The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04
GENERAL PRESENTMENT
Grand Jury Superior Court, Chat
ham County.

Savannah, May 5. 1S95.-To His Honor
Robert Falligant, Judge of the Superior
Court Eastern Judicial Circuit: Sir-The
Grand jury of the superior court for the
spring term of 1885 beg to submit the fol-
lowing as their presentment. In COmpli-
ance with the injunctions of your charge,
as we'll as the general requirements of
the code, we have by committees examined
into the condition of all public buildings.
and into the conduct of the following coun-
ty Offices, viz:
County commissioners,
The ordinary,
The county treasurer
The clerk of the superior court,
The sheriff and jailor,
The receiver of tax returns,
The tax collector,
The justices of the peace,
and are pleased to report the duties of the
several officers as being intelligently dis
charged and their records kept in proper
and commendable shape.
In the reports of these committees are
embodied the following recommendations
which We accept and endorse as part of
this presentment viz: That iron window
guards be placed in the lower half of the
windows of the document rooms connected
with the Offices of the ordinary, and the
that iron tables be substituted for wooden
and that the treasurer's once
necessary for the protection of books and
valuable papers. These several reports
are herewith attached.
have also made diligent inquiry into all
other matters affecting the public inter
ests and have been greatly aided in the
consideration of them by the honorable
the board of county commissioners; the
board of education; a committee from the
board of managers of the Savannah hos
pital; a committee from the citizens in
dustrial committee and Messrs. d. II.
Thomas, foreman of the grand jury of
this court for the December term, 1893,
Charles T. Prendergast, foreman of the
grand jury of this court for the spring
term, 1894, and Alex. Fawcett, foreman
of the grand jury O., this court for the
co-receiver of the Central railroad of
Georgia.
we are greatly indebted and herein de-
sire to make Acknowledgement to them
for much valuable Information,
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ing our conclusions Messrs Thomas,
Prendergast and FaWcett, acting under
the warrant Of their several juries.
brought to our attention the several rec
concentrations embodied in their present
ments, with the request that If approved
of they be given such Endorsement as
Grafton. These recommendations, as they
appear in the several presentments, are:
First-An active and vigorous prosecu-
ton of the work of drainage.
Second-A renewal of negotiations with
the authorities of the Central railroad in
effort to obtain the use of the Ogeechee
canal as a CONDUIT lot the system OF draln-
age to the south and west of the city.
Third-The completion of the county
map.
Fourth-The completion of the Meridian
road with the proposed branch road to the
Isle of Hope.
Fifth-The erection of new and commo-
dious barracks for the convicts upon the
county farm.
Sixth-Such legislation as will permit
the assignment of criminals convicted in
this county to service upon works of pub
lie Improvement in Chatham county
Seventh-That an election should be or
dered to allow of the people determining
their pleasure as to an issue of long term
bonds, not in excess in amount of S5O0, eco
ing per cent, said bonds to be applied to
the prosecution of drainage and road con-
Struction
These recommendations have been taken
into serious consideration by this Jury
with sole purpose to subserve the public
welfare, and herewith submit, as briefly
as possible, our conclusions on these and
AS TO EDUCATION.
Recognizing the Importance of a we'll
established educational system and its
sustenance with as liberal appropria-
ton as is admissihly, we respectfully sug-
Gest that the item of appropriation provi-
ded in the presentment of the grand Jury
of the spring term of 1894, with a restric-
of the accommodations of the Henry
street school be made subject to the order
and disposition of the board of education
to cover the deficiency in their receipts
arising from the abolition of tuition fees IN.
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