The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-01-27
Continued from Page Two.

S6,963l7. with a credit of $1,01S15
| fines collected and paid into the treas
ury, making net cost of $5,94502 of
| which $4,000 was for salaries fixed
by the act of legislature. We believe
that large part Of this expense can
| be saved to the county without inter
fering with the due administration of
justice.
Resolved, That it is the belief of
thls Grand Jury that it would be for
tne best interest of the county that
the city court be abolished and that
| there should be provision made for
holding four terms of the superior
court in each year, as this arrangement
would afford iitigants an opportunity
to have business before the courts
| disposed of with as great dispatch as
| under existing conditions.
Resolved Further, That from the in
vestigatiOns so far made of the ali
| nual expense CT maintaining the city
| court we believe that the cn .nee
would result in saving considerable
sum annually 10 the taxpayers with
out crippling the administration of
! justice
I Further Resolved. That the senator
| from this district and the representa-
/ tive from this county be reques ed
| to have enacted the legislation accs..
| sary 70 carry into effect the recon-
mendations herein made Is to abol
! ishing the city court and making mo-
| vision for four terms Of the superior
| court.
Whereas, upon inspection of lie
| books OF The county treasurer. Il is
shown that his commissions for tie
year 1909 amounted to between 81 800
and $4,000;
And Whereas it is the opinion OF
this Grand Jury that the county f,upl5
can be handled al a greatly reduced
cost by having the same handle
i through bank or banks as the dc
pOsitory Of said funds:
Be it Therefore Recommended THAI
the representative of this county. Hon
Willard Reese, and the senator from
this district. Hon. l.. r. Akin. use
their best endeavors at the coming
summer session of the legislature tc
change the law so as to abolish the
office of county treasurer and provide
that the county authorities may Sc
lect, after advertising fer bids from
banks located in each county, any
good and solvent bank in the county
IN rf
funds and upon such terms as may
be agreed upon between such selected
depository and said county authorl
ties, provided the amount paid to sucf
repositories for the handling of such
funds shall not exceed one per cent
upon amounts received and disbursed
That said county authorities shall re
quire bonds of said banks as in tbs
case of state repositories. Or VIZ
recommend that they secure an ac
abolishing such office and provide fol
the handling OF county funds by let
to the line above suggested as cal
be passed or secured.
We further recommend that if il il
impossible 10 get the above genera
measure passed the above senator anf
representative use their best effort:
| to have legislation passed to same enc
for this county.
This Grand jury finds. upon inVes-
tigation. that the prohibition law i:
being grossly violated, and thai "Blinf
i Tigers stalk our streets day ans
night and ii is impossible to secure
evidence sufficient to indict the gllilty
parties. and we believe that our yer!
efficient police force and county Off
GERS are suffering from defective
sight whereby # is impossible TO
them to see the gross violation of TINS
law We would recommend that gu
! honorable mayor and council ant
county commissioners employ al once
! a specialist 10 treat this defective Wis
ion Of the force, and we are satlshe'
that after proper treatment chr fai
city will not be disgraced by tire nero
| of Blind Tigers" that now infest ]
1t appears from information OF
taixed by this body THAI there Is
serious lack of cooperation betwee
the officers. and i'll the work of tn
clerk Of superior court. the ordinar
aud that of the tax collector, especial
ly in regard TO new corporation, regis
trations. special taxes, etc. Therefor
| we recommend that the officers aboV
mentioned be directed to cooperate a
FAR as possible in the transaction {
public business, and to use every Ell
| fort TO further such public business.