The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-09-29
Grand Jury Report.

Judge of the 23rd Judicial Dis
trict Court of the State of Louis
lana, holding sessions in and
for the Parish of st. Mary.
We. the Foreman and Members
Of the Grand Jury, beg to submit
this. our final report.
We have made a thorough and
careful examination of all crimi-
nal matters placed before US OF
called to our attention, and have
presented our findings with Iefe-
renee TO criminal matters In two
partial reports already submitted
FIDUCIARY OFFICIALS.
We have thoroughly examined
the books of the Parish Treasurer,
of the School Treasurer. and OF
the Sheriff and Tax Collector. and
found that the balances shown by
them agree with the balances in
the dspositories wherein they de.
post their funds. We have found
no delinquency on the part of ad-
ministrators or others serving in 8
XVVCl0Iy CoPocAty'.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Wehave visited the Court House
and Parish Jail in the town Of
Franklin, and beg to report that
the buildings are neatly main
tanned, and kept in a sanitary
condition, and that the prisoners
incarcerated in the Parish Jail are
being we'll cared for and humanity
treated.
8 We beg to refer to the report Of
the preceding Grand Jury. which
report recommends q special tax
being voted in certain wards for
the purpose of securing funds with
which to build lateral roads.
We endorse these recommends.
tions, and especially request the
Parish officials to take the neces.
sary steps At once to submit the
proposition to the taxpayers.
From our general knowledge,
however, Of the condition OF the
present main highway through
the Parish, We would recommend
that sufficient binder be secured
1t oEce to properly surface the
main highway at points where
this road is not up to standard
We have reference particularly to
the section of road between Pat.
terson and Berwick. This should
be done before any additional ex-
pense 10 incurred in building new
roads.
We are In favor Of surfacing the
Road extending from Avoca bridge
to Bayou Chene bridge, as We
think this is the proper location
Tor our main trunk line; and we
think that the road extending from
Ramos to Amelia should be sur.
lneed.
The President Of the Police Jury
lnforms ne that the dirt road ex.
lending from Ramos to Amelia
he's been surveyed and relocated,
and that work has begun there on
grading THE road by means of the
employment Of Kerosene Tractor
outfit. We recommend that this
work be given preference over all
other work until completed.
Our attention was called to the
contract existing between the Par.
tsh and Alfred Fortier, Jr cover.
Ing the use OF teams and men and
Implements. We fnd that this
contract has been amended. and
the rate Of pay changed. ard We
ond no cauee for criticism OF the
changing of the rate of pay. We,
however, must 6nd fault with the
POLICE Jury for removing the
Jeanne and men Of the contractor
from the upper wards Of the Par.
lsh where the contractor h.d un.
der his supervision more that six.
y (b0) miles of dirt roads. We
Ind that these teams aud men
we're held in the Sixth Ward for
lfteen (15) weeks, and that du ring |
hat period no work was done in |
he First. Second, Third or Sew.
10Th Wards, and that the roads
here became impossible. While
he7e teams were engaged for flf.
cen weeks In the Sixth Ward.
heir entire time was devoted TO
he new road extending from Avo.
u Bridge to Bayou Chene Bridge,
! distance Of only seven ami one.
lalf q 10y miles, while the old
established roads in the Parish
Iere being neglected.
We coneider that Il was uuwise
D have transferred these teams
|ithout making some provision to
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