The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-03-30
GRAND JURY
Makes a Final Report-Recommen.
datiOns to the School Board
and Police Jury.

| ana TOl1ce Jury.
Wednesday afternoon the Grand
Jury made the following report:
To tie Hou. G. DebaiIlou, ./nIge o.
tie I6<h District Court:
We, your grand jurors impaneled
for this term of court "and follow
ing six MONTHS" having performed,
and completed, 1--WE believe" fol
the present, our duty, by carefully
investigating all charges submitted
by the district attorney, and all
charges brought to our knowledge
from different sources, now respect
fully beg leave to be discharged:
The evidence of the work we have
performed will be shown by the
number of true bills and no true
bills reported 10 the honorable
court
We have conferred with road
overseers of all wards in the parish
and find that most of them are do
ing their best under present conci-
tons to build aud maintain good
roads, though we regret having to
state that work on roads in one or
two wards was neglected for an un
reasonable length of time. And
from few of the overseers we were
informed that they we're hampered
in their work from the fac: that land
owners alongside the roads refused
to allow drainage through their
property-hence, we recommend to
the Hon. Police Jury that the proper
proceedings according to law be
adopted and enforced in those par
ticular cases, for we believe there
are no interests of a public nature
of more vital and urgent importance
to every inhabitant of the parish
than good f~6lie roads, and we rec
ommend to the Police Jury that
their best efforts be used in favor of
good roads.
We have also conferred with the
superintendent of public education
in order to be informed of the con-
dition and progress of the schools,
but we regret having to state that
the information gotten was not en-
tirely satisfactory. We are of the
opinion that the superintendent of
education should visit all schools
regularly, as the law requires.
This fact, the superintendent sug-
gested himself, was of the most
vital importance in order that the
superintendent and teacher could
be kept in close touch with each
other, but he regretted, on account
of sickness or other causes, he had
not been able to do SO.
To the Parish School Board we
ask in the name of the many chill
dren for good schools. To the
members of the Police Jury in the
name of the people we ask for good
roads.
We have examined the Jail build
ing and with the exception of few
repairs necessary, which we recon-
mend to the proper authorities
find same in good condition., as
clean and comfortable as an insti-
tuition of the kind can be. Pris-
oners informed US that they were
we'll fed and we'll treated. But we
recommend that the unfortunate in.
sane woman now in Jail be rem owed
to the asylum soon as possible.
| We have also examined the
sheriff's and clerks Offices and fine
both kept in good, clean bushes:
manner.
Before closing our report We
wish to present our thanks to
your honor for the able charge, clea I
ly defining our duties; also to thu
courteous district attorney for val
liable assistance rendered in con
nection with faithful sheriff ane
deputies, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAs. O. MoUToN,
Foreman of Grand Jury