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GRAND JURY ADJOONS.
Completes Work in Two Days-D.
III. LeCompte, Foreman, And
States Attorney Trice, Rush
Work to Completion.

of Maryland, for the county OF
Dorchester, completed it's work yes
terday afternoon, and was discharg-
ed by the Court, with thanks, for
the promptness and excellence with
which its work had been done.
The Grand Jury submitted the
following reports:
To The Honorable, the Judges of
the Circuit Court for Dorchester
County, Maryland:
The Grand Inquest for the State
of Maryland, in and for the body
of Dorchester county, in session
assembled, this 18th day of No
vember, in the year 1913, beg leave
to make this, our report, to your
honorable body:
We have been in session two
days, have examined 81 witnesses,
have considered "a cases, and have
found II true bills.
AS part of our duties, we visited
the county Jail in a body,and found
the premises and buildings in good
order, clean and neatly kept. We
recommend the immediate installa-
ton of electric lights, and have ap-
pointed a committee to bring the
matter before the County Commis-
sioners. We visited all of the Off
ces of the Court House, and in
spected the premises, and find all
of the offices in good, clean and
nice condition.
We make the following recon-
mendations with reference to the
public offices: That more filing
cases be provided.
The Grand Jury feels that it
would not be doing its full duty
were it not to compliment the
States Attorney, Mr.. v. Calvin
Trice, for his diligence in helping
the Jury, which has enabled it to
facilitate it's work.
We refer your Honorable Body
to the report of the Almshouse
Committee, which is annexed and
made part of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
Daniel H. LeCompte,
Foreman.
Almshouse Report.
To The Grand Inquest of the State
of Maryland, in and for the body
of Dorchester County
Gentlemen
We, the committee appointed by
the foreman of the Grand Inquest
of the State of Maryland, in and
for the body of Dorchester county,
at the November term, 1913,of the
Circuit Court for said county, to
visit and inspect the Almshouse
property, have visited and inspected
the same, and respectfully submit
the following report:
We find all of the buildings in
good condition.
We recommend the following re-,
pairs and improvements:
The stables are badly in need of
repairs.
We found 10 inmates in the
walls, A white men, / white woman
colored women, and co1ored
men. We found one colored wo-:
man sick, and all the others in
good condition and satisfied with
their treatment.
We found the following crops:
go acres of wheat, 40 acres OF timo-
thy and clover. We also found the
following products on the farm:
800 bbls. long corn, 20 bbls. short
corn, 1875 bushels of wheat, 10
stacks top fodder, 5000 IBIS. blade
fodder, 200 heads of cabbage, so
bushels turnips, so bushels sweet
potatoes, 80 bushels white potatoes,
1 old buggy, small lot OF long fod-
der, 4 tons mixed hay, IL stacks
of mixed hay.
We found the following farming
implements: 1 binder, 2 mowers,
single harrows, plows, spring
drag, gang pillow, 1 tooth drag,
1 clover seeder. 1 corn planter, 1
roller, 1 drill, 1 corn shelter, 1
disc, two-horse wagons, 1 one
horse wagon, 1 scoop, hay rake,
1 grind stone, 2 spades, 2 shovels,
lot of pillow harness, lot of wagon
harness. We also found horses,
mules, IA cows, 2 oxen, l. bull,
yearlings, IS ewes, 1 buck, IA
hogs, 8 brood sows, 4 pigs, 10
shoats, 175 chickens, 38 geese, Is
ducks and FL turkeys.
Respectfully submitted,