The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-19
GRAND JURY
PRESENTMENTS
Adjourned Term, Cobb SUE
periOr Court. Several
Recommendations.


term, Cobb Superior court, 1905, beg
leave to make the following report:
We have examined through commit
tees the books of the different county
officers. We find the Ordinary's BOOKS
neat and correct, and in our opinion
the system under which they are kept
insures against mistakes, and wish to
say the Ordinary and Clerk are efficient
and competent.
We find the books and records in the
Clerk of Superior Court office neat and
correctly kept, so far as we are able to
ascertain in the short time we had to
give in this office.
TAX RECEIVER.
The Tax Receivers books being in
course of course of construction, we
make no report on this Office.
TAX COLLECTOR.
We find there has been collected
from all sources for the year 1905, $780,
1868 taxes, and that the Collector has
paid over the same, and holds proper
receipts to cover said amount.
SHERIFF.
We find the Sheriff's books legible
and plain. The system used in this
Office enables anyone to see at once the
number of prisoners in jail, when re-
ceived and when dismissed, and the
disposition Of each prisoner. The exc
cution docket and sales books appear
to be well kept.
COUNTY SCHOOL. COMMISSIONER.
We find that the County School Com
missioner has received from all sources
since January lst, 1908, the sum of
nine thousand, four hundred and
twenty-six and 50.1OO dollars, up to
July 18th, 1905, and that he has paid
out nine thousand, three hundred and
ninety-three and 5O-1OO dollars, leaving
balance in his hands of thirty three
dollars, and that he holds proper vouch-
ers for all money paid out, and that his
books are kept IN a neat and systematic
manner.
AIMS HOUSE.
We fine IA inmates in the aims house,
white and colored. We find in Gull
tivation on the farm 45 acres in corn, 6
acres in cotton, 10 acres in peas, acre
in potatoes and acre in sorghum. We
find on hand 200 bushels corn, 35 BUSH
els wheat. 5000 bundles fodder, head
hogs, 10 head cattle and 3 mules. We
find the farm IN extra good shape and
inmates well cared for.
We find public buildings in good shape,
except some Stats being out of place on
both court house and jail, and recon-
mend needed repairs be made at once.
We also recommend that the roof of
veranda to resident of jailel be paint
ed. We fiud the jail neat and clean.
TREASURER,
We find the Treasurer's books kept
in satisfactory manner; that he had
on hand July 1st, 1905, $2,573.52, and
that he holds vouchers for all monies
paid out by him.
4 We recommend that the Ordinary
Aemploy an expert accountant to audit
the books of the county officers on the
Let day of January. every two years.
We recommend that j w. Bennett
be appointed N. P. for 99lst District
|G. NJ, Cobb county. Also that ] H.
Mabry be appointed to fill the same
office in the 1319th District g. M,
We recommend that the officers see
that the Sunday law be enforced, and
that all places of business in the county
be closed on the Sabbath day.
COUNTY BAnIFF.
The conditions having changed, we
believe that the Office of Special Bailiff
for the County should be vacant; there
fore, we recommend that the Solicitor
General shall cease to employ anyone
in that capacity.
The volume of the county's business
has grown to such proportions that it
is great burden on the Ordinary's Of
flee. We, therefore, believe that the
public interest requires q Board of
County Commissioners, and recommend
that our representatives have such
Legislation enacted as is necessary to
accomplish this end.
2RThe Daughters of the Confederacy
and ladies of Memorial Association of
Cobb county appeared before our body
with request that we, by resolution,
request the Ordinary Of Cobb county to
levy a small tax, sufficient to raise
$500, to aid them in identifying the
cemetery at Marietta, where these pa
triotic ladies are caring for over three
thousand Confederate dead. 1t appears
that the applicants now have small