Imperial Valley press., 1907-08-24
AFFAIRS Al THE
 COUNTY SEAT Supervisors and COanty officers are Ready to Qualify. Waitiag
 for the Jndge.

ne wheels or the new county gov ernment have hardly begun to turn as yet. There has been considerable de- lay on account of the absence of any person qualified to administer the oaths of office to the various county officials. Judge Cole, the newly elected Super Tor judge, has been awaiting his com mission from the government of the state. He has been In Los Angeles and San Diego and the rest of the of- ficers have been awaiting his return as he will be qualified to install them in their offices in shape to transact lm- perial county business.
 The bonds have nearly all been pre- pared and everything Is In readiness to commence business as soon as Judge Cole returns. He will return from Los Angeles possibly Friday.
 Supervisors Meet
 The board of supervisors met Thurs day unofficiaIly and discussed few matters that will receive official con- sideration as soon as things are in working order.
 Among other things that will have 10 be settled will be temporary quart CTS for the county officials. The judges chambers and court room will probably be the Masonic lodge room In the opera house block and the varl- ous officers installed in the office rooms upstairs In the same block. Re- corder J. B. Baker will probably be installed in the brick building built for a restaurant opposite the bank. The treasurer may be found later in the rear room of the bank and he may be given the use of the bank vault for temporary accommodation.
 Suggested Building
 It has been suggested that the coun- ty erect brick business block of pos sibly 5OxlOO feet to be used for two or three years by county officials and when the county court house is com pleted to be sold and occupied by a mercantile business and offices. Such a plan seems to meet with the appro- bation of all who have heard of 1t and seems to be good way out of the tenn porary office difficulty The building would probably cost $lo,ooo or $12,- 900 and would save the county rent for the interim.
 The matter of jail accommodation Is one that will have to receive lmme- diate consideration. It will be neces- sary to take care of prisoners in some way. The plan to immediately secure a set of steel ribbed cells that could be set up In short time seems to be the best yet suggested. These cells could be set up any place and shed built over them for protection from the weather. The jail Itself could be built up around the cells Such expedi- ences are all to be considered by the board.
 The first few weeks the board of Su- pervlsors will have to be in almost con- stant session for that body Is the busi- ness manager of the county and all business questions of al most every na- ture have to be passed mp to them.
 Everyone is anxious for all officers to be qualified as soon as possible, in- cludlng notaries public and justices,
 No Local Government
 Since the filing of the resolution forming Imperial county with the sec retary of state in Sacramento all jus tlces of the peace have been out of commission; no notary has had author lty to sign his name as a notary or take any kind of an acknowledgement There are dozens of papers awaiting the qualification of notary public,
 The county ordinances, whole vol ume of them. went out of effect as far as Imperial county was concerned with the filing of the same resolution. The supervisors will have to pass ordlnan- ces and have them published fifteen days before they are effective. This means that for at least twenty days yet there will be no county law State