The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-24
FAVOR A BOND ISSUE FOR
PAVING THE HIGHWAYS
OF TERRELL COUNTY.
RECOMMEND SECRET BALLOT
Want Tax Collector to Give Fidelity
Bond, and Make Prompt Deposit
OF Money in County Treasury.
Move Grand Jury Room.


The grand jury adjourned Tues
dav after the. shortest session of that
body in the history of the county. 1t
mas in session only two days; but
during that time it found p true bills,
o,d drafted a number of recommends
IONS of unusual importance.
4 bond issue for paving the roads
NJ the county was recommended, the
Australian ballot was put into effect
!, the county, and the sheriff was re-
orested to enforce the law against
children under 10 years of age driving
automobiles.
II was also recommended that the
fax collector give bond in a surety
4 company, and that he make prompt
N deposit in the county treasury of all
money collected by him.
Another recommendation of inter
est was that the grand jury abandon
! The room heretofore used by them in
The upper story OF the court house,
& md that in the future the old county
ronrt room on the first floor be used
{. for their sessions.
The presentments in full are given
Il below:
The Presentments.
To His Honor, Judge NJ. ]. Yeo-
mans. Judge OF Superior Court, Pa
taula Circuit:
We, the grand jury drawn and
sworn to serve for the November
term, 1925, Terrell Superior Court,
bee leave to submit the following pre-
entments:
We wish to commend the County
Commissioners and Warden c. D.
s Marshall for the excellent roads we
have throughout the county, the roads
IS a rule being in much better ,condi-
don than are the state highways in
the county.
We cali the special attention of the
Sheriff and his deputies to the fact
that it is against the law for person
rnder sixteen years of age to drive
an automobile, and we ask that he
paw especial attention to an enforce
ment OF this law.
We recommend that jurors and
tailffs be paid the same per diem as
was paid in the years 1924 and 1925.
We attach hereto the report OF our
committees on the books OF the Clerk
Of Superior Court, the Clerk OF the
County Commissioners and the Ordl-
nary; also the books OF the Tax Col
ector. the Tax Receiver, the Super
mtendent of Education and the Sher-
it, all Of which show them to be neat
" and accurately kept.
Also we attach hereto the report OF
our committees on the county build
ngs and call attention to the recon-
mcndations contained therein. Also Is
attached the report of the condition OF
he county chain gang and machinery
ppertaining thereto.
We recommend the grand jury
loom be changed from its present To-
cation TO the present county court
oom on the first floor in order to eX-
pedte business and to eliminate NOISE
Fin the lobby back of the court room,
md that our county commissioners
make such repairs as are necessary to
put said room in order for the con-
rnience OF this body We further rec
mmend that the Ordinary OF Terrell
county call an election at an early
bate for the purpose of voting bonds,
hat Ibis county may obtain its pro-
rata share OF the state and federal
lghway funds.
We further recommend that the
australian ballot system be adopted
"a Terrell county.
The committee on the books of the
Justices OF the Peace for the county
cport that these books appear to be
OCULAR but are not as neat as could
Be hoped for.
This body has elected R. L. Cow
Pn OF Bronwood, Ga, as ex-off1cio
stice OF peace of 1143 district.
We wish to thank the Honorable
J. Yeomans for his able charge,
Rnd for the courtesies extended this