Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-29
Finds Charges Brought BY
Earnest Report False in All
Respects Save Three Minor
Details.
sHERIFF's ACCOUNTS ARE
FOUND TO BE CORRECT
San Miguel County Probe
Shows District Attorney
Has Used Every Effort to
Collect Delinquent Taxes.

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East Las Vegas. y. A., SOY. a.
/ The san Miguel county Rfunu Jury,
winch Tor tho past eleven Gays mss
been conducting AN exhaustive nVea-
Z tigution into tne report Recently
made by travelling Auditor HOWtil
Ernest 40 Governor Mcdonald, in
which the auditor brought grave
charges against pratticHiG WI uiii-
GERS in san MiAuCi county not only
/ Of Irregularities but Of ahurtases,
double charging, forgcries, ana
against the district attorney 90 iAii-
ure 10 collect delinquent taxes, this
morning presented its report 20 the
iCourt
1he report IL a lengthy and care
fully prepared document whicn takes
lup in detail every clause oi the truN-
| cling auditors report and finds a.
false and unfounded in all save three
minor details.
The jury finds that the travelling
auditors report ~ Juatiiled ln three
particulars as follows.
/ First, wherein tho travelling auditor
| charges the payment OF ices 60 iol-
mer assessors for preparing the Don
second in the appointment OF Jail
guards without the order and con
sent 81 the court.
Third. Ia his criticism OF the sign
| ing of vouchers with rubber stamps,
recommending that tho practice DC
discontinued.
In every other detail. through q
long and detailed list OF the auditors
charges, his report is branded az
false and erroneous. the grand jury
report bringing forward figures 90
! prove the correctness OF IFS views
The report states that during tho
course of It's session OF eleven days
| a careful audit Of the books 81 ths
/ Ia an
that his books are found To be short
iust ffty-seven cents. The official ~
ordered 90 make good the tiity seven
cents forthwith. Other shortages al
legged by the auditor are found 10
have been completely covered by
checks which the grand jury pro-
nounces as perfectly as good as CASH
The report asserts that the
auditors Allegation That over
charges have been made for feeding
of prisoners IL false; that after
careful examination of the sheriff
books IL ~ shown that no such over
charges have been made and that the
I shorifrs accounts are correct, Inc
grand jury report shows that Wnile
: the auditor examined the sherlii
books In the court house ne made NJ
examination of the jail record which
/ is kept nt the county Jail and when
shows the date uf entry 81 every ptls-
Oncr. the number of meals served
| him, cost OF each meal and time OF
| the prisoners release. u ~ shown
that the Jail has had as many as 81
lprisoners az one time and that II has
a capacity for from forty TO hiiy
prisoners.
The charge OF the auditor that the
treasurer has failed Go make proper
IaCcounting for commissions collected
from licenses In branded as absolute
I Isl false.
The report shows that the treasur-
! or for the past three years has hccn
Iudding penalties for taxes when they
became delinquent as required hy
law, but that in some Instances ne
has had 60 choose between not re-
( ceiving any taxes az all, ana adVcr-
| Using and selling property, or the
acceptance OF taxes without the pen
Ialuos, the official having elected 90
l follow the latter course.
/ The report finds that the warrants
/ In favor OF l.. Delgado were forged
and that the sheriff and former
grand juries had used every effort
Ito find the guilty party without re-
lsult II o. held that since these are
school warrants Il Is up to the school
I district officials Co determine VINO
shall be responsible for the money
lpuid out on the forged warrants,
The auditors charge that inter
prefers had been overpaid and that
who did no work Is branded as false.
20 rs shown that the auditor i'm hls
inquiry checked up the interpreters
by court terms instead Of by quai
tors. the latter being the periods FOR
which the Interpreters are paid, ana
that there has been no irregularip
whatever Ina payment OF these oii-
Tho report finds that the birth
and death records have beon kept
right up to date and that this charge
hy The auditor b. unWarranted by the
records.
The report finds that the money
paid TO Jose Alarcou, which the au-
ditur charged as an irresulurity was
not such, since the money was palu
40 the probate judge, Aiarcon at the
time holding that office.
The auditors charge that Cleoiea
Romero served as an clcrtion lhus'
while running FOR county office f
untrue: that the ClcnfCs kOmcroo
Who served as an election judge ih
this election was not the former
sheriff and well known politician
fhut that ne lives al sapio, hn,inp
the same name, ana SIN lives az thai
village.
/, Tho auditors charge that Si8.T'
was paid 20 one man for one day
. office work ls shown no ho false, ir
e that the check and stub both show
that the man IN uhthNuh ItttifNN
I tho 818.I5 for eleven days work.
2 The charge that there is t3S9.00f
!. Of Delinquent taxes ON the books Z
] branded las unfair and unwarrantcd
Z tho report showing that the maiol
q portion OF this Is double assossmcn
. or erroneous assessment and tina
every possible effort has been pa
forth bv the district attorney to en-
70 force the law In relation 90 collection
r OF delinquent taxes
4 The report then takes up charge
y OF shortages. overpayments and ir
y regularitieH IN detail, showing ever
q one OF them "a be unioundod an,
y quoting the records IN support OF tn
~ assertions,
n Tho jury completes iis report will
e. the statement that % was INSTRUCTED
d by the court 20 make complete, ian
Il partial and FAIR Investigation int,
% the auditors charges; that II ha
done SO go the best ui ts ability AM