The Forrest City times., 1892-10-21
The oranu-Jary's Report.

| ne NsfAf G-J1 1IJ D ffGtOFNs To tho Hcnorabse Grant Green. ir.. Judge; We. the graud jury. having completed
 nur work and being now ready to ad- I iourn. beg leave to submit the follow { ing report:
 i We have endeavured to discharge our dnty faithfully, and have tried to leave
 no work lGudOne that We should have
 done and to do no work that should not have been done. All violations of law
 cnmirg to our knowledge have been l enquired into and action taken in each
 case as in our opinion seemeu proper. We have issued thirty-eight sub | p@nas, have examined seyenty-one wit nesses and have returned to the court | thIrty-four indictments. In doing tlliS we have labured under some diSadVan- tages, as questions have come before us l upon which we needed the advice Of the i prosecuting attorney, but, owing to ms | duties iD the court, we have been unable { to procure his assistance and advice as much as we would like to have had lt. Our whole body visited the Jall, and find that the prisoners confined thefeln
 are made as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. They say that they have been we'll fed and kindly treated by the jailer. We deem It nh' necessary to call your further
 attention to the county jail building. as our last grand-jury had enough to say to show that same is unsafe. We would suggest that the proper author 1 ities take steps as soon as pOsslhle To- ward the erection of a new jail build ing.
 We had a committee of five to visit ] Al that they found fifteen persons confined there on the expense of the county. They all claim that they are well Ted and kindly treated. They ate comfort ably situated. We also find one or
 more persons in the county p0orhouse who are insane. If possible, It seems to us that arrangements should be
 made to take these insane parties to
 the asylum, where they can secure the
 attention due to unfortunate people Ot that class In our judgment, we flnd
 none at the poorhouse but what are Tt subjects for the county to provide for.
 Upon examination we tild that the
 report of the commissioners of accounts
 is correct, as shown by the books m the clerks office, up to the first of July.
 with the exception that W. \. Illggs owes tiit COuUt1 SiA ho'h'i Q ''o'S"' ~' sixteen dollars, as shown by the com missoners' report. We find that J.
 H. Potts has paid five dollars on the amount reported against him. We find that some of these balances have been carried on the books of the county since 1886, and would suggest that the court instruct the prosecuting attorney to take immediate steps to bring all of the officials who are short in their ac- counts to a settlement according to section 5S66 of the statutes, and where these amounts cannot be collected We would suggest that they be charged to profit and loss and the accounts bal anced. The settlements are somewhat complicated and we, as d grand-jury, do not have chance to fully examine into the merits of the accounts.
 The magistrates of the county have all made their reports as required by law.
 We have examined the records of all parties ill Forrest City who are selling poisons, and find that their records are kept as required by law.
 We find that the road overseers have all made their reports, and upon eX- animation of their reports, and from witnesses who have been before us, We find that the roads of the county are in fair condition.
 Respectfully submitted to your honor. J. NJ. NICHOLS.
 October 20, 1892. Foreman.