The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-21
FINAL PRESENTMENT

AIRY TERM, 1900.
To His Honor o. w. Buchanan, presid-
ing Judge
The Grand Jury beg leave to submit
the following as their Final Prescntmcnt
for this Term Of Court
l. We have passed upon all bills hand.
cd US by the Solicitor.
2 We find that the repeated r. con-
mendatiOns Of former Grand Juries-that
the roadway be widencd under the G.. n.
u IL. X. r., in the eastern part of the
city OF Laurcns,-has been disrogardcd,
ard we most earnestly urge that this mat.
ter be referred to the proper authorities
with Instructions TO proceed at once TO
have the said recommendations carried
out.
). We have visited the County jail
and find everything in good condition,
and prisoners well fed and cared for
I. We have visited the various public
Offices and find them all well and neatly
kept. We have also examined the bonds
OF all the County Offices ard fud them
property executed, aud, so far as we arc
able to ascertain, sufficient.
>. A committee of our body has visi.
ted our County Home for the poor, and
lind that the inmates arc satisfied and
well. cared for, and we recommend the
following improvements to be made at
once, namely cell room on second floor
Of keepers house also add one room to
same l2-lS feet also remove two old
dlapidated inmate houses, and build two
double houses with chimncys in middle
size OF houses IL by 80 feet, 9 feet high,
same to be weather boarded aud ceied
with first t,c!ass lumber also good TIGHT
floors to be placed in two other houses.
6. We desire to call your Honor's at
tcntion to the recommendations Of former
Grand Jury, that the County Supervisor
purchase blood hounds for use in trailing
criminals 1t seems that this recommen-
dNtion has been overlooked. Therefore,
we respectfully urge that said recon-
mcndaton be carried out at once.
7. Our body beg leave to recommend
that section ) Of the Final Prescntmcn.
of the Grand Jury at October term, 1898.
respecting much needed improvements in
the court room be attended to immeLi-
atcly.
5. We recommend that the County
Supervisor provide suitable closets on the
Jail lot, with doors and locks, for the con
vcnlcncc OF the citizens while in attcnd-
ancc upon the court. Also, that railing
partition be placed in the Auditors Office
Tor the convenience o! the Auditor. Also
that terra Gotta piping be placed in the
drainage from the County Jail. Also,
that the vault in the Clerks Office be
enlarged sufficiently to hold the Records
of the Office.
D. Alter long year. of experience we
ind that the present system of workin,.
the public roads is failure. We rec
ommend tax levy of one mill on the
taxable property Of the county, to be cx-
pended in working the public roads, and
that the Communication tax be reduced to
one dollar per capita, and that the same
be made compulsory. Also, that at least
one road machine, Of the most improved
pattern, be purchased and placed on the
roads at an carly date.
lO. We recommend that where the
road beds arc in deeply worn cuts, that
there be re-survoys made wherever prac-
hcab!c, and roads located or laid out, so
as TO give advantages Of the gravel sur
faces and drainage.
IL. We find that the formation Of 4
huge trust under the name of the Nir-