The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-09
PRESENTMENTS Of
THE GRAND JURY
Recommendations and Re-
ports Made for Second
Week of Court.


sworn for the November term, 1910
for the second week Of Cobb Superior
Court, make the following present
ments:
Owing to the limited time at oul
command we were unable to make {
rigid examination of all the books O
the county officers, and all the public
affairs. We have endeavored, how
ever, to investigate carefully such
matters as we regarded pressing, and
at the same time comply with all the
instructions given us by the court
Books of County Officers.
Written reports were made to us by
the clerk of the Superior Court, tax
collector, treasurer and county com
missioners, and the same are attached
hereto in the order named. The
books and accounts of the foregoing,
as well as those of the ordinary and
county school commissioners, were
examined and found to be neatly and
apparently correctly kept. This exam
inatfon by our body was in no wise an
audit We believe, however, that an
expert accountant should examine and
check to the accounts of all county
oficers handling public funds at least
sAce every two years. This is not in
tended as a reflection upon any one,
but is merely the recommendation of
business precaution.
Public Buildings.
i'm ~ oo,,oA,r
farm proved to be an agreeable sur
Prise, The paupers seem to be we'll
cared for. The houses occupied by
them, and the kitchen and dining
room we found exceptionally clean.
The land seems intelligently and in
austriOusly titled The farm tools are
all under shelter and the buildings in
fairly good repair
Owing to the scarcity of and the
present high price of fire wood, we
recommend that coal be used for heat
ing purposes. If this recommendation
is adopted by the commissioners, the
purchase of twelve CRATES will be
necessary.
We find the court house in very
good condition. If the public would CO.
operate with the janitor, however, and
net expectorate upon the floors, it
might be kept cleaner.
The Jail is also in very good condi-
ton, though some minor repairs we
deem both necessary and advisable.
There are two leaky radiators, one
waste pipe, through which water will
not pass, and one missing drop light.
A coat Of shellac or paint would i'm
prove the cages, as they now have the
appearance of being very dirty.
Roads.
While we realize that considerable
work has been done upon the public
roads and the commissioners have a
difficult task to satisfy every one, at
the same time we submit the follow
ing:
We recommend that the county COM
Eissioners endeavor to arrange a more
equitable distribution of the work of
the convicts. Some of the main coun-
try roads have, apparently, been over
locked, while others seem to have had
ample attention. We urge the estab-
hshment Of other camps, if the same
is necessary to carry out this division.
We further recommend that the tele-
phone companies be made to move
tAeir poles out of the public roads.
T&ere are also one or two under
passes on the street car line which
should be raised.
Tax Returns.
, We have spent much time examin-
nag the tax returns of property owners.
We have not, however, completed this
examination, but will endeavor to do
- and make special presentments on
this subject later.
Dockets Of Justices and Notaries.
We have examined the dockets of
the following justices: M j. Robinson,
Of Winnings; B. H. Carrie, of Kennesaw;
B. v. Greer, OF Marietta, and w. T.
Brown, of Lemons. Each of the fore.
going were approved by the body No
@tAer dockets were presented for our
consideration. We recommend Benz.
G. Murdoch, OF Post Oak District, to be
appointed to succeed j. H. Mabry,
whose commission as n. p. and Elk.
OF. ]. P. is about to expire We also
recommend the name of J. Pierce Nc.
Gee to fill the vacancy of John w. Ben.
nett in Kennesaw District
Pensions.
We have examined the pensions
rolls, and find no changes to be made
Our foreman, however, has written
Hon. J. w. Lindsay, pension commits
sioner, at the instance of this body
and recommended a ADMINISTRATION OF
the claims Of Daniel Quarles.
Prescription Records.
We have examined with care the
record OF physicians prescriptions
authorizing the sale of alcohol So fan
as we can see, there is no evidence
of any violation of the law. There
seems TO be no grounds for even a
suspicion that this law has been vic
lated
Criminal Law
In, Of