The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25
Pr ESENT MENTS
Of the Grand Jury of the City Court,
February Term.


| To His Honor W. d. Harden, Jtsdqe of
the City Court of SGUdnndh, Ga:
DEAR SIR-We, the grand jurors selected
and sworn for the February term, 1891, beg
| leave to submit the following report:
In addition to the regular business that
| has been brought to our attention by the
| solicitor general, we have to report through
one of the committees appointed to examine
the clerks and sheriff's office, and take pleas
ure in saying that the sheriff's books are kept
| in perfect order, and show at a glance the
| specific charges as allowed by the court
| and the disbursements are properly vouched
for in a separate book provided for that
| purpose; and they are neatly kept.
The records of the clerks office on file are
so Systematically arranged that all docu-
ments can be found by their number, both
index and folio showing where they are
located. The internal arrangements of the
record Office are simply perfect,a neatness
OF the books and penmanship and Ell gross
ing cannot be excelled. and they are an Oh
nament to the court and reflect great credit
on the incumbent and his deputy.
The committee who visited the convict
camps report at camp No. l AZ males and
z females, oil well with one exception. At
camp No. 2 they found 7G males AMI 2
| females. and all we'll, with one death from
dropsy, the patient having been sick for
some time; the entire management being
good, and found no need for suggestions or
recommendations of any changes.
The Chatham county jail committee re-
port after a thorough investigation that
they found it in perfect order, aud the care
and condition of the inmates fully up to the
| requirement of the law. The books of ac-
| counts are intelligently and correctly kept,
and the administration of the
| ja1ler is efficient, faithful and a cred
it to himself and an honor to the county,
| and coDgratulates u5 that we have prison
house of safety, both humane and worthy
| of a Christian community. The prompt
and impartial disposal of the criminals of
the court meets the hearty appreciation by
| this body and the community in general,
as it greatly curtails the expenses OF the
city and county il the support of criminals
in idleness, furnishing labor for sanitary
and other improvements very valuable to
every citizen in the county.
1t is with profound regret and grief we
are called upon to mention the very sudden
death of two of our members, the late Capt.
| Charles c.. Hardwick and Mai. John L.
| Hardee, who were summoned from this
earthly court to that higher court from
which there is no appeal. 1t admonishes us
that we, too, must respond to the same call =,
and behooves US to be, like them, i'll readi-
ness, with the reasonable hope that we
shall receive that welcome sentence, "Well
| done, good and faithful servant
In retiring from our duties as grand ju-
rors for the term, we desire to return cur
thanks to his honor, Judge Harden, and to
the officers of his court, for their uniform
courtesy, and also to thank the solicitor
general for his material aid rendered, and
his promptnesS in answering our calls upon
him, and may the good God guard and
protect this city and this court.
We request that these general present
ments be published in the Savannah daily
papers. LESTER HUBBELL,
Foreman.
NORTON FRIERsoN.
W. L. EXLEY.
GEO. T. NICHOLS.
H. c. MORGAN.
HENRY BLUM.
J. |. MCCALL.
c. h. CARSON.
A. B. HULL.
T. B. FLOYD.
F. G. FRASER.
CLEMENT SAUssY.
NJ Y. MACINTYRE.
JOHN Q. SCoTT.
B. DUB.
W. NJ. BENT.
JOHN HENDERSON.
Ordered that these presentments be pub