The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27
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BRooXHAvEN, Mss, Nov. 10Th, 1917
Elit2, Brookharcn Ledger
The system of private snrety"hip, when
has been 40 long IN vogue, has 80 many
bad feature. that it has come 10 & recog-
ni1.d a6a mosy disasreeable necessity. IL
/. certainly necessary when employing men
IN ,,.;ii,n. of trast to demand some
security hat their duties shall be honestly
performed. Private employees have bet
ter meaus Of Judging of the character OF
their employers, and, then, too, the temps
tation is never so great to 'teai from Al
individual Us from "a company, State or
cou,ty. But even i. the case Ok lndiVld>
,als or firms, bonds are often necessary,
and the records OF embezzlemen's and de-
faults of the past few years show IN our own
county the necessity Of requiring the best
of security. The practice OF 'g'ins on
bonds" is at the same time geneiai's
recognized as dangerous A man may
we'll hesitate before placing himself IN a
position to be possibly ruined by the nesll-
gence or criminality Of an other. IL Is d
DELIGHT thing to ask of a man, and he
would generally be better warranted IN re
fusing than consenting.
But bonds are required, sought and
piyen. The system is troublesome ana
d,sogreeable to the employee and even to
emnloyer. It should be the duty OF those
approving OF bonds to follow strictly all
the technical requirements, and LOOK mp
the financial standing of bondsmen and see
al a certainty that the bondsmen are SOL
vent and worth all that they represent
themselves TO be at he time oil entering
.boir pauas IA bondsmen. When mail?
,ho bor5 Is made satisfactory, the Chancery
clerk. Board of SupervisorS, or whose
dutv it is. should keep themselves IN
formed so far as possible of the financial
condition Of the bondsmen, and II fusplc-
ion is reasonably excited. 20 require new
honda With all these precautions, there
!, great risk that the bonds will prove
worthless and the failure to collect any
'binr from bondsmen is by. ne means a
ra-e occurrence. The emp!oyH IL, OF
course, already under obligation 10 M
bondsmen, and 1t often occurs tina ths
later ,vails himself of that fact to solicl'
favors which it is in the power OF the en-
n,ove to grant. but which are really at the
i~,Iepse of the employers, or, II IL be an
| sIected officer, at the expense OF the
county or State. ,a;,;
,sns should look to with a singleness q
n~urpose, this question of b~ondsInen. IL
matter in which all are vitality inter-
os,ad All officers elected who have Il
Give bond should feel it incumbent upol
/ themselves to make a good and soiven
,bond. and if they TAIL TO tender a solven
hondSmen. be the bono ever SO small o.
large. the parties recognizing the bono
sbonld be sure that those rendered a.
~bond.men are worth over and o al
liabilities. exemptions and amounts the
NAV be on other honda, the amount tina
tbey offer themselves for. 1t Is TOO ire
. cuently the case hat parties gong o,
bonds don't regard the amounts ior ~n'c'
+ they are on bonds, as being part OF mel
! liabilities but it seems that q stric' an'
logical conclusion that all amounts that
party has obligated himself tor, either u
r bondsmen, securely or otherwise, Is a par
Lei his liabilities, until that obligation l.
|canceled. Again, it is frequently stated
; ..that it is only a mater OF form an'
a~moun,s 10 nothing" This think q YER
uniustifyabIe assertion. Our laws re
I ouIrina bonds to be given certainly mean
/. Something, and was intended as a protec
, tion to The people in what ever capacit
the party required to give bond might b
/ called on to act, and giving Of a good an
: solvent bond has always been the re
/, quirement and condition in al eases,