Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17
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An Explanation
Our attention has been :called to AMI
error in an article Of Feb 3rid entitled
sThose who live in glass houses's hould]
never throw stones, and we hasten tod
correct the same. s;,'!5ss "a ss5s
Wehad been charged with issuing
warrant No. 3le, for $3.50. without
attaching our name as county clerk, or l
the county seal. We inadverte ntly
overlooked the statement that sour
name was not attached Hence the
wording Of our article. We must
admit we have no knowledge Of how
the omission occurred. it was q cleri-
cal error, and the records will no doubt
show that DR.. 81: n. Melcher was en-
titled to that amount. It has never
been the policy Of the HERALD to-
parade IN public the clerical ,'ertors Of
any Of our county officers. It has only;
endeayored to point out where such
officers have worked in their own
interests instead of those of the Sax.
payers, But as to the issuance Of that
warrant. In the absence Of all record,
what evidence is there that the clerk
ever had ANYTHING to do with the
warrant, since his mamie and seal were
not attached? If anyone were to be
implicated" it would point to DR..
Melcher and A. B. Smart dis they seem
to be the ones interested. But such an
inference il the height Of folly. Our
county does not furnish two men
possessing more Observation-Disclosures and
integrity of purpose in regard to the
management Of public a fairs than
sthesetwo. II the clerk was guilty of
fraudulent intentions would 1T not have
been much easier to have signed
sealed and attempted to dispose Of the
warrant without-the chairmanis sigIa-
ture? There are those that strain at
a gnat and swallow a camel. A little
explanation in regard to the discharge
of mortgage mentioned in that article,
asst seems to be misleading some.
The defenders Of =. N. LOOMS claim
that advocate the placing Of the
county seal upon instruments Of
record" The following is our language
upon that point. x
/ We remember Of seeing not long
ago upon the margin of one of the
mortgage records of the county, a
disehptge signed by the MORTGAGE
and sworn to before T.. N. Loomis
or one of one of his deputies, and to
which there was no seal attached.
This ref ers to the acknowledgement
Of instruments and not to their being
placed on record.
1t was our custom with very few
exceptions, to require the mortgage
to execute a separate instrument for
the discharge Of mortgage, and then
file and record it as other instruments
Of record. That having been our
custom we did not have in mind,
when writing that article, the clause
in code which says the register MAY
certify to the ackno ledgeme4t taken
on the margin. 81
But the law presupposes that al caths
or acknowledgements taken by the
register Of deeds and exoftiicio county
clerk, should have the county seal at
tached. For in counties where the
two Offices are separate the register
Of deeds has a seal of his own.
Officers administering oaths and
taking acknowledgements should at.
tach his seal If he has one.
We honestly believed it required the
seal attached and still think that that
is the proper method.
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Rally Once Again.
Loyalty to our organization, and an
imperative duty. that each and all of
us owe to our noble order, impelS me
to name Saturday the 18th day Of.
February, 1858, for the installation Of
our Post: No postponemento on account.
of weather.
BY Order of w. r. Pierce,
Sen. Vice Com'd'r. Z. o. C. Ord.
washington Springs. Jerauld county,