The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-12-04
plioent Officials.


The grand jury submitted their gener-
al presentments Thursday afternoon and
were discharged by Judge Griggs. Here
are the presentments:
we, the grand jurors sworn for the
November term of Terrell superior court,
1895. submit the following general pre-
sentiments:
In obedience TO the law and charge of
the court we have Investigated all mat
tiers presented to us, and especially to
those which our attention was called by
the court.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
We find the court house in good con
dition, except leak in the roof over the
witness room, to which we call the atten-
ton of the county commissioners and
recommend that they have it repaired
without delay. We are well pleased
with the new Jail building, and commend
our county commissioners for their faith.
fulness in its construction, We request
that they have the heating, ventilation
and dry closet system arranged in said
building as soon as possible, that the
prisoners may be moved into it.
JUSTICE BOOKS.
We find the books of the iG-r'reS Of
the peace correctly kept, exec IL IL st re
instances where dates are left blank, e
find no excessive charges on these books.
We recommend that in all tria.s I =
commitment that list of witnesses be
furnished by the presiding officer and
sent TO the clerk of the superior court,
when such cases are to come before the
grand jury, and that the clerk issue sub
ppnas to be served by the sheriff that
such witnesses may be present when the
grand jury congenes and thus save the
county the expense of many bailitfS and
much delay.
COMM ssIoNERs ROADS AND REVENUES.
The books of the commissioners of
roads and revenues are neat and very
satisfactory.
COUNTY COURT.
We find the following work has been
done in the county court during the last
six months: sixty eight civil cases have
been tried, seven ofswhich were appealed
to the superior court; leaving sixty one
cases finally disposed of. we ma on
the docket for trial in December term
ffty-fve civil cases, making IN all 10
cases which would have been tried IN the
superior court if there had been no coun
ty court. Fifty-five criminal cases have
been tried, eleven of which demandt
indictment by the grand jury and two
were appealed, leaving forty cases finally
disposed f. The annual expenses OF
the county court are about $500. There
has been great saving or expense TO the
county in the work done by this court.
Most of the criminals were tried lmme-
diately after arrest, thereby saving the
county large expense in keeping crl n
inals in Jail until the converting OF supe-
riOr court.
COUNTY FARM.
We find OF the county farm $50 bush
els of corn, $3.50 pounds fodder, 3Oo
bushels cotton seed, 200 bushels potatoes,
20 bushels ground peas, 10 bushels heIo
peas, 1856 gallons syrup, mules IN good
condition. one good two-horse wagon,
enough plantation tools for farm, 3,OUO
stalks seed cane, one new cane mill ana
kettle, one good corn shelter, 8 brood
;sows and 8 pigs, 26 meat hogs weighing
LOO pounds each, with plenty of ground
peas to fatten them, and turnip, greens
and collards enough on the farm to sup
ply paupers. There are Il white pau
pers. 9 of them on the farlh; black
paupers. all on the farm. All of the
paupers are unable TO work. All of the
houses are in good condition and present
a neat and clean appearance. We heart