New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-11-17
GRAND JURY REPORT.

L, goui ioiSiiidii VI llC pres
! ent Grand Jury for Iberia Par
lsh hand you the following state
ment of our dolngs and find
ings, towit:
"Your honor charged thi,
Grand Jury thoroughly and We
appreciate fully the charge.
owe have inquired diligently
into all charges that have beer
brought before US and wish tc
call your Honor's attention tc
the following facts:
JUSTICES OF PEACE.
owe have been required to
take up great deal of time in
passing upon many cases where
no witnesses have been summon
ed, due to the fact that the
Justices of the Peace have not
been required to examine the
witnesses and have them sign
their testimony, thus giving the
ample time for a reconciliation
of the prisoner and the witness
es. We would recommend that
the Justices of the Peace and
their eonstables be better paid
and be required to perform their
duty as outlined above.
PUBLIC BALLS.
"We find that many cases
come to US because of the fact
that public balls are given and
that merchants having liquor
licenses in the neighborhood are
permitted to shut up their
licensed establishments and take
their license to a convenient
ballroom place and then open
up in full blast for the sale OF
liquors to all comers with the
esult that drunken fights are
fhquent. We would recon-
mNd that no moving ofa liquor
lice'se be permitted by the
cour
SUNDAY LAW.
"Wefnd that this law has
been gehralIy violated and have
brought ! indictments accor-
dlngly-reretfully we admit,
but indictmets nevertheless. We
would sugges that if the court
will in the tture instruct the
Sheriff to enfoie this law as all
others throughet the parish,
that future GranaJuries will be
spared the pain having to
find more than or true bill
against any one peion. 1t is
the expressed opinio of the
Grand Jury that it is a~ady the
duty OF the court to insuct the
Sheriff to make arrest each
Monday morning for vio+ions
of this law and the Grand urv
fully believes that in this av
only can this law be enforce
We deplore the fact that viola
ors of this law have been haulel
up at each term of court anc
} fined and that the law continues
to be violated. We believe tha
with the court rests the remedy
PUBLIC ROADS.
We find the public roads in
fair condition, due as we think
more to accident than design
We find that the roads are no.
worked out to their full width
permitted by the fences.
Especially is this the case from
the lower Hope convict line to
the lower line of the 9th ward
We recommend that the Police
Juror of each ward sees to it the
,, roads widened put to their tul
width and where necessary te
have the telephone polls remov'
ed and the road worked to it
full width. We recommend
the Strengthening OF the road TO-
l mile from Burke Station te
New iberia, it having been lief
in an incomplete condition by
the S. Z. K. K. years age
when the public road was ex
changed for road equally a
good. We recommed that tn,
Police Jury try the contract sys
TEN of road working whlcl
: proves successful in other par
/. ishes.
SCHOOLS
"We learn from the Superin
. tendent Prof Ellis that tn,
schools are in hourishing condi
I ton and that they are out o
debt and that the attendance !
increased IS per cent above las
year, that the finances are il
good shape.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
1--WE have examined the cour
house and Jail and We find tn