Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-22
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REPORT OF The GRAND JURY.
Deals With Matters Of General Public In
terest.

DonlB Win MatCers oi UehoFhi ooiiS Al
terest.
The grand jury got through with its
work on last Tuesday and during the
afternoon handed in the following ss
its final presentment:
To his Honor, R. C. Watts, Presid.
ing Judge: We, the Grand Jury, beg
leave to submit this our final present
ment:
l. We have passed upon all bills OF
Indictment handed to US by the solici-
tor during the present term and re.
turned the same to court with our find
ings thereon.
2. The county treasurer's annual re.
port has been handed to us, and the
same has been referred to committee
of our number, and will be thoroughly
examined and reported upon at the
next term of court.
8. We have received from the board
of county commissioners the following
report, which we incorporate in our
report, to wit:
To the Grand Jury of York County :
Gentlemen-Sometime ago we received a
communication from one of your number
wishing to know why certain recommen-
dations made by you in your last present.
ment had not been carried out by us, and
urging us to give your recommendations
and suggestions our imm ediate consider
alton.
We beg leave to submit the following
report to you:
lst. In regard to hospital for the sick
at the county home, we would say that
we have the lumber engaged to build an
other house for the farm hands to live in,
some distance from the pauper's homes,
and will construct the same 80 soon as the
crops have been laid by, using the poor
farm labor to do the work. We will at
the same time fit up and repair one of the
pauper houses for hospital for sick pau
pers.
End. The debtors room at the county
Jail has been painted and q cot for the sick
placed there; but it would be unsafe to
place every prisoner who is little sick
there, as the room is outside Of the Jail
proper and insecure, and the sheriff will
not be responsible for their safety and
security. In regard to bringing convicts
from chaingang and placing them, when
sick, in this room, we would say in our
Judgment such scheme would be utterly
impracticable for the following reasons:
lst. An extra guard, or rather two extra
guards-one for daylight and one for
night-would have to be employed to
guard the sick criminals.
End. In our judgment 1t would be doing
the sheriff's family grave injustice to
place convicts there suffering from con-
tagious or loathsome diseases.
3rd. Convicts in this room might assist
prisoners in Jail in escaping, and the sher-
iff could not help himself. All of which
is respectfully submitted for your consid-
Grafton. L. G. CULP,
Supervisor York County, S. c.
After due consideration, we have
concluded to accept the supervisors
promise to fit up and repair one of the
pauper houses for a hospital for sick
paupers, and we recommend that the
county physician be consulted in the
matter of heating and ventilating said
house.
4. With regard to the care of the
sick at the county chaingang, we have
been informed by the county supervi-
sor, that an extra guard has recently
been employed so that a guard is con-
stantly on duty at the camp; one in
the daytime and one at night. By
this arrangement the sick can remain
in camp and have all necessary atten:
ton without being removed to and
from the camp to the road, as has been
the custom heretofore. We endorse
this action of the supervisor and be-
lieve it will meet with the appreciation
of the public.
5. The recent investigation by the
county board of commissioners into
the conduct and management of the
superintendent of the county chain
gang and his assistants, is a matter
with which the public is familiar. The
board is to be commended for their
prompt action in the matter, and the
public is to be congratulated upon the
result of the investigation. We COM
mend the recent decision of the coun-
tv hoard of com missioners TO purchase
supplies for the county chaingang and
the county home from the lowest bid
der, believing that such plan will re-
suit in saving the county money, be-
sides removing the charge of partlallty
or favoritism.
6. We will examine fully into the
condition of our respective county Of
fees at the next meeting of this court.
7. We desire to express our sincere
thanks to your honor, the circuit So
licitor and other court officials for the
assistance and courtesy extended to us.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. SHURLEY, Foreman.