Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15

oi,Hn yard in the rear of the building as the
only means OF securing proper isolation for
them. Inc simplest necesssries for their com
Tort are y antlng. Not even the convenience of
a wash basla Is provided. and jurymeD when
kept over nighs must resort to the pump. mn :
| der guard, to WASH their faces. when kept in
tne Snerln's ONCE II hot weather they are
| not lntrequently made sick, so hot, crowded
ana lily ventilated is the room All that is
| SAID OF this department applies with canal
| correctness and emphasis to the Civ Court
| room. WV
| OFFICE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR Court.
Both the Office pr oper and the vault are en-
/ tirely TOO small, and need greater facilities
| for the storing and filing Of records Witb
each year the volume Of records increases.
| used. The desk facilities OF this office are
deficient. and now the clerk has to hire
room at his own expense in which to have
recording done.
ORDINARY'S OFFICE.
Here the same faults exist as in the last
named Office, and even TO a greater degree
There are to be seen most important docu-
ments, estate papers, etc, exposed on open
shelves or wherever there NAV be a corner tO
drop them in. The room should be double
Its present size and proper cabinets furnished
SO that the documents of the Office could be
kept under lock and Key.
RECEIVER OF TAX RETURNS.
Here the Office is so small and the space so
completely taken up that the returns for the
past two years are now kept in a desk in the
open hallway. In this connection we desire
to distinctly say that the incumbent of cacI
office has made the most of the facilities given
him, ana the deficiencies pointed out in ours
opinion, can only he remedied by remodelInr
and enlarglng the building. Wehave consid.
cred the practicability of this, and through
the courtesy of Judge Harden we are enabled
to lay before the County Commissioners plans
OF the change, which would provide court
house both amrle and commodiOus in every
respect. II is estimated that the cost OF these.
changes would not exceed $4,000. This ex-
pendIture can be met by issuing bonds for q
long term, say fifty years, bearing per cent.
interest, payable one thousand dollars each
year (the bond to be paid to be selected by
lot. The tax burden would be almost i'm
perceptlble, not exceeding two cents increase
on every 500 of taxable property. 1t is prOp-
er to say that the figure $50 600 goes beyond
the cost as calculated in detail by $4,000 TO
$l5,OOU, ana II Is placed at that figure to leave
sure margin, and at the same time show
even at that outlay, how very small would DO
the taxation necessary to meet the require
ments of the case.
Before closing our report, we again desire
to emphasize the necessity for the improve
ments we have pointed out. The present neg
lect 10 properly protect records might very
properly cost the county dana ges far in ex-
cess Of the money necessary to render the loss
of such records impossible.
One other point. 1t is not unreasonable to
assume that the present treatment of juries.
cOOped, as they frequently are, in narrow
dirty, unhealthful quarters, often hastens
their VerdlctS with dispatch not consistent
with the maturedeliberatiOne expected of them,
and yet upon the jurymen the responsibility
OF so serious fault does not properly rest.
We are informed that reports more urgent
than this, upon this subject, have been pre-
sented by previous grand juries, time and
again. without reaching any good results, and
we now ieel warranted IN pointing out that
the Code provides for measures necessary to
make court houses what they should be.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
In view ofthe fact that the commissions of
the present Board OF Commissioners will ex-
TIF in "a Ghn nd Ero oJ.N.-
they have conducted our county affairs, we
suggest to the Governor that they be reap
pointed.
We recommend that the pay of Jurors. both
grand and petit, for the present year be fixed
at 81 per diem, and the pay of baili1s at 81
per diem.
We thank His Honor Judge A Pratt Adams
for the many cOurtesies shown us, and for the
very able charge delivered us, and can only
regret his inability to furnish a cOpv of the
same for publication.
70 eX-SOlicitor General Walter G. Charlton
We return our thanks for courtesies shown US
whilst he was in Office, and cangratul ate our
fellow citizens upon the election of so bile q
successor as the Hon. Fleming G. DuBignon,
to whom we return our thanks for his kind
ness.
WILLIAM J. CLEMENTS, Foreman.
John A. Lewis, Thomas Daniels,
James K. kaines, Darwin b. Hull
Albert S. Bacon, Theodore L, Kinsey
Isaac NJ. Frank, George W. Allen,
Lewis KaytOn. Linus A. WakemaD
Daniel B. Lester, Joshua C.. Bruyn.
lIdNlu 1 l(AHCNs OcO W . 11dsIdm.
Hamilton NJ. Branch, William ii Daniel,
Raymond NJ. Demere, Fred w 6. Woolhopter,
Elisha L. Hackett, James Hart,
James r. Sheldon, Michael j. DOYLE.
SAVANNAH, GA, Feb. Il, 1885.
1t is ordered, upon motion of f. G. DuBig-
non, Esq, Solicitor General, that these pre-
sentiments be published in the MoRNING
NEWS and the Savannah Daily Times. and it
is furthermore ordered that certified copy
of the same, under the seal of the court, be
furnished by the clerk of this court to the
Board of County Commissioners, and so much
as relates to the public roads Of the county be
furni he'd by copy thereof to Road Commits
siOners,
BY the court A.P. ADAMS.
Judge S. G. E. J. {.
A true copy Of the original, this February
Ith, 1885. JAMES X. z. CARR.
Deputy Clerk Superior Court.