The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-09-28
GRAND JURY
PRESENTMENT'
recommends Bonding to Build
Hard Surfaced Roads.
lAUD COMMISSIONERS
Consider The New Jail an Honor TO Tire
County and a Monument to Efforts
OF County Commis sioners.

1uuge Of the Circuit Court of the
Seventh Judicial Circuit of Florida:
We, the Grand Jury in and for st.
Lucie County, Florida, being in session
assembled, and sworn to serve as such
at the fall term of the said court.
having attended to the duties set US TO
do to the best of our ability, beg to
submit this final presentment in addi-
ton to the special presentments here
tofore made. We have carefully inves-
tigated all charges of crime brought
before US, and found true bills where
in our Judgment the evidence sus-
tanned them. We have examined with
the aid Of the committees the offices
and records of the Clerk, Sheriff,
Treasurer, County Judge, Tax Collec-
tor, Tax Assessor, and Superintendent
OF Education and School Board, and
County Commissioners. The Clerks
Office, the County Judges office, and
the Sherff's office we have examined
and found in perfect order, all records
and documents being kept with neat
ness, completeness, and order, and we
commend the several officers for the
same. We recommend that the Sher-
iffs' and County Judges offices be fur
nlshed with a safe repository for their
records. The Offices of the Treasurer
and Tax Collector we find neat and in
order. We have received very COM
plete reports from the County Commits
sioners and Superintendent of Public
Instruction and School Board, and we
commend them for the faithful dis
charge OF their various duties. From
the report of the County Commission
ers in regard to roads, we see no way
that permanent results can be obtained
except by bonding the county. We
recommend that the County
commissioners, from expert estimates
Of the cost, be authorized to proceed as
fast as possible to this result.
From the report of the Superinten-
lent of Public Instruction ia full report
'f which is Incorporated in the minutes
If this body, We beg to make the fol-
owing recommendation Nothing can
re nearer the hearts of the people
han the subject of education We
heartily commend the past efforts of
ur educational board, and further re-
ommend the establishment of special
AK school district, comprising the en-
ire county according to the present
chool law, and a tax Of two and one
alf mills thereafter be levied on said
pecial school district for the purpose of
lacing the educational affairs of our
Dunty on firm and permanent basis.
hereby relieving the present and antic-
'ated deficit in our school affairs.
Re further appreciate the necessity of
High Graded School in our county
nd recommend that the necessary
eans be employed to submit at an
ection at the earliest date practical
e the question of bonding for sum
Efficient to- purchase a suitable site
I'd erect buildings thereon to accom-
ish this end, thereby offering the
vantages Of higher education to the
nth of our county equal to any in the
ate. And further, that the subject
compulsory education be presented
our Representative at the next
ssion of the Legislature, and that he
e every effort to accomplish this end.
We beg to commend our County
for the zeal and judy
mt manifested in the erection of our
l. and that we consider the same an
nor to our county and monument to
eir efforts.
We wish to express our regard and
probation to John G. Jones, ESQ.,,
|icitor for the State, for his consider
on and patience and courtesy shown
this body during its deliberations.
| also to His Honor, Minor S. Jones.
1ge of this Circuit Court, for the
dness and courtesy shown this body.
! also to the officers of this county
courtesies shown.
JNo; S; CUREToN, Foreman.
A. HOLT, Clerk.