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LAST PRESENTMENT ■■ * « »■ PRESENTMENT OF GlAND JURY READ TN COURT THURSDAY MORNING THOSE HOLDING OVER. At the conclusion of the reading of Expert E. Ladson Fisbhume, Esq., the* following names were drawn of those who hold over: J. E. Kinsey. R. C. McMillan. E. O. Garris, A. E. Griffith, L. H. Griffith, T. P. LaRoche* The other members were: H. W. Black, Jr., J. A. Jones, A. 0. Hiott. L. N. Stone, G. C. Parish, B. L Jones. J. F. Britt, C. A. Eckardt, J. D. Colson, W. M. Godley, J. E. Bryan, J. H. Sloman. State of South Carolina. County of Colleton. In the General Sessions—Fall Term, 1909. To the Honorable C. G. Dantzler, Presiding Judge: We, herewith submit our present ment for the aforesaid term. We have passed upon all bills of indictment submitted to us by the solicitor, and our findings are en dorsed thereon. At the last session of this codrt a number of committees were ap pointed from our number for the following purposes, viz: A com mittee of officers and offices; a com mittee on the farm for the poor, and a committee on chaingang. The said committees have made their report to this body and are in substance as follows in the order named: POOR FARM. The committee on the poor farm beg to report that they visited the farm and were pleased with the con ditions existing there, with the ex caption of the buildings. The super intendent’s house needs complete re shingling and the flooring of the front and back piazzas should be replaced by new boards. The ir- mates expressed themselves to the committee as well taken care of by the superintendent and they look well. CHAINGANG. The chaingang was visited by the committee for that purpose. They all seem to be in good healthy cor- dition and seem to be well treat* d by the guards placed over them. The work required of them is at times hard but they are not urged beyond their strength. The class of work done is of an excellent charai’ ter and the supervisor and guards deserve credit for same. We are pleased to note that all vehicles and machinery belonging to the county are well taken care of and that the county mules are in first class condi tion. t ROADS AND BRIDGES. Generally speaking the roads and bridges in the county are in fair condition. We have been informed that the Willow Swamp bridge on the Broxton Bridge road is in urgent need of repair and is, indeed, well nigh impassable. We desire to cah the attention of the supervisor to this need and recommend that a> soon as practicable, a proper bridge be placed where this one is. OFFICERS AND OFFICES. * The committee appointed to in vestigate the several offices of the county have examined same as thoroughly as their time and knowl edge would permit. All of the of fices are apparently well kept anu according to law. In our examina tion of the office of the clerk cf court, we find that the following ir- dex books are rapidly reaching a condition that will render them use less for the purpose for which they are kept: Direct mortgages of real estate, direct conveyance of real es tate, cross conveyance of real estate and direct mortgages of personal property. As was stated in a pre vious report, these books have been in constant use since the year 1866. The backs are gone ta all Pf them, the binding thread is loose and the Pages in some instances entirely un- aecured. Unless they are re-indexed in the near future it will be impos sible to trace a chain ofjtitle to any tract of land in the coimty. Certain ly. these records are ox too impor tant a character to the citizens of our county to be, negligently re. warded. For the third time, we bring this crying need to the atten tion of our Representatives in the G^&eral Assembly and recommend *bat they tike the neceeeory steps te have this matter remedied. * MAGISTRATES. . / . We have examined the books of the following named magistrates and find them neat and legally kept: H. A. Cummings. J. E. Bryan, C. N. Langdale. J. M. Padgett. P. J. Wil son, J.~H. Chaplin, K. G. W. Bryan and W. S. Weeks. In view of the scanty considera tion which the supervisor has gitien some of our recommendations con tained in our report to the spring term of this court, we are disap pointed. ’tho not surprised that Ctose contained in the report at the simmer ;e*m have been Ignored. Notably, *»ur referlnce to the p-esent conc.iiion of the jail and the Uvi nr quarters- of the sherifl. In maiyofth* lower rooms the plas tering has fallen down and has not been repiastered. We, again recom mend that the supervisor install in these lower rooms occupied by the sheriff anil his family water works, that is. a bath tub and closet. And further, that the door at the outer entrance of the jail be put in com mi-ision or a new one be placed there so that the sheriff will not be put to tne inconvenience and discomfort of c »nducting prisoners in and out through his living apartments. W» find tnat the woVk of the county in the several county offices can be greatly facilitated by the purchasejof an adding machine. An acquisition of this kind will not only be a great time saver but will eliminate any possible errors thi t sometimes creep into the most care ful calculations. We, therefore, re commend to the county commission ers the purchase of this machine. Before concluding this report, we deem it our duty to express our un qualified disapproval of the unbusi nesslike method being pursued by the supervisor and the county board of commissioners in the award of the public printing. The law re quires that bids shall be invited and the contracts awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. This provision has been entirely ignored and the county has been the loser by several hundred dollars. In January. The Colleton Ncas made a bona fide bid for the public printing, offering to do same for a specified period of several months, to wit: One year, for one dollar. This bid seems never to have been acteJ upon, but the board has continued to use ^he columns of The Press and Standard, paying the legal rate lor printing. Again in October, The' Colleton News submitted a bid for the print ing at the rate of twenty cents per inch for the first insertion and ten cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. We are informed th; t la'-erThe Press and Standard met this bid with a similar offer and re tained the work. However, this does n >t alter the tact that from January till October the county has been paying for this work at the legal rate of one dollar per inch for the first insertion and fifty cents for subsequent insertion, when if the board had accepted the bid of The Colleton News they need not have paid anything. This particular ac- i on on the part of the board^seems » us to need explanation, especially i i view of the fact that The Colletr n Jews offered to put up a substan tial bond for the proper execution of the work. Finally, we wish to thank your Honor, for the uniform kindness and courtesy which has marked your relations with os, and to express our thanks to the solicitor and other court officials for their assistance to us in the performance of our duties. * AU of which is respectfully sub mitted. J. E. Kinsey, Foreman. Walterboro, S. C., Nov. 18, 1909. 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