The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-11-03
REPORT ON FEES.
Committee Exonerates and Praises
County Recorder Anderson.

County Recorder Anderson.
TO the Republican County Contra
Committee of Lincoln County Ida
no.
We, your committee appointed fol-
the purpose of investigating tn.
charges made against Harry w. An
derson as county recorder, beg leave
to submit the following report:
We find that the board OF county
commissioners on April 3Oth, 1907,
being a regular adjourned meeting,
made the following order:
Upon the application of the Twin
Falls North Side Land and Water
Company requesting the board to es-
tablisli flat fee for the recording
OF ali water contracts between the
Twin Falls North Side Land and
Water Company and the settler, it
is ordered by the board, after due
investigation that the recorder
charge said company a fee of seven
ly-fiye cents for recording all reg
ular contracts for land and water,
and a fee of one dollar for record
ing all land and water contracts ac-
ccmpanied by the railroad contract.
upon condition that said Twin Falls
North Sid, Land and Water Com
pany shall furnish to the county free
of cost, all necessary books for the
recording of hsaid contracts, with
the regular form of the contracts
printed therein, and all necessary
indexesi fol same. All records so
FINISHED to be approved by the
county recorder"
AND also on June Ist, 1907 made
Xix order regarding the contract
Nth the Idaho Irrigation Company,
Limited.
The contracts above referred to
are the contracts for water when
every purchaser of Carey Act lana
must make with the company whici.
furnishes the water.
This order by the board OF com
was made prior to the
date upon which the state board OF
land commissioners fixed the charge
for water, as the records show that
the charge for water by the Twin
Falls North Side Land and Water
for their tract of one hun
dred and fifty thousand acres was
fixed On August 21st, 1907, and
FOR the Idaho Irrigation Company,
Ltd, on August 21st, 1907, and juno
ma, 1903.
1t is a well known fact that the
settler pays the expenses of the Ca
rey Act projects and government
projects too for that matter, but we
ire now dealing with the Carey Act
Project
The price Of recording these con
racts is 20 cents per folio Goo
yords) amounting 90 approximately
our dollars, and if settler should
want a contract for each forty OF a
would amount to four times that
UNI.
Representatives of te companies
ppeared before the board of com
nissioners at the times mentioned
nd represented that all expenses ne
including such expenses as REGARDING
ontracts, were charged against the
creage of the project and these
TENS of expense were fully placed
efore the state board when the
made their demand OF
his board for a stated price per
ere for water. These companies
epresented to the board OF com
lissioners of Lincoln county that
ny reduction given would reduce
the price of water t
, the Carey Act settler. They also {
to the board of commits :
oners that if a reduction were
JADE in the price of recording these
they chose, have separate con-
act for each forty acre tract,
hich is a convenience should an en-
lyman dispose of a part OF his
aim.
AS the order states, each COM
any furnishes to the county the
cord books with the water con- =
act printed therein, together with
dexes, and all the recorder does 8
to fill in the written portion OF I
g contract and attach the sigma
res. This work amounts in reg
ar fees to about forty cents for 4
oh contract for the Twin Falls
,rth Side Land and Water Com c
ny, and about Thirty cents for
His X Ti(Tfs II