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source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

to Jan. 31, 1890. C. F. Flint, Silver City (out of business), Aug. 1, 1889, to October 31, 1890. Harry Fowler, Silver City (out of business) May 1, 1889, to November 30, 1890. No good reason was given to the com- mittee why collection of these licenses was not enforced. The keeping of separate accounts of the public funds and the private transactions of the sheriff inaugurated by the incumbent, Mr. Whitehill, is to be commended and in the future should be followed so that an accounting of public funds passing through the collectors can always be had from the records of the office. The bills rendered to the county for the purchases made by the sheriff could not be found by the committee and no itemized ac- counts were produced. The committee had not time to investigate the charges made against the territory in the criminal docket to ascertain whether or not illegal fees were charged. We found that no predecessor of Mr. Whitehill as sheriff had left any books of ac- counts of public funds in the office. Respectfully submitted. Calvin Herring A. A. Alt, Committee To the foreman of the Grand Jury: Your committee appointed to examine the books and records of probate clerk and county ( 31 ) commissioners, and to make general investiga- tion into the condition of county affairs beg leave to submit the following report: