The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20
GRAND JURY REPORT.

LOulSld1d.
We, the Grand Jury, have cxam!n
ed into carefully all criminal matters
brought before our attention, some
of which were of trivial nature ano
easily disposed Of; as to the others
We made report on.
Owing to the great difficulty eX'
perienccd in getting witnesses, con
siderable OF our time was consumed
by the neglect of the Justices OF the
Peace to endorse the names Of Wit
nesses on the affidavitS. Therefore.
We insist that all Justices Of the
Peace throughout the parish, or
other officers before whom COM
plaints are made, see that all atfida-
Wits are properly endorsed by the
names of the witnesses on the re-
verse thereof.
From information received, we
find that the roads throughout the
parish are in good condition. We
find that the road leading from the
Cypremort road to the Adeline store
has insufficient openings for the
proper drainage of said road; there
fore we recommend that the proper
officers see that this road is pat in a
proper condition at once We also
find that the road leading from Jul
lien 5 to Sorrel has been damned by
Mr.. MOresi; We recommend that the
proper officers have tie dam re
moved ut once.
We visited the Jail buildings and
inspected all the cells and all drain
ace and found them in good con-
dition; that the prisoners are well
treated and cared for. On inspection
We found that the discharge pipe on
the front Of the Jail building, as
recommended by the last Grand
Jury, has been repaired; but we find
from the effects of the old discharge
pipe that the front Of the building
he's been distigured, and we recon-
mend that the proper officers have
the front OF said building washed
Of.
We have examined the Court
House building very earthly and we
find it in very bad condition, and
We recommend that the Police Jury
Ut its next meeting provide some
means to see that the Court House
has the proper repairs that are
necessary for the safety Of the Of
6cers OF the law.
We have noticed that part of the
public square on the West side of
the public road is INSTRUCTED by old
carts, wagons, ETC., and we recon-
mend that the Court instruct the
paper officers to see that said OBJ
y(fuctions are Immediately removed
from the public square.
We have examined the books of
tie Sheriff, the Treasurer and the
Secretary Of the Police Jury, and we
find them to be kept in business
like manner; all statements received
from them are very clear, but, on
investigation, we find that there are
On the books of the Secretary of the
Police Jury between Eight and Ten
thousand Dollars worth of upaid
warrants; and, from further infor-
nation before us we find that the
revenue of the parish is about Fifty
thousand Dollars and the expendi-
ture about Sixty Thousand Dollars.
Therefore We recommend and insist
thas the Police Jury, at its next
neeting, devise some way aud means
IN making their budget by which
they will run the expenses Of the
parish within the limit of their in
come. We also recommend that
they make a reserve fund from each
year's income, for the purpose OF
Decreasing the present indebtedness
ct the parish.
On investigation We find that the
public school system of this Parish
y in . fine condition and the educa-
n0nA facilities have improved great
y N the past year.
Un investigation we find that the
Treasurer Of this Parish is receiving
NO and one-half per cent on all
nontes that are disbursed from the
aceQ fund Of the parish. We
@sder that the paying of this per-
eeetaee to the treasurer is excessive.
- recommend that this matter be
nksa up by the proper officers, and
~ the salary be reduced to one
per cent.
y investigation we find that the
sintendent Of public education
. Ieceiting for his services One
xneneand Dollars. We believe that