Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-11-10
THE GRAND JURY pKEsENTMENT
BOOKS Of County Officials Examined
ana Report Made ON Them.

tho Following
I'innl I'rrSrmtm
state OF South Carolina.
County Of Dconrr.
TO Ills Honor Frank Is. Gary, JUDI :
at The November Term OF Court in
and for til" county and State alorr-
said:
"" have passed on all bills that
have brcn handed out to ma by the
Solicitor at this term Of the Court.
We have. by committee. visited
tho poor farm. county Jail and chain
ganE We find that The county poor
furm has 20 inmates, all wrll takrn
care OF We desire to sluln that we
nnd this property well managed and
everything in excellent condition.
Wr nnd that thrro are several
small repairs needed ut tho Jail. and
we recommend that tho barn be ro-
paired and Il fcncr placed around this
lot; also that there arc several small
lcuka In the JAN. which we recon-
mrnd should be- iiXcd.
We ind that tho chain gang Ia kopt
In Il sanitary condition. and thnt tho
inmates arc wcll fed and we'll curcd
for.
We tlnd that tho west approach to
tho Court House IL In Il very bad con
ditlon. and wo recommend that tho
proper authorities mako Immediate
repair OF same.
Wo drsiro to commend tho good
work W l.. Littleton has done IN n
rural policeman. and recommend
that no be- rcnppointcd.
III Il furmuT TroHontiiiunt OF tho
grand jury wc mndo II rccommonda-
ton thnt no rural police ho allowed
to accept Il cash bond. Wo nnd BY
investigation that this practice has
hccn continued by Rural Policeman
j. &. Mitchell. and We recommend
thnt no discontinue samo.
Wo recommend that tho magistrate
at Salon ho paid salary OF $l3a
instend OF $50.
Wo have madr II thorough audit
of MI tho books OF tho various OH
cors OF tho county and find rs fol-
lows:
In tho Probate judges otlce we
find tho records correct IN every de-.
tail
IN U.u r|.gN d. yunra y'N,, y.
aNd ,Hn booze aaar', yuu ,yaU1 .'o@
Naul wNtN .H. N,.p rO a, : ( .rer
NsHNont or..sv. .'s.u. tHoEs,
.u ~um.u,pa ,l. .s e.. tu. So.
pervisor's office wc find several or.
rors In claims made against tho
county. and we recommend that the
Supervisor or his clerk verify all
claims presented to them before ap-
proving.
In eNaminiuE the books ot the Mas.
ter we iud tha; he is correct III every
detail
We find all collections made by the
Shrrin accounted for and properly
entered,
We have checked all accounts that
have passed throUsh the hands " the
County Treasurer for the year l9l9.
1870 aud find that he has mad, pro.
per entries ot all receipts and dis
hurStmcu,S
VIZ find that the books in the Au-
ditor's office ar, neatly and correctly
kept
We have made very complete
audit OF the office ~ the County SUI
rcrintrndcnt ot Education. or rather
two auditS--.the first from July |.
l9l9. to June 80. l9"O. and the other
from July |, 1870. IL October !.
l9"o. This report is made up by
school districts and Is herewith sub
mi,ted Tor your careful ronSjdcra-
tion We find that quite number
" the school districts are ovcrdrawn
on the funds tNr the year. and that
several are III had tiuanriAl couii.
irn, having large rvrrdrattS We
have attached ~ the several school
di$iritiS reports lNat have bonds \
statement VI thriv bonds. and the
%,"NWN; ~ sinking :uNi rN hand July
!, t%.N We retrmweud that the
proper Officers VI each district place
the sinking tWNd ~ interest in some
reputable bank
III order ~ wakc tN,$ ,hrrNUs!,
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