The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-03-26

Second Judicial Circuit Of Florida, Circuit
Court in and for the County of Calhoun
Spring Tenn. 1889
The Grand jury of The State of Florida, empan-
elled and sworn at the sprng term Of said Circrjt
Court TO enquire in and for the body Of the county
Of Calhoun, in Bringing our labOrs to close, re-
specially beg leave to make the following generaI
presentment We havc made digcnt uanry into
all DfractiOnS of the criminal law, and though we
have found one or two serious Of violation Of
law, mot of them are OF "A light character But oil
taken together, we can ana do congratulate the
citizens of the county nDon he great Improvement
in the morals and good order prevailing in our
county within The last IeW wears II he criminals
and outlaws DOW IN The s%amp- in the lower portion
oi the county coud he arrested or routed fron,
their hiding plac'>. our county wouh:, an early
d.de. stand we'll. in point Of morals and good
order any OF her sister counties. This is a de-
-idera;iun dcyouty t. be wished for ard we mr.
Gchtl, 81 ,ln oar sheriff ana ether county officer,
10 te more dis'l anG aciIve III her rtrrts 10 ar
and briag - trial p,rso1s acc4-ea and indicted
for crime. The very lrivolou, excuses given l.,
officers Tor he non.di>chatgr Of The legal duties
NoivIh- On them ~ virtue OF their e4iic.s does
40; aequit FAe,n of -r'>~> neglect especially when
X i Vel klo"A hAt J." lntcliieepF effective eff
forts To arrest criminals rarely made Such
neglect r. fleets On gu: en- r. opula,ion brings our
county into s.isre;ute and yrorertS The Investment
OF capital " our cou@ly hy pcreoos Woo wou!t}
othcrwe" cent" .a4'nc and aid in jae d,.yrl-
opmeiI It To-. rich Resource, oSour county
We md th''t otH po.siic rad. AMI bridges are IL
vrrY bad condition. We are forced 10 charge
that cuGiifr uticlA's III charge nf THIS DEPART
mont d. NOT give i.rof,r attention 10 their respon-
sibic duties We aiso ind tAAt cur Court house
ard county nl A. il > >AG a,i acylcetrd condition
Thi> body protesting rere~ ont lhe character III
wishes ~ tag T. oii", aa> 'r"rs time Zine aud
from session Ia session hrpugs the neglected con
iltlon al jRr>c buildings 10 The attention OF the
BJNu %! County Commissioners. Bnr we are
>orry - say that th- Hoard has heretofore turned
,cat ear To All our previous recommendations and
today our Court house ana Ill il1 the same di
lApidaLcd, uncomfortable and ruinOus condition.
This body l. forced to hold and INQUIRE
into the well bong Of the cou0iy in the open as
exposed To Ali The incemtncies OF the weather and
climate. We would resp, ctluliy remind the County
the people, not their masters, And Tat they should
either give proper heed To the wishes and nstrOC-
tons OF the people, or resign and thereby rive
place to those who WILL in some respect hold them
selves alntnlbie to the wishes of the people Good
roads, safe and strong bridges sase tails and neat
and comfortable Court houses evidences of civ
inZAtion and refinement and give bone and repgia-
ton 10 community.
We F., greet that the Board of County Comrn;es-
toners has failed to furnish this BODY with AN ae-
count OF the receipts and disbursements Of the
county for the last fiscal year, and hence we have
not been able TO make a critical examination of the
financial condition of the county or whethsr tbe
finances have been properly administered the pre-
sumption is against the Board in as much as it has
ineXcusably failed to furnish this body with an ac
count of their work as abe laws of the State REQUIRE
and in addition we find that our county obligations
are below par-worth only sixty cents on the
dollar.
| In conclusion we tender our thanks to his Honor
the Judge presiding, for his able and instructive
! charge and for his general courteses extended TO
| this body We also tender our thanks 10 the State
Attorney, bailift and other officers of the court
for aid and courtesies extended to our BODY
Respectfully submitted.
VIM. liurcHINsoN, Foreman,
Attest j. VI. HALL Clerk