American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-10-29
CRITICISMS OF BULFINCH
statement OF His Duties That Should
Eniighten His Criuics and Make
Inem Commend Him.

Some people who are not very well
acquainted with the volume of work
a county Auditor has to urn on have
stated that Mr.. Bulhnch had too many
deputies. The following statement of
mis- duties should convince them of
the unjustness of their structures:
AS clerk of the district court: There
have been LAP cases filed in Power
county. Each case is filed in a book
called the register OF action and each
paper entered in each last is num-
bered and placed ON the said register.
The case is then placed on the court
calander and comes up for trial in it's
turn. After each case is settled the
verdict OF judgment is recorded in the
judgment docket. During the trial of
the case, full minutes of the proceed
ings of the our is kept in the dis
trict cour minutes, and papers In each
case are issued according to the ma
ture of the case, such as, attachments,
summons, executions, notice of
sherif's sale. garnishments. suppon-
cas- and S forth. The jurors are
drawn by the clerk and witness certi-
icates and jury certificates issued to
the witnesses and jurors for the time
they have served.
AS clerk of the court all naturaliza-
ton papers are issued such as declara-
ton of intention, and petition of ma
tu~ralization, or second papers. and
certificate of naturalization, including
certified copies. Bond for the per-
Torrance of the duties of clerk and
recorder is $4,000.
AS recorder of Power county: There
have been 3S03 instruments filed and
recorded up to October 81, 1914. Each
instrument is put on the reception
book and the hour and minute is
there recorded. Each instrument re-
ceived for record is copied, word for
word in thebook where it belongs and
is indexed two ways, that is, direct
and reverse. Each instrument is COM
pared word for word, with the copy
and is then mailed back to the owner
or filed as the case may be. The legal
charge for recording these instru-
ments Is 20 cents a folio or 600
words). In the last year, in Power
county the instruments received for
record, have averaged nine each work.
ing day, averaging over 1000 words
each day, copied and compared. The
books kept for recording are as fol-
lows: Deed record, patent record,
mortgage record, placer mining claim
record, satisfaction of mortgage rec
ord, assignment of mortgage record,
possessory claim record, agreement
and bond record, Power of attorney
record, tendency of action record,
quit claim deed record, official bond
record, liens record, inheritance tax
record, receivers receipts record, certi-
hcate of sale record, attachment rec
ord, declaration of homestead record,
sheriff's deeds record, water rights
record, ease record, execution record,
incorporation record, marriage record,
judgment docket and miscellaneous
record. We now have these as record
books and more are ordered as they
are needed.
AS AUDITOR: A journal and ledger
account is kept of all funds received
in the county treasury from all
sources and the %treasurer's books
must agree and her reports check
up with them. The auditor draws
warrants on all funds, directing the
treasurer to pay out funds on same.
All school warrants drawn in all dis
tricts in the county, except independ-
ant districts are drawn by the auditor