Pocahontas star herald., 1916-07-28
The GRAND JURY
SUBMITS REPORT

Ihe Grand Jury Tor the present
term Of ooHrt would respectfully
state that II has been in session for
SIX days; that 1t has had before II
more than eighty witnesses. aud
from their testimony have found
and returned into court twenty.
eight true bills OF indictment for
various infraclions Of laws Of the
state.
We very much regret to state
that we have had before our body
some witnesses that we are led to
believe did not tell us "the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but
the truth" but we have been un.
able to get sufficient evidence TO
indict for perjury, though few
such indictments might help to
clear up the memory Of some.
BY a committee from the body,
the county farm has been visited
and the report Of said committee is
hereto attached and made a part
hereof.
We, in a body, visited the coun.
ty Jail and found same IN a neat
and sanitary condition, and from
the prisoners therein confined found
they we're we'll kept and cared for.
The county court house we find
to be IN a very fair state Of repair
the county records, so far as we
were able 70 learn, are we'll kept by
the Official, in whose possession
they are.
From the records before us we
find the following justices of the
peace have failed to file reports as
by law required, to.wit: ]. w.
McNeese for Demun township, W.
M. RomIres for O'Kean township,
j. T. Glasco, for Reyno township,
T. G. Casey for Reyno township,
w. Ii. Glover for Richardson
township, and Frank McIlroy for
Water Valley township.
The commissioners of accounts
of the county officials, not having
completed its labors, we are unable
to make a report on the accounts Of
the county officers.
We recommend that the road
overseers Of the several road dis.
tricts IN the county be instructed to
more carefully look after the condI.
tIons of the roads and put them In
better repair, their means at hand
and labor permitting, and that they
be particularly instructed to warn
and work all the free labor IN their
respective districts, and that they
work eight hours per day as requir'
ed by law; and especially do we
want attention called to the follow
ing ulstrIcts: Nos l 2, 8, 4, 5, 8, T.
10, l3, IA, 10, II, is, 10, 20, 2l,
%, 23, %, and 20.
We see, from the published re-
ports Of allowance of the county
officials for items other than county
records and legitimate county ex-
penses; we respectfully ask that an
auditing committee, of not more
than three members be directed to
| audit all such allowances and fur
nish each person or persons to
whom such allowance may have
been made with a list and amount
thereof, to the end that the same can
be covered into the county treasur.
er, file a complete report of its find
ings with the clerk Of this court on
or before the first day of the Jan
uary 1917 term hereof, and that
certified copy Of this and the above
recommendation furnished the low
er court.
Having, as we think, fairly well
performed the service for which the
body was called, we respectfully
tender the court and officials that
homage which Is due, for the coun.
sci and assistance rendered us, the
same being all that could be asked,
submit this as our hnal report, ask
that our short comings be overlook
ed and the body be discharged.