The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-23
COMMISSIONERS ARE
PULLED UP AGAIN
Bond of Abstract Clerk Passed
by County Board Is
Rejected


The board of county commissioners
appears to have made another bad
blunder in approving the latest bond
oHered by Albert Schuetz, the Ramsey
county abstract clerk. Without max
ing any investigation into the standing
OIL the proffered bondsmen whatever,
the commissioners. upon the word Of
one of the members of the board that
the men were all right approved the
bond and permitted Mr.. Schuetz to
continue doing business.
Ii now develops that neither of the
bondsmen furnished by the abstractor
a few days ago is qualified to act as a
Dondsman. One of the men has no
property at ALL and the other has very
little aside from his homestead-not
nearly enough to qualify upon a bond
such as he signed his name to. The
Dondsmen are Gottlob Haag and Louis
Lambert, and Mr.. Haag has served no.
tlce that he desires to withdraw from
the bond because he did not, he saws,
know what he was signing when he at
tached his signature to the bond
Mr. Schuetz was notified the latter
part OF last week that he would have
to furnish new bondSmen at once the
Corney Kane. to whom Mr.. Haag declar-
ed his intention of withdrawing from
the bond, butt although the county
board has held Two meetings since the
first notifica tiOn no new bond has as
yet been submitted. The county at
torney sent Cor Mr.. Schuetz again yes
tefday and asotifed him for the second
time that new bond would have to
be filed immediately.
Board is Responsible
The board or county commissioners
is responsible for the condition of af-
fairs as now existing, but none of the
members of that body is making any
effeft TO safegslaEd the patrons of the
abstract Office by Insisting upon the
abstractoE giving ascompetent bond.
AS surefies on Mr.. Schuetz,s bond,
Mr. Haag and Mr.. Lambert are re-
sponsibIe tarthe extent of $4,000, but
thorough search of the records shows
that -bondsnsen do not own this
much property aside from their .honie-
steads, which are exempt. The assess
ed valuation of the property owned by
the bOndSmen combined excepting
their homesteads, is SLIPS, while one
lot credited to this amount, and placed
at SITS, is said to be a part of the
Haag homestead and exempt under the
law, which would leave but $3.50 worth
of property that could be seized upon
should patron of the abstract office
recover against the bondsmen for any
defective title or other error on the
part Of the abstract clerk.
The new bond furnished by, the alb
stract clerk, and which is. now declared
by the county attorney to be worth
less, was filed when it was learned a
few weeks ago that the clerk had been
without any bond whatever for some
timeI both of his original bondsmen,
Andrew r. ,Kiefer and Albert Mueller,
having died. go o.
County Attorney Kane will insist
upon the abstract clerk filing new
bond at once, and it was runnored yes
terday that Mr.. Kane would inform the
county board of its duties in accepting
bondsmen for county officials about
whom they know nothing, The county
board meets again tomorrow morning,
and it is probable that new bondsmen
will be demanded at this time.