Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-11-27
REPORT OF GRAND JURY.
Various Matters Dealt With in Final
Presentment.

Presentment.
The grand jury got through with its
work on Wednesday morning and was
discharged after submitting to Hon.
d. E. Hydrick, presiding judge, the
| following, signed w. w. Boyce, fore
| man, as it's final report:
1st We have passed upon all bills Of
indictment handed us by the solicitor,
and have returned the same with our
| findings thereon.
End. The report Of ]. F. Wallace,
Esq, appointed by former grand jury,
to assert old papers saved from the
fire when the court house was burned,
, is herewith attached, and we recon-
mend that he be paid $500 for his
services.
3rd The report Of committee on the
chaingang is herewith attached. We
| recommend that a house be secured
for convict quarters during the win
| ter. If such house cannot be found
adjacent to the roads to be worked,
| then new tents or portable house be
secured.
4th. A report Of the committee on
the county home is herewith attached.
There was lengthy discussion in the
jury room about the advisability of
reducing the acreage Of the farm at
the county home, or selling it entire
and purchasing smaller tract on
some railroad line leading out from
Yorkville, and erecting modern build
ing thereon. This matter was, how
ever, laid on the table for future ac-
ton.
5th. The report of the committee on
the Jail Is herewith attached. This
committee recommend repairs on bath
room, unless a new system Is to be
n Of RI
9Th. We received report Of Thos. w.
Boyd, county supervisor, showing a
detailed statement Of the criminal dock
ct Of the magistrates Of the nine town.
ships Of the county. These reports
show the aggregate amount paid the
county treasurer for the fiscal year
ending November 1st, 1908, to be $2,-
404.50. In checking with the county
treasurer we find that he has received
only $2,23450, leaving a shortage Of
$169.50. This discrepancy Is accounted
for only by a carelessness Of the magis-
trates In remitting promptly the amount
at the time Of making the report.
We recommend that these magistrates
who have been derelict in this matter
make remittances at the end Of each
quarter and year to tally exactly with
report, and not wait to remit with
subsequent remittances, which is con-
1uSlng ana makes II Impossible 10
check up. One magistrate reported $50
paid to ]. A. Tate, c. c. G. Pls., by or
der Of the solicitor, which was found
correct
7th. Last year we recommended that
the funds in the hands Of the county
superintendent Of education formerly
used in the purchase Of school
books be returned to the county school
fund from which 1t came, as condi-
tions have changed and the superin-
tendent Is no longer a dispenser of
books, and the money Is lying idle in
the bank. The superintendent Of edu-
cation calls our attention to the fact
that the law has made this a perma-
nent fund, and cannot be returned,
We recommend that as conditions
have changed and that the money Is
no longer needed for that purpose, that
the York county delegation to the leg
islature have the law repealed or so
amended that the said money can be
refunded and put into the general
school fund Of the county, This fund
was $500.00, but some part Of 1t Is lock-
ed up in obsolete books, The available
amount will be probably $4,000,
Thanking your honor and the solic-
itor for the courteous assistance rem
dered US tn the discharge Of our du-
ties, We respectfully submit the above
as our final presentment.