The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-07-01
A H. LOGAN, Manager.

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x penditure without an expression of
some sort from the, taxpayers. Besides
that the law expressly says that after
/ a vote 'if a majority of the ballots so
cast shall be for the issue of bonds
then the county commissioners shall
issue and dispose of said bonds = x
and erect court house or Jail or both
for the use of such county according to
provisions hereof Secs. 1858 to 2576,
of Article %, Revised Codes 1905, treat
of this matter, of which the above
extract is the substance. Referring to
insinuated designs of Pembina people
to build a new court house, nobody here
has ever dreamed of suggesting such q
thing. Pembina people believe and
assert there is no need of new buildings
until the county business is largely
increased, which seems to the present
to be something of the far-of future.
The only suggestion that has been
made in that direction has been in
answer to the false statements that
!, the vault room is not sufficient and Isl,
that whenever more vault room is
really required that a very small sum
of money will add all the vault room
wanted as the vaults are all on the
ground mostly adjoining and separate
! from the other buildings, and the total
expense Of enlarging means only the
price of an eight foot brick wall and
the roofing. There is about an acre of
land available for the purpose if wanted.
The vaults of the register and the
county Judge were both recently built
and sized according to the judgment of
the county commissioners to the
present needs of the county. They
probably had reason for using good
Judgement as the expense for building
larger would not have been but very
little more.
Pembina county has no money what
ever on hand that could be used for any
extra expenditure. All moneys in the
hands of the county treasurer was
raised for specific purposes. Even for
the general fund which is used to pay
all sorts Of county expenses in general,
the amount levied was and is always
based on the specific recommendations
Of the county auditor for each Of the
various departments of expenditure for
the succeeding year. No money has
been raised as yet by taxation, or
other manner, for the purpose of build
ing new court house and none is
available for that purpose.
| We have already answered in q pre-
vious issue the matter Of the storage
Of some qld papers of no value in shed
which is lined with sheet iron. remote
from any fire danger, and kept locked.
The Cavalier man who says that he
could get out Of any vault with an axe
in five minutes, while little brief in
time is probably correct. We have per-
sonally had . blacksmith open county
fre.proof iron safe Of which the com.
bination had been lost, and he was not
over that time in doing it- but it was .
good fire.proof safe and is still doing
duty in the treasurers Office. A fire.
proof and burglar proof vault are two
different propositions and are built
with entirely different purposes in view.
Though by the nay : real burglar proof
safe is yet to be made. Give the burg
lar time enough he can open any safe.
that was ever made. No safer recep-,
.tacle against fire could be made than
| the vaults attached to the Office Of the
register Of deeds and county Judge Of
this county. .s N .s l5s
M Generally speaking, II is altogether.
probable that there is not : residence
q business building ii this county but
| IL i psrson went over With ulterior pur-
poses il view, he could find faults and
make criticisms, which would have
some seeming basis of truth and whom
properly msgnified ,would prove that
Ithe building was prio otically uninhabit.
lable. or unit Tor business purposes.
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