The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-14
Commissioners Want
to Issue Bonds in Sum
of $4,000 For New Jail
tcontInued From First Paqe)

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TO sell and dispose OF the same I'M
der such regulations as said board
of county commissioners shall pro-
vide by resolution for the purpose
stated for which the bonds are issued
Such trustees shall be chosen for the
term of TWO go wears. and their sue
CcSSoTS shall be chosen for the term
of two - years. The trustees shall
De residents, freehOIdeTS, Of said
county. and shall give good and stuff e.
Client bonds running TO the governor
of the state of Florida. in such sum
or sums as the board of county com
misSiOuoTs of said county may pro-
vide and require for the true and
faithful performance of their duties
and discharge Of trust as said trus-
tee
Sec o. No bonds authorized in this
act shall be sold for less than par.
THE COUNTY JAIL.
\ complaint filed with Governor
Gilchrist by Dick Mclean. white. who
pleaded guilty TO the charge of as
saUlting Mrs. Joseph Ham. and who
is now serving a sentence in the cOUn-
y jail. concerning the jail and JaiIcr
Hammack. has resulted in the gov
ernOT ordering an investigation of the
matte.
The following letter from the gov
eruOr has been received by the board.
Tallahassee. Fla April 10. 1909.
chairman Board County Commits
siOneTs, care OF Clerk Circuit Court.
Dear Sir / herewith enclose
copy of letter this day received by
ne from Dick Mclean. oil Pensacola
making complaint about the Escam-
bia county Jail and the jaiIer
Please have full and careful in
vestigatiOn of this matter and have
the facts aSCeTtaiHCd reported to me.
Yours truly
ALBERT W GIICHRIST.
Governor
Following is a copy of NcLean's
letter TO the governor.
Hon. Albert W. GiIchrist. Tallahas-
see. Fla.
Dear Sir. ] beg to call your at
tentiOn to fact that has been put
before the county commissioners and
completely ignored. The white pris-
ouerS here in the county Jail are
being dominated over by d negro who
carries the cell keys. The jaiIer is
an ignorant man who allows this ne
gro privileges that no white man is
allowed. If any trouble comes up in
the Jail and the negro desires to have
a man locked up. he does So In all
cases he ,the negrOD gets his wishes
carried out. regardless of who it is
against This negro I mention is ont
Of his place He is in the white bull
ring and. according 10 the laws of
this state. is this not an imposition
On the white Jail prisoners here?
The fare is very bad here, and if
any fayOrs are shown the negroes get
the benefit of the same
Trusting thar YOU VIII investigate
through the sheriff or commissioners
at once. | am.
Yours truly.
DICK MCLEAN
The board viii meet this morning
at 3 o'clock at the county Jail for the
purpose of conducting the investiga-
ton ordered BY the governor
TOLL BRIDGE.
The request of Chas- BARCLAY. of
Lillian, Ala. that he be given per
mission to build = toll dTawbridge
across Perdido river. connecting Cum
miuGs Point in EsCambia county
Florida. and Lillian. in Baldwin coun-
". Alabama six miles below Mill
view, was referred to the county at
The promoter in his petition asks
permission to make the following
charges for traffic over the bridge.
One horse and wagon, % cents. two
horses and wagon. - cents: one foot
pass euger. 10 cents; one horse and
rider. - cents, bicycle, - cents, au-
tOmObiIe. 81. cattle in drOves Of ten
or more. 10 cents, sheep and hogs
10 cents; other animals, 20 cents
each.
The bridge will be 1000 feet long
and Will contain one draw.
The nOteriaI bonds Of J. d. Goss
Gus EitzeH and J. Whiting Hyer were
approved.
Sheriff Van PeIt informed the
board that he had purchased four
bIoodhOunds CAT Fort Meade. Fla. and
requested that the two hounds now
in his possession. which We're pur-
chased by the county. be given to
Eoad Supervisor Baggett for Use at
tho convict camps. His request was
complied with.
Action on bids for erecting Il wind
mill and galvanized water tank at
the county poor farm was deferred
fOi investigation
The Journal was designated as the
uaDer in which the delinquent tax
list of 1908 will be published
Chairman OeTtiug presided and
Commissioners Brown. Steward. Da-