The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03


were read Thursday short while. be
fore superior court adjourned for Tn
term. were of more than ordinary IN
terest.
A number of important recommen
dations were made as follows:
That the county's representative II
the legislature have passed a bill put
ting the city court officials upon sala
ries TO be fixed by the board OF count!
commissioners.
That the representative have thai
section of the code which requires JUS
tees of the peace to report the names
of taxpayers in the militia districts sc
amended as to leave it to the discre
ton of county authorities whether
they shall have this work performed
That the public roads of the county
be worked under what is Known as the
new system, limiting the communication
tax to 90.
That the county pauper farm be
sold.
That the tour vacant lots on the old
court house square, fro1ting Main
street, be sold.
The present board of county commits
sioners, which has so ably administer
ed the affairs of the county, were given
the well deserved compliment OF re-
election. and a committee consisting
of G. NJ. Roberts, j. j. Hill and II. A.
Petty was appointed to examine the
books of the various officials OF the
county.
In recommending the sale of the
county farm the grand jury was in
fuenced by the fact that but three to
four paupers have been cared for there
the past several years. There are
now about % paupers in the county,
% of whom are furnished with $500
worth of provisions a month instead of
being required to go to the poor house.
The county owns about 25O acres OF
land, with good buildings and stock,
which can be sold for about SIS COO, and
this investment is too large for the
purpose of furnishing home to three
paupers, who can be provided for
cheaper in another way.
THE PRESENTMENTS IN FULL.
The presentments as read are as fol-
lows:
To the Hon. H. G. Sheffield, ]. S. G.
p. c.: We, the grand jurors chosen
and sworn for the May term of Terrell
superior court, 1903, beg leave to make
the following report:
PAUPER FARM.
We find on the county farm about
one hundred bushels of corn, six hun
dred bundles of fodder, forty five gall
Ions Of old syrup, twenty-five gallons
of new syrup one old wagon IN fair
condition, four bushels of seed peas,
one guano distributor, three plow-
stocks and gear, six hoes in fair condi-
tion, three hundred pounds OF oats in
straw, fourteen nice shOats, three
brood sows and thirteen pigs, seven
hundred pounds of cured meat one
hundred and seventy-tive pounds of
lard, two mules in good condition. We
find four paupers, three colored and
one white, we'll cared for. The farm
has in cultivation fifty acres in corn,
twenty-five acres in cotton, fifteen
acres in ground peas, ten acres in oats,
one-fourth of an acre in cane, and
about three -fourths of an acre in pota-
toes, all in fair condition. We find
the paupers we'll pleased with Mr..
Spier, the superintendent.
COURT HOUSE AND JAIL.
We find the court house undergoing
repairs, which were badly needed, and
we find the Jail in good condition and
neatly kept.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE BOOKS.
We find some irregularities in the
j. P. books, the costs not being prop
erly itemized, and some of them other
wise kept in careless manner. We
recommend that they itemize the cost
more carefully, with amounts of claims
and other interests made in proper
place, and that they keep their books
in a more business. like manner.
CONVICT CAMP.
We find the convict stOckade in good
condition and neatly kept, and we find
the convicts all in good condition and
we'll cared for. We find on the convict
farm fortY-fve convicts-forty-four
males and one female, ali colored.
We recommend that a bridge be
built across the creek On the public
road from Dawson to Graves Station
this creek being in the city limits OF
Dawson.
We recommend that new and larger
bridge be built across the creek one
d I'd a halls miles east of Dawson, ane