Grand Jury pay roll, 1,802.36 



Traverse Jury pay roll, 5,125.74 



Paid officers for attendance at court and for 



summoning jurors, 1,617.06 



Two-thirds cost of maintenance including sala- 

 ries of police and district courts, 16,777.28 

 Amount expended for witnesses in the superior 



criminal court, 6,06S.9S 



Costs paid district and police courts, 30,326.70 



Capias and subpoenas, 298.09 



Salary of assistant district attorney and printing, 1,455.99 

 Transportation o'f prisoners and convicts, 1,413.81 



Fees of medical examiners and for inquests, 2,469 07 



One-half Sheriff's salary, 1,000.00 



One-third expense of County Treasurer's office 



including salaries, 910.19 



Fines paid to complainants, 125 00 



Total expenditure, $152,024.36 



Total income, 55,748.36 



Balance of expenditure over income, $96,276.00 



This table, perhaps, needs a word or two of explanation. 

 One-half of the expense of maintaining the Lawrence and 

 Newburyport court houses is charged to the criminal 

 court because of those two houses, at least one-half the 

 use is for the transaction of criminal business. On the 

 other hand, one-fourth only of the expense of maintaining 

 the Salem court house is charged in this account to the 

 administration of criminal law, although I doubt whether 

 this is an adequate proportion. Two-thirds of the cost of 

 maintenance of the police and district courts I have 

 charged in this account because it seems that at least two- 

 thirds of the uses of those courts are in administering 

 criminal law. The same considerations apply to the esti- 

 mated proportion of the sheriff's salary and the expense 

 of the county treasurer's office. Of course these propor- 



