Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-12
THE GRAND JURY
Report as TO County Affairs and Insti-
tutfons, and Pronounce Every
thing Right Except the Pub
lie Roads and Bridges.
They suggest that the Prostitutes be
Driven from the Public Thorough
fares into the Suburbs, and be
Made to Pay N Tax.

Yesterday forenoon the grand jury of the
criminal court presented the following inter-
esting report to Judge Logwoed:
To Hon. Thomas H LogwOod, Judge Of fire cFImf-
We have been in session for;y,hree days since the
dTed and ffty-thTee presentments, from which We
have found one hundred and thirty i've true bills.
We visited the various county insttutons-the Jail,
poorhouse, wcrkhouse and pesthOuse; found the
have no complaint TO make Of the management of
any of them. The JAIL we think, Is in the care Of
We found in that institution sixtyve prisoners, OF
the following classes: White males twenty; white
females two; black males thirty five; black females
eIgh, AT the poorhouse We found one hundred and
ten classed as follows: sane white males, twenty
three: white females, seventeen; sane black males
sixteen; black females ten: sane Inmates sixty
insane white males, fourteen: ~hite females, six
te insns Among the insane class we
found some that ought to be In some lunatc asylum
suitab!e provision for the proper care and treat
ment OF such unfortunates NE believe Dr
s% esce TaG' seutiemsn the rght man
in the right place, doss and will do everything pos
sible with the f-esns afforded him tof these people,
but it is impossible ~ give them the attention
necessary elsewhere than n some Institution
spesaslr desg9e9 ana nied d0r tIS spsea a pLI
able. The inmates gre we'll fed with good and
wholesome diet. we'll clothed and yet everything IL
island we found one hundred and twerty five pris-
oners OF all kinds; males, black, one hunfsed fe-
males, black nine; males, white, fifteen; females
white, one; general health good ana seemed To be
ws cared for by Captain Forrest and his assistants
QuiTe Hoegef ard his accomplished caterer. They
both seemed to be Wen cared for The former APP
peared to have just recovered from the smallpox,
However. We would suggest the propriety Of some
improvement, being made 10 protect tne citizens at
rats which should be Gone very soon to prevent ser
Gus damage to the cistem. 4. present the outlay
woald be small. We think 1t would tie economy to
maks It. The bonds of county officers rere rigidly
examined sIId found satisfactory. We heard COM
plants OF the condition Of some of public rofs,
hut upon thorough Investigation we believe that
the main trouble is the waft of bridging rather
than negligence of the oyerSeers We would, in this
connections suggest that commissioner be sent out
on Union aventfe end see what bridge Work 10 nee
essary to be done TO put that road in gooo order We
would also suggest the propriey of change. in our
road law The present mode of working the roads
by appointment OF hands for each road Is defective
as well as imipraetcable. large proportion OF
these hands are very peer and are neither able nor
willing give their time or labor ;or this purpose
the purpose OF building and keeping roads in repair
would prove satisfactory 10 the public and give
them; Besides we think it would be more equitable
and Just. A public road Is a public benefit. and
for the consideration Of cur legislative soons,
and TO their better judgment we Will leave II We
Solution than any Ctser perhaps that has ever tor
tured the brain of our legislative fathers the socai
evil Ii is sometimes termed the necessary evil.
How to abae this evil has occupied the serious con
siderstIon OF the iury that can be suppressed we
do not DeueVe. Tnen seems 10 De the Wis
dom TO devise some means by which
it may be shorn of at least some of Its
most odous features. Thisw think, could be done,
not by the methods used-to-wit, that of lndiet
ing them three or four times year and imposing
fines and penaltes-but, by judcious legislation,
drive them from the main tnorOughfares of the city,
force them to locate in the suburbs In partcu
lar locality restrict them to that locality, and instead
of paying fines require them TO pay tax. Ii, In
order to do this change in our constitution is nee
essary, II ought to be changed. If this is not pract
cable, then our legislature might enact more
stringent law against parties who rent houses
used this purpose except it be In the precise dis
trct assigned to them where the institution is toll
Grated. We object to the system OF fines it is OPP
pressive, and accomplIshes no good In closing our
report, the grand jury tender their thanks 10 his
honor and the officers of the court for courtesies
shown during our term of service
T. B. Haynes, Foreman;
j. A Shane, A. E. Mills,
James Sweeney, r. H. Norris,
W. Il. johnson, L Falkenberg,
James Richards j. 5. Hall,
John ingalls,, D. C. Harbert,
j. N. Stain, A. B. Hill.
MEMPHIS, July IL, 1878.
For a Present.
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