Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-07-14
"A, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY IA, 1918.
GRAND JURY'S PRESENTMENT.
Several Recommendations OF Import
mCe-Favors Permanent Bridges.
State Of South Carolina,

State Of South Carolina,
County of Oconee.
On Court Of Sessions-July, 1879
To His Honor Thomas S. Sease,
Presiding Judge:
We, the grand jury of Oconee
county, beg leave to make the fol-
lowing presentment to your Honor:
|. We have carefully considered
all bills of indictment that have been
handed to us by the Solicitor at this
term of Court.
Several complaints Of different
character have been called to our at
tention by various persons, which
have received our careful attention
and those that have not already been
acted upon will be in the near fiji
Jure.
II. We wish to make the follow
ing recommendauOnS:
|. That the county jail be equip
ped and supplied with electric lights,
and that the construction OF same
should be had by letting it out by
contract to the lowest responsible
bidder.
2. That our Representatives in the
General Assembly from this county
do all in their power to obtain a COM
| pnlSory education law which will ap-
ply to the entire county and be strict
| ly enfoceable; and, also, that they
secure the passage Of a drainage law
| for the county.
3. That Supervisor and Commits
sioners, if possible, put fences on the
dangerous sides of the road on
| StumphOuse Mountain so as to pro-
| tect pasSers-by from the danger of
getting thrown down the mountain
by accidents; and, also, that they
secure the construction of permanent
bridges, as near as possible with the
available funds, where those bridges
have been washed away by the recent
high waters; that the Old soldiers
who are now getting aid from the
county be paid their one dollar per
month by checks instead of giving
them the pay certificates as they now
receive; that the Court House jani-
tor be paid 5000 per year, and that
he be paid the additional amount at
this rate from now on, out Of any
funds that can be available, such as
the contingent fund.
4 q shat the steward of the poor
Warm keep a record on the "ledger
book which has already been pur-
chased, and that said record book
show all that is purchased, sold and
delivered by and for the poor farm.
q. We wish to call TO the attention
of the public at large that the law be
complied with which provides that
| all wire fences within so feet of a
highway be equipped with a plank or
| pole on top, or if that is not done.
| then the fence be removed more than
90 feet from such highway. or else
| such offending party be punished ac-
cording to the penalty Of the law.
I. we have, by a special commit
Tee and an expert accountant, exam
! incd all the Offices Of the county. ey-
cept the office Of Superintendent of
Education, and find them all we'll
and regularly kept. The reason the
ONCE OF the superintendent of Edu-
cation has not been completely eX-
amined is because he has not yet had
the time allowed him by law for COM
pleting his books, which said exami-
nation will be made little later.
We have, therefore, completed all
the work that is before us at this
time, and ask to be excused from fur
ther attendance upon the Court.
Respectfully submitted,
II. c.. Busch,
Foreman of Grand Jury.
July 7, 1915.