The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-09-15
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT
State Of South Carolina.
County of Dillon.


September Term, 1910.
To the Hon. j W. DeVSe. prSsid-
ing Judge:
We, the Grand jury. emJ,ann. led
for the County of Dillon LOT the
present year, upon the conclusion
of our labcrs for the pending term
of the Court of General Sessions,
beg leave TO submit the following
Presertment:
| l. We have passed upon al the
bills submitted to us 10y the Solici-
tor and returned the same unto the
Court with our findings endorsed
thereon
2. The Grand jury appointed Il
committee TO examine the books of
the various county offices. and the
said committee has examined and
found the books of The officers to
nave been neatly kel.; in :. business
like way. This committee did no;
go irto full detail checking nf the
books Of the Officers, and III this
connection take occasion, % S:r1nr-
ly recommend the employing of an
expert accountant, to check the
books Of the v;,rioas county Officers
at the end OF each fiscal Year
). The Grand JU:y futhcr 70
commerds, that the Magistrates If
the county append County Treas
uTer's receipts, SO that il VIII t.
cilita1s the checking Of their duci;-
cts. We further recommend that
the Magistrates &C the county com
ply with the requirements of the
law, by placing all warrants u the
hands of the Clerk of Court. ten
days prior to each term or the
Court of General Sessions.
In this connection the Grand
jury calls attention TO the fac; that
the Chairman of the County Board
OF Commissioners, has not reported
to the Foreman of this Jury, the
condition of the dockets of the Mag
lstrates, as required by law, and 10
which attention was drawn in our
pASNiouS HSHSTdl fTSSGUtnpnI. I.
Only three of the numerous Magis-
trates of this county presented
thess books for irvestiga ton either
to the special committee herein be-
fore mentioned or to the Grand
Jury as a whole, Notwithstanding
notice given them. We earnestly
urge the Chairman of the County
Board of Commissioners to make
the investigation required by law,
and to report at the next term of
the Court the condition of the
dockets of each of said Magistrates
together with a statement of what
fines or costs said dockets show,
and whether or not such fines or
costs have been turned over to the
County Treasurer. In order to ia
cilitate this and future investiga-
tions. each Magistrate should be
required to appear on the first day
Of each term of Court, and bring
with him his dockets and turn the
saem over to the Foreman of the
Grand Jury for investigation.
5. We examined into the care,
condition and manner of treatment
of the county chaingang. and found
nothing SUBJECT to criticism. The
prisoners are apparently well fed
and taken care of, but are required
to, and are doing good work for the
county. With the continuation of
the present progress, we hope to
see our roads soon in first class
condition
6. The Grand Jury presents
James c. Higgins and Della Page
for living together in adultery
heretofore and at the present time
Witnesses: John Ivey, Sidney Rog-
ers, James Miller, Richard Turbe-
vile, Mary Higgins, Todd Ford,
Erastus Huggins, reeman Higgins.
Z. They present London Worley
for Sc ,.yg whiskey, in said county
on or about the ..... day of
1870. Witnesses: Gus
Page, Thomas Hill, Smith Page,
Sam Page, Dempsie Rogers.
In conclusion the GrandJ ury
thanks your Honor, the Solicitor
and other officers of the Court, for
the aid rendered them in the dis
charge of their duties.
Respectfully submitted.
tSigned) T.. T. Elliott,
Foreman.
Dillon s. c Sent l2 1910