The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-04-17
Report Of the Grand jury.


serve for term of five months, be-
ginning April 18th, 1909, beg leave to
submit the following report:
CRIMINAL MATTERS.
We have diligently examined into
all matters of criminal nature
brought before us, and we have re-
turned into court eighteen true bills,
which have already been filed.
We have also examined the follow
ing cases and in these cases we beg to
return mot true BILL" as follows:
State of Louisiana VS.. Wash Brown.
larceny.
State of Louisiana VS.. Anderson
Williams, abduction.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
We have visited the Jail and In
spected the court house and find both
we'll kept and in excellent condition.
We are also glad to note that the
Police Jury is having the grounds
around the court house cleaned,
leveled and graded The court house
and Jail are fine buildings and the
grounds around them should be in
keeping with the character of the
buildings.
THE FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
We visited the Franklin High
School during school hours and wish
to report that we found q modern, up
to-date school building, we'll kept and
we'll cared for. We were also i'm
pressed with the manner in which the
school is being conducted, and wish
to commend the principal and teach
ers for what seems to be excellent
work.
PARISH OFFICERS.
A committee appointed from our
body, consisting of Messrs. Rogers,
Colgin and Bodin, have examined the
books of the Secretary of the Police
Jury, the Parish Treasurer, the Supt.
of Public Education and the Sheriff.
The committee reports that it finds
all of these books in good condition.
Each set of books IVES verified with
the bank books and found to be cor
rect.
The Sheriff's books shoxthat over
seven hundred, dollars have been COL
lected in court fines from the violators
of the law and paid into the school
fund. We wish to cQi6pffiment- the Of
fcers of the court on this excellent
work, as we find this to be unusual.
PUBLIC ROADS.
We had the Road Commissioner
summoned before us, and he gave US
a statement of the condition~ Of the
roads, the system Of working same,
and the cost thereof. We wish - re-
port that from our personal observa-
ton and from his account we are sat-
isfied with the condition of the roads
and think that the system of working
them is good. one. We think the
Police Jury is spending. % much
money as it can afford on the roads,
and think that our roads win compare
favorably with the roads OF any other
| parish, except in parts OF the First
and Seventh wards, which the Road
Commissioner has promised to re-
medy. ISIS.
| We have visited the Clerks Office
and wish to say that we find that Mr..
Kramer has inaugurated q splendid
system. The records are splendidly
| kept, easy of access, and the oflcials
in the Office we find are uniformly
courteous and attentive to the public.
| THE SHERIFF.
| We wish to call the attention Of the
Court and the public to the excellent
work of the Sheriff, Mr.. Petermeu.
From our own observation We have
found him to be competent and
jealous. He is especially active In
his attempt to suppress crime and
| apprehend criminals, and w. believe
his efforts are meeting with success.
| We wish also to thank Mr.. Poterman
and his deputies for their courteous
attention to this Grand Jury While Il
has been in session.
RAIL AND TRAM ROADS ACROSS
| THEPUBLIC ROAD.
We wish to call the attention of the
Police Jury to the fsCt that at several
places in the Parish Of st. Mary per-
sons have built rail or tram roads
across the pubic roads and have not
kept the roads graded and leveled
with the public roads. This is es-
pecially true at .s'sceC G. These cross
ings. are not only detrimental 70 the
lrOads but are hard on ..lo>various
vehicles that pass over them. We .e-
commend that the Police Jurysinstruct
the Road Commissioner to have also
such crossings repaired, leveled and
graded so as not to make bad places In
the road and so AS not to interfere
with travel over the roads.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
/ Much credit is due the District At.
torney for the able manner in which
he handles all matters connected with
his Office. He was constantly present
during our session, being absent only
during the final deliberations, Is
which time the law prohibits his
presence.
The substantial and expert as
sistance he rendered us greatly facili-
tated our work, and it has been highly
appreciated.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
| DR.. Foster, the Supt. Of Publio
Education came before US aad gave
an interesting account Of the public
/ school work in the nariah Wa And