The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-29
Report OF Grand Jury.
To his Honor j. H. Norton, Presiding

Judge:
On the close of their duties for thi:
term of the Court, the Grand Jury
would submit the following as theil
Report:
All Bills handed us by the Honora
ble Solicitor have been acted upon anc
returned. Committees have visited
the County Offices and have to lin
tied extent examined those offices
Those committees report that every
thing in the conduct and arrangement
of the offices, books and papers, were
found in gooI style, showing the eff:
GERS to be careful and painstaking in
the discharge of every detail Of theil
duty. The funds in the custody Of the
Office, were al shown to be properly
deposited and vouchers were exhibited
for all disbursements. AS the Foreman
of this Jury is required to be present at
the settlement of the County Treasurer
with the Comptroller-General, we have
deferred a more full examination OF
this Office until our next meeting in
July.
The examination of the School Com
missioner's Office was entirely satisfac-
tory. In this Office We found everything
neatly kept and papers filed in order.
We think the county may we'll be
proud of her officers. The same care in
books and papers was found in the
Office of the County Commissioners.
An examination of the Masters office
has been deferred until our next meet
ing. The county Jail was examined.
The cells and in fact the entire Jail is in
a good, clean and healthful condition.
The prisoners look to be we'll cared for.
There are some glass broken from the
windows in the second story that should
be replaced. The pump used for pump
ing water into the second story for
cleansing purposes is out of repair and
should at once be repaired; the health
and comfort of the inmates require it.
A ditch is needed in the back yard to
prevent the injury done to the yard by
the great flow Of water through it.
The Poorhouse has also been exam
ined by committee. The new buildings
lately erected for the use Of the Keeper
and paupers are neat, commodions and
well arranged. The dining and cook
rooms to the Keepers house have not
been finished. Those rooms should be
ceiled at once. The county is to be
congratulated on having so excellent
buildings. At present, there are IA
inmates or paupers there, three of those
being white, the balance colored. Our
committee is of the opinion that there
is no one there who is not a proper
subject of charity.
No complaint has been made to US OF
the condition of the roads and bridges
of the county. We therefore fatter
ourselves that all are in good condition.
We find a room in the courthouse
low unoccupied by any officer. With
a small amount of labor, this room
could be repaired and made comfort.
able. We recommend that this room
be al once properly repaired and fitted
up, and that it be assigned to the
School Commissioner for an office, and
thus save to the school fund the amount
now paid out for rent of an office fol
the School Commissioner.
On examination we find that many
of the Trial Justices do not report every
month to the County Auditor as re.
quired by. law. Some of the TriaI
Justices entirely ignore the law and
make no report. We note that very
few fines have been paid to the Treas
urer, and in the absence of reports tc
the Auditor, we have no way Of deter
mining if any fines have been imposed
Unless all Trial Justices are strictly re
quired to report to the Auditor the
amount of fines imposed, and also be
required to submit their dockets to the
inspection Of the Grand Jury, there
will be no way to determine whether
or not they discharge their offices as
the law and justice requires, or mainly
in their own interest.
We desire before closing to expires:
our thanks to His Honor for the full
and plain instructions given to US ir
his charge and for his uniform kind
ness during our session. Our thanks
are also due and are hereby rendered
to the Hon. Solicitor FIR bis kindness
We ask that the usual fee be allowed
our clerk for services.
J. H. SMITH, Foreman, A. J. Gibson
L. M. Speers, H. E. Todd, n. E. Tay'
lor, D. w. Kinard, John A. Nichols
J.C. Abrams, J. B. Cromer, Thos. A
Settler, J. C. Cook, Jno. A. Summer
J. D. Sheely, T. H. Davis, A. L. Parks
P. B. Hutchinson.