The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-14
COUNTY OFFICIALS AID NEEDED
IN PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT

DcioIc IFS uioSudi6e, the lcucId
grand jury, through Foreman A. G..
Meyers, delivered the following COM
munication to Judge E. s. Harrington
of the United States district court:
Your grand jury in submitting its
report on the various cases considered
by this body, in addition begs leave
to submit the following:
"The grand jury deplores the lack
of cooperation on the part of the coun-
ty and city peace officers in the en-
forcement Of the national prohibition
act At this session nearly sixty cases
involving the possession, sale, and
manufacture Of intoxicating liquors
were considered, and 1t is a sad COM
mentary upon the attitude Of the city
and county peace officers TO state that
In all of these cases only two such
officers appeared as witnesses. A prior
grand jury had this matter under con-
sideration, and called the attention of
this court to this deplorable situation
and subpoened and had before it many
of the peace officers of this state. As
surances were then given by these
gentlemen that they would do every
thing possible to aid the officers of
the government in the enforcement of
the law. We take the liberty of re-
minding them of their promise. We
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fective enforcement and administra-
tion of the national prohibition act
that the city and county peace Off
GERS of this state cooperate to the full
est extent with the federal prohibition
agents in the enforcement of this law
ITO the end that there may be q
more stringent enforcement of the
prohibition law, and more efficient
and drastic measures adopted for the
suppression of the traffic in intoxi
eating liquors, We earnestly urge the
various city councils and boards of
county commissioners to carefully and
painstakingly scrutinize 1.-The applica-
tion of all persons applying for IL
censes to conduct socalled soft drink
parlors, and to be most discriminat-
ing in granting said licenses. We
further RECOMMEND that whenever a
proprietor, or any of ais employees,
are convicted in a court of competent
jurisdiction of any offense against the
national prohibition act that his IL
cense be forthwith revoked and he be
barred from thereafter obtaining such
license in any city or county in the
State of Nevada.
I'VE also believe that the permit or
license of any person on whose prem
ises Is any contraption, hole in the
floor, or any other device calculated
and intended for the destruction of
liquor in the event of raid or search
is conducted by prohibition agents,
should be Immediately revoked
"In the investigation of case in
volving the embezzlement and mis-
application of the funds Of q national
bank, 1t came to our attention that
defalcations in said institution exist
ed for months with the knowledge Of
the national bank examiner. That SO
far as the evidence taken before the
grand jury disclosed, these embezzle-
ments we're never reported, and the
directors of the bank were kept in
ignorance of the banks condition and
these defalcations. In our judgment,
had the bank examiner reported the
misapplication Of funds involved in
this case to the directors on his FIRST
examination. the shortage would have
been greatly reduced, and the money
Of the depositors not so greatly i'm
periled. We regard the conduct of
the bank examiner in this respect to
be grossly negligent. and open to the
severest censure and condemnation.
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