The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-06-22
TruE AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTY
AS VIEWED BY THAT BODY.
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

We. the grand jurors drawn and
sworn for the May term, 1872 OF
Terrell superior court, make the fol-
lowing presentments:
4 committee of two was appointed
composed of G. S. CrOweu and KOS
coa Melton, to examine in recess the
hooks of all county officers and re-
MORT such examination to the next
grand Jury November term, 1870
and ask that the county commission
ers pay said committee $500 per day
for such services. The time allowed
said committee shall not exceed 10
days. ]. D. Weaver offered to work
with the committee from time to time
without compensation.
Public Buildings.
The committee on public buildings
reDorted as follows: We find spots
on plastering in various places in the
court house, seemingly caused by
leaks in the roof We find the Win
dows of the court house in bad con-
dition, being very dirty and splotches
of paint on the same. We find In tow
er the bell room in a very unsani-
tary condition, being infested with
HDdEIOWSg anu SO6eoSA'U I-@~~N
wire be placed over the openings so
that sparrows will be excluded there
from and that all rooms in the tower
be cleaned out at once. The cellar or
basement of the court house we ind
in an unkept condition, seemingly the
dumping ground for the building,
finding piles of ashes which should De
removed and waste paper in quantity
E,,H "a q mo
which places the building in danger
of fire. We find the saddle board
on the roof south of the tower en-
tirely gone. We ask the county COM
missioners to remedy these COM
plants at once and save our magn1h-
cent building from ruin. We recon-
mend that the county commissioners
have the remainder of the square
around the court house fixed with
coping and set with grass as the front
of the court house now is.
We find the blinds to the jail rot
ted and recommend that new blinds
be placed thereon. We find the We
randa in bad condition and find leaks
In the roof of dwelling to jail, and
recommend that they be repaired.
We find the jail kept in fairly good
sanitary condition.
Dispensary Building.
We find two or three leaks in the
roof. one window sill rotted and
hole In the ground on the north side
of the builging, all of which we rec
ommend the county commissioners
have attended to.
We recommend that the county's
interest in the armory building be
disposed of at once or repaired. We
find the building in bad condition, SO
much so that we cannot enumerate
the defects.
Convict Camp.
We find the buildings in good re-
pair. We find the fence around the
stockade rotted badly where the tim
bers enter the ground, and recon-
mend that same be reversed, the tim
bers being long enough to use again.
There are 125 acres sown to peas
after oats, all being up. We find
the following on hand: 5000 bush
els oats, ], 500 bundles fodder, three
tons hay, 846 bushels corn bought this
year with 200 bushels on hand; 400
pounds meat with other provisions,
29 mules 6 old mules, one crippled
and 81 in fair condition), harness for
same in fair condition, 28 hogs, 16
2-horse wagons a of these worn out
and ~ in good condition), two 9
horse dumps, four 8-horse grading
plows in fair shape, 2 Royal and 2
Austin graders in good shape, old
graders, one gasoline engine to pump
in good shape, 2 oat binders, l hay
press, l disc harrow, l oat drill,
ray rake, seven 2-horse steel plows,
| corn dropper, l p K. and l Chant
distributor, / cane mill and kettle in
good condition; l old mower, 35 bar
rels syrup, / steel and l wooden car
for convicts, tent 20x40 feet in bad
order, one 20X22 and one 12x2O foot
tent in fair condition, l tent 20x40
feet for mules in bad condition,
plenty of clothing for convicts to last
until fall, beds and blankets Suffi-
cient for 60 men, water and feed
troughs for mules in good condition,
diet record properly kept, acres in
sugar cane, 6 acres in sweet potatoes
and plenty of vegetables for cOnvicts.
Justices of the Peace.
We, your committee, report as fol-
lows: We find the books of the J.
P. and n. P. ex-Officio J. P. correctly
kept with the exception of the return
of the warrants issued by them. We
therefore recommend that these j. P.
officers be required to make a record
of the return of all warrants so that
they can be easily traced.
Report of County School Commits
SiOner.
To the honorable foreman and
members of the grand jury of Ter
relI county, May term, 1912. In ODE