Arizona silver belt., 1904-10-13
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ur Williams while he was deputy
 i, inc office of Sheriff Rogers can not
 Da found, and the other items of inter-
 .,tinu dOings, cause thlS feeling that
 Es work is not what it ought to be.
 The fact that he got MT. Hitchcock to l urn over to him moneys collected by l Mr. Hitchcock during the summer of l 1903. for which Mir. Hitchcock marked rolIS and is held for the money, looks l like sharp practice on the part of Mir. williams. This occurred in the case of John Lazear and others. A very arge number of the minutes of pro- ssedngS records of board of suDervis- ms, were never signed up by the clerk, Williams.
 The whole looks like serious con dtion, with small recovery chance. In reporting on the superintendent of schools office, l meant to call atten- ion t1 the need of better filing facili- ties for proper keeping and filing of school papers and books; the present sluipment is inadequate and papers suffer-
 The present recorder, NIT. W.D. Fisk, has his office in good shape. He keeps his work up, though it causes him hard work, and often long hours; but, be IS a worker, and his work is good aud nice. l checked up his blotter aud found it all right, and that he has pad over all fees collected, and is com plying with the law as given in Sec tiUn 263S of statutes. The blotter of Recorder Fisk was carefully footed up, and it was correct. He puts the fees received down in it, keeps it neat and carefully, so that it is very cred table record.
 The work of the office, which yields about 5000 per year gross in fees, re- QuireS an average of about twenty five fOlios per day of record copying work. Besides this is the work Of the indexing, and, as in the case of the mining location notices, he keeps up very full set of indexes, giving the name of the mining claim, by itself, aud the name of each of the lOcators separately, so that in search anyone can find if any person had an interest in claim. It takes lots of work, but the convenience is great to the public. His work, waiting on the public, and getting up reports, and core spOndence of the office, makes it plain Go my mind that in the time that is usually allowed for a days work in such offices, his work cannot be done by one person. l therefore consider, that he having kept up the work, as it ls, to date, has done it at the expense to himself of long hours, night work, and he is deserving of much credit for having done so. His pride in keeping things up regardless, and his putting h the amount of labor, entities him to your consideration, and the allow ing to him of the assistance contem- plated and provided for by the law governing such offices. He certainly ought to have it, because he compares all his recorded instruments that needs another person. And what a contrast is presented between the way the office was run under Recorder Williams, who did no comparing or checking, and Mir. Fisk, who thor oughly does it, by calling in some friend, or hiring at times lady for awhile as copyist and comparing as- Slstant, which was necessary.
 The safety to titles, the county and public requires that record work be compared, for ifneglected and allowed to go might make serious conse' QuenCes. Therefore, the good and welfare of the office and the public business requires that he have such assistant steadily, as provided for, and as one who is steadily engaged can be or much greater benefit than can any occasional assistant. l learn that he haS had to advance the money for the necessary assistance in the past.
 As clerk of the board of supervisors hlS work on demands is considerable, TOT the parties nearly all expect him IO prepare them for them. Then writ Ing minutes, warrants, letters, no- uceS, reports to the territory, the board, etc., make it just fully as much, in my opinion, as the two can uo by keeping steadily to work; that S,a arecorder and one $60 assistant. The requlrements of the law, that clerk snail keep a claims allowance book as Well as a minutes book, and the great Deed of closely kept up general 'elger, in which shall appear the ac