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Show OFFICIAL Fit A I l. A Wan frnnrlro iriiid Jury (el Alter l In llonrd ol .Nupi-r-viNors. S.i n Francisco, 1. -The grand jury'e ; report, to-day, rv lire la a-verely on the majority of the board uf nin-v visors, for wa.-tefulntMS and rxtrava- 1 gance in public expenditure, award- mg contracts lorhiippins at exorbitant exorbi-tant figures, especially in connection with the new house of corrvctinn, and report that they have taken U .-uirnnny ol credible witneseoi tuiuwuig iit.it , privileges for tho erection of. frame buildings within the lire limits have been bougiil and paid for, and tin-traces tin-traces of crimo co?end by evasive answers, almost amounting to per-(tiry. per-(tiry. The city prtss ha previously animadverted suVLTly on thw conduct of menibtra of tho board, and lite Jiullcdn this evening, says editorially, that the grand jury report is a sort uf mirror in which tho board of supervisors super-visors aro rcllected with a eltarjuirs-" of character somewhat ularlling. It is a suspected body, and ev ry vol'' and evr-ry proceeding wdi lo w. itched nith the grv.itt st intvn nt. Scv. ral men havo recently been mml to the penitentiary lor admininteniig public offices corruptly, i low ninny of tho present board ol Huperviaurn, in Die light of tho grand jury report, are candidates fur the same uHt)imiiii.' |