The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15
GRAND JURY PREsENTMENrs
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the County Commissioners in view ri
the financial condition of the countz
tomake such cuts in salaries of thosg
under their control, TO bring tbeil
salaries in keeping with those mad
Ia other lines of industries. and W.
further recommend that every effort
be made to cut operating expenses
of the county and that the finances
of the County be handled in such .
manner that the expenditures will
not be greater than the income We
believe. that one of the first WAYS +be
expenses of this county can be emf
ana at the same time make the work
Of the convicts more effective. w0DId
be to consolidate the chaingang;canns
T. and thereby dispensing with the ser.
vice of ali guards except those shso-
lutely necessary for the, safe-keepino
Of the convicts of the county. We
further recommend that one or more
overseers be appointed from each
Militia District in the County to col
lect road tax in his district, and use
the same on the upkeep of roads in
their respective districts and that the
unused funds be turned over to the
County Commissioners. We believe
that this plan will enable us to keen
the convicts in one permanent camp
instead of three.
This Grand Jury, after careful de-
liberation, believes that the county
could be put in a financial condit-
= ion that would give it the necessary
funds to operate on through the en-
tire year if a bill could be passed
in the Legislature giving the County
Commissioners the authority to direct
the placing Of the money of the coun-
ty.
The Grand Jury further recon-
mends that a bond issue of not less
than two hundred fifty thousand dol
lars should be issued to take care of
permanent work in the county, and
recommend that said bond issue cleo
ton be called by the County Com
mlssioners at an early date. Should
this issue carry. we believe that it
will not be necessary for any special
levy to be. made, as was done in 1921.
We believe that the incoming taxes
will relieve our present Indebtedness.
leaving the bond issue for permanent
improvements in the county.
We recommend that the Atlanta
Road from Smyrna to the River be
paved in the same manner as it is
between Marietta and Smyrna, as the
Government road fund of seventy
five thousand dollars can be had and
is available at this time. If we do
not accept this fund at this time, we
will lose this opportunity. ,~
We further recommend that in
view of the fact that the County Trea
surer has not kent the funds seperate
as we understand the law directs, we
recommend that the proper authori-
ties take immediate action to see that
theawarrants are paid in the order in
which they are issued and out of the
proper funds. After investigation,
we find the Treasurer of the county
has not before this year, as has been
the common practice heretofore, kept
the funds seperate according to law;
but since the 1st of July has been
keeping them separated. We fur
Their recommend that warrants be
paid in the order issued, on the funds
they are drawn from.
We recommend that the per diem
of jurors and bailiffs be cut to $3.50
per day for the year 1922.
We have inspected the books and
dcckets of the various Notaries Pub
lie and Jusices Of the Peace of the
County and find that the same are
correctly kept.
W. rooor,r,o,J +bo+ D n Dv,-o,,+
be appointed Notary Public and Ex-
oficio Justice of the Peace for the
l395th District, to succeed himself;
that ]. w. Mayes be reappointed No
airy Public and Ex-Officio Justice of
the Peace for the 1540th District to
succeed himself.
We wish to commend the officers
of the county for their efforts direc-
ted toward stamping out the liquor
traffic in our county. They seem to
be untiring in their efforts and are
to be commended by all law-abding
citizens.
We wish to thank the honorable
D. W. Blair, Judge of the court for
his able charge of this body, and to
commend him for the interest mani
tested by him in the fearless and i'm
Partial administration of the law.
We also wish to thank Hon. John
s. Wood, Solicitor-General and his
assistant, Mr.. Lindley w. Camp. for
the many kindnesses arl courtesies
shown US during our term Of service.
They have been extremely courteous
and helpful to us in the discharge of
our duties.
We also wish to thank our able fore
man, Mr.. T. M. Brumby, Jr. and our
ef'eent clerk, Mr.. T. H. Handy and
our bailiff, Mr.. G.. M. Hicks, for their
1athfulness to the discharge of their
eN1cs during this term of the court.
We recommend that these present
G4ents be published in the Marietta
Sournal Cobb County Times and the
hcworth Four County Post, and that
we lee for publishing same be divid-
gu among the three.
7 NJ. Brumby, ,Tr.. Foreman.
/. j. Handy, Clerk.
The foregoing general presentmen-
g. s. read IN open court, let the same be
noleu IN the Office Of the clerk of the