Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-12-30
AT COUNTY
CLERKS OFFICE
Vast Amount of Details
Looked After There.
MANY RECORDS.
Few Realize What a Years Work
~ Means at This Important
County Office.

With view of having the public
become more intimately acquainted
with It's public affairs, the Pioneer
has secured statistics of a years
work at the County Clerks office,
which shows the importance of that
office and the vast details in connec-
ton with the administration of its
affairs. .ess-a9 a.ast41
Generally speaking, the public seem
+, to connect deeds and mortgages with
the Clerks ce readily enough, and
most people realize that the County
Clerk is clerk of the courts, but there
are very few people, even In the legal
profession who have realized how
many things are placed in the keep
ing of the county as matter of per-
manent record. In considering this,
too. it should be borne in mind that
absolute accuracy is essential and
every record made must not alone be
written, but it must be carefully re-
read and compared with the original.
In County Clerk l.. H. Hogate,
Cumberland County has an admirable
and painstaking executive, and the
office is fortunate in having Deputy
Clerk Robert S. Schiller in his posi-
ton for many years, as it is absolute
ly essential that some one must be
in constant touch with the office and
be able at instant notice to- turn to
the proper record, when demanded.
The statistics that are presented
represent statistics of the fiscal years
work at the County Clerks office dur
ing the first of the term of County
Clerk Hogate. This year ended No
vember 18: -.'
| instruments recorded:
Deeds ................ ....... 1854
mortgages }............ .121S
Chattel Mortgages ......... 338
| Bills of Sale .......... SO
| Assignment of Mortgages -. 353
Permits to Carry Firearms. 81
| Certificates of Incorporation 20
Tax Certificates ............ 156
Business Certificates ....... 35
! Miscellaneous .............u > 239
The last named including Assign
| ment of Tax Certificates, bonds,
Powers of Attorney, Revelations, In
heritance Tax Receipts. leases. Ex-
empt Firemen's Certificates, Warrants
to Satisfy, &c. .u,n aGf
Appeals from Justices Courts, 48.
Original Actions Instituted, 72.
Judgments entered in Circuit Court
80. altn ...l
Judgments entered in Common
Pleas Court, 55. '
Judgments docketed from Justices
Court, 212.
Executions issued, 108. .n. u.,
Foreclosure Proceedings instituted
Is. n p ie 4t
Petitions for Widows Pension, 10.
Employers Liability Proceedings,
12, s 4Usu l.sal ,al. II, .g,t p
I'm naturalization matters there
were: o"s l i'W mgl bunt'h
"a declarations made ''t' ~ ."''l
L 40 petitions filed for final papers.
IS aliens granted certificates of
Natu uralization. u,..,, .ro.,.lio uli tal
| gr In the Criminal Courts there were:
! o14S bail bonds recorded oho m"H af
OWL defendants sentenced to State
Prison. ''qt 2a"'5
fHgHe N9f8intlIu. ib IA at,ftd v
9 sentenced to State Reformatory.
sentenced to State Home for Boys
sentenced to State Home for Girls
/ 20 sentenced to County Jairi 7iiI
lru20I fined. ao 'ie q 'F ei "'"S }d<
qo15 ooo,,i+to5 iat
= mol pressed and sentence sus-
pended on nine. i let o. h3tu aee
r.. These matters cover the ordinary
routine of the Office. In addition
thereto all physicians, osteopaths,
optometrists, chiropodists and nurses
are required to register in this office.
Also the official oaths of Notaries
Public, Commissioners of Deeds, JUS
tices of the Peace, must be taken per-
sonally before the County Clerk. Pa
There are also very many other
matters which must pass through the
.,tof, Hu4 I3iHW go 1912 tEl ei II 7fIl7l