The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-01-27
Report c.' ti.p Grand ,E;:s;.

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State Of South Carolina, Comfy "f ;
Ncwbcrry-IH the General Sessions. /;
T1 Mc lion. ii. .u1&cs, Ju'ly's 4j ii. Nr-
ruM JyJicia7 District.
The grand jury for Ncw5ocrly County.
in the Stale aforesaid. ut the january
term OF the Court of.General Sessions
for said comfy, respectfully present 70
Your Honor:
|. That they have examined The VA
rious offices Of the public officers for
said county. They find the Office OF
the County Treasurer we'll kept, the
books being kept in such manner th"t
IN exhibit Of receipts, payments anu
amount on hand can be ascertained
without difficulty. The present Treas
urer reports the amount Of five hundred
and twenty-five dollars rs paid over to
him by David r. Phifer, former Treas
urcr. They find the Office Of Judge of
Probate admirably kept-his books aud
papers in the very best order. The Of
flee Of the Clerk of the Court is well
kept. The Sheriff. Office, so far cxam-
ined, is in good order. The books OF
the Coroner and Trial Justices are
properly kept. The books of the County
Commissioners arc properly kept. The
new Board entered upon their 2i:'i''>
on the 9TH of December, 4. d. 1871, anl
have entered into no contracts, and have
made but one small payment ($S.2J).
They have advertised, according to
law. for 4 keeper of the Poor House,
and for a physician for the Poor House
and jail, and for other proposals, in nc
cordance with the recommendations Of
the grand jury at Il former term. For
amount of county funds in hands of
Jesse c.. Smith, Treasurer 1T this date,
see the following exhibit:
Amount OF taxable property. .si,5.3'C"0 o9'o
Totol Irx TO be collected ..... - 1000 r).G
Amount for county purposes l3,'W ~
Amount OF county IundS IN the
hunds OF Treasurer Smith,
january H., $50 .........-...... 2'"- W
?. They have examined tie Poor
House, and, whilst they find that the
inmates are we'll fed and properly cared
for by the keeper of the same, yet they
find the buildings in bad order, and eN-
tremcly uncomfortable; the well also
needs house to he built over it. and
the yard should he properly enclosed
by 4 Good fence. The inmates have
not been supplied by the County Com
missioners with proper clothing, and
the Jury would recommend that IN or
der be passed requiring them to furnish
the proper clothing Immediately. There
are thirty-four inmates in the Poor
House. We find that the County Jill Is
entirely unsafe, and that the prisoners
need blankets. The other public build
ings are in good order. We find It i'm
possible for the County Commissioners
to repair the buildings ut the Poor
House, and construct L proper fence
around the yard to the same, without.
IN additional levy Of onc-toHrih oi Il
mill upon the taxable property of the
county, by the; General Assembly Of
this State, and we would recommend =
levy to that extent, for that specific pnr-
pose.
We respectfully present that TIE
bridges over Bush River, ut Croft's ami
at Werber's are in very bad order. also
the bridge over Bush River 1t Lang
ford's mill, and also the bridge over the
ravine near Cheslcy Spearman' on tie
Island Ford road.
Respectfully submitted,
Z. /. WHITE, Foreman,
w. 7. TARRANT,
JACK THOMPSON,
LEROY PARKER,
JERRY CARTER,
WILLIS SPEARMAN,
JAMES SINS.
ABNER GRAY,
THOMAS GREENWOOD,
WADE MINGO,
J. II. SADDLER,
MATTHEW GRAY,
AARON JONES,
January u, 1875.