Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-20
FINDINGS OF The
GRAND JURY.
CONTINUED from page three)

Iallotted to vegetables. Eighty hog
are reported on hand, and it appear
ing that feed for these animals is be
ing purchased, instead of raised oil
the farm, We would recommend tina
the farm be fenced and divided S,
that grazing crops can be grown TO
the hogs If this plan were adopted
with the land in high state of fertil1
ty, large amount of meat could b,
made, for which the county has grea
need of as food for convicts.
The house occupied by the forema,
is in very good condition, and so also
is the large three-story barn. This
barn is about half filled with baled
hay which was saved on the farm
All other buildings which were origi.
nally built for occupancy by paupers
are in very bad condition. There IL
only one pauper being cared for at the
! farm. We recommend that the coun-
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ing for its poor. The present system
0f pensioning is wholly Inadequate
for the care of the INDECENT, helpless
end friendless cases, who are entirely
at the mercy of private charity, and
Cften suffer a lingering death from
lack of care, sustenance and fuel. We
would recommend for such cases that
some place be provided at the poor
farm, with some one appointed to at
tend them. We also would recon-
men the building of a county hospital
for the sick poor, some of whom are
sick of diseases moe pestilential than
smallpox, and are a menace to the
health of all our people. These sick
ones often die from ignorant nursing
and unsanitary surroundings. Others
in need of surgical operations, which
the doctors dare not perform in their
rnsanitary homes, with incompetent
help to nurse them.
Roads and Bridges.
We approve the issuance of bonds
10 provide funds for improvement Of
permanent character on roads and
fridCes of the county, and recon-
mend that an election for submitting
this to the people be called. Secur-
ing funds from this source would
make it possible to let by contrac.
the permanent work of putting in
steel and concrete bridges, culverts,
etc. The entire force of convicts
could then be devoted to building
roads. In this way the work on the
second and third class roads could
be begun at date much earlier than
would otherwise be possible. We have
been shown the imperative need of
this work. We praise our county
commissioners upon their good work
in having built some of the most
magnificent roads in the South, the
admiration of the entire country. Yet
justice demands that We urge atten-
ton, immediate and imperative, to
many remote roads that have been
sadly neglected.
Tax Receivers Records.
We find it rather difficult to ascer-
tain whether all lands of the county
are returned. as land lot numbers are
omitted on large number of returns.
We have as carefully as limited time
permitted, gone over all returns, and
lions of land to more equitable
amount. We believe that a better
system of records for this office could
be devised by an expert accountant,
familiar with requirements, and we
recommend that the services of such
a one be secured This would en-
able easy checking of the records in
the future.
We recommend that the compensa-
on of bailiffs and jurors remain the
same for 1912 as in 1911.
Our attention having been drawn
to the need of melting justice to youth
full criminals in a manner different
from that accorded criminals of years
of discretion, We recommend the es-
Enlistment of a Juvenile court as q
branch of the Superior court. This
to be done under authority of the acts
of the general assembly of 1908, page
1907.
The duties of the county commits
sioners have increased so enormously
and their compensation being only
nominal, we recommend that such leg
islative action be secured by our re-
representatives. as will provide author
ity for employing a clerk or book
keeper to handle the details of the
office. Through this arrangement all
papers for consideration of commits
sioners would at all times be in con-
else shape, so that little time Of he
commissioners would be required for
consideration. We are sure this
would result in great advantage To
county affairs.
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