The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-10
COUNTY BOARD CALLS HALT
Expenditures Must be Cur
tailed Until New Taxes
Are Available in July.
MUST CLEAN UP JAIL CASES
Transfer of Money to County
Court Necessary to At
ford Prisoners Trial.

mat tho condition OF county funds
near the close OF the present fiscal
year Will prevent the calling Of the
second Tulsa county grand jury, a
petition (ur which was filed with tn"
court clerk Wednesday afternoon
and presented to Judge owen owe n
.afcr IN the afternoon was the opin
Jon " Judge owen, who conferred
With Judge Redmond :, Cole after
The diournmcnt OF court
John u. Porter court clerk, told
Judge owen that by resolution
passed by the county commissioners,
tho funds available for court uS"
we're almost exhausted and that AZ
ezra expenses should bc avoided
shat those now held In jail IN default
o, bail may have an early trial.
petition containing 900 names
was fled in the district court by y.
: Davis Addressed 10 the judges
uf me district court, the petition re-
quests the court TO call grand jury
for Tulsa county at an early date.
The court is asked to especially In
struct the jurors 20 inve-tigatc wee
conditions In Tulsa county and to
thoroughly investigate charges ana
rumors OF official misconduct on the
part OF officers OF the city or Tulsa
Among the persons signing the pc
'iuon were about GO from Jenks,
Sktatnok and towns othcr than Tulsa
In the county.
mdge owen stated after the peti-
non had been presented to the court
that he had kpen notified by the
county comm SssionerS to the effect
TINT since court funds were low chr"
must be- exercised In calling regular
sessions Of the various courts. Judgc
owen hi.d that since this condition
exists he did not at this time beleN"
there were funds available for the
expense OF a grand jury and that the
new lcvies would not be aVailLbI"
until July !.
The large number OF prisoners now
Weld In the county jail on mlsdc-
wcano~ charges, which must be tried
before the county court. has led INC
.rounf,. cOmmissi oners 70 favor trans
'orrlng sufficient fundstto thu court
.-pm the funds Of the supcrio" and
d.s'rict courts and To do this Will
further deplete the funds OF the dis
'r.,' court. now not more thau SUIT
'"rn, Tor the needs OF the rcgulh
court terms
Tho rund used for maintenance OF
me county jail has made inroads on
,No available appropriated tUUds ana
exposes, amounting to aprrnht'
na'e'y $500 a month, must be
taken out ot the court funds for
maintenance OF the Jail during
April May and June.
Arcr considering these matters
Judge owen stated that SO far rs he
knew the calling OF another grand
'G-Y Is not. feasible At this time and
probably would no; be until after
J.N =
The county commissioners In con.
s.icrlnE the transfer OF court FUNDS
ucre ot the opinion that those now
mold .u inIl should be given speedy
'rt' This will ncc"ssitato criminal
session OF the district court which
bias been called for MAY 3 10y Judge
Colo and a criminal session OF the
county court called by Judge W. II
VILLAINS Judge l.. Martin IN
superior court has set a civil jury
docket 10 begin April II and Judge
owen Is prepared 20 set an equity
3ouNo' for hearing the last of thf
Eou'h
Ilrre rial and equity doCkets arc
d"rcd necessary by the ludgc'
. order TO dispose OF cases now
nwilng the dockets OF the courts
]. no terms called and contemplate ed
.-c held no funds will he available
~" grand jury. according 10 in,
''rmNIon now in the hands OF Judge
owen