The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-10-16
Cobb Superior Court.
rhe Grand Jury Term for October 1868.


fled for said Term of said Court--maks the follow
ing presentments.
The various County Offices, through appropriate
Committees have been examined as thoroughly as
time would permit, aad the following is the general
report The first to which we direct attention is the
Ordinary's Office.
The Books very neatly kept and reflects cred
it upon the officer in charge We find blank book
for school funds but the Ordinary informs as that
nothing has been done in that department since the
surrender, the old Books having been destroyed by
fire during the war;
| The Books and Papers heretofore used by the In
ferOr Court have very recently been turned over to
the Ordinary, which he is now engaged in arrang
gng and could not give us the information that he
otherwise could have done.
The Shsriffs Office is the next to which we direct
| attention.
| 1t appears upon examination that at some Term
anterior to this it ascertained that the Sheriff of
| the County WIS in default to the amount Of Three
| Hundred and Twenty Dollars and Sixty Eight Gents
for money collected on Tax Fl Fas This amount
appeared upon attachment issued by the County
Court and served upon the Sheriff by the Coroner Of
| the County,
From some misunderstanding among the Attor.
neys having charge of the case, for and against it
appears that time given by the parties, or
of them. until the 10th of September last, for final
settlement. The time having expired and no set
Element effected we recommend that the Attor-
neys employed in the case by the Inferior Court,
|
| final settlement.
| The Books of the Clerk of the Superior Court are
found to be neatly kept and highly eredtable to the
| Officer in charge.
We report the Books of the Interior Court in good
order and highly credtable to said office. There are
no Public Buildings except Jail, that is neatly kept,
| but is, by no means safe In relation to the Tax
Collectors and Tax Receivers Books, we have to
port that some of them not accessible, cOnse
quenty the examination was not thoI Ough and sat
adj nod farm
in November, we request that these County Officers
| have their Books ready by the next Term OF the
| Court for examination.
The next and last Office to which we call the atten
ton of the Public, is the County Treasures Office.
In relation to which, we remark, that the present
Treasurer Mr. White, has but recently come in pos
session Of said Office consequently he has neither
| ceived or disbursed auy OF the County Funds All
that he could do, was to exhibit the Books and pa
pers of his predecessor, afr. Shepard) these were
| examined as thoroughly as time would permit and
no error discovered. We do not considerit nee
| essary to enibody in this report, the various
amounts ofmoney that have been paid over from time
to time by the Tax Collector, or the oL to which
said money has been applied. 1t is sufficient for us
to know that he has left file satisfactory vouchers
for all moneys that has passed through bis hands,
leaving balance in the Treasury of fifteen cents.
| Upon the subject of General Education given us
in charge by the Court, the best that can be done
in the present exgencies of the County is for us to
every neighborhood where it practicable to do
Upon general inquiry we find the Public Roads in
| bad condition and We recommend the proper au-
| thority to enforce the Road Laws strictly.
In taking our leave of his honor, Judge Knight, we
tender him thanks for his courtesy to this body
during the present Term, and also the Solicitor GEL
| eral Phillips, we tender him our regards.
| We recommend that these our general present.
ments be published in the MARIETTA JOURNAL.
| GEORGE ROBERTS. Foreman.
WALTER MANNING,
w. NJ. ELLIOTT.
| JOHN l.. DODGEN
WILLIAM e. DICKERSON.
C. NJ. BROCKMAN.
HARVEY HARRIS.
| NATHANIEL F. LEGG.
| JAMES X. LATIMER.
| JOHN w. HILL.
| GEORGE w. HARDAGE.
| WALTER A. APPLING,
| SELSER DOBBS.
| DANIEL PITCHFORD.
HENRY w. BURROUGHS.
JESSE ]. NORTHCUTT.
JOHN Z. WINTERS.
| REUBEN LATIMER.
A. HOWELL.
JOHN WHITE.
JOEL B. TREBLE.
| SAMUEL N. CARRUTH.
Ordered by the Court that the presentments be
published as requested in the Marietta Journal"
N. B. KNIGHT, J. S. c..
VIM. PHILLIPS, Solicitor General pro
tenn.
A true extract from the Minutes of said Court
Oct. 8, 1868.
H. NJ. HAMMETT, G.. S. G.