The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-05-13
REPORT OF MAY GRAND JURY
Recommends Sale Of Poor Farm; Re-
pairs on Court House And Jail;
New Cement Walks About
Court House Etc.

Report of the Grand Jury of
Montgomery county, duly sworn
and charged to serve for the May
Term, 1910.
To the Honorable James d. Bar
nett, Judge of the Circuit Court
of Montgomery county, Missouri.
We, the jury, having in mind
your charge and instructions, have
visited in a body and inspected
the county Jail, the court house
at Montgomery City, and a build
ing used as a court house at Dan
vile, and the county farm, and
beg leave to report as follows:
First. We find the county Jail
in a safe, sanitary and healthy
condition, and find thai the pris-
cners are treated by the sheriff,
George E. Earnest, in a humane
andg enerous manner, and we com
mend him for the clean and heal
thy condition that he keeps the
iail in. But we find that some
changes r necessary for the flu
lure.
We would therefore recommend
that the furnace be located out
side of the Jail in a separate build
ing; that the floor in the basement
of the Jail be concreted also that
the walks around and about the
sheriff's residence and Jail be
rebuilt and of concrete material,
and that the sheriff's residence and
Jail be painted, both the brick and
wood work, also that a large'elec-
tricl ight oe placed at the entrance
to the Jail.
We also urge and insist that a
rock pile be furnished at the Jail
and that the sheriff be authorized
to work all county prisoners on
such rock pile, and when there is
no rock on hand we recommend
that such county prisoners be
worked on the road or streets
and either the town or road dis
trict using said prisoners are re-
quired 20 pay for the service of
the guard while such prisoners are
being SO worked.
Second. We find the court house
at Montgomery City in very bad
condition, and recommend and
urge that our county court at an
early date make such repairs as
are absolutely essential to the
preservation of so valuable a piece
of property as is our court house,
also it is necessary for the health
of the county officers and citizens
who come within it's walls to con-
duct business. The roof leaks in
many places, keeping the walls in
places in a moist and bad condi-
ton; the wood work is sorely in
need of a coat of paint also the
brick work should be painted and
penciled. We find the walks
around and about the court the
court house are in a ~decaying con
dition and recommend that they
be placed with new and concrete
walks. We would also recommend
that all trees standing in the courl
house yard, within a distance o.
Some of the outbuildings in thu
yard are a disgrace to our county
and should be rebuilt and made
sanitary. The flues on the cour
house are crumbling and need re
pairs.
We next visited the county HON,
and find that the buildings are no
in the best of repair, and for thu
best results that might be obtained
we would recommend that on
county court at once take sucl
steps as are necessary and sell tn,
farm, which we find contains abou
800 acres. That is far more lant
than is necessary, and we woult
advise that a smaller place O
about 40 acres be purchased nea
the railroad for a country home
The superintendent, Mr.. Keith, i
to be commended for his kindnes
TO the inmates of the home; ant
he keeps all rooms i'm a sanitar,
and healthy condition.
We recommend that the owne
of the building used as a cour
house in Danville repaint, repape
and make such other repairs a
are needful to place this proper
ty in a safe, clean and warm con
dition. Some of the safes are in
damp and unsafe condition for tn
safety of u records and shout
be attended to by a competen
man, that our records will not g
the way they did some years age
which has been an endless expens
TO our citizens.
All of which is respectfully sue
mitted this 5th day of May, 1910.
r. J. Gililland, Foreman
NHrI H.