The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-10-24
GRAND JURY PREsENTMENTs
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Court House and grounds OF the
County OF Ben Hill, beg leave to sub
mi. our report and findings, as fol-
lows:
First-The roof TO the jail is in bad
repair and needs painting and the
leaks stopped. The SCREENS to the
Window have rottcd off and prac-
tically all Of them are in bad repair,
and most OF them out Of the windows.
The doOrsteps, both to the front and
back Of the jail are rotten down and
are very dangerous and should be
repaired Immediately as the county
is liable to have a suit on account OF
some one falling, i'll the condition
they are now in. Some OF the window
Sash frames have rotted and the win
dow glasses, in some OF the windows,
are very nearly out, on account Of it,
and unless repaired will eventually
fall out and be a loss.
Your committee, after calling the
attention OF the Sheriff to some few
defects i'll the sanitary condition of
our Jail, find the jail now, in excel
lent sanitary condition, all Of the
walls having been whitewashed, the
floors scrubbed and the entire Jail
thoroughly disinfected, and we wish
to compliment the Sheriff on the
present excellent condition OF the
Jail, as applies to its sanitary condi-
ton, and feel that it is credit to the
county and the jailer and Sheriff.
The Court House--We find that the
/ roof OF the Court House is leaking
|. and the water has damaged not only
The walls i'll some parts of the build
ing, but has rotted considerable of.the
| wood work and, this roof should be
attended to at once TO save further
damageto the building. We find, fur
Their, that the wood work on south
entrance to the Court House around
the doors is rotting, and the window
stills in some of the windows and sash
frames and, unless some repairs are
done on the Court House at once,
there will eventually be a great loss
to the county, aside from disparages
which it makes to the public from
having their public building kept and
left i'll their present condition. We
also find that in cleaning up the Court
House, all the waste paper IS put
down into the basement, and in the
corner of the furnace room, there is
a! least 4 two-horse wagon load of
paper and trash, which is dangerous
on account OF FIRE and is, also, un-
sanitary. We recommend that trash
box be used instead, and same be
hauled off by our scavenger wagon.
We also find that about half of the
light globes in the Court House are
| burnt out and when in need of lights
in the building there are very few to
be had, and we would recommend
that all Of the sockets be supplied
at once with light bulbs. We also
notice that some of :he toilet seats
are split and could be very easily
;nendcd with very little cost now,
while, if they are left standing as
they are, it will eventually mean new
| seats, which would be additional cost
to our county. We also find that the
toilets are in an unsanitary condition
ard the odor IS simply terrible, and
are informed that the Court house
officials have been unable to get dis
ntectants to use i'll the building. We
earnestly recommend that the proper
rites furnish sufficient amount
OF dis'nfectants at once and contin-
TALLY to keep these toilets in a SAM
tary condition. We find the Court
House yard and grounds present an
unSightiy appearance and very poorly
kept, besides having considerable
trash, paper, etc, scattered yer them.
The lawn appears not to have had a
mower on it for sometime, and we
recommend that these grounds be
4 put in presentable shape and kept in
a manner that would be a credit, in
stead of a discredit to our County.
The floors in some OF the rooms, ,es-
pecially in the Clerks office, is rot
ten i'll places and should be fixed.
! In closing this report, we cannot
recommend too forcibly the import
ance, as we view it, OF having our
public buildings, the Jail and Court
House, given immediate attention
both as to their sanitary condition,
and certainly as to the repairs, which
we have suggested, and in our iudp-
ment, both buildings should have the
wood work all repaired and painted
and the roofs repaired immediately,
tor 1t certainly will be an economy
to our County to have this work done
at once, as the delay has been entirely
too long for the good of the county,
and fha f11npnNr will he =,