissioner
have not acted In accordance with
| the provisions Of Ia" law In the col
lection and expenditure of county
funds; also that they have not com.
piled with the requirements OF Law
In compelling them to publish n state
ment OF their receipts and axpendl'
lures IN the frat OF each January.
We flnd that Ia the matter uf leVJ
In 1910 for courthouse repair FUND
\ levy OF three mills was made. wheT
/ the law limits n levy for this purpose
To two mills. We md that the tear.
Ing down at the old courthouse wa'
begun In February. 1910. and that q
levy was mo0e that year for a court
house repair fund. A levy was also
made In the year 1911 for the court
house repair fund. We Ind that thu
law requires that no money In the
courthouse repair fund shall be takrI
from that cund and transferred Il
any other fund for any purpose
There In Il general demand amonI
the taxpayers OF this county for In
formation as to the cost Of the court
house. and we ask the court 10 recon-
mend that tho county commissioner
publish IA detailed statement OF al
moneys which have been used In tn
construction OF the courthouse. thei
source and what they have been Hpen
for, In detail. We feel that this 1
due both the county commissioner
and the taxpayers Of this county.
We would further recommend that
an we have Just become state. thi
being the end OF the hrst year o
state officers, q request be made tina
the state auditor be asked 20 audit al
the books belonging TO the county
not that we have any reason what
ever to believe that the books ar
not IN the very best Of shape, bu
that Il would set a precedent to al
following Officers To have the sam
audited by the state auditor al IN
beginning Of each years work,
We wish 10 thank the district al
torney. X. x. Scott. for bis tireieI
efforts In securing for " such vii
neBSep as were needed; also 10 than
the HhSrlff'B force 10 procuring ia
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