The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-26
GRAND JURY'S RECOMMENDATIONS 3
ENDORSED BY JUDGE BARROW

, ing at all times definitely the condi-
ton Of his cash.
! Want More Taxes.
The jurors suggest that the sheriff
| be Obliged to make a greater effort to
collect taxes past due. This matter they
Secomme Gal especially to the cOnsid-
eration Of the court. saying that in
many instances the taxes could be col
/ lected by a simple enforcement of the
law. The tax collector. they recon-
mend, should not be allowed to count
due bills as cash, ana that entries in
his cash book should be made in de-
tail, and not consolidated as at pres
| ent.
The committee reported that the
books of the County Commissioners
are correctly and intelligently kept. rec
recommended the enjoyment of experts
by succeeding grand juries to audit the
accounts of the county officers. The
employment of the experts by their
body, they submit, was not prompted
by any doubt as to the correctness of
the records, but by a desire to know
that the county funds were properly
accounted for The books and reports
of the fifteen justices of the peace were
found to be in good shape, as an
nounced in the Morning News at the
time of the examination.
The Convicts.
The condition and conduct of the
convict camps and county farm came
in for the highest praise. The system
is above criticism, they report. If, say
they, the system which obtains in this
county could be instituted throughout
the state, the state itself would have
a model system.
At the conclusion of the reading Of
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Gilbert, Judge Barrow returned his
thanks to the jurors for the perform
ance of their duties. The chaacter of
the presentments gave unmistakable
evidence of the fact that the jury had
given careful attention to it's duties.
The recommendation of the passage of
an act TO authorize measures which
would be conducive to a more
thorough examination, Judge Barrow
considered a wise one. Nothing, he
said, would be more instrumental in
giving to the public good roads than
thorough examinations of their con-
dltion, such as had been made by the
grand jurors, and which could be more
expeditiouslY done, if the Legislature
passed the law which they recon-
mended.
Endorsed by Judge Barrow.
Judge Barrow promised the grand
jurors his hearty support of the meas
ure, and said that he would do all in
his power toward getting it through
the Legislature The court called the
attention of the grand jury to the fact
that, in the absence of a recommended
ton, he could not have the present
ments advertised, whereupon they
passed the necessary Recommendation
and the court ordered the presentments
printed. This was the last official act
of the court for the term, the sheriff
Immediately thereafter, declaring the
court adjourned for the June term.
Mr.. J. M. Barnard, the chairman of
the committee appointed to examine
the county records, presented to the
court the bill of the experts employed
to do the work. He stated that he had
previously entered into a contract with
the parties to audit the books at an
agreed price of so much per diem. The
experts he said had worked sedulously
during the day, and at night. The
amount of the bill Is $500. Judge Bar
row announced his intention of approx
ing the bill, but stated that it would be
necessary for the experts to render an
account of their doings to the Decem-
her term grand jury, before ne could
proper!y take such action.