The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-03-21
GRAND JURY.
PRESENTMENTS
COBB SUPERIOR COURT.
Re,ort of Examining Com
mittee of County Books.

bItccE our ScllcIdl
Through our committees we have ex-
amined the books of the various coun-
ty officers. We find the Tax Collectors
book neat and correct and that he has
accounted for all money which has
come into his hands. We find he has
Received on property returned
on the Digest-1900, $26,656 0S
From Southern Il. r., .571.47
From A. X. & n r. r., 22l.14
Collected not on Digest 147.62
Total amount received, S2S, 1851
We find receipts in his hands for the
above amount.
We have examined the Tax Receiv-
er's book and find them correctly kept.
Cor report on Clerks book, see ex-
hibit Al
We have examined the Ordinary's
books, and are pleased with his method
of keeping the business of that office.
We find the Ordinary has drawn war
rants on the treasurer to cover the ,ex-
penses of the county for the month of
January, 1901, to the amount offs 1886
February, 1901. 1,I22.84
Total amount drawn for the
two months, 81, 449.50
. We have examined the books of the
Sheriff and find them kept in business
like manner
We take pleasure in commenting
each of the above officers as worthy of
the confidence of the public.
We find the court house in good con-
dition, except the plastering is crack
ing in some places about the same as is
usually found in new buildings. We
recommend that the Ordinary at an
early date as convenient have placed
to the vault windows of the Clerks and
Ordinary S offices heavy iron shutters,
SO as to make said vaults burglar and
fire proof, as the present shutters
neither make said vaults fire or burg
lar proof This we think necessary to
protect the valuable records of the
county. We recommend that the Or
binary have placed in front Of the court
house marble sidewalk. We recon-
mend that the Ordinary employ first
class janitor and have the court house
thoroughly cleaned every day. We
recommend that the old rubbish i'm the
rear OF the court house, or i'm any other
place. that belongs to the county, be
disposed of. We commend the Sheriff
for the clean condition in which we
flnd the Jail, considering the building
in It's old and dlapidated condition,
Owing to the inadequacy of the jail for
the present needs of the county and
the insecurity of prisoners inclosed
therein, we recommend that the county
have built u jail to meet the require
ments of the time
We recommend that the Sheriff pur-
chase cheap Duck suits not to cost more
than $500 and when any prisoner is Of
Tered to 5e incarcerated in the ia;l of
the county if he should appear to be
filthy the Sheriff shall have him to
wash and put on one of these 'suits.
Said suits to be kept for the use of
prisoners while in jail
We lind on hand at the aims farm
about bushels peas, 30 or 80 bushels
of corn, 800 or 600 bundles of fodder.
load OF hay, or 5 hundred pounds of
cotton seed hulls, | sack cotton seed
meal, good mules, two-horse wagon
and harness. | SOW and shoats, set
OF blacksmith tools, set of farming
tools, COWS and yearling, 225 pounds
OF meat, about 70 pounds leaf tobacco.
10 pounds manufactured tobacco. green
coffee l25 pounds. sugar 200 pounds.
We lind male whites inmates. fe
male white inmates, 2colored females
colored male. We were pleased with
the management Of Mr.. Brooks and
commend him for the same, and were
much pleased 10 see that lie had cleared
the rubbish from the pauper cemetery
and placed marks at the head Of each
grave
There has been only five Justices of
the Peace dockets sent in 10 this body
for examination. We found them cor
rect. We recommend that J H. How
ell be appointed y. p. and ex-ohicio
J. 7. for Howells district, g. N.
We find the roads throughout the
county in excellent condition. Our at
tention having been called 70 a place
near the Delk place, in Merritts dis
trict on Roswell road, we recommend
that the commissioners Of said district
look after the matter at once.
we recommend as policy for the
county IN the future, that at regular
intervals of two years the Judge of the
Superior Court appoint an expert to