The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-30
GEORGlA. Crisp County.

GEOlt(iiA. crisp county.
10 the Honorable o +. Cover.
Judge Of the Superior Court Of Crisp
County
We. the Grand Jury. serving AT this
the November Term, 1919. OF Crisp
Superior Court, respectfully snbm.t
our prescntments.
Report OF j. W. Bivins G. S. S.
was accepted as rendered and ORDER
ed incorporated in these minutes.
marked Exhibit A.
Report OF F. RI. Greene Clark
Superior Court. was accepted as
rendered and ordered incorporated in
these minutes, marked Exhibit y.
Report 0 H. IT, Ward, Sheriff was
accepted and as rendered ordered in
corp0ratcd in these minutes. marked
Exhibit G..
Pcport of w. j. MussIewhte, Tax
Collector. was accepted as rendered
and ordered Incorporated in these
minutes marked Exhibit d.
In view of the fact that the regular
Audit of the County Officers Books
and Records will soon be made, no
cords were made by this Grand Jury
We recommend that the per diem
Of all IurieS BE- fixed at So per day
We recommend that Court Baliffs be
paid So per day or their services. We
recommend that the clerk of this
body be paid 81 per day extra for his
services.
We recommend that Mrs. Beulah
Staines be placed on the Pauper list
and be paid S. per month for 70
months.
We recommend that these present
ments be published in the Cordcle
Dispatch and COrdele Sentinel and
each paper be paid the sum of $40 for
'such publication.
We recommend that Ehe County
Sheriff be paid Seventy Five Cents
per day for feeding each prisoner in
his charge and that this increase in.
clude bill for November, 1919.
Committee composed of G. l.. Lif-
sey, w. f. Markert and j. r. Smith
which had been appointed by the
May Term Grand Jury appeared be
/ fore this body calling attention to
kcm nsanda gioNs (which had been
made from time time by previous
I Grand Juries and which had net been
carried out by those in authority and
responsible for their execution.
Committee composed Of J. II. Lamb
j. r. Westbrook and w. II, Williams
from the recent Special Grand Jury
a. appeared before this body and pre-
sented book containing names and
amounts of unpaid taxes from time
county was created until Jan. 1918,
said unpaid taxes amounting to
about $1S0OOO0
This body appointed a committee
consisting of J. K. Williams. Lee
Mercer and Coley Wynne to take
charge OF this record of unpaid taxes
and tax defaulters. with full power
TO employ Auditor or Attorney to
proceed to enforce collection OF taxes
!. due and unpaid.
Our county Commissioners and
Tax Collector appeared before this
body and after a free and open dis
cussion of the Tax Defaulters pro
blem and other matters under recon
mendaton we Were assured that ef-
: forts would be made to perfect the
: system of records so that more ac-
curate and complete audit of Tax Re.
cords could be made.
We recommend that Bailiffs be re-
ouired to make quarterly settlements
10 commissioners for Tax FifaS in
their possession and that list OF
: Fifas collected accompany such re-
turns.
We recommend that the book OF
= record of Tax Defaulters he placed
in possession of the County ClerK
accessible at all times to the Grand
Jury or their committees.
In taking leave of his Honor, Judge
o. T. Cover we desire TO thank nm
for his painstaking charge to TINS
body
We also desire to thank the Solici-
y tor. Hon. j. h. Wall and his assistant
Hon. Joseph Grantham, for conitesies
shown this body.
G. l.. Mcmillan, Foreman. o. II.
Hammock. w. A. Tuck g. {. Howell.
Leo C. Mercer. J. NJ, Witherlngton.