The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-16
GRAND JURY PREsENTMENT
oeala, Fla, May Is, 1915

Ocala, Fla, May 10, 1913.
To the Hon. w. S. Bullock, Judge of
Fifth Judicial Circuit, Florida.
We the grand jurors, sworn and
empanelled at this the spring term of
circuit court, Marion county, A. D.
1918, having completed our Iabors,
beg leave to submit this, our final
presentment. We have carefully gone
over and examined all matters
brought to our attention and have
found true bills only in those cases
where we thought the evidence would
justify a conviction. In the case of
the state VS.. Vance Burley, we have
referred to the county judges court
for trial and request that the sheriff
look after same.
We desire to heartily endorse all
that your honor has said to us in your
and the duty of each citizen at this
time of great peril, therefore we call
upon every citizen to heartily co
operate with all the government de-
partments in all their endeavors to
win the greatest war the country has
ever known.
We want to especially emphasize
the fact that we must at all times
practice the most rigid economy, Ia
order that we may come out victor
ious in this great struggle for DEM
ocracy. We also desire to call the at
tention of our citizens to the fact
that it devolves on each and every
one, the duty of reporting to the
proper authorities, all acts and words
of disloyalty.
We have examined the court house
and find many defects caused from
leaky roofs; we find that the toilets,
especially those In the basement, are
badly in need of disinfectants as they
are not in a sanitary condition, and
further recommend that a separate
apartment be made and so designed
for the white and colored. We also
find that no accommodations of this
kind are provided for the ladies,
which fact we deplore, more especially
at this time in our history when our
women are being called upon to fill
the places of our men.
We have examined the various
county Offices and find all of the Off
cials courteous and obliging. We find
that all of the old probate files IN the
county judges office are not indexed
and recommend that the same be in
dexed according to the system now in
use in said Office.
We have examined the jail and find
the same we'll kept and in good SAN
itary condition and all the prisoners,
five in number, record worthy Of
mention, being well provided for. We
believe that for the protection of the
taxpayers the collectors Office should
be supplied with an adding machine
of more modern make to meet the
requirements of said Office. Our at
tention has been called to the fact that
our public roads are very much in
need of repairs and insufficient width
in many places to meet the present
!. demands. Especially your attention
$ is called to the Mcdonald lane in dis
1 trict No. 2, where there is insufficient
room for public passing.
We also recommend that a suitable
house be erected for the storage ot
such materials as accumulate In the
sheriff's Office.
It appears to us from the list Of
occupational licenses as furnished tc
us that there are a number of delin.
quents to which we call the sheriff:
attention.
To your honor, we wish to extend
our thanks for your able charge anC
assistance and to our state attorney
who has labored with Us so untiringl!
we extend our most grateful appre
citation; likewise to the sheriff, clerl
= and other officials for their kind serv
ices rendered to US In the discharg
of our duties.
We now ask to be discharged.
Respectfully submitted,
James r. Moorhead, Foreman.