Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-03
hospital and the Pioneers Home"
 Inspect Court House


 Inspect Court House
 The report to the board of super visors says in part:
 Through the courtesy of the Hon. Judge John J. Sweeney, the members of the Yavapai county grand jury were permitted to inspect the Superior court room, the judges chambers and the library, and beg to report that they found everything connected herewith in remarkably good order, and wish to commend the judge for his neatness and good taste which is in evidence. We par ticularIy wish to comment on the completeness of the law library, and have been informed to the effect that every opinion handed down by the United States will be included in this library within six months. It is through the personal efforts of Judge Sweeney that this county is and will be in possession of one of the most valuable collection of law books to be found anywhere.
 "The jury's attention has been called to the condition of the venti- lation and also to the acoustics in the Superior court room, and found the acoustics to be very poor indeed it being almost impossible to distin- guish words or sounds across the room; the ventilation also being poor; and we, the grand jury, rec ommend and instruct the board of supervisors to take steps at the ear Hest possible moment to remedy these existing troubles. We recom- mend that expert services on acous- tics be employed"
 Suggest Paid Deputies
 Continuing, the jury reports to the court:
 The grand jury finds that the dep uty sheriffs of Yavapai county, for the most part, are subsidized officers; that is, they are either live stock san itary inspectors drawing a salary from the state and working also as deputies out of the sheriffs office or they are employed by individuals or corporations of the county, and paid by such individuals or corpora tions very substantial salary, and receive some small compensation from the county as deputy sheriffs; that in the entire county of Yavapai there are not over two or three dep uties devoting their exclusive time to work of the county; that for this reason the sheriff has not and cannot have an efficient corps of deputies re- sponsible only to him and to the people of the county of Yavaapi; that this condition results ill a very se- rious handicap to the sheriff in en- forcing the laws of the state and cx- tending adequate police protection to the people of the county at large.
 "The grand jury therefore strongly recommends that the sheriff be per mitted to employ a sufficient number of deputies at salary of not less than $50 per month, to adequately protect and safeguard the lives and property of the people of this coun- ty; that such deputy sheriffs work exclusively for Yavapai county and be paid entirely by Yavapai county; and that under no circumstances should such deputy sheriffs be sub sidized by any individual or corpora ton in the county. We feel that this matter is of great moment to the citizens of this county and should be immediately acted upon by the board of supervisors and the sherif's office.
 "We further recommend that the sheriff's office be supplied with a fund of $500, with which to meet ur- gent and necessary expenses in con nection with the operation of the sheriff's office; that the expenditure of this money be carefully accounted | for by the sheriff to the board of su- pcrvisors; and that the fund of $500 be maintained intact, in so far as pos sible, by tht board of supervisors"