The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-08-18
GRAND JURY
PRESENTMENTS,
Cobb Superior Court March
Adjourned Term.


Court, beg leave to make the following
general presentments: We find the
inmates of the aims house well cared
for and properly treated. The farm
and dwelling in good condition, but in
need OF barn sufficient for the storing
OF the products of the same, which we
recommend the Ordinary have built.
sufflclent to cover these needs. We
find II whites and 4 colored inmates
on the farm. One pair of mules; we
also lind three milch COWS, seven year
lings and calves, one stock and eight
pork hogs, one sow and two pigs meat
on hand, 70 pounds syrup, % gallons !;
corn, 80 bushels; $50 bundles fodder.
and % dozen oats, and a lot of rough
ness; one two horse wagon, blacksmith
tools, also sufficient implements for
the farm. We find 35 acres being Gull
tivated in corn, 8 or in cotton, one
and half in potatoes. At this Season
we could not determine the value of
the products of the farm for the pres
ent year, therefore, we are unable to
give cost OF same to the county.
We have examined the Office and
books of the sheriff and find them neat
and correct, which commends him as
an efficient officer.
We find the books of the clerk and
treasurer well kept and all records of
the office so arranged as to be easily
found, which itself is greater COM
mendation to his ability than we can
give. We find in the treasurer's annual
report made in January he had
On hand ~ $11, 724.75
Received since 2,235 25 .$13.96o. 90
Paid out as per
vouchers. = .S5, 1851
Commissions, 24398 58O2.5
Balance on hand $S.157 40
We find that the tax collector has
collected as tax for the county for the
year 1897, $23,21751 and that he makes
proper showing for distribution of the
same. We find his books neat and cor
rect.
We also find the tax receivers books
neat and correct
We lind the jail in very good condi-
ton, except the overhead plastering
and guttering, which we recommend
the Ordinary have repaired. We find
the present court house inadequate for
the accommodation of the public and
not in keeping with the progress of the
times and this body approves the
course of our Ordinary in his prepara-
tion for improvements on the same.
We find the Ordinary's books to be
correctly and neatly kept.
We find the County School Commits
sioner has received from the state.
1851 .5S public school fund for the LIST
and 2nd quarters for this year, and that
he has paid out as shown by proper
vouchers s9560OO, which leaves bal
ance of $311.5S on hand. We find that
school census Of the county taken in
early spring shows that there are white
children within the school age in the
county, 1854; of these there are 1874
over the age of ten who are unable to
read or write, and that there are of col
ored 1888, of whom there are $40 over
the age of ten who are unable to read or
write. We find this shows a large de-
crease in the illiteracy in our county
since the last census. We find the
commissioner does his work well and in
a business manner. We recommend
that Charles L. Carter be appointed
Notary Public for Winnings District. G.
M. We also recommend that O. ID.
Gam be appointed as like officer for
Coxes District.
There was only one docket of the
Justice of the Peace of the county
come before us for examination, which
we found correct.
We recommend that the Ordinary
erect or make arrangement for Justice
Court houses in the following Districts:
Smyrna, Lemons, Lost Mountain,
Red Rock, Merits and Gritter, and
that title to the land on which said
court houses are to be erected be vest
ed in the county.
We lind the public roads Of the coun-
ty in bad condition, owing to a great
extent to the recent heavy rains. and
recommend that Commissioners have
roads worked as soon as weather will
admit. The custom of farmers plow-
ing into the roads, thereby pulling dirt
and trash into the bitches, should be
stopped. Owing to present circum-
stances, we recommend that the Ordi-
nary defer the adoption of the chain
gang system for the working of public
roads for the present.
We recommend that our Ordinary
pay for the erection of a bridge across
the Chattahoochee river, at Powers
Ferry, such amounts as might be
adjusted according to the taxable
property of Fulton and Cobb, each
bearing according to said property.
In taking leave of His Honor, Judge
George +. Gober, we desire to return
thanks for the able charge GWEN us,
and to Thomas HUTCHINSON, Solicitor
General, for courtesies shown us in our
weeks labors, and to other officers of
the court for their kindness.
We recommend that these present.
ments be published in the MARIETTA
JOURNAL.
J. NJ. GAM, JAMES L. LEMON,