Pocahontas star herald., 1914-07-31
GRAND JURY
REPORTS AND QUITS

OF the Randolph county Clrcui'
Court:
We, the Grand Jury Of Randolph
county, Arkansas for the July term,
l9ll, beg leave To submit tie FOL
loving report;
We have been in session SIX days,
have subpoenaei aud had bound
over to appear before us ninety wit
n,sscs, and from their evidence have
returned thirty one true bills OF in'
dietmeut. We have issued eighty
sex Grand jury certificates, amount
ing TO one hundred and sixty 1--we
(slO5 0O) dollar.
The Commissioners Of Accounts
fled their report OF December Ia,
l9I3. All OF the Justices of the
Peace Of the county have fled their
transcripts as the law requires, ex'
cept W. NJ. Jarrett, l., A. Martin,
Tobe Chastain; aud all the Mayors
have filed their transcripts except
the Mayors Of Pooahontas, Reyno
aud Maynard.
We have visited the county jail
and found 1t to be in a clean aud
sanitary condition, aud the prison.
ers seemed to be satisfied, so far as
sanitary conditions, food and treat
ment go.
We recommend that the proseout'
mg attorney appoint a deputy for
this county, il he can get comPe-
tent lawyer who will agree to look
after the county's interest when duty
demands.
We suggest and recommend that
the Justices Of the Peace of county
do not bind over any cases to APP
pear before tue Grand Jury on the
first day Of court, and that they
communicate with the CLERK of the
court, when possible to do so, and
# number of cases have already
been bound over TO await the action
OF Grand JnrY, that they fix a lat.
er date for the appearance Of the
case, thereby giving the Grand Jury
time to dispose Of the cases on
hand, thus saving the county many
dollars IN witness fees.
We further recommend to the
County Judge OF Randolph county
that he cause a window TO be placed
N the back Of the vault OF size
sufficient to give light ard ventlla-
ton Of said vault, and that said
window be of such structure and
stability as he shall approve.
Aud we further recommend that
all old county Court papers, such as
claims and accounts against the
county that have been on file for a
period of ten years be destroyed in
order TO make room for other and
more valuable papers. We also
recommend that the County Court
cause an index record to be par.
chased 10 which to index all the old
county court papers and that said
papers be placed IN steel boxes to
be provided for by the County
Court.
The committee appointed by the
Grand Jury to inspect the County
Farm made the following report:
eve, the committee appointed by
the Foreman Of the Grand Jury to
investigate the county farm, make
the following report
ave found the inmates were
reasonably well cared for and
fouud the sanitary condition better
than had been reported but not A.
good as it should be. We would
recommend that the clothing of the
inmates and The bed clothing which
are put ont to be summed and aired
should be removed to the back yard +,
land that both the front aud back
yards he claaned up and kept clean.
We found the inmates nearly all
barefooted and not very well
clothed, aud we would recommend
that they should be more properly
clothed and shod, and that the
clothing should be more neat and
clean. We recommend that the IN