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THE COURAJNT AMERICAN.
Cl. xix.
IK
iesentmekts.
Investigate County Affairs
and Make
notable" findings.
, commissioners Claimed to
> Received Comoensaiions
Not Allowed by Law
the o-rand jurors chosen
torn for the July term 1900,
r'ow superior court/ tfeg to
t Vhe following as our gen
esentments:
committees we have- exam
,e books of all county offi
aslices of the peace and no
jublic and ex-officio justices
peace, pauper farm and the
t camps located in the
, \\\ of our findings in
ice thereto are therefore
on reports of the various
tt e es appointed from our
ORDINARY.
ind the annual returns, civil
.minutes of court, record
s, registrs' of special taxes,
| records in the office of the
■ry, Mr. Geo W. Hendricks,
Kmplete, nicely arranged
■operlv indexed. The regis-
K! special taxes pvOrdinary
Kcks and Tax Collector Bo-
Hi correspond and tally ex
■ The special taxes for 1899
It to $345-00, collected from
|rt galleries, two hardware
| eleven cigarette dealers,
Bony show and one circus.
Hecial taxes for 1900 up to
Bsenttime amount to $125.00.
Bed from three art galleries,
Brdaare stores, seven cigar
|aiers and one pony show.
B TREASURES.. •*’**’’'
Bind the accounts of Mr.
81. Cobb, treasurer from
■899, to July, J9OO, to be
B T< :u hors were exhibited
of money paid out
His books are models of
■s, and receive the highest-
of our body. The
is a statement of money
and paid out by the
|t as submitted to our
I H. COUU. TREASURER,
|B NT "ith kaktow countt. from
ji. rSyt), to July i, 1900.
teNEKAL FUND.
$5770 69
including
$3902 04
hand IS6S 65
IB $5770 69
H ROAII FUND.
iB rti j' ved #5726 22
nut $;029 61
hand ' 696 bi
m 5726.22
JURY .FUND.
■ *295, q.
M* 1 ou .t 6S ■
B “and 1403 26 ,
B .12951 94
V( N 1 EMDF.NI WITNESS FUND.
dar.d qgq
B $"95 24
MB Jail FUND.
mfe-^.::::******
|H n "and 163 98
B $1446 80
UO'IK LUND,
$1123 09
received .$,821398 t
H Paid out 13102 96
on hand ,
feui 02
|B t 0 ditierent funds is as fol
m *•** & ■ * 'Ji *
■ •••■ 696 fr
nonresident wit- 14 26
■ 9|9 41 , t"
B 49 11
hand ~
■ u ssm 02
■ SCHOOL COMMISSIONER
W* examined the vouchers
M/ t " ■’ ,*“^ a vton. countv
from July’,
B. ° -V acc ounted for all
B.; Came into his hands.
Beref e a neat a ° d corr ect.
I S s !" J ul f. >99.
If" ■ has Paid out
l 3 6 Vmf: 3
Jj SHERIFF.
•io 1 ; 1 " e * ecu rion docket of
Bd jail ?? Clt , y courts > sale
■er ff Mii ds in the
ii M k r ec a - RjM-wwen.
l^r p oi
. Sln july, ,8,9.
.sc& U ' and o jail, 8,
Vonlv 1 , ' ' Ponses
-81. ' 5 are nov \' in the
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 9, 1900.
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.
We find the books in the office
of the clerk of the superior court
neatly kept and in first class con
dition. The physicians and den
tists throughout the county so
far as we have been enabled to
ascertain have registered in the
clerk’s office accoruing to v law.
The vaults and other places for
keeping county books, papers and
records are very*much crowded
and more commodious quarters
are badly needed, and feeling as
sured from the tone of public sen
timent the time is not far distant
when a new' court house will 1 e
.erected we therefore do not feel
inclined to recommend any ex
penditure in improving the office
now used by the clerk.
TAX COLLECTOR.
We find the tax collector’s books
neatly and correctly kept, and de
sire to say that he deserves the
commendation of the people of
the county for the energy he has
displayed in collecting taxes. He
has collected nearly $2,000.00 more
than the amounts on the digest
turned oyer to him.
We find on the registration
books fourteen names who have
registered this year (1900) who
have not paid their taxes. We
also find five (5) names vho have
•registered this year (1900) who
have paid their taxes since they
registered. We further find there
has been a practice of candidates
and other parties registering the
names of parties in their absence
without the oath required by law
being administered. This is in
our opinion entirely cotrary to
law and should be discontinued.
COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND
REVENUE.
We find the books of Mr. W. M.
King, clerk, correct. They are in
neat order and all vouchers check
up O. K. We further find that
the members of the board of Com
missioners of Roads and Revenue
drew from the county treasurer
for the year as follows*
Com’r Bradley, chm’n . $124 00
“ Jenkins .. . 132 00
“ Reeves . . 124 00
“ Matthews - 118 00
“ King, services 96 00
“ King, clerk . 150 00
Total amount . $744 00
We are of the opinion under the
act of 1874 that each of the mem
bers of the Board of Commission
ers of Roads and Revenue are en
titled to receive not more than
S4O 00 per year for their services.
Sec. XIII of said Act creating the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues reads as follows:
“That said commissioners shall
receive $2.00 per dav for the time
they may be engaged in holding
their sessions not to exceed twenty
days in any one year, payable out
of the county treasury of said
county, and shrill have authority
to pass orders in their own favor
for said services.” From the rec
ords of the treasurer’s office we
find the members of the Board of
Commissioners of Roads and
Revenue? have been drawing from
the county trea. urer more money
than is authorized bylaw. We do
not think the commissioners were
authorized to draw their warrants
for the amounts actually drawn
by them. We therefore recom
mend that proper and
steps be taken to cause to be paid
back to the county the money
drawn by each commissioner in
excess of the amounts authorized
by law. We further find by ex
amination of the treasurer’s books
that one of the members of the
present Board of Commissioners
of Roads and Revenue is drawing
from the county some- months
from S7OO to SBOO for supplies or
merchandise furnished by him to
different contractors and employes
of said board We do not ap
prove of this practice. We believe
it wrong for any officer charged
with the duties of. disbursing pub
lic funds to use his office in any
manner calculated to give him an
advantage over his competitors
engaged in the same business.
We recommend the Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenue to
exercise extreme caution in the
furnishing of supplies and pro
visions to paupers not inmates of
*’the pauper farm, and in no in
stance to do so unless upon the
recommendation of good and
reputable citizens living in the
districts wherein those seeking re
lief reside.
We also recommend that the
compensation for all horse hire
em/loved for the county shall be
a uniform price of one dollar per
day.
TAX RECEIVER.
We find the tax receiver’s books
neatly kept, and that there is an
increase of two hundred and
e-ghty polls and one hundred and
fifty-four thousand ($154,000.00) ;
dollars in real and personal prop- j
ertv over last year.
We also find that the justices of |
peace in the different districts are '
not furnishing the tax receiver j
with a list of the taxpayers in ;
their respective districts as the j
law requires.
PENSIONS.
We have examined the pension !
list furnished our body by Hon. !
J. W. Lindsay, commissioner of
pensions, and we find no name on
said list that in our opinion does
not properly belong thereon.
JUSTICE OF PEACE.
The following named justices of
peace and notaries public and ex-/ j
officio justices of peace presented I
their dockets for inspection and
we find as- stated opposite each of
their names.
1472 ml district .T M Dorsey, X.
P. and ex-officio J. P . Correct.
1472nd district, Joe Davis J P.
Cori ect
14U)th district, J. O. Hubbard X. P,
and ex officio J. P. Correct,
1410 district, A C Collins J P Cor
rect
851“ t district, J W Williams J p.
Correct.
851 district, C W Jones N P, and
ex-officio J P. Correct except failure
to itemize court cost in three cases and
the stating of four cases ou the docket.
828th Districted P Hawks J P. Cor
rect except failure to itemize court
cost in four cases.
828th di“trict, J C Farris N P, and
ex-officio .1 P. Correct.
819th dis rio*, Z T Russell J I*. Cor
rect
SlbthdistricC, M A McCoy N P, and
ex-officio J P. Correct except itivinjf
number of district in one case and the
time of trial in one <-a*e.
952nd do tr et. R B Game*, N P, Cor
rect exc pt ifivinjf no in her of district
in one case and the time of trial in one
14715 t district, J N McKelvey N P,
and ex- >ffieio J P. Correct.
1471s 1 is net, William \V Morris, J
P, Correct,
827th district, H H White J P Cor
rect ex ept failure to si if 11 name to
settlement and to itemize court cost in
one rase.
963rd district, J O Goodson X P, and
ex-officio JP. Correct.
822-nl di-trief, G S Cobh,X P, aod
ex-officio JP. Correct.
8-22nd district, T N Utah! rn J P Cor
rect ex<-ept a failure to itemize court
cost in a number of cases.
14*25th district, F M Willis N P. and
ex officio J P, and Paul Btejfall X P and
ex-officio J P Correct except failure
to state the amouut of judgment* in 4
cases.
The following named justices of
peace and notaries public and ex
officio justices of peace failed to
hand in their dockets to our body
j for inspection:
856 district, ** J Bray X P. and ex-of
fici< J P.
856 district J A Price J P.
1425th district, P H Larey J P
14715 t district, T J riifht X P and
ex-officio .1 P.
827th district, W MTurner N P, and
ex-officio J P.
938th district, A L Linn XP, nd ex
officio J P
93(iih district, W B Brooksber J P.
903rd district. A. TANARUS,. Abernathy J P.
1041 district, J . Sfephe* son J P.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
We find the court house and
jail each to be in fairly good con
dition. We visited the jail in a
body and are gratified to be able
to say that it is clean and neatly
kept. There were at the time qf
our visit five prisoners confined in
I the jail and in our opinion they
> are well fed and properly cared
; for. While we recognize our
coyrt house is not such a building
As we think the county of Bartow
deserves and as we would like to
h,ive, yet Inasmuch as the rate of
tax levied for county purposes is
now and has been so excessive!)'
1 high fbr the past few years we de- j
i cline to recommend the building
jof anew court house at present
1 and we further recommend that
|our county commissioners of
1 Roads and Revenue delay faking
any steps towards the building of
anew court house until the rate
of taxation is lowered and the peo
ple of the county are better able
■to stand the burden of an extra
Ijvv for the building of anew
court house.
PAUPER FARM.
We find the pauper farm in
good condition. Ti.ereare eigh
teen inmates now on the farm,
and they all axpress themselves as
well pleased with the treatment
they receive from the superinten
dant and his family. The build
ing are kept neat and cleanL.
The health of the inmates is good
except with the infirmattv.es of
age. The cost of maintaining the
inmates therein is reasonable
which we find to be only $1.75 per
capita per month for supplies and
clothing for th . six months of the
present year ending June 31st.
We reccommend that the county
commissioners erect a small barn
near the pauper house also one at
the superintendent's house and
that the front part of the superin
tenaent’s house be recovered.
CONVICTS.
The felony or state convict camp
located in Bartow county we find
in good condition. The regula
tions are posted according to law.
The sanitary condition at the
camp is good. The diet, cloth
ing and bedding are such as the
regulations requite and the con
victs say they have plenty to eat.
One of the convicts was shot by
one of the guards but under the
circumstances we think the shoot
ing justifiabte. Another convict
was hit with a pick and badly dis
abled. We t ,ink this was also
justifiable as the convict refused
to be punished by the proper offi
cer, dar.d any man to touch him
saying he wcljtifd kill the first man
that did s<t>. There have been a
number of casualties ut the camp.
But from the best information ob
tained we believe they w ere caus
ed in some if not in all cases eith
er by their own negdigenc j or by
their own voluntary act. Five
convicts have been crippled with
in the last two or three months
some had limbs broken and others
toes cut off by tram cars. We
fbund in one case, the punish
ment inflicted' by Warden A. J.
Tomlinson on a convict by the
name of George Bankston was un
reasonable. The records show
this man was given during the last
week in March of this year three
whippings, first 12 lashes by Ward
en A. [. Tomlinson—then fifteen
lashes by assistant warden J. E.
Blevins and afterwards sixty lash
es by Warden *A. J. Tomlinson
and that very shortly after the
last whipping he died. This con
vict Bankston had been confined
in jail for some length of time be
fore reaching the camp which in
the opinion of the phvsic an in
charge rendered him wholly unfit
for anything approaching Hard
labor until his muscles were har
dened and his system toned up to
convict life. Yet in about two
weeks after reaching the camp he
was a corpse although he had not
at any time previous to his death
been reported as sick.
MISDEMEANOR CHAIN-GANG.
Our board of commissioners of
roads and revenue have establish
ed a county chain-gang for misde
meanor convicts known as' Camp
Bartow at Sugar Hill where the
state or felony convicts are locat
ed. We find at this camp the rules
and regulations are not posted as
the law requires. The rules and
regulations provide that one pound
of fresh beef, mutton or pork must
be furnished to each convict twice
a week. Our information is they
have never been furnished with a
single pound of fresh beef, mutton
or pork since the camp was estab
lished. We deem it proper, how
ever to say they have been furnish
ed with plenty of other foud as re
quired by the regulations for mis
deme nor convicts. We are also
advised that the foreman, John
Brown, in charge of the misde
meanor convicts abuses and curses
them and calls them by names
that are forbidden by the rules
and regulations. We reccommend
that the board of commissioners
of roads and revenue abolish the
! camp unless the abuses vve men
tion are corrected and the rules
are fully and in every respect com
plied with.
PUBLIC ROADS AND BRIDGES.
We find the public roads and
bridges, generally, in fair condi
tion with a few exceptions. The
road leading from Rowland Sping
school house through Wolf Pen
district to the Bell’s Ferry road is
in bad condition and has not been
worked this year, a portion of this
road is in an almost impassable
condition. The road leading from
Cassville to Adairsville one-half a
mile from Cassville is in bad con
dition and one mile from Cassville
at Two-Run creek and is also in
bad condition. There is no way
at the ford tor foot-passengers to
cross Two-Run creek and this road
has been in this condition for sev
eral years. The road leading from
J. H. Gilreath to Cass Station
Academy is now and has been in
bad condition for two years. The
road leading eastward from Pump
kinvine creek to Emerson and
known as the Alabama road is in
bad condition. The road leading
from Mlatoona passing through
the 1 o urd farm on Pumpkinvine
creek t art of the same being in
Allatoona district and part being in
Emerson district. 1 hat portion
in Emerson district is in bad con
dition on account of the load com
missioners failure to;have said road
in Emerson district worked. We
also find most of the bridges
across the drains in bad condition
and recommend thaj they be re
paired and put in order at once.
We refrain from presenting any of
the road commissioners for neg
lect of duty for th|e reason that
in our opinion the long wet spells
and unprecedented rains since the
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other aid so great to the housewife,
■no other agent so useful and certain in
making delicious, pure and wholesome
foods, has ever been devised.
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dfisoiumr pun*
There are imitation baking powders, sold cheap, by
many grocers. They are made fror* alum, a poison
ous drug, which renders the food injurious to health.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
first 6t the year have not only
caused the piibliC roads to be in
their present condition but has al
so made it impossible for those
whose duty it is to woTk them to
find time 10 dO so except at great
loss and injury to their crops.
We recommend however that our
board of commissioners of roads
and revenues require of the
road commissioners throughout
the county to have the various
roads in the county worked at once
and those in bad order put in
good condition.
RATES OF TAXATION 1900.
We recommend that a tax of fif
ty-four cents per hundred dollars
be levied this year for county pur
poses.
NOTARY PUBLIC AND EX-OFFICIO J. P.
We recommend for appointment
as notaries public and ex-officio
justices of peace.
1425th district G M, I Y Davis.
1041st “ “ P W Clark
952nd “ “ R B Gaines
936th “ “ R J Raiden
828th “ “ J C Farris
827th “ “AG Collins
bOARD OF EDUCATION.
We recommend for appointment
as members of the county school
board of education John G. M.
Montgomery and C. B. Vincent.
JURORS AND BAILIFFS.
We retommend that jurors and
bailiffs be paid as heretofore $2.00
per and e n for their services.
LOCAL OPTION LAW AND CITY COURT.
We recommend as suggested by
His Honor Judge Fite in the very
able and exhaustive charge made
to our body that our senator and
representative to be elected at the
approaching election in October
next prepare and introduce at the j
next session of the general assem- j
bly a bill amending the local op-j
tion law of Bartow county, acts ■
1884, so as to make the said law !
, _ ,t A
WIICII aiUCIILICVI uumuimtu tLI LilC
act 01 1877 regulating the sale of
domestic wines in this state as con
strued by the supreme court, the j
effect of said amendment being to
allow the sale of domestic wines in
this county manufactured from
grapes or berries grown anywhere
in the state. And we further re
commen that our city court law
be amended so as to authorize and
r quire the solu itor general to
prepare written accusation iu all
cases where the defendant has had
a committal trial or has waived
the same and is- in jail or under
bond.
COMMITTEE TO EXAMINt RECOR.DS.
We have selected and appointed
Mr. A. B. Cunyus as a committee
of one under section 837 of the
code of Georgia to examine the
records, books, papers and ac
counts of all county officers under
the provisions of aaid sections to
report to the next grand jtity and
we fix his salary a* $2.00 per diem
while actually engaged upon his
work a- t i farther allowance o
$25.00 for legal ad . ice if in his
judgment ii*. deems it bestto em*
piojj an attorney at any tirng dur
ing the progress of his investiga
tion.
DOG LAW.
I We recommend that the act ap
proved December Bth, 1899, enti
tled an act to levy a tax on dogs, to
| provide for the collection of said
tax, the killing of dogs in default
of the payment of the same, and
for other purpo >es, become operat
ive in Bartow county and we here
by adopt said act.
PUBLICATION PRESENTMENTS.
We recommend that the prcsent
: ments be published in theCd'fters
! vilie Courant American. Carters
ville News and Adairsville Banner
and th it th y be paid $15.30 each
for publishing the same.
| JUDGE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL.
We tender our thanks to His
Honor Judge A. \V. Fite for t cur
tesies to our body and beg to ex
press our gratification at his recov
ery from his recent severe illness
and further express the hope tjiai
he may live *ong to adorn he po
sition which he now fills. We al
so tender our thanks to the Hon.
S. P. Maddox, solicitor general
for his uniform courtesies to our
body and for his promptness in the
attendance upon his duties.
In Solicitor General Maddox the
state has an able, faithful and
conscientious pro ecuting officer.
We also commend our bailiff, Mr.
John A. Gladden, for the faithful
and efficient manner in which he
has performed his duties.
J. G. M. Montgomery. Foreman.,
T C Crenshaw, S T Clore,
O U Glasgow,, J F Lipscomb,
|W J Alexander, A B Cunyus,
J E Barron, A J Green,
! J M Dvsart, G H Gilreath,
W E Puckett, J G Cannon,
J? T P rwrprc H A Trtlincpar
W E Lee, J J Boston,
J C Farris, J A Shiaall,
I D Henderson, S W Bradford,
F M Durham, J W Vaughan.
Clerk, Clerk.
It is ordered that these general
presentments be received and en
tered of record, and that the same
be published as recommended.
Done in open court August 3,
1900. A. W. Fite, J S. C. C. C
GEORGIA — B \rtow County:
I hereby certify!* that the above
and foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy of the general present
ments as they appear ou the min
utes of Bartow superior court.
Given under my official signa
ture this 3d day of August, 1900.
W. W. Robebts,
Clerk Bartow Superior Court.
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