The report in regard to the sheriff’s office is…

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t of the grand jury, is the large num- ber of rebates made to tax payers which were never printed in the proceedings of the board. In a majority of instances the rebates amount to one-half of the assessed valuation, and amount in the aggregate to more than $100,000. ( 37 ) The report in regard to the sheriff’s office is most unsatisfactory. Why has he failed to pay over the cash which he had on hand is not easily explained. The unaudited claim against the territory for $6,421.35, together with the amounts counted as cash items; some of which the committee regard as questionable for $2,802, is not properly an offset. The report, however, shows that the sheriff was not in a bad way for cash, which should have turned over months ago. His failure to collect certain li- censes will need a good deal of explanation as well as his charges for serving papers at a distance which were really served in the court house. It was for this, and also for his failure to turn the moneys over to the territorial audi- tor monthly that he was indicted. Upon these particular cases we will refrain from comment at the present.