San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-10
THE GRAND JURY REPORT.
Their Views on the County Jail and Poor
house.

The grand jury this morning con-
clused their labors and submitted the
following report:
GRAND jerry Room, April 10, 1856.
To the Honorable District Judge of BeIar
County:
The grand jury assembled for the
March term, have inspected the petty
jury rooms and find the walls indecent
ly pencilled and needing attention. and
would suggest the same be at once reno
waited and in the future require bail
ifs to advise jurors about defacing the
walls, windows, woodwork, ETC., and
carefully examine the room after the
jurors leaving the rooms, and anyone
caught or found perpetrating such Of
lenses be reported and brought before
your honor.
We have visited the county jail, and
find, considering the number OF Inmates,
ii is in a very fair condition. We rec
ommend, however, that the Sheriff
visit the Jail personally, every two
weeks or oftener, II necessary, and listen
to complaints of prisoners.
Regarding,the sale Ofliquors 10 minors
or their frequenting saloons and billiard
halls, we have made diligent inquiry and
found no one who had seen anything OF
that kind going on.
Concerning roads we find that unreR-
sOnable prices are asked for lands for
road purposes. and recommend that all
such matters be settled by arbitration;
that when new roads are laid out, the
old roads be kept open until the new
ones are in condition for travelling, and
that road-oveTseers be instructed to
compel those whose duty 1t is to work
the roads, showing no Partially to any.
one; that the County Clerk be requested
to make a list of all those whose duty Ii
is to work them and turn them over to
their overseers in their regular precincts;
that the County Commissioners have a
correct road-map made so that parties
purchasing lands may see whether or
not the road crosses their lands or what
other means Of access thereto.
We also visited and inspected the
county manual labor poor-hOuse and
hospital, and find the same to be in a
neat and clean condition and the in
mates surrounded with all the comforts
which the place affords. There are sew
eral insane inmates at this place who
should be cared for by the State, within
the lunatic asylum, and humanity would
dictate their removal as at an early
date as possible, for the means at the
command OF the county is wholly insult
ticient to give them that care which en-
lightened civilization requires and de-
mands.
The food provided is good, substantial
and well cooked.
All prescriptions for medicines are
compounded on the place, which depart
ment is in the hands Of competent
steward.
We ascertained the cost per capita of
conducting the Institution for the past
year was 2S cents per day. This in
cludes the salaries of the physician, SUI
perintendent, steward, gardener, cook
and laundress and all medicines, food,
clothing and incidental expenses. We
believe the County Judge, Commissioner
and Superintendent have done remarka-
bly, well in their reducing the expenses
of the institution and at the same time
bringing 1t up 10 its present state of Ell
ficiency.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
e. Il. kLEINE, Foreman.
EDWARD RIsCIE,
A. SARTOR,
PETER JONAS,
A. NJ. COHEN,
|. II. TANNER,
EUGENE RUIZ,
DAN. OPPENHEINGER,
SIM HART,
JOSEPH SKwORTz, JR.