The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25


 mines, and much less than where they are kept in jail. For these reasons we make our recommendation to the county to assist the Alabama Industrial school
 Saloons and Dance Houses. From the evidence submitted us a very large proportion, probably s5 or 90 per cent of the assaults, assault with intent to murder and murder cases that have come before us were due to one or more of the parties being more or less intoxi- cated at the time. We therefore recom- mend that the legislature change the laws for the regulation of saloons and dance houses, so that all saloons and dance houses shall be closed at 10 o'clock at night and remain closed until 6 clock the next morning; and that it shall be an offense for the proprietor or any of the employees to be within the barroom, saloon or dance house for any cause whatever between the hours of 10 at night and in the morning and on Sundays, or for the doors of the above mentioned places to be kept open for any purpose whatever during the above-men- tioned hours; that fine of $100 be as- sessed for the first offense, $200 for the second $500 for the third, and should there be a fourth offense within one years time the license for that year be
  trouble being that with our recent laws 1t is next to impossible to get the neces- sary evidence to convict where parties are inclined to keep open during forbid den hours.
 We further recommend that no license shall be issued in this county for any saloon for less than 5000 per year. We believe that as the saloons are the di- rect causes of so much of the crime that fhaU chotld of of the crime. And we further believe that a higher license would make the pro- prietors more careful to observe the laws and keep their places as decent as saloons can be made.
 Opium.
 We respectfully recommend to our representatives in the legislature that they secure an enactment of laws regu- lating the sale of opium, cocaine and other kindred drugs, by which 1t shall be unlawful for any drug store, or any other persons, to sell these drugs except upon a regular prescription of some reg ular practicing physician.
 Books of the Sheriff, Judge of Probate
 and Treasurer.
 We have examined the books of the sheriff, of the judge of probate and of the treasurer and find the books neat and well kept. Of course an examination by a body like ours is very superficial thing.
 Court House.
 We find the floors to the court house badly in need of repair in a good many places. We also think that the house it. self is not kept as clean as 1t might be.
 We recommend to the board of revenue that an elevator be put in the court house to go to the third floor.
 We have passed on 567 cases and found 402 true bills and 161 no bills; have ex- amined 1432 witnesses, and have been in session thirty-seevn days.
 Summary of Cases, True Bills, Etc. We have been hampered some in our business by not having enough men on the jury. our number being fifteen; part of the time one of our number was kept away on account of sickness, so that we several times had to stop work while more than one of our number had to be absent from the room. We respectfully recommend that In future a greater num- Der than fifteen be on the grand jury.
 We have been aided in our work by the courteous treatment and clear and full instructions given us by Judge Dan Greene. We have also been assisted in the jury room by Solicitor Hefiin and his assistants Messrs John Hefiin and Charles Ferguson, and we wish to ex- press our thanks to these. gentlemen for l their faithful and courteous treatment. We also desire to thank our oor-keeper, MT. Dave Reaves, and last but not least, our most efficient stenographer MT. Frank W. Hoss. Respectfully, R. H. HAGOOD, Foreman of the Grand Jury.