The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-01-27
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT.
Committees Observation-Disclosures
to Be Checked Up.

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on Wednesday afternoon, and made
their presentment to the court. The
following is the presentment in full:
state of South Carolina, county
! of Bamberg-Court of general ses-
sions. To his honor, George D..
Prince, judge presiding:
eve, the grand jurors, beg leave
to make our report and presentment.
| We have passed on all bills handed
| us by the solicitor and have returned
same to the court.
I'VE have not examined any of the
| offices or accounts, but have appoint
ed the following committees to per-
! form this service:
COMMITTEE to audit the books, ex-
anime the Offices and see that the
same are in proper shape and kept
in proper shape for the year 1916:
J. F. Folk, chairman; A. McB.
Speaks, H. F. Bamberg.
"Committee to check the accounts
of the county dispensary board, and
the several dispensers, and to see that
the business is properly wound up,
and we recommend that this court
authorize this committee to employ
an expert to assist them in II ais work
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this expert: J. F. Folk, chairman;
H. F. Bamberg, A. McB. Speaks.
SANITARY committee, composed of
S. w. Copeland, R. L. Lancaster, G.
H. Brabham, J. A. Bessinger, L. Nj.
Aver, J. H. Fender, ]. F. Folk, and
F. E. Dozier; whose duties shall be
to examine all places in the county
and report to the grand jury all
places that are unsanitary or detri-'
mental to the health of the communi-
ty; as already a complaint has been
handed in to this committee that
stream in Three-mile township has
been damned for the purpose of fish
catching, to the detriment of the
health of that community.
"Committee on chain gang and
jail: G. H. Brabham, L. NJ. Aver, j.
H. Fender, C. L. Bishop. G. c. Fen
der and R. L. Lancaster; whose du-
ties shall be to have supervision of
the jail and chain gang for the year
1916 and report from time to time
to the grand jury if sufficient
amount of work is being done and
proper discipline maintained among
the convicts, and to see that the
roads and bridges are properly con-
structed.
1--WE request that our representa-
tives have the hunters license law
ratified for Bamberg county.
eve further present that we, the
grand jury, resolve ourselves into, a
committee of the whole to see after
and promote the welfare of the
schools or the county.
eve recommend that the members
of the general assembly for Bamberg
county have law passed fixing the
salaries of all the officers of the coun-
ty, and requiring that they (the
county officers) turn in to the treas
urer all fees, fines and costs collect
ed by them for use of the county's
ordinary fund, and that copy OF
this presentment be placed. in the
hands Of each of the members of the
general assembly.
eve recommend and request the
governor to instruct the bank ex-
aminer to examine the charges paid
for loans and discounts by the instl-
tutions under his supervision in this
county and report to the grand jury
every instance where more than the
legal rate of interest has been charg-
ed during the year 1915, and that
copy of this presentment be forward
ed to the governor.
eve recommend that the school
districts for Midway and Sassafras
in Midway township be consolidated
with the Bamberg school district and
that the supervisor forthwith con-
struct a road from Midway to the
Hunters Chapel road at a point
about the G.. E. Hutto plantation.
And that the children who would go
to the Midway and Sassafras schools
be transported to Bamberg under
suitable arrangements. The reasons
actuating this part of the report are:
Until recently there was only one
white child over three years of age
belonging to the Midway school, and
there are now attending the Midway
school about five to seven children
only, and no others to go. While
they have an efficient teacher and
pay her $4,000 per month, she has
not the pupils, because they are not
in that district.