Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1906-03-30

To the Honorable the Judges of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery county, State OF
Maryland:
We, the Grand Jury for the March Term
OF Court, 1905, respectfully beg leave to re-
port that:
We have examined 119 witnesses and
have found 80 presentments.
A committee of our members visited the
Aims House, of which j. W. Rabbit Is
superintendent, and found twenty-five i'm
mates-four white women, eight white men,
four colored women, and six colored men.
The house seemed warm and comfortable,
except the dining room for the white people,
which needs q new floor. The inmates
looked as If they were we'll cared for. AT
the barn we found six holsteln cows, two
holstein heifers, one fine holstein bull, one
holstein bull calf, three sows, one boar, nine
pigs, nine shoats, four horses, In good shape;
one hundred and twenty-five chickens, one
hundred and twenty-five barrels OF corn,
one hundred and fifty bushels OF potatoes,
about one ton of meat, thirty-nine and one
fourth acres Of growing wheat, about twenty
acres of grass TO NOV, and about twenty hVe
acres to be put in corn. The farming I'M
plements seemed to be in fairly good shape,
but the grounds around the outbuildings did
not present very neat appearance and the
ent reports two deaths during the winter
and the loss by fire OF q rick OF fodder from
twenty acres of land and rick OF about Six
tons OF hay. He called our attention to The
need of new hen house and some cement
ing that should be done between the house
and garden.
A COMMITTEES of our body also visited the
Jail. There were eleven colored inmates,
seemingly carefully attended to. some re-
pairs are imperative, we believe, 70 preserve
the building and TO insure the sale connne-
ment of prisoners. The door hinges, the re-
cementing around the CRATES and doors, re-
pairing and cleaning spouting and gouers
are some of the present needs at this time.
| We found the inside OF the building white
washed and clean and the property carefully
| attended to.
The violation OF our laws In parts OF the
county, especially as regards gambling along
the District of Columbia line and the Con.
duit road, generally we believe by non resi-
dents of our State, and the seeming impossi'
bility Of obtaining evidence suffcint 10 con-
vict these offenders with the means at nand,
leads rs to suggest to the Honorable the
County Commissioners that they place In
the hands of our States Attorney the sum
of three hundred ($8OO) dollars to use for
occurring evidence which will bring these
offenders before your Honorable Court.
We suggest to our Sheriff, whom we be-
lieve to be O conscientious officer, the ad-
visibility Of instructing his deputies con-
corning their power OF search, as regards
dIsorderly houses and houses where there
is reason to believe there ia gambling or the
sale of Intoxicating liquor.
We suggest that our clerks be paid one
dollar additional per day in recognition oil
their valuable services.
We call attention Of the County Commits.
sioners TO complaints of disorderly conduct
and loaang in the basement OF the Court
House, and We earnestly suggest TO them
the need of O retiring room for women in
said building.
There being no further business before US,
we beg to be discharged.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN @. BENTLEY,
Foreman.