The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-10-23

ments is now available and at the dis
posa of any of the county officials. The
vault space is not exclusively for the
county audito or court but for all the
county officials.
1t is so located in the building that
any official may use it freely without
loss of time. 1t is but step from any
of the Offices and involves little or no
time in passing to and from the same
Space may be set apart for each and all
the county officials and thus the posi-
bility of confusion is out of the ques
ton. An individual vault for each of
the offices instead of one large general
vault would be infinitely more expensive
and serve the purpose of care and
safety of public records and the dis
patch of business to no better advan-
tage. In size, character and construc-
tion the vault fulfills its objects and
purposes perfectly.
The county auditor Informed your
committee that no application or re
quest had ever been presented to him
to store records or documents in the
vault had ever been denied On the
contrary he and his clerks are always
glad of these opportunities to accom-
modate fellow officials. The unused
space enables every official of the coun.
ty to secure protection afforded by the
vault space for public documents, and
if they fail to avail themselves of the
right it is due to their own carelcssness
The apartment of the school supcrin
! tendent, like the other Offices. is
spacious and ample for all the public
business. Cases for books and papers
are provided and good order and system
are observed in the general arrange
! ment.
The Office of the assessor contains
many valuable records. Some of these
are kept in the general vault and other:
in different places of safety. The one.
which might entail great labor and ex
pense in duplication are always, except
when in actual use, inside the vault
There is still more space. many time.
over, for other records of this office i
their value and character were of a ma
ture demanding exceptional care anc
| guarding. Your committee found n,
record outside the general vault of tina
kind. The records there were, of course
important and officially needed an,
essential but in no sense containing evi
dence decisive of personal rights o
rights of property or impossible o
duplication. Records, maps and doeu
ments of this latter class were deposite,
inside the county vault.
Your committee carefully inspecte,
the offices of the county treasurer an,
here discovered like condition of orde
and neatness characteristic of the otbe
offices. The more valuable records q
this Office are kept in the county vault
In addition to this means of safeguard
ing the records and papers of this of
ice, the treasurer is furnished yer
arge individual safe The warrant,
cash and evidences of title belonpin
to the county are kept in this safe
Things of greater bulk of value are dc
posted in the general vault.
Upon inquiry your committee was in
formed by the present treasurer that h
he had never applied to the commits
sioners for more safe or vault space an,
rad never been refused the Joint use q
he general vault AS far as your com
mittee could discern the safe and vaul
accommodations at the disposal of FIJI;
official are infinitely in excess of hi
| needs.
Your committee used every means +,
ascertain the source of the record tba
certain court papers or public dozen