The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
prCONNIEND THAT TREASURER
pr-RTJSH ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF Receipts and Disbursements, and
That Superintendent of Roads
Issue a Quarterly Statement.

Issue a Quarterly Statement.
We, the grand jurors chosen and
sworn for the May term, 1911, of
Terrell Superior Court, submit the
following presentments:
We appoint the following commit
fee to examine the books of each
county officer and report to the next
grand jury (November term): K.
s Worthy, L. G. Pinkston and r. L.
Sayille, and recommend that the
county commissioners pay the mem
hers of said committee .$25 each for
their services.
Public Buildings.
We find the Jail in good condition
except the blinds need repair. The
court house walls need to be replas-
tered in places and calsomined
throughout A door should be cut
through the wall between the grand
Jury room and the solicitor generals
room for the convenience and COM
fort of both the jury and the -solici-
tor The sanitary closets are in a
bad condition, and we recommend
that the county commissioners en-
poy a janitor who will devote his
time and attention to the care of the
entire building. The court house
pump is out of repair and should be
repaired and kept in serviceable con-
ditiOn at all times.
County Farm and Camp.
We find that the convict building
at the farm is in good shape. The
superintendent house is in good
condition, except the back vorandah
needs repairs. Far mtools, oat drill,
corn drOpper, fertilizer distributor,
reaper and binder are all in good
shape. We find on hand IA pairs of
shoes, 154 shirts, barrels of syrup,
good garden of vegetables, potato
crop fine, oat crop good, 100 acres
planted in corn, 40 acres in oats, 5
acres in golden dent corn and sor-
ghum for feed, 8 acres in sugar cane,
acres in sweet potatoes, 212 acres
in vegetables, 6 acres in peanuts.
We find at the convict camp one
cOmmissary and boss car, l state
car containing 20 prisoners-6 for
life and Z TRUSTEES, 1 county car con-
tanning IS prisoners-6 TRUSTEES, l
car for TRUSTEES. Total number of
prisoners 38. The mess hall and
kitchen is in good sanitary condition.
Have on hand 27 mules and harness
therefor. Two wagons and 2 dump
wagons, wheelers in good condi-
uon, wagons and 2 wheelers in
bad condition, 2 Royal and 1 Giant
grader in bad condition. Other road
tools in fair condition.
We desire to say that the manage
ment of the farm, the appearance of
the convicts and all things connected
with the county farm and camp are
entirely satisfactory, and we oompli-
ment the superintendent on his SER
wee to the county.
Report of Road Superintendent.
Expense acct for month
oI January .. $1,047.S3
Expense acct for month
OF February ..... 1875
Expense acct for month
T. OF March | 962.57.
Expense acct for month
OF April ....... 884.22
IotaI ............ $3,362.47
-, / beg to call your attention to the
OllI OF lumber amounting to $5S9.72,
vi which we now have on hand 5000
ieet' leaving the actual expenses for
me above four months $3,073.15.
January remarks: Lost 1 mule
1 WIN pneumonia, Had 4 pigs to get
M Nj in bed. Cut miles of road
op . Ieet wide; clayed same, and ma
chined it times. Machined 20
5nlleS Repaired 81 bridges over
uLlches; filled 70 bad holes and wash
Us IN roads. Spent days at Halls
~ use with men; 1 u days at Reedy
oieek with men; 1 day at Sardis
onuIch with 4 men; I day at Messy
gIeek with 2 men; run patch gang
S %iln men 8 days; hauled iron
I YiluseS to Notchaway and TO-
Pleces of lumber 21s x 6 xI
90 leet; dug stumps days with
55o men; ploughed days with 8
uouble plows preparing all of corn
q = ound l have used convicts and
I mules at the farm all this month.
/ eed bill for the month was 275
fG ol5 of corn, 5000 bundles of
hogs. '0'D ~
eOfuary remarks: Removed |
90 o%Ha graded and clayed four miles
NJ road machined 261a miles; re-
JARED lS bridges over bitches and |
5itl, up four new bridges over
spent one day moving into |
amps and getting ready to work;
,gent one day with 4 men near Her
W. patching road; had patch gang
'o' days with men; spent days /