The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-02-09
Presentments Made and
Read i'm Open Court.
RECOMMENDS COUNTY CHAIN GANG
For Working Public ROads..Tax Re.
ceiver Urged to Diligence in Get.
ting Returns ON Property.

sworn for November adjourned
term of Cobb Superior Court make
the following general presentmen5s:
We have examined the books of
the various officers of the county as
far asst was practicable for us to do in
the time allotted us and find them
neatly and correctly kept. rejecting
credit upon these servants of the
people. We observe that only two
Justices and Notaries Public books
have been submitted to this body,
which two bookssof J. p, J. Y.
Alexander and 7. R. Rutherford,
and these we find correct and ac>
cording to law.
We find the prisoners in jail we'll
cared Tor, the Jail and court house
in good condition, except Their plas-
tering overhead in court room. We
recommend, if necessary, that the
Ordinary have the plastering taken
down and replaced with ceiling.
In view of che fact that there is a
discrepancy in the amount Of taxable
property given in to the Tax Receiv.
er and that paid to the TaxCollector,
We urge our Tax Receiver to use
much diligence in getting returns
on all property subject to tax, also
use same diligence regarding poll
tax.
We recommend the Ordinary to
Jock into the propriety of establisht
ing county chain gang in Cobb
county for the purpose of working
our county conviCts on our public
roads and in this connection we
state that we find the public roads
over the county, owing to the re-
cent snow and rains, to be in bad
condition, but they have been duly
worked.
We find the books OF the Clerk
and Treasurer kept with great neat
ness and accuracy, rejecting the
highest honor upon this worthy off
Ger. We find he had on hand at
the time of his report to the Ordi-
nary, Jan. 18th, 1898, $4313. %
And has paid out since, 3O6.9O
Leaving balance on hand s4006.32
We find on hand at the Aims
House 500 bushels corn, 5000 buns
dies of fodder, 10 bushels OF peas, 2
mules, IA head of hogs, three COWS,
one heller, one tWo-horse wagon and
set of harness, one set of blacksmith
tools and plenty of roughness for
the stock. The building and every
thing on the farm in good condition
and the inmates twelve in all-eight
whites and four blackwell cared
for. We did not have submitted to
US the expense of the farm, there
fore we can make no report as to
that.
We find from the tax digest that
the taxable property of the county is
s5,177, 532, the rate on 500 to be
2O4 cents, making s13,720.45, of
this amount the Tax Collector holds
County Treasurer's receipts for S12,-
100 and has cash and f fas to cover
the above amount. We recommend
that local tax be levied in this
county to supplement the State tax
IL support of the common schools OF
our county.
We are convinced cf the fact that
whisky is being sold all over our
county in violation of law and that
there are those who buy this stuff,
taking their earnings w pay. the
same, bringing shame, misery and
woe upon their families, we, there.
fore, urge all officers, both county
and municipal, to ferret out this
evil and call upon our Judge to
place these offenders beyond the
pale of being paid out.
We wish to extend the thanks of
this jury to His Honor Judge Smith