Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-03-30
Report OF The Grand Jury.

We, the Grand Jury in and for Mont
gomery County. have the honor to report
to the Court that we have carefully in
vestigated all cases brought before us,
twenty-six in number. and found twenty
four presentments.
We have examined fifty Eight witnesses.
We have examined the Jail and found
six white men and nine colored men as
inmates of the Jail. We found the prem
ises in as good condition as can be expected
of building Of its type.
We have visited the County Home and
found the buildings clean, sanitary and
well kept. There are eighteen inmates,
nine white men, four white women, four
colored men and one colored woman.
We found the following: Forty quarts
of sausage, IS quarts of pickle, 48 quarts
of preserves, so quarts Of canned fruit. A
quarts tomatoes. IS quarts canned beans.
81 glasses Of jelly. 20 bottles of catsup.
81 hams, "a shoulders, "a middlings, half
barrel of fish. 1000 bundles Of fodder. 8
corn, 43 hogs. IS shoats. l25 hens. S
ROSTERS, horses. cows and bull.
We found all necessary farming ma
chinery and we found the premises in first
class condition. We highly commend the
work Of Commissioner Shaw and his as
sistants for the splendid condition in which
they have kept the house and farm.
The Court House was inspected by the
full grand jury and on account of the
contested condition found inadequate
and improper quarters for working and
storage, the following recommendation was
unanimously made:
Acting in accordance with the sug-
gestion of your Honors, we have inspected
the Court House and made careful inves-
tigation of the conditions and needs of the
various offices located therein. We find that
the building is inadequate to take care of
the business requirements and that prac-
tically every office is so crowded that the
public business cannot be handled with
the efficiency and success which the public
rightfully expects and demands. We fur
Their find that the public records are kept
in rooms that are not fire proof. with the
consequent danger Of their damage or de-
struction by fire, and we realize that the
destruction Of these records would be a
public calamity and the cause of Grave loss
and Inconvenience to the property owners
OF the county.
We recommend that the County Com
missioners proceed at once to make avail
able the funds provided at the last session
Of the Legislature and to construct an ad-
ditiOn to the Court House adequate to care
for public business and to provide fire.
proof quarters for the public records
We do find that the Jail building is old,
out of date and an unfit place in which to
cOnfine human beings. and we recommend
and strongly urge that the jail be replaced
as soon as possible by a new. modern Jail
building that will be in keeping with like
institutions in other communities.
We visited the county buildings in Be-
thesda and Silver Spring and found them
in good condition and adequate for the
need of the community.
We commend the janitor of the Court
House for the cleanliness and condition in
which the building is kept
We also wish to commend Chief Monkey
and his entire force for the efficient ser
vice which they are rendering the public.
We also commend the Sheriff and his
deputies for their good services.
We wish particularly to commend the
States Attorney for his courtesy and i'm
partialness in his presentation of the cases
We commend the Bailiff for his attention
to his duties
Having attended to all business brought
before us. we respectfully ask to be dis
charged.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES L. WATKINS,
Foreman