The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-12-08
AIMS HOUSE REPORT.


To the Grand Jury: We your COM
mittee appointed to visit the Aims
House beg to make the following re-
port. We find at present five whites
and three colored, inmates they are all
very old and feeble, scarcely able to
wait on themselves. On the farm we
find about 600 bushels corn, 1000 bun
dies of fodder, about s tons pea vine
hay, 10 bushels of wheat, four mich
COWS and yearlings, IS fattening hogs,
] breed SOW, Z shoats, set blacksmith
tools, cutaway harrow and one disk,
farming tools necessary for the farm,
about 2300 pounds seed cotton, 2 bar
rels of Krout, 200 pounds leaf tobacco,
10 bushels peas, bushels sorghum
seed, 3good mules, two horse wagon
and harness, so gallons of sorghum, $50
pounds flour, bushels meal. We find
the farm in excellent condition and
under the present superintendent, we
find the same much improved, with
terraces, etc, We feel it but right and
proper! to call attention to the excel
lent management of the farm and feel
that the people of Cobb county should
feel proud that the home provided for
its unfortunates should be in such splen-
did hands.
PUBLIC BUILDING REPORT.
We find Court House in good condi-
tion and commend the pavement that
has been made in front of the court
hourse. We find the Jail in good con-
ditioE and the prisoners seemto be we'll
cared for.
TAX COLLECTORS REPORT,
We the committee appointed to ex-
anime the tax Collectors Books find
that he has collected to date $13, S79O3.
TAX RECEIVERS REPORT.
We the committee of the Grand jury
appointed to examine the books of the
Tax Receiver, for the year 1904, as we'll
as we could in our limited time, find
them neatly and correctly kept:
Committee on Justices of Peace books
made examination of all books brought
in and found all records entered cor
| rectly.
The question of Public Roads was dis
cussed very fully by the jury. There
was no report made of any very bad
| roads in our county.
Our atteption was called ito certain
fund to be paid to our county on
account of Felony Convicts and
| jury directed to make a recommends
ton as to how said fund shall be ap-
| piled After careful consideration of
the matter, the jury by unanimous
vote decided that said fund be applied
to use of the public roads of our county
for the space of two years beginning in
the month o: July, 1904.
The following recommendations for
the appointment Of Notary Publics for
! Cobb County were made:
| Lost Mt. District, Warren S. Watson.
kennesaw District, j. T. Chalker; Grit
ter District, w. T. Chastain; Austell
District, W. H. Winters Acworth Dis
trict, Jno. A. GLADDEN.; Lemon District,
G. H. Turner.
| Having taken action on all matters
brought before this jury, we close its
labors with our thanks to his Honor
Judge George f. Gober for his courtesy
to this body and to commend his Honor
for the faithful discharge of all matters
submitted to his decision.
We would also remember the Solicit
tor General, Col. B. f. Simpson and his
acting assistant Col j. w. Henley. We
! commend each for their vigilant pSr-
Torrance of duties brought to their at
tention, and the assistance rendered to-
this jury,
We offer our commentator to each
and all the officers of court and thank
them for their courtesies to this body.
We recommend that these present.
ments be published in The Marietta
Journal and The Cobb County Courier
and the sum of fifteen dollars be allow