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

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commissioners,  and  to  make  general  investiga- 
tion into  the  condition  of  county  affairs  beg 
leave  to  submit  the  following  report: