The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-31

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i Sam Griffin, larceny, tried by jury and
convicted, sentenced TO six months In
the penitentissy.
Grand Jury Report.
/ The report of the grand jury was
handed in last Saturday evening,
and is the longest document Of this
nature drawn in seventeen years.
We have room only to give q SYM
opsis of its main features:
| We have examined la charges
of offenses against the State and
found Al true bills, nearly all for
small offenses. We deplore the
number of small cases coming up
from both of the Justices in ward
one, and as we believe payment by
the parish was the incentive for
quite number of them we would
suggest to the police jury to only
pay in cases where bills are found
by the grand jury. This will not
only save considerable sum to the
tax payers, but save subsequent
grand juries being incumbered and
allow them to finish their labors in
a shorter time. We have found no
bills against road overseers. THE
reasons for which are stated at
length We recommend the buy
| ing of two or more road scrapinp
machines, as it. is our judgement
that we will never have good roads
otherwise. Rspides has Q fine road
system, and it might be that our
parish Legislature could learn some-
thing by confering with our sister
parish. The grand jury approves
the proposed action of the police
jury relative to fitting the upstairs
of the old jail for their use, also
recommends that the lower part
of the Jail he remodsled and fitted
up for petit jury room.
We have examined the new jail.
and especially viewed the new steel
cages. They are very strong and
workmanlike, and Grant can con-
graduate herself on having cages
second to none in the State. Its
conveniencies are all modern, and
it is well kept being both clean and
of good ventilation. The court
house needs a coat of paint, and the
Jail must have thin coat of CO.
ment plaster, or probably three or
four coats of thick cement wash
will do as well and cost less money.
Attention is called to the danger
GUS condition of the bridges from
Colfax to Doggy bayou, and the
police jury are scored for neglect
ing to provide for them. We have
made q thorough Investigation of
the books of the parish and school
treasurer, and find them neatly and
correctly kept. Wecarefully check
ed up the entire matter, as we have
heard considable complaint. IAN
itemized report of the parish and
school funds wss attached to the
report. Now ID the hands of the
school treaS6rer, $2537 80, oil cor
rectiy app6f t5oaed to The various
districts, and he tells us he will
have abodt $1,000 for the same fund
is a few days. We have examined
the tax COLLECTORS books, and find
he will pay into the parish treasury
about $4249, mostly in scrip. There
is still uncoIlected $3038, in which
amount is included errors, double
assessments, etc. We protest in
the name of the school children
against the way the splendidly tim
bered 10Th sections are being sacri-
feed in the hill districts. The
treasurer cannot be too particular
in the selection of security.
The working of convicts on the
public roads is recommended. The
moving of roads without due au-
thority is recommended to be pros
ecuted by civil action under sec.
1880 of the Revised Statutes. The
police jury are asked to pass an
ordinance making it penal for road
overseers or hands to fail to per-
form their duty, and instead of the
,ivil action now provided by the
road law, that they be prosecuted
BY indictment or information be-
lore the district court