The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31
r. G.. BERNAU.
GRADUATE OPTICIAN.
pREsENrMENr OF
GRAND JURY.
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January Term, 1894.

To Hon. I. D. Witherspoon, Judge:
We respectfully submit for your con-
sideration the following:- -.
That we have passed upon all bills
of indictment handed, to us by the So:
licitor. -'
We have visited the several county
offices and we find them In neat con.
dition and believe that each officer is
endeavoring to discharge his duty, ex-
cept as hereinafter mentioned.
We have visited the County Jail and
find 1t well and neatly kept. We
would recommend that the County
Commissioners proceed at once to
to build brick fiue and do away with
iron piping as we believe it is danger
GUS on accounted fire. ~, s.ss
We recommend that the county
commissioners proceed Immediately
to ascertain what 1t will cost the Coun.
ty to put fire proof vaults In the clerks
office, as 1t now stands the records Of
this County are unprotected, and are
liable to he destroyed at anytime by
fire. ....-.
We highly recommend and endorse
the action of Clerk Of Court Bullock,
in refusing 10 allow the uss Of the
Court room for entertainments of any
kiud, and recommend that he continue
to pursue this course. -.
3, We have, by committee visited the
Poor House. We find many things to
commend, in the management, yet we
feel called upon to direct the attention
Of the Court to matters that we think
demand immediate attention.. BY
close examination we find many Of the
who should be furnished with
more underwear, and that mercurial
ointment should be used according to
specifications, and their bedding gen.
orally should be kept more cleanly.
We further recommend that one we'll
be dug at the new cottage now being
erected for the Steward, aud also that
notices be posted by the County COM
missioners that all persons desiring to
go there must get written permits
from them, and that parties who witt
there without permission, be consid-
cred tresspsssers and be prosecuted rs
such. '-
We respectfully recommend that the
Coroners or Trial Justices acting Cor
oner in conducting inquisitions do
not employ but one Physician to make
the necessary autopsy, and when the
cause of death ia apparent We further
recommend that the Coroner do not
employ any physician, and under NO
to swear the physician
making the examination, as the all
Of this oath cost S5.W
and is absolutely unneces .ary. AS for
instance we know Of a man that was
shot suuarely in the brain. yet not
withstanding this fact the Coroner
a physician to ten the Jury
what produces death.
We regret to say that In ouI exami-
nation of the transcripts Of the various
Trial Justices, while few of them
P re satisfactory. MANY are not Us they
were not duly recorded. aud In the
future we do recommend and insist
upon all Trial Justices to remit
to the Treasurer, aud that
each Trial Justice shall make his re-
turns as provided Tor In Sec. 3ls as In
Statue laws OF 1893, and that we furth-
er recommend that all of the Trial
Justices appear before the Grand Jury
with their books ut the June term OF
court.
We recommend the attention OF the
County Commissioners be directed t.
the desperate condition of the roads
generally throughout the county, and
to see that overseers attend more
strictly to their duties especially to
having the loose rocks thrown out OF
The 70 d and that all drains and
iitches are kept open aud clear Of
rash. We would further remind the
that the streams are
,allx-..segieaed, and the overflow
caused by RATS and. trash. is doing
much damage TO some Of our best boz
ON lands they should see that the law
n this respect is complied with.
Respectfully submitted,
C. I. CUMMINGS. -e<
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