El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15

at each regular term. the monies col
lected for the county, and the penal
epde provides a penalty for the fall
ure to do so. The fact that this Office,
has not complied with this part of the
law makes the check more difficult
than If such reports were made
Il have checked over the jury fees
received by this Office, and it is diff
cult to be absolutely exact but, giving
to the district clerks office the bene-
fit of all doubtful cases, I find that he
is now holding jury fees in 524 cases.
agSregaUng the sum of 5000, which
sum he owes the county
LAS to the district clerk in regard to
jury fees. the law is plain. Title y,
chapter 3, article 1850, Code of Grim
inal Procedure, says: Money collected
by an officer upon recOgnizances, bail
bonds and other obligations recovered
in the name of the state. under the
provisions of this code, and all fines,
fOrfeitures and jury fees (the county
auditor in his report heavily under
scored the latter collected under any
of the provisions of this code, shall
be forthwith paid over by the officer
collecting the. same to the county treas
Urer of the proper county, after first
deducting therefrOm the legal fees and
commissions for collecting the same.
Checking StenOErGpher's Fees.
THE above report is upon the jury
fees. I am now checking that office
make a report to this court upon the
stenOgrapher's fees in short time"
the auditors report concluded
What shall we do about it asked
judge A :. J. Eylar- Notify the dis
trict clerk to turn over the money! I
do not Anow how the law is about
that"
"That would be a mere courtesy" re-
piled Escaj eda. Il can find nothing in
the law that warrants such notice
III Oh. h.
money over"
well. am not up on that law" said
judge Eylar. II viii look 1t up"
other Officers Reported.
In referring to the county treasurer
the auditor stated that the monthly re-
office showing the condition OF the
county funds. The books Of that Of
flee the auditor reported, were in eN-
cellent condition and were kept prompt
" posted.
The money collected by the tax col
lectOr, the auditor reported, was
promptly paid to the county treas
urer. "All books and receipts" the re-
port reads, in that office are neatly
kept and all monies collected by the
tax collector are properly accounted
for according to law.
The fines collected by the sheriff
auditor Escajeda stated, were paid into
the county treasury in compliance with
the law.
Pitman Kept Stubs.
All the books, receipts and stubs of
the county clerks office, the auditor
stated, We're kept in a business like
manner, and all reports required by law
were promptly made The money col
lected by the county clerk for the
county was paid over regularly said
the report.
Auditor Escajeda reported that all
fines and monies collected by the jus
tees of the peace were promptly paid
to the county treasurer The books Of
the justices of the peace in the Out-Of-
town precincts he had not checked. the
law not ma king any provision for pay
ing the expenses of an auditor engaged
in that work The commissioners
voted to pay the expense of the auditor
incurred in making an examination Of
the books of those officers.
A dirt road, and later a macadamized
roadway, running from Fort Hancock
to the eastern line of the county, as