Show BIG DEFICIENCY AHEAD Lack of Funds With Which to Pay Court Expenses STATEMENT FOR TWO YEARS WHAT THE TERRITORIAL AUDITOR HAS KOW HSFIMATED Going Behind at the Rate of Not Lcm Tlmn Fifteen Thousand Dollars Dol-lars Annually There Mnat lie a Unit Culled or they Result May Be SonicTFlwt Scrloiia Report Prepared Pre-pared tit tIle IXcauCHt ot District Attorney Judd I At the pace which was set and maintained main-tained during 1894 the appropriation of 0000 made by the legislature for the payment of jurors witnesses and phonographic reporters during the I years 1SS435 will show a deficiency of over 530000 at the end of the latter year I This was the showing made by Territorial Ter-ritorial Auditor Caine in a special re port made yesterday to United States District Attorney Judd at the latters request The report will form the basis of statistics being prepared by the judge and is as follows DlHSrlft Court Expenses Expenses or the district courts of the territory of Utah for the year 1894 for the payment of which the territory is liable Appropriation The legislative assembly of 189i appropriated ap-propriated for the payment of witnesses wit-nesses jurors and phonographic reporters re-porters in territorial criminal danes for the years 1894 and 1895 and for services ser-vices of jurors in territorial civil and criminal cases See laws of 1894 chapter chap-ter LXXXIV section 2 page 152 80 000 000Cost of jurors witnesses and phonographic phono-graphic reporters for the year 1S94 as reported by the respective court commissioners com-missioners First Districi Court February lerm Provo grand and petit jurors and witnesses 684710 Slay term Jvephl grand petit Jurors and witnesses 1655 July term Manti petit jurors and witnesses 91020 September term Provo grand and petit jur rand witnesses 631560 Phonographic reporters 54510 Court commissioners compensation 300 Total for year 16573 Second District Court May termBeaver Jurors and Witnesses Wit-nesses 331570 September term St George jurors and witnesses 738 20 I November termBeaver jurors and Witnesses 226860 Phonographic reporters re-porters for year 5183 Commissioners compensation 665550 150 Total for year Third District Court February term Jurcrs and witnesses wit-nesses 134570 April term Jurors and witnesses 237860 September termJurors and witnesses 848720 Phonographic reporters 455 90 Commissioners Com-missioners compensation 5600 Total for year 1666740 Fourth District Court February termGrand and petit Jurors and witnesses S44893 May term Grand and petitjurors and witnesses wit-nesses 186910 September term Petit jurors 76840 October term Grand and petit Jurors and witnesses 1583340 Phonographic reporters 108 ommissioners compensation 1100 Total for year 1532783 Total expenditure for grand and pettt Jurors witnesses phonographic reporters and compensation of court jommlssloners fr f the year 1894 55 233 This creates a deficiency being amount expended over half the ap ropriation for the years 189i and 1895 1522373 Judges of District COurts There was appropriated by the legls ntive assembly to each of the Judges of the district courts of the territory as a salary for 1894 and 1895 the sum of 15003000 one half of which was paid during the year 1894 Clerics of Sanreme and District Court There was appropriated by the leg siative assembly of 1894 as salaries to the clerks of the supreme and district courts for the years 1894 and 1895 in lieu of all fees the following sums Clerk of supreme court 500 half of Which was drawn in 1894 250 Clerks of district courts 2050 hal of which was drawn in 1894 1325 Territorial Reform School There was appropriated by the leg slatlve assembly of 1S94 for the main tenance of the territorial reform school for the years 1894 and 1895 1504492 of which amount 57500 and an unexpended unex-pended balance of 5000 of the appropriation priation of 18921893 was drawn during the year making the expenditure for J894 12600 Fugutives From Justice Amount expended fop the capture and return of escaped convicts and other fugitives from just G during the year 1894 2103 Gratuities to Discharged Convicts Amount paid to discharged convicts on release from penitentiary in clothing cloth-ing etc during the yea 1894 1200 Recapitulation Disbursements Jurors witnesses court reporters report-ers and court commissioners 15522373 Judges of district courts 3000 00 Clerics of supreme and district courts 157 00 Territorial reform School 12500 00 Fugitives from justice 2103 00 Gratuities to discharged convicts con-victs 120000 Grand total for year 1894 75601 73 Credits Amount received from clerIcs of district courts on jury fund account 2588 00 Amount from clerics on fines and forfeitures 878 05 S 3466 05 I Balance 72135 68 Unless there Is a reduction in the number of witnesses subpoenaed before grand juries and before the courts in criminal cases there can be no great reduction in court expenses for the year 1895 I therefore estimate the expenditures to be about the same as for 1894 making a deficiency over and above appropriations for jurors and witnesses etc at the close of 1S95 of not less than 30000 Respectfully submitted sub-mitted JOHN T CAilNE Auditor of Public Accounts for Utah Territory March 13th 1S95 |