The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-10-28
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" REVENUE
IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORD
Err OF DIsEDs WILL BE :.
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Dancy Making Record


(Thompson's National News Bureau.)
Washington, D. c., October 27.--The,
Office Of the Recorder iof Deeds, which
a few years ago was considered to be
doing quite we'll if it turned into the
Treasury $1,000 per .annum over and
above operating expenses is now rated
permanently as a government invest
ment worth above $4,000 each year
AT the close of the last fiscal year, Re-
corder John c. Daley, under whose
patnstaking direction this remarkable
showing has been made possible, de-
posted in the Treasury the sum Of
$10,936.67 to the credit Of the District.
In response to query as to the prob
able surplus that the Office would pay
over to the Government at the end OF
the current year, Recorder Dancy said
to your correspondent: 49,"
II think it Is quite safe to say,
Judging from the receipts Of this Of
flee during the, first quarter of the cur
rent fiscal year that the amount we
shall have on hand next June will
handsomely exceed the figures shown
in our report for. last year. The in
dications are that We will turn over
at the close Of the fiscal year 1909-10
between $4,000 land SIS, O00."' ,;.3 15es;S
After going over in detail the, data
showing the receipts for the first Three
months Of the fiscal year 1908 ana the
Two a.
the first quarter Of 1909, which form
the basis for hin calculations, on the
probable increase for tn whole year,
Recorder, Dancy went on to say:
-. When IT 10 remembered that the
Z ffssssesel yeaa.s aersas4t u
the largest in the history Of the re.
.corder's office as to the number of IN
struments recorded, receipts and
amount turned in to the local Treas
ury, these figures show a really won
derful increase in the local real estate
business. AS the office Of the recor-
der of deeds is generally believed to
reflect most closely and faithfully the
financial situation here, the figures for
the first quarter Of this fiscal year evil
dence no less wonderfully healthy f.
nanc1al condition here.
"Of course, the great increase In the
business Of the Office, as compared
with last year, means corresponding
increase in it's revenues, the receipts
for the quarter ended September 80
1909, amounting to $1O,O12.62, as
against $8,271.85 for the correspond
ing period last year. an increase for
1909 Of $1740.97; the receipts during
July Of this year being $28650 larger
than July, 1908; those during August
year ago, and those during last
month being SAILS over September,
1908, the unexpended balance at the
close Of the past quarter being So
1929, or $903.S1 larger than that of a
year ago.
This increase, if maintained, and I
am told there is every indication that
1t will be, will enable the recorders
office to deposit in the Treasury at
the end Of the present fiscal year be-
tween fourteen and fifteen thousand
dollars"
While this is going on, Recorder
Dancy is constantly installing every
new device or method approved by
modern institutions likely to strength
en- and simplify the work of the Of
flee. A cordial invitation Is extended
to visitors, who live here or who come
from abroad, to drop in at their con-
Ven1ence and see what is really being
done Those who knew the place in
Its former days find themselves almost
strangers when they look in upon it's
bank-like appointments Of today, and
see the vast steel shelving which has
replaced the old wooden ones, and the
new, well-bound books, neatly type
written, which under Mr.. Dancy, have
superseded the old. ragged and illegi-
Die records that used to worry every
body who had to examine them.
1t ts interesting to note that in 60
ing over the accounts Of the office for
number Of years, it has been found
that Mr.. DanCy has turned over to
the government just twice as much as
all the other recorders since the war.
All the others turned over, In round
numbers, was about $24,0 900, while Mr..
Dancy's surplus shows over $4,000.
It Is stated that President Taft has
personally expressed his satisfaction
with Mr.. Dancy's administration of
the affairs of the Recorders office,
and is we'll pleased with the inn
provenent he has wrought, both in
the financial returns to the govern
ment and in the business methods
which have been brought to bear.
sworn in as President. In 1904
President Roosevelt was reelected
Tor the four years term which ex-
'plred last March. g.. ..... r..'