Year: 1861

.


10 tie Hon. Court Of Sessions Of Yuba


County,:


The Grand Jury, foi the present term, beg
leave to submit the following report:


The Grand Jury have diligently enquired
into every case of alleged violation Of stat
utes, and have found eighty one indictments
for the following offenses:


Violation Of sunday Law, "a Grand Lar
ceny, s; Assault to commit great bodily in
Jury, 2; Assault to kill, /; Manslaughter, l.


In the cases of Mary johnson, charged
with murder, and Williams, charged with
grand larceny. the Grand Jury have ignored
an Indictment.


The recent decision of the Supreme Court
in the Sunday Law case, has called public at
tention to the fact that we have "An Act for
the Observance Of the Sabbath" and that
the law is constitutional, and should be en-
forced; under which circumstances the Grand
Jury felt constrained from sense of duty to
enquire into. and as far as possible to ndict.
every person who has been guilty of any in
fraction of the law, for which they have
brought before them, as witnesses, persons
from almost every part of the county, and in
every instance where violation of the law
has been proven, have found an indictment





has been through no favoritism of the Grand
Jury. but because it has been impossible to
reach them by any evidence at their COM
mand la their examinations the G. rand jury
have found instances where parties against
whom they have found indictments at first
manifested disposition to obey the law, 10y
keeping their places of business closed for
several successive Sabbaths after the law
went in force, and it was only after they saw
the total disregard with which it was treated
by Others that they also consented to disre-
gard it.


The Grand Jury hope that future Grand
jurles will be spared any trouble on account
of violations of Sunday Law, but that all
classes of their felow-citizeus will hereafter
yield ready aud willing obedience to the
Statute, for it certainly commends itself to
every lover of social order and morality, and
should be obeyed 10y every good citizen


The Grand Jury would recommend that
the Board of Supervisor appoint competent
committee to examine the hook Of the county
officers before the term of office of the pre-
sent incumbents expree


The County Jail is kept in clean and
healthy state; the prisoners are all furnished
with substantial food and have swinging beds
in their cells which Is a great improvement
upon The old plan Of straw mattresses upon
the damp floor as formerly.


The Grand Jury would congratulate the
tax payers Of the county upon the present
condition of the County Hospital 1t is
managed upon an economical scale while
nothing calculated to conduce to the health
or convalescence of the patients, is wanting
on the part the County Physician or any
of lis employees. At present. there are
thirty-6ve patients The Grand Jury would
recommend TO the Board Of Supervisors to
build porch along the south side of the hos
ptal to protect the walls of the building from
our winter storms. as during the rainy sea-
son the rains beating against the walls from
hesoulh make them very damp asd nnwhule
some to patients confined in that portion of
the building. while at the same time they i'm
pair and gradually weaken and destroy the
building itself BY the timely outlay of
few dollars in making this necessary improve
ment, the evil could be remedied and the
building rendered more durable, healthy and
secure


The public roads leading from this city in,o
the interior for the most part, are in good
order, but in this connection Grand Jury de-
slres to call the attention of the Board Of
Supervisors to the fact that there is no regular
county road to Long Bar. as it has been so
feaced up that the people in that potion of
the county are in Il measure, without a road
to this city The County Surveyor should
be Instructed to survey county road from
Marysvile to Long Bar, and the Board of
Supervisors should see to it that it is not OBJ
structed in the future


From evidence before them the Grand Jury
.helive the toll bridge over the Guba river at
Fosters Bar to be almost public nuisance
certainly impelilling the life and property of
every man who attempts to cross it in n hea-
Willy loaded team. The bridge, never a strong
one. has stood for years, aud from repairs
being made upon it from time tu time it no
longer deserves to be called bridge, but is.
IN fact, a mere piece ,f patch wol lk-settled
several feet in the center and upheld by ar
tifcial props The Board of Supervisors are in
duty bound to take notice of its present un-
safe condition, and before granting the pro
pt;etors another license, see that they have II
bridge that does not tremhle " heneyer II man
crosses it with oIded team.


The Grand Jury have not had time to ex-
anime the license book of the Tax Collector
but would recommend that the District At
torney be Instructed TO prosecute all parties
who are in arrears on account of licenses


The Grand Jury desire to return their
thanks to the Sheriff aud District Attorney
for courtises extended to them while in ses-
sion.


Az of which is respectfully submitted,


I. O. JACKSON, Foreman,


Z. E. FARIsh, Secretary.