The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-06-20
TAX PAYER WRITES
ABOUT REISHUS' RECORD

%oOOI heISHOS RECORD
Editor Independent:
In your issue of last week yo,
have letter from the present Reg
lister of Deeds, with the heading
"Reishus stands on His Record. !"
Any man who has been in an office
as long as Mr.. Retshus has should
be satisfied to stand on his record,
but should not take credit for condi-
tons that would obtained, re-
CARELESS of who held the Office.
In his Record he makes some
statements that are amusing, to say
the least. He says, 4 have mdae the
office, not only self supporting, cut
the surplus- of fees received, has been
a source Of large income to the
county.
How has Mr.. Reishus made the
office self supporting:
A certain amount of business IL
done In the office regardless Of who
is Register. Does Mr.. Reishus wish
us to believe that the 1346s4 real es.
tate instruments and the 10000 per.
sonal property conveyances for which
fees of $179,714.14 were collected In
the last seven years were brought to
the Court House because OF his ef-
forts or does he claim that any other
man would have collected less than
the legal fee for filing or recording
ally Of these instruments. :"
There is probably not tax payer
Of Ward county today, who has not,
during the past seven years been a
l:arty to the filing Of at least one Of
these instruments. ~ n s:$@ .5jE75,ts
Will any one rise up in his place
and say, that had it not been foir. tie
efforts, of Mr. Reishus to make the
office self supporting he would nave
taken his business to some other
county, or to some other Office IN this
County. -. .'' -s'E
What are the facts?' The law pro-
vides that certain instruments to pc
legal must be recorded or filed in
the office of the Register Of Deeds
and that certain fees must he COL
ected for this work and turned into
he County Treasurer every. month.
What becomes of these fees and
where the credit, if any, for economy
should go, is so we'll stated in the
closing paragraph Of Mr.. Reishus
letter, that I will not quote it.
t'Now as to money received for
ices, it is turned into the County
treasurer monthly MY salary is fixed
by law. The wages paid my deputies
and clerks, are fixed by the board Of
County Commissioners they also fix
the number of clerks which am to
employ. They are paid by the Coun
ty Treasurer on an order issued by
the County Auditor. l SIMPLY DO
THE WORK. .
In view of his own statements will
MT. Reishus kindly tell 10 how HE
made the Office self supporting.
AS to the quality Of the work done
] have no criticism to make. It IS as
good as, but no better than the work
that could be done by hundreds Of
others in the same office.
Were the work of this Office like
that of some of the Ancient Crafts,
that could only be done by those fam
lilies that had been trained in it from
childhood up, then there would be an
excuse for keeping Mr.. Reishus In
this office.
However he has held this Office for
[our CONSECUTIVE terms, or eight
years. and With an opponent IN the
ield who is Just . wen qualified Is
Mr.. Reishus IL, ! claim that It L.
time q change should be made, and
especially after seven and one half
Years occupancy Of the off1ce the
present Register Of Deeds stands onI
J record for volume Of business and
economy, and admits In his closine
that no credit Is due him
or either. Yours,
Ward County Tax Payer.
The fair assn. 1t LAr1more has