The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
MASS MEETING.
Tax Payers Declare For Additional
Vault Room for Court House.


The public meeting called by
the county com missioners at
the court house last Saturday to
discuss the matter of securing
more vault room. was attended
by large crowd, sprinkling
from all the different sections of
the county being present, entire
ly filling the court room. In con-
versation with these delegates
to the meeting it was easily dis.
cernable that there was strong
feeling against any proposition
that would make bonding neces.
sary, and belief that the pres
ent court house quarters with
some vault room added. should
be maze to answer for a numb Der
of years.
When the m Getting was called
to order Mr.. James Street was
made chairman, and stating the
object of the meeting, called for
expressions of opinion.
Mr.. j. V. r. Priest thought
that vaults could be built at one
side OF the present court house,
and al records that we're not in
constant or frequent use, could
be stored in these over flow
vaults.
Mr.. Ben Moser also thought
that additional vault room could
be provided without going to
great expense.
Mr.. julius Fenner presented
a plan for securing additional
vault room by taking out the
partition between the register
of deeds vault aud the clerk of
courts vault, making it into one
for the register of deeds, and
building a new double
vault in the county judges room.
for the clerk of courts and treas.
urer, and allowing the auditor
the use of vault now used by the
treasurer. He believed this
could be done at an expense of
less than $4,000, and thus give
additional room sufficient for
several years to come.
County Auditor McWaters and
Register of Deeds Wendland
were called for and explained the
condition of the vaults in their
Offices. and the latter stated that
no proposition should be con-
sidered that did not provide for
seperate vaults for each officer,
to which the officer in question
alone should have access.
Mr.. F B. Roberts thought
that it would not pay in the long
run to simply make provisions
for a year or two. but that if new
vault room was necessary it
would be better to put up some
thing permanent.
Mr.. M. P. Mollberg suggested
a plan of building an addition on
the west of the court house and
placing what additional vault
room was required in this new
part.
Mr.. n. l. Lowthian thought
that for $50, 900 or $4,000 new
court house could be built that
would be eminently satisfactory
to the county.
A motion had been made by
Mr.. A. Templton that the plan
of providing new vault room
suggested by Julius Fenn9r be
approved.
Mr.. H. S. Volkmar moved as
a substitute that it be the sense
OF the meeting that in due course
OF time a new court house be
planned for, and that the county
com missioners be authorized to
secure from competent archi.
tects rough plans of building for
submission at a future meeting,
and that the county com mission
ers make temporary provision
for the safe keeping of the books.
The chairman declared Mr..
Volkmar's substitute out of or
der, stating that the meeting
was not called for the purpose Of
securing plans for new court
house.
Mr.. NJ. P. Miller thought there
would be plenty of time to get
plans after the people had decid-
ed to build.
Mr.. Priest. wanted to know
what plans the county com mis-
sioners had for meeting the diff
Guilty. Mr.. Erickson on behalf
of the board stated that they had
no plans, ard they had called
the meeting for the purpose of
ascertaining the desire Of the
people Of the county IN the mat.
ter.
Tho mntinn nf Mr. Tnmnl0t0n