The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-03-17

condition. These findings were
concurred in by subsequent grand
juries until the grand jury which
assembled on January 10th, 1902
That grand jury recommended as
follows. They first dealt with the
Clerks Office in the following
language:
eve find that the clerk of court
is doing the best that he can tC
keep the records in his charge in
order, but owing to the poor quar-
tiers furnished him by the parish
and the manner in which he j.
compelled to handle the books and
records of the parish in the dis
charge of his duty, and his service
to the public is such that they are
gradually going to wreck, and if
something is not done soon to cor
rect this it will not be many years
before these valuable records will
be OF little use to the public. We
do not think that anything can be
done with his present quarters and
think that the only remedy is to
be found in our report on public
buildings.'
Turning to their report on pub
lie buildings we find:
"The court house is in a very de-
plorable condition. Some ener-
getic steps should be taken by the
proper officers devising ways and
means looking towards the con-
struction of new edifice, such a
one as our parish requires and
justly deserves, and which would
be a pride to the court and citizens
of the parish. And we believe that
with the present revenues, that if
the proper steps are taken to cut
down the expenses, this can be
done without imposing any addi-
tional taxes upon the property of
the parish"
This report was unanimous and
upon examining the list of the
panel we find l.. B. Tarlton was
foreman and that the entire
grand jury was composed of
the very best citizens of our par
ish, among whom were Howard
Saint, F. C. Marsh, Frank c. Wig
uric, John Paul Baldwin and L. F.
PecOt.
Following up this very strong
recommendation, the next grand
jury, on Jan. is. 1908, recommend
ed the building of a new court
house.
This grand jury was composed
of such men as w. 7. Peterman,
G. D. Palfrey, R. D.
Elite, Frank Zylicz, ST., and Ly-
man Stansbury as members.
The next grand jury was pre-
sided over by E. VIM. Dreibholz,
as foreman, and among the mem
bership of that body we find Thos.
Shannon, Jr., Prosper Lancon,
Jules Bodin, David Dugas, r. Lee
Riggs, T. Bethel Gooch, and
others, just as good citizens. They
the erection of
court house as soon as the finan-
,ial condition OF the parish would
permit.
On July Is, 1903, another grand
Jury was assembled with G.. n.
Frost AS foreman and among
other members H. w. Weber,
A. Gashia, H. Leopold, E. Del
laye, and w. n. Gooch. 1t also
recommended the building of a |
new court house.
The next grand jury found the
court house in bad condition. Its
foreman was Will Folse, and we
ind among other members just
Is prominent, A. Wolford, j.
". Dyer, Thos. Murphy, and A. A. |
Mr.. Sidney Cross was foreman of |
he next grand jury. This body !
llso made report as to the court
house in the following language:
''In regard to public buildings,
We wish to say that we have ex-
mined the court house, and find
in a dilapidatel condition, and
n need of expensive repairs in
nd outside. These repairs should
'e made at once, but if upon in
JURY it should develop that they
would prove costly and inadvis-
bic, then in such case, we recon-
nend the erection of new and
anger building properly furnished
nd suitable for the needs of the
'arish."
In other words, they say to the
olice jury, if you find expensive
epairs are not availing, give us a
ew court house. Among the mem
ership of this grand jury, we
nd the names of such citizens and
IL payers as j. Warren Foster,
V. }. Serville, j. c. Tellotte, John
V. Veeder, Gustave Thorgeson,