The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-10
l1~port of Grand
Jury.

To the Hon. Z. p. OaitlOuet Judge Of
the 18th. Judicial District Court
for the Parish of TerrebORRe.
Your Grand Jury impanelled on the
5tl, day 0f April 1897 beg leave to
hand in their several findings and thi,
their fnal report. During our sitting
We have foundnine true bills which we
herewith present to your Honor. We
desire to say that complaint hasHbeer
made to us about tue closets and
urinal which are placed on the bayou
| side in full view of the public by the
Sc Veral Oyster and Fish Companies as
being a matter for the Police Jury to
investigate and prohibit if possible;
complaint has also been made to ps
about what is known as thed"cOFdelle
line" that private property owner are
nhstaucting the line by fences and
hey are not ablei.t to pass, that is the
parties who must have a passage way
on the bayou side, we refer especially
to Lower Terrsbonne!and bayou Little
GALLON.
We have had submitted 70 ne by the
Superintendent Of Public Schools this
his reports-that there are IS
white sellools,ll5 colOred children, 5
teachers to 1883 white children and
Observation-Disclosures andthat the pub
lie schools 10 this parish are in . more
Aourishing condition than they have
been 10 recent years; and more inter
est is shown by the people towards
education. The Experimentation
us that there are sufficient funds to
run the schools for 5 months andprob,
ably ak moaths.
The Road Inspector reports the
roads 10 some parts Of the parish as in
a bad condition but attributes it to
the fact of the recent rains, but they
arc in other parts Of tho parish in 81
good a condition as possible.
We have visited the jail 0 fonr parish
and find that the prisoners are vel
treated. We would recommend to the
Police Jury che advisability Of paint
ing and repairing athe front up stairs
gallery as the iron railing is corIOding.
We would also recommend to the
Pollceg Jury for their serious and
immediate consideration the repair
of the Jail as itnow stands, and to call
upon the,Sheriff tO.stats its condition
as he has informed us tits dangerous
for the escaping Of criminals as only
one cell is safe; we a lso recommend
that q second story, be put upon the
iail with q gallery connecting it with
the Court House and also q new snb-
stantial fence around the Court House
grounds.
The Parish. Treasurer hands us the
following report:
Bal. in General fnnd....-..94,573.I LIE
Drainage Dist No. - 1902
q %. 93l.3
e Oyster Fund..- I.43
Total in all funds------S5,6l69l
SCHOOL FUNDS.
Total Fund for quarter eud-
ing March 81, Ie97....S7 .952.964
Amt. paid teachers---.... 10000
" contingent Fund 1854
Total expenditures 92,51584
Balance on hand. 5,437.I 24
We will further add that we have
personally examined all the public
buildings and find them in good con-
dition- We desire to return our lind
est thanks to the Sheriff, Clerk and
their Deputies for courtesies extended
to us during our session.
Respectfully submitted,
[signedl: T. P. BLANCHARD,
Foreman Grand Jury.
Filed April 9Th, 1897.
[SignedI: E. G. WURZLoW,
by. Clerk.
A true copy
Clerks Office, Houma, La, April
9Th, A. D. 1897.
"a A.. BOURG,
Clerk of Court.
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