The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-12-10
Waste of Public Money.

The office of county recorder should abolished the
done department Of the auditors office In Highland county
the recorder receives a salary of $3.50 year.
This sound like foolish proposition the office has
been long established those familiar with the work
offices its feasibility will be evident AS is we'll known the duties
of the county recorder consist in keeping record of deeds
cages mechanics liens, etc.
The combining the recorders and auditors offices would
only saving money but would simplify the work and
make the ansacng of business and convenient for
the general public Under the present system piece of
erty sold the purchaser first the auditors
the deed will be transferred and he that The
auditor then tells the that he she must the recorders
office and have recorded The recorder collects fee for this
marks the deed fled his clerk for record and
when he get it. If the two offices combined the
auditor his deputy who made the transfer could have collected
the fee for transfer and record have done thing the recorder
now does IN the same time he was making the transfer 1t would
have saved the who having this done from
visiting offices. 1t would have unnecessary official
and saved time in the transaction of the business
If the offices combined in this county the work could be
done in the auditors office with additional clerk besides the
force that with the recorders deputy We do be-
eve that with the business of the offices
will deny this We however, do not want to be understood
claiming that this would throw additional work the
present force in the auditors office because would People visit
the recorders office and liens recorded
them released examine records who do visit the audi
tors Office To handle this work might possibly liberal
mate require hour of persons time each day and
auditor and his would have the time devote this
without either being overworked sighting their other work
law should be passed aboshng the recorders office and
establishing record division of the auditors Office This would
cut out waste of $3.50 of public money each year
In editorial on Waste of Public Money last week. deal
ing with the combining of the Common Pleas and Probate Courts
in this county there mistake When the law passed
1913 authorizing thecombnng of these courts the salary of the
judge for the made the that of
pleas Judge At the special session of the legislature 1914 the
law amended giving additional salary of $1,000 the
pleas judge counties where the courts combined
law overlooked examination of this question
did look whether the law had been amended had
been passed recently With this change the law
the would saving $l345 instead $295 as we
stated The amendment of the law increasing the salary think
change to be made it should have been
which this county $780, With the two combined
the salary of the judge placed $780, do believe
office would begging In fact certain that any lawyer
the county would be glad get the job $4,000 year. And
have always believed that salary for position large
enough when all the people qualified and eligible fill be
anxious to get at that salary.