The Bourbon news., 1913-03-25
REPROvES FISCAL COURT
Grand Jury in Report Declares
Turnpikes Are Not Receiving
Proper Attention.
NEGLIGENCE IS CHARGED.
Recommends That Supervisors
Give More Attention to Their
Official Duties.

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made it's final report Saturday, and
was discharged from further service
by Judge Robt. L. Stout. Nineteen
indictments were returned, but are be-
ing withheld by order of the court un-
til bench warrants areEissued and serv-
ed.
The grand jury submitted a report
to the court in which it referred to the
unsanitary condition of the county Jail
and recommended that better care be
given that institution in the future.
Included in the report was the finding
of the jury from its investigation of
the alleged Irregularities .attending the
supervision of the construction Of the
turnpikes of Bourbon.
The report points to the fact that a
strict comparison of the construction
and maintenance of the public roads of
this county has been made with other
counties, where the road fund is about
equal, and from the present condit ion
of the county roads there is something
greatly at fault with the manner in
which the fund for the maintenance of
the roads is expended and the manner
of their supervision.
These conditions are said to be the
result of neglect on the part of the
road supervisors of the county and the
Fiscal court. The jury recommends
that the personal attention of the road
supervisors be given the construction
and repairing of the county roads and
intImated that preference over other
roads in regard to the amount of mon
ey expended in repairs had been shown
The report follows:
To the Hon. r.. l.. Stout, Judge Buur-
bon Circuit Court
We the March grand jury of the
Bourbon Circuit Court, do make this,
our final report:
We have investigated all cases that
have been brought to our attention. or
of which we have had personal know
ledge, and have returned such indict-
uents in such cases as we deemed the
evidence justified.
We have visited the county jail and
find the sanitary condition of the Jail
very bad. We find that the building
is not properly clean and is not kept in
condition for the proper care of pris-
oners, We recommend that the Jail be
given more attention in that the bed
ding be given thorough cleaning at
least every thirty DAYS, and that the
general condition of the Jail be kept
moore cleanly.
We have visited the county poor
farm and find it in perfect condition.
| The only recommendations we would
make in regard to this are that the
cows now on hand be sold and that the
money be reinvested in fewer and bet
ter cows so that the amount of feed
| will be less and that the supply of
milk be better and more healthy, also
| that an iron boiler be purchased to
take the place of the barrel now in
use at the kitchen range.
Your grand jury has made a thor
ough investigation of the condition of
the public roads of the county, and
have very serious fault to find with
the manner in which they are kept.
the results received for the amount of
money expended and the general hand
ling of the county's business in this
regard. We have examined a number
OF witnesses and from our personal
knowledge find that large per cent.
of our turnpikes are in a deplorable
conditiUn. Some Of these have had
practically no repairs made upon them
for the past two or three years.
We have compared our turnpikes
with the turnpikes of other counties
having practically the same road funC
per mile available, and find that the
fiscal courts and supervisors of these
counties have been able to keep theil
roads in satisfactory condition anC
that their condition is strong evidence
that there is something greatly a,
fault with the manner in which ths
money of our county is expended anC
the work done UPON the roads. We arr
thoroughly convinced from the evi
dence at hand that the sc conditions ar,
caused by the neglect of tie Fjsca
Court and Road Supervisors. We fnt
that practically 70 personal attentio,
is given to the condition of the road
or to the manner of their up-keep b,
the fiscal court or the road supervi
sOrS.
Again we find that some of the road
of the county have been shown prefer
ence over other roads in the county il
regard to the amount of money ex
pended for their upkeep and repair
We find no justifabIe reason for this
We find that the road supervisors Civ
a very small part of their time an
practically 10 personal supervision I
the work on the roads.
We have asked for report from tn
supervisor some days ago showing th
amount of money expended upon eac
road in the county. but we have bee
unable to get it in time to embody
in this, our final report. We recon
mend that in the future the road 81
pervisors be required to give their;su
time and personal attention to the
Offices and to the care OF our roads $
that the taxpayers of our county ma
be assured that full value is receive
for the money expended from the roa
fund.
In justice to the tax payers of ou
county We RESPECTFULLY ask that thi
report De fully published in a prom
nent Place in our county newspaper
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