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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 mk i&gfSg pi v Jaggl b So flB *- "*■ .... 1 f , fff T i 1 * j -[y— m .*>* j> v j } | 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. -A*-- 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. ■ % ~ . . • ... rr* - In time. Sold by drassists. NO. 47.