The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-09-26
PREsENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY.
The Free School System and the Chart
Scandal Reviewed at Lergth.

The Free School System and the Chart
Scandal Reviewed at Lergth.
State of South Carolina, Lexington
County-In the Court OF General
Sessions-September Term, 1909
To His Honor, D. A. Townsend,
Judge Presiding:
We, the grand jury for said county,
in said State, for the year 1900, re-
spectfully beg leave to make this our
report:
We have passed upon all bills
handed out to US by the Solicitor
and have returned the same with o, r
endorsement thereon.
At the June term of court com
mittee was appointed from our bod: !,
consisting of Mr.. ". Fl. F. Rast, our
Foreman, and Messrs. Robert Shuler
and J. S. Huffman, to examine into
the condition # our county Offices
and the official standing of our eff
cers, and they have made their re-
port, which report we approve OF
and fully endorse, submitting the
same herewith as q part Of thie, our
report.
We thank Your Honor, the Solici
tor and other court officials for kind
nesses shown US.
Respectfully submitted.
W. II. F. Rast, Foreman.
September 10. 1900.
The State of South Carolina, County
of Lexington.-In the Curt OF
General Sessions.
To the Honorable, the Grand Jury
for said County, in said STATE:
We, your undersigned special COM
miittee appointed by your honorable
body TO investigate the public Offices,
beg lelve to make the following re-
port:
l. We have made careful exani-
nation Of the official bonds of the va
rious county efficers and find the
same in good condition and well Sc
cured.
2 We have examined the various
ofices and find them well kept.
We find the Judge of Probate at
tending to and keeping up with the
business Of his Cfice, and ample
funds on hand in bank to meet his
liabilities as such officer.
We find the records in the Sheriff 8
ofice in good condition, books we'll
posted and funds sufficient on hand
to meet his cficial liabilities.
We find the Supervisors Office and
its records in good condition and
books we'll posted.
We find the cost and management
cf the chain gang as reasonable as
could be expected and benefit to
the county.
We find the poor house expenses
on as limited basis as possible, and
We also find that in addition to tie
raising Of vegetables, and the like,
for the inmates Ct the poor house, a
great many are being raised for The
maintenance Of the chain gang hands,
which is of great benefit to the
financial interest of the county and
commendable in the Supervisor.
We find the county only had to
borrow S4,5G0 to defray the county
expenses, and that through the ef-
forts of DR.. Crosson, the present
Senator, they have been able to make
the loan at per cent. instead Of I
and s per cent as in the past. We
also find that under the Act of the
Legislature, part at it's last session,
the County Treasurer is required to
deposit the money collected for the
sinking fund in bank, which will en-
able the county to get on a cash ba-
sis in about three years.
We find the Clerk of Courts flee
in first class order, books we'll kept
and the Clerk well up with his work:
his accounts we'll balanced and ample
funds on hand to meet Lis official
liabilities.
We recommend that new index to
deeds be purchased for the Clel ks
Office, and that they be of the latest
improved order.
We ind stored away in the grand
jury room q great many records be-
longing to the old equity count, which
our expert tells US effects a great
many of the titles to land in the
county; We recommend that these
records be indexed at once and filed