San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-30
Grand JURY SCORES GENERAL BARTON
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The Grand Jury'S Report

more arrests and convictions the more
money they make.
Against Fee Cops.
'Since the 35-mile speed law has
gone into effect we find that these So
motorcycle men operate principally in
the city of San Antonio where the
picking is the best. The great ma
Jority of them do not know the boun-
daries of their respective precincts
The city and county are being done un-
told injury by the fact that the tour
lists are the ones TO suffer heavy fines
or several days delay after being ar
rested. Upon a thorough investigation
we feel that these men were appoint
ed for the sole purpose of collecting
fee. and we recommend that every
Bexar county official who get fees out
of these cases get together immediate
ly and see that this practice is stop
ped. And all motorcycle officers OPP
Grating on Il fee basis be removed from
our streets and highways and this
menace TO the citizens and tourists be
ended.
we further recommend that men,
bers of the Legislature of this county
take such steps to introduce a bill ut
the next session of the Legislature TO
have n law passed providing that no
motorcycle officer making an arrest
for speeding shall be entitled to re-
ceivc any fee for making such ar
rest.
We wish to report that we made a
careful inspection of the county Jail
and found il to be in clean and SAN
itary condition, however. very crowded
due 10 the large number of federal
prisoners hek in the Jail. At the
present time the Jail has H. hunks and
approximately 100 prisoners, making
it necessary for approximately as
prisoners to sleep on the floor. and
we earnestly recommend to the hon
orable commissioner court in Bexar
county, that they take immediate steps
to enlarge the Jail at least one or
two floors. We also earnestly re-
quest that when the Jail is enlarged
that the commissioners make some
provision for a narcotic ward which
We feel is badly needed MS thct, are
at all times number of drug adj
diets confined there and we feel that
they should be segregated and treated
as sick patients instead OF criminals.
Commend Mrs. Pyron.
Eve would like to call the courts
attention to the fact there are quito
number of insane patients in the
jail who have been confined there for
many months and we feel that some
steps should be taken to get them
placed in the state asylums for the
insane.
Eve would like to call the atten-
ton of the honorable commissioners
court of Bexar county to the efficient
and faithful service rendered TO us
by Mrs. Pyron. secretary 10 the grand
jury, and we recommend that her
salary be raised TO sum sufficient
to properly compensate her for the
service she renders in the discharge Ot
her duties.
I'VE would like also to call the
commissioners court attention to the
condition # the Bexar county court
house, which is badly in need of re-
pair. We recommend that the court
house be repaired. repainted and
cleaned on the inside. which we feel
should be done with all possible dis
patch.
Eve thank your honor for the able
advice and assistance you have given
us during our service as grand jury
men of this county"