The age-herald., 1899-02-19
CIRCUIT COURT GRAND JURY REPORT Finds Bonds of Some Officers
 Insufficient. C0NSTABLES AND JUSTICES The Jury Has Examined 625 Witnesses, 217 Cases and Returned Is h. dictments-Report of County
 Treasurer Submitted.
C0NSTABLES AND JUSTICES

The criminal court grand jury, which was organized at the January term of the court, made its final report yesterday and ad- journed. The report does not differ from the usual grand jury report except that special at tention is called to the insuffic.ency of the bonds of several justices and constables. The report is as follows:
 Report In Full
 To the Honorable Samuel E. Greene. Judge of the Criminal Court of Jefferson County, Alabama:
 We the grand jury empaneled by Your Honor for the January term. 1899. beg leave to submit this our final report:
 In obedience to Your Honor's very able charge as to our duties. etc., we have to the best of our ability discharged those duties. We have examined the county jail, and find it in fine condition As to the sanitary condition of the jail we think very little improvement could be made. The prisoners express themselves as being well treated; they are we'll provided with food, sufficient both in quality and quantity. Our time being limited we did not un- dertake to make thorough examination of sheriff's fee book. but so far as our exam ination went we believe 1t to be correct. We examined the probate judges fee book and find it systematically arranged and neatly kept, and charges, so far as we could find, correctly made.
 condition of the treasury from Treasurer Hawkins, which Is made part of this re- port.
 We visited the aims house and found sixty inmates, the majority of whom are in the hospital department, and five of the number are insane and have to be kept confined The sanitary condition is good, the comfort of the inmates is well looked af- ter by Miss Lillie Natres.
 Bonds Insufficient
 We have examined bonds of county of- ficers and find bonds of J. H. Ward, notary public and ex-oficio justice of the peace for Ward 5, city of Birmingham; J. A. Gunnell, justice of the peace, Beat Al; 5. H. Watkins, constable Precinct %, and E. A. Paschall, constable Precinct 22 insuf- ficient, and recommend that they be re- uuired to make new bonds at once. We have docketed 217 cases, examined 625 witnesses and returned 11S indictments. We desire to express our appreciation of the very able advice and valuable services given us by Circuit Solicitor c. w. Fergu- son during the first two weeks of our sit ting, and also to our faithful and efficient solicitor, H. P. Heflin, during the entire time we were in session.
 We would not fail to recommend MT. Reeves for faithful performance of his duty as bailiff of the grand jury.
 With thanks to your honor, we now ask to be discharged F. J. McADORY,
 Foreman.
 County Treasurer's Report The condition of the county's finances Is shown in the following report of County Treasurer Hawkins:
 State of Alabama-Jefferson County. To the Honorable Grand Jury of Jefferson County, now in Session:
 hereby submit the following as the balance to the credit of the various funds on the 1st day of February, 1S99 General county fund ...............$ 72, AS 94 School fund ............. ............ Il ,099 67 Solicitors fund ........... 6,316 40 Ten cent road fund ................ 19,S6S 15 Bridge fund ............. ........... 9,074 69 Fine and forfeiture fund .......... $50 82 Road fund.- First district ....... 93 85 Road fund, Second district ....... SIS 3S
 $120, ,265 95 Road fund, Third district, over drawn .......... ........... 6l Road fund, Fourth district, over drawn ........... l0z S0
 5 Ill 49 Respectfully submitted,
 K. F. HAWKINS,
 County Treasurer.