The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-12-05

d&tts having compared The same with the Orig
lliaa: dntrie9 10 the hooks of the county, and
ksnad The report c,rrect a. 10 the county or
psnsss and stceipts proper; also as 10 the sinh.
ifsg fahd, interest tax and building fund,
;Oar examination for the past eleven m,n,h.
nysats the JAG, that we derive from tax proper
s5eseuuc amounting 10. $7'71s7s
Far Criminal prosecutions. ........... 1.7SSV
rsr?ohl0FieS "a N
FYr. Once expenses. including court
sro2m fsnG- ...1-,......-.-...... 1855
nj nj np.sc..nn o. Revenue. g.. 1896
Acknowledgements, Nov. 49,. ..... Sl1M
ASdesiidhaiad expenses Tor December l,OSl@
/. a&mkiaga total of ...... sss4oa
TIE Tax received for building the Court HOUSE
Is ass fsll4wsi
Received insthe year 1872. .$sO1sa
Received In ihe year 1880. 32345,
Rsctaved In 4he year 1881 ..... 3O64M
! Making i total Of .S9s3,a %
TIE interest earned thereon is. 5;aSs
Making y grand total of. ..... $9,911 80
To which:is 10 be added the tax TO he oo,
leSiea in the. year 1882.
We: strongly recommend that a majority of
tbs vsryS efficient board of County Commission.
err shay be;reappoin,ed, 50 that the economy
nodF araeticeH may he continued in the future
TIE estimated receipts for Edu-
satss'nxl purposes ffom taxes
.:.,:g........ .$5,6O00e
Aia'h't Of apg,ortionment from
yet Dol fun0- -...... 900 O0-7 2OAO0
Eslifeatcd expenditures. - 6,280OO
Outstanding Indebtedness at
BEGINNING Of year. 631.O0-69l1Oo
Eeaviug excess. -. ...... =. sesaOO
Tht amount expended for criminal prosecu.
TOPS 70 very bnerOus. and serious effort should
be tusdei To- reduce IL by discouraging proseru.
tioasfbyp petsons fond of running to Justices
coNr'e roy REDRESS OF (in many cases) tring grey.
anfes ahd II is believed that some of the JUS
tic.s themselves encourage these prosecu,;aa.
from selfish saotives
iAas been brought to our notice that IN
nnssEEollectea by magistrates should by law. be
applied a. educational purposes, but il is not
knhWn that they are paid over promptly, as
thercaranp proper checks upon the magistrates
we MesehFe recommend that the State Attor-
neg require each and every Magistrate in this
codnty 70 file with him. during the week before
and q least three days prior to The regular terms
Of this Court, dockets of their respective courts
tor he Investigation, and that he do lay the said
h.oks:belore the Grand Juries of said court, so
that !he feguiar course Of their business may be
oserkDked. and that the fines collected and sen-
tences imposed may be accounted for and duly
recorded, and the supervision of Grand Jures
over Che Magistrates, contemplated by law, be
prOptfiy kads and that subsequent Grand Juries
may toml,are amounts of fines imposed with
amtletts paid, to County Treasurer.
OhA Of the most difficult questions for the
CeitutS Commissioners to solve is the problem Of
carhg for the poor. Humanity calls loudly for
souA gid to he extended to those who are unable
10 take care &. themselves, and not leave them
al0n6so rFsvsye charity. Yet funds are lacking
No AhAw tsu.sl. H.
sure3 ~ the county are met. We can suggest no
remSiS uaiil prosperity dawns upon the county,
aud tle prssens heavy burden of taxation is re-
We draw sse attention of the County Com
uisstsser$ sssin to the unsatisfactory condition
OF III public roads which are in bad order in
consequence Of the storms Of September 9th and
Octol:r 10Th nj this year The County Gem
missfnerS nc doubt have tried to abate the
evil, sssn untayDrable comparisons are constantly
madtssfs betwtsen Leon county and the adjoining
county, Of Thomas, in Georgia One of the evils
tc be4sctidetsIs that men are called upon in ctr
tain DISTRICTS 10 work roads upon which they
sei.ioEaAPerhsES never travel and In consequence
feel uf interest in keeping in repair. The atien-
ton Aa:the County Commissioners Is called TO
This PSI, which has been brought to the notice
OF tho grand Jury, and the remedy is thought to
be in fkanging the road districts.
UpSEinAaiiy, we find that too lunatics or i'm
State Eente. III: Thomas johnson and Laura
NJ. H8sxihs.. The first named we find proper
expeDSe 10 the State, but the second one we do
not. zom Information given to the Grsnd Jury
we tteaa the father Of Laura NJ Hopkins, viz
Greenhk Hopkins, owns sufficient properly to
supposethis daughter without aid from the State.
aud vs@feeornfnend that it be Withdrawn In the
futurerA IL
Wes;Eave paid the customary visit TO the jail
aud eSsniHett the cells and the prisoners therein
confnEs and have NO fault To find with the Off
Ger in #sarke:
WeeNspectfAly tender our thanks to his Honor
Davidj& Walker, for his able charge and cour-
tesy; 80 to Sthe District Attorney, Hon. John
A. Hsnaersoh, for the very valuable aid ex-
tendedsso ms; which very materially lightened
our la{a4s; also, for efficient service rendered
by thesaefiR and Clerk of the Court
An hictis respectfully submitted, with re-
quesk M:pubi&h this general presentment for in
formatyttp ii The public
M Ii THos. j. PERKINS, Foreman,
JAcKs04. MOODY, r. A. SHINE,
III Q. lsl3Y, w. Fl. ALLEN,
HENRY tERNBEUTER, GEORGE w. SAXON,
4. +. Nf0RE. G. G. NEwsoM,
0EoRe3 l.EwIs, THos. w. CARR,
W; d: rkINaEE, j. A. GRICE,
J. u. EJsskLt GEORGE A. BEARD.