St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-18
GRAND LURV REPORT
STATE OF LOUISIANA. /,
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PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
lhr ttaud Jurors Of the parish Of St Landry,
Inr INC October term. 1880. beg leave to illc This
their final report:
We find uDon examination of ;ho tnur1
liolSr. TINT il is in excellent condition. with
Tue exception OF II leaky roof, which needs
prompt attention.
The jail Ia also III good order and well kept.
The lower floor. however. about the iron ccs
IA worn AM! o77ed in, and should be cclncntrd
very aoOn.
The prisoners are conrcntctl aud comfortable.
nnu not IN single instance. made complaint OF
lll-treafment III any shape or form. A high
renee around the Jail il Indispensable, and
should be built AZ once. A. Il is at present,
there ia nothing I" prevent ..ntsltlrrs from
hand ins dangerous weapons, 10 The prisoners.
thereby cnaanEering the lives of the officers
Gna Others. Tho onclO1nrt would. also, afford
the prisoners tht opportunity or obtaining pure
Air ard exercise. " hirh would add iuateria IL
t" their comfort and health. Ii would further
more lessen the chances Of lie innatra caran.
Ing from their place or confinement.
The Clerks Office requires Immediate uttcn-
Lion "s1 -, ia IL present state. qniir uI.a0fr.
The Wall IS badly cracked and il r;lpil, 4at in,
worse and should hc. without lnas nf time thor,
olghlF secured with iron rods The Partition
shonlt lie removed ana Tho Nv" Offices convert,
Ell into one. Additional shelves shOnu h,,
made and InoIe Office tnrnifnre tnrEishrd VIZ.
will add e1nphntically thai the above work can
not commence too soon. While examining the
building our attention. was called TO the Record
Books in the office Many of the Record Books
and INDEXES are III Il dilapidatrd conlitiou-1h.
backs hein9 partly or entirely torn of and the
leaves hefHC he'd. hut liable IN be lost or mis-
placed. These Record Rocks are inyaluahlr
anu then nutllatcd condition calls for the i'm
mediate attention or the public authorities re-
arnnsbie for their safe keeping. and we earn
r-1!y call the Police .jury'@ attention to this
matter rs one or great public Importance. We
ITO not mean 10 raflrcl ly these remarks Oh me
officials ~ Present in charge OF these Records
ron T1ncll OF the injury WIS done before they
look charge or lie office and was rauscd Nv the
frequent and careless handling Of Them hl ont.
aidcrs and ny the lack OF proper shelving and
tables III Tie office. We lind tile roads through.
nnf ltt' pIll.h in splendid t0IrlitinIl-h,1t,r
Than ever before known. There has hccn !,
cGIlIucnl,'!c spirit display ID in this matter,
both rnhic and private We must STATE. how.
ever. that There Is q tendency 10 4larken up in
the good work. bad hole or 4 plank Missing
in n hllhGr, u like weak link in y rl,ni!i Inoh.
ing liz. whole bad. Road 0yci'-crrs should l,c
dI!i1c'Il III attending 10 lll,sc MATTERS A.
there appears 10 be difficulty III Iigi,llv tnrnr,.-
ms the Present road law, rCSDerl fniiy r,,
coInIGtnti that Il per capita and yrlliclr tax he
imposed for the keeping III! and iuprnprmnrt
Of ali pubic roads. We believe that Inc prC.rnt
IS very oploriunc time for such Inv. We
'tr no reason Why orr roads shnulti not III, ;
made perfect tuTnpik">.
HAVING completed our lu!,ii and hayinc lett
n The hands nf the District Attorney SOM.
Asses That came NJ at hate hour To lie iii 4no4rd
II ny him. we now beg 10 he di$chn1gr,l
J.. :. CLEMENTS
Foreman " Grand ,fuI, /