The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-06-12
GENERAL PREsENTMENs.
Regular MAJ Term Terrell Superior cOur

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. Tor the May term of the Sunerior Cont q
Terrell county, for the year 1882 through
our various committees, have made sucl
examinations int, the public mildinrs
, public roads, and the books of the corpf,
: allow. '''''''" u' "ouio
We fnd the general condition IF the
JAN good few minor repairs are needed
on the blinds. '''' '''' "'''''u
The office Of Clerk and Ordinary. in
attention. ""''' AeeuS
ne S!iis on the north, south and east side
" Tue court hou'e arc considerably decay.
"a; ana the foundation Of the lower Of nv
ms III some places given away. Some ri
thc window silIs need repairs and all the
5ales around the court yard are down. and
should DC put up at once
lie books OF the County School Com
nlASlohcr, OF the various Justices of tho
reace ana Victories Public, Of the Treas.
ulcr ahd lax Collector, are neatly kent
and free from criticism " ~
me treasurer has on hand S3339 S5
ne DOCKS Of the Tax Receiver arr neat
y ana correctly kept but we find that the
ae.u.hs are not, in many cases, fairly and
e!""aolJ made. We would specially in.
VIC me attention Of the grand iury for
'h9 Ia'l term to section 1893 of the code
we ma the books OF the Ordinary kent
aS tue law requires. Since coming into
| ONCE nc has received for rent on court
muse rooms eighteen dollars; from retail
MMN'shy license twenty-five dollars: and
'or NheSe nc has proper vouchers.
| oeVerai marriage licenses have hror ro
Coreed without certificates of the marty
performing the ceremony, and we recon-
lnch9 tiiat parties performing the cerc,nn-
mes De required to comply with the law
we hhu tnat the county has paid tn
paupeLs on the farm and through the
tathi' Si491. %. and that it has received
rom tue sale OF 81 bales of cotton raised
vi lhc lafin S3f5.S4, making expenses or
paupcrs 10 the county for one year s. 20
81 Tbs includes two hundred dollars
recently PAID for stock Oil the farm. Tho
number OF paupers cared for on the farn,
| is twenty eight 'A0 : a III
kept. anu 'o'iec'iy
Inc book of the Sheriff seems to bo
somewhat irregularly kept, owing proho.
aoiy 10 the meXperience OF the present in.
cumbent. We find some errors in his mr.
counts, collected which it seems might
nave been detected by the County Com
ihlssloners. We invite their attention To
list OF such errors left with tho Ordina'
ry. "'''"-
we md the book of our Commissions
ers moderately well kept by Ordinsrv
we ma from best information we csn got
mat, IN some cases, our Commissioners do
not carefully examine accounts presented
them. P'o'eh'eu
ne county farm is at present caring for
thirteen whites and four blacks on tho
farm. Among them is no complaint "a 10
treatment, but some complain of the oh,
ac'cl OF some with whom they are Ar,
te associate. Orccd
The crops on the farm CT,
acres OF corn, thirty of o., .nprlse nifty
groGndpeas, all of VII Otton, eight OF
well, and are well cur .lch now promise
Two mules and ..ivated.
well cared for thirty head of hogs are
and farm on the farm. The wagon
tention. Implements receive proper at
the f The condition of the houses on
an" I'm is not creditable to our county,
some of them are unfit for habitatiOn.
Ne recommend that the Commissioners
have the houses on the farm made com
Portable, by building brick chimneys and
= doing such other Improvements as the ma
ture of the case requires. We find The
superintendent efficient and industrious.
We find the general condition of the
| roads good, hut some of the footways ovel
creeks need the attention of the Commits.
sioncrs. The plan Of dividing roads into
sections has been the cause of much com.
plant.
: We recommend j. NJ. Simmons as no
tary public and ex-otlicio justice of thu
peace of the 1154th district of our county
We recommend A. J. Lee, w. II. Tur
G ner, Il. G. Bridges, G. o. Hill, and vii
liam Jennings of the 18th district, to bC
continued ii the office of County Com
= missioners for the next ensuing term
Resolved, That the present Grand Jury
for the purpose of erecting and fnrnishin,
V a new court house, recommend the issu
:. ing Of five per cent bonds in an amour
not to exceed thirty thousand dollars, tn
S principal and interest payable in thirt,
equal annual installments; and that gu
County Commissioners be instructed (,
c run notice in the official organ of tn
=, county for thirty days, as required b.
law, asking for the passage, at the mex
c converting of our legislature, bill author
|. zing the issuing of such bonds in sucl
amount, and that our immediate repre-
|: sentative be requested to use his cxertiu,
v for the passage of a bill granting sucl
power, and submitting the question at al
IS early day as practicable to the legal va
! tiers of Terrell county fol their ratification
or rejection.
+ His Honor, Junge Jno. T. Clarke, an,
s. our Solicitor Col J. NJ Griggs, have on
;, thanks for their faithful discharge O
Il duty.
% We recommend that these prcsetment
-. be published at half rates in each of on
town papers, the DAWSON JOURNAL an
|. Dawson News.
r. LEVI A. LowREY, Foreman.
John w. TLowrey, Bynum 81. Hood.
lie JACOB q. Wells, Andrew j. Carver,
% BENZ. W. Breedlove, Frank + Clark,
James j. Buckhalt, George s. Crowell
n Francis NJ. Bethune, George A. Cole.
10 Nathaniel W. DUzier, Wiliom G. Dillon
Napoleon Is. Barnes, Allen /. Britt,
'r andre" }. Baldwin, Charles G. King,
IF benjamin IL. Brown, John G. Rogers,
William X Melton. John D. Marlin,
s. Ohediah Is. Stevens, Woodliff s. Marshall
n. 1t is ordered that these presentmcnt
at this term be published as requested h,
g the grand Jury. JOHN T. CLARKE,
l. May 9th, 1889. Us. PC.
Il True extract from the minutes of tn
" superior Court, June 9th, 1889.
S, j. &. F. CLARK, Clerk.