St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-19

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Investigation of this question at the
abstract office ELECTED the information
that when Mr.. Murnane entered upon
his duties two years ago the Office was
l1,000 pages behind. This amount of
work. at the rate the Office was paying
before he took charge, would have cost
about $1,000 to make up. He has
brought the records up to date at a cost
for the work in arrears of 5000. The
office is now in better shape and more
able to promptly respond to the de-
mands upon it than at any other time
during its existence.
AT the session of the Minnesota legis-
lature in 1855 an act was passed in re-
lation to the abstract clerk of Ramsey
county. which reads as follows:
Section 1. The fees for making abstracts
in the Office of the abstract clerk Of Ramsey
county shall be such sum as the board Of
county commissioners of Ramsey county
1nsy from time to time fix and establish but
shall never exceed twenty-five (25ct cents
transfer.
Sec. 2. The salary of the abstract clerk
shall be twenty-five (S2,5 500 dollars per
annum, and there shall be allowed said
abstract office four ~ clerks until as herein
after provided; two (2) of said clerk shall
be paid as compensation at the rate OF twelve
hundred Isl, 200 dollars per aunum each,
and two (2) of shall be paid a compensation
at the rate of nine hundred 5000 dollars
each; the compensation TO be paid said alb
stTact clerk and clerks in the abstract office
is for their entire service during business
hours
Sec. 5. The abstract clerk of said county
shall give bond to the state of Minnesota
in the penal sum of five thousand (SS ,0J0)
dollars with two or more sureties to be APP
proved by one of the judges of said district
court, by endorsement therein CONDITIONED
that the said abstract clerk shall well and
faithfully in all things perform and execute
the duties of abstract clerk according TO law.
and also shall keep the abstract books OF
his said Office posted and kept up daily and
in such a manner that full and perfect alb
straits of the title to any real property III the
county of Ramsey, together with all incum-
brance liens, judgments and taxes in said
county as the same appears of record in the
office of the register of deeds, clerk of the
district court of Ramsey county, the clerk of
the circuit court and district of the United
States, county auditors and judge of probate
Offices during his continuance in Office. He
shall also take.an oath of Office, which oath
OF office and bond shall be filed with the
auditor Of the county OF Ramsey.
Sec. 4. The board of county commissioners
OF Ramsey county are hereby authorized and
1t is hereby made their duty either as board
of commissioners or by some person APP
and as often as said board may deem advls-
able, cause an examination to be made Oh
said abstract office as 10 the condition, the
number and kind of books. abstract records
and maps belonging to said county. ana
whether the same are being properly and
continuously kept and posted and as TO the
amount of fees received and paid over the
amount OF fees unpaid and what clerical
force would De necessary for the proper
working of said abstract Office and the neees-
sary compensation to be paid therefor. And
if from said report it shall appear
that less number of clerks would be
sufficient III said Office, the board OF county
commissioners shall make an order reducing
the number and compensation in accordance
with said report and after the making of
said report no greater number OF clerks shall
be employed in said abstract office and at no
greater compensation than the order OF said
commissioners shall provide.
Sec. 3. All laws contravening the provis-
sions of SO much of this act as relating TO the
abstract clerk are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. This act shall be in force from and
after Its passage.
Approved Feb. 81, A. D. 1888.
Two years later the foregoing statute
was amended by the legislature as fol-
lows:
Section 1. That chapter three hundred
and ten $50 of the Special Laws of one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-three
llSS3), entitled AN act i'll relation TO the
dDSIrhCt clerk OF hdmSey county, DC
amended, and the same is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following section after
section four a. of said act: section five t5).
fhe abstract clerk of said Ramsey county
shall have the exclusive and sole charge and
custody of all and singular the abstract
records of said county, and of all books and
records to be kept and used by him in his
said Office for the purpose named in this act;
and no person or persons snail have any
right of recourse thereto without the permits
sion OF said abstract clerk for any purposes
whatsoever, it being the intent hereby TO con-
stitGte said Office of abstract clerk as sepa-
rate and distinct Office from the Office OF reg
lister of deeds of said county; provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be con-
struea so as to prevent the person or persons
authorized by section four a. of this act to
make the inspection of said books and records
as herein provided.
Sec 2 There is hereby added to section
-four a. of said act the following proviso Pro-
yided that If the said board of commissioners
shall at any time deem it necessary to in-
crease the clerical force of said office they
shall have power TO do so.
Sec. 8. The salary of said abstract clerk
shall be three thousand (S3,000) dollars per
year, exclusive of clerk hire.
Sec 4. This shall take effect from and
after its passage.
Approved March 5. A. D., 1885.