The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-07-06
Presentment of the Grand Jury.

The Grand Jury begs to report to your
Honor that it has acted upon all bills of
Indictment submitted to it, all of which
have been reported to the Court, and
that there is no other business before US
demanding our further consideration.
By special committee, the Grand Jury
has examined into the management of
the several county Offices and the report
submitted to this body by that committee
has been adopted by us and made a part
of our presentment, to which we ask
reference as such.
A committee from the Anderson County
Medical Association appeared before us.
consisting of Drs. j. c. Harris. j. p.
Duckett, E. G. Frierson and w. A. Tripp,
and reported to us that in accordance
with a resolution of said Association di
recting them so to do, they had examined
the Register of practicing physisians in
this county, as kept in the Clerks office,
and find that the following named ply
sicians are practicing without having
registered, as required by law, viz:
Names omitted by Clerk
1T is reported to us by different MEM
bers of our Jury that some of the roads
in different sections of the county have
not been worked, and others not well
worked, and we recommend that the
chairmen of the several Township Boards
of Commissioners where such are re-
ported have same worked out as early as
~ ho fo11
All roads in upper section of Hopewell
township; road leading from Anderson
by Majors & Burns mill to Maxwell's
bridge; road in Centreville township
leading to Five Forks; all roads in Pendle-
ton township; and, further, that the
bridge across Broadmouth creek, in
Honea Path township, on road leading
from Holidays bridge to Honea Path
needs repairing.
We recommend that the County Com
missioners have additional steel cages
placed in the Jail at the earliest day
practicable, as the large number of pris-
oners that have been confined there
makes it necessary to provide this addi-
tional accommodation for them.
We beg to report that in accordance
with the instructions given us by your
Honor yesterday afternoon, we have
summoned before us and examined Six
teen witnesses in the matter of the death
of Elbert Harris, and we have been un-
able to elicit any testimony that would
enable US to present any person or per-
sons as having taken part in the causes
that produced his death.
We heartily deplore this unfortunate
occurrence, and. in this our presentment,
we earnestly call upon all citizens to de-
sist from such violent, conduct, and to
assist in preventing a recurrence of such
crimes, and we exhort the officers of the
law TO do their full duty fearlessly in
protecting prisoners in their possession.
We beg to conclude by thanking your
Honor and all officers OF the Court for
continued courtesies shown us in the
discharge OF. our duties.
JOHN B. LEvERETT, Foreman.
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Your special committee appointed to
investigate the management of the sew
eral county Offices respectfully report as
follows:
Your committee met on May 18th last
and spent four days in this work, and
was assisted by Jno. K. Hood, who was
employed by your committee, as author
lied by law.
We first examined the Office of Judge
of Probate and Special Referee. We went
carefully through his cash book, aud cast
up the several amounts due thereon,
which we ascertained to be 50, 1871.
This sum was satisfactorily accounted
for, the greater portion of it being on de-
posit in the banks of the city. We care
fully tested a number of che individual
accounts which made up the whole, and
in each case we found them correct. We
think the duties of this Office are being
intelligently and faithfully administered.
We found that this officer as Special
Referee had funds in his hands that were
turned over to him by his predecessors
and others are accumulating from year
to year, for which there seem to be no
claimants.
We recommend that the Act Of 1894
and directing the Clerk of
Court and Probate Judge to turn into
the county treasury certain monies thus |
in their hands, be amended !
so as to authorize and direct the Special
Referee to do likewise with all monies
that have remained in his hands, un-
claimed for period, say, of two
years, or that may hereafter so long |
remain unclaimed in his hands, and we
think that in some cases the claimants
might be found if there were way pro-
vided for advertising for them.
In the Clerks Office we carefully exam
ined and tested his accounts of pensions
and all other monies passing through his
hands, and we found the same, accurate
ly, Systematically and faithfully account
ed for, and we think all his duties are be-
ing performed with the same care and
attention.
We found the Auditors Office to be
model in neatness and efficiency in all its
The Sheriff's Office is we'll admins
tered, both as to general duties and cler-
ical detail; and the Jail, kept by the Sher-
iff, is clean and comfortable; and the
Sheriff is showing commendable spirit
in keeping his department of our county
government up to high standard, based
On an intelligent comprehension of, and
faithful performance, of his duties.
The great volume of clerical work en-
braced in the duties of the County Super
visor has been carefully systematized,
and is being performed carefully and ac-
curately with fidelity to the trust reposed /
in him by the people of the county.
Your committee recommended that |
minutes of the meetings of the Board of
County Commissioners ahnuld QlXayR