Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-06-07
BISMARCK, D. 7, WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 1916

sisa1 NO. 48.
8 his appointments is left with the
court, Of course, Allthe duties here
tofore given to the Register of Deeds
and others new and sold,a exceptre-
Icordin are given to ethe county
q clerk, but the same person still holds
: both Offices. The probate court is
4 established, made q court Of record
with a seal and the Judge thereof
/, his own clerk. - When he is related
nearer then the 4th DEGREE to party
before him 81 personally Interested,
1.-THE county clerk takes his place
therein; but Tissue for trial is,ioined
therein the county clerk shall mot
'Ftry' it, but.' send, It oto the district
court with the papers and record.
fThus acting elm eases when interest
issprnvided. against, and not as now
when sour ,excellent probate judge
must settle the, hee,Ses Ssstate. tate. Of ,is his de-
| There IS 81 81 Il Increased ssa strickness
Of duty 'reqdiniffed Of officers gener-
ally, and usually they and their dep
utfes cannot ,be deputies & Of other
officers. The bondssof county Off
GERS all run to- the county and the
amount is usually left to- be.fxed by
lttheuC County, G Commissioners. these
are now located and called "the
Board Of Co. Commissioners" and
some additional duties and super
vision are given them, and special
strictness is enforced in drawing
warrants upon the several funds.
The territorial treasure must have
at least -four freehold sureties to his
bond and the county treaurer three.
The law in regard to designations,
vacancies anh removals is almost
wholly new, and is fairly strict, and
gives the district court jurisdiction
in cases Of all county officers, upon
complaint by county or any indivi-
dual for ofenses named, the proceed
ings to be as near like the civil cas-
es as the case will admit. Principals
may require bonds Of their deputies
for their own protection. Strictness
in the record Of instruments is re-
quired.
When and how officers shall
qualify is carefully and strictly
treated andprovision IS made for de-
lay in case Of contest. Accounts
and funds must be examined and
audited by the county board fully
once a year or oftener in certain
cases, and if a person be reelected
to Office his new bond shall not be
approved until the satisfactory in
spection is made, all property, funds
and accounts produced, and this
fact shall be noted upon the new
bond before it's approval. Thus
any error will be confined to the
year in which it occurs. The sub
| ject Of fees has been touched but
slightly yet. The organization Of
new counties and all the questions
which arise in starting them into
regular and orderly existence are
provided for. Notaries public suf-
fer no change Of Importance except
they receive a duplicate commission
one Of which they file with the clerk
of court which authorizes him to
certify their acts. The whole sub
ject Of this code is not completed,
but So far as noticed concerning
county government we should say
the revision places larger powers
and stricter duties upon the county
board, defines and locates duties
and responsibilities Of there officers
more precisely, looks towards strict
accountability, with guards and
cheeks, protects from fraud, and
yet is so systematic as to be very
simple and of easy reference.-Da-
kota Republican. ~ e..
| His DeDrayed ADDetfte.