St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-26

/. He finds that the system OF in
dexing in vogue in this parish is an
tiquated and not commensurate with
the present needs; he finds the more
progressive parishes have, for num-
Der of years last past, been using a
system of indexing styled "Lusk
Complete Directory Index Your
committeeman will be glad to ex-
plain this system in detail. 1t sur
fees to say that this system, by rea-
son Of it's time-saving qualities, It's
element Of safety and its accessl-
bility to the general public, irrespec-
tive of their professional attainment,
will, in my opinion, make it pay Tor
itself within short time after It's
installation, and l heartily recon-
mend that such a system be adopted
at the courthouse here.
O.. l lind in other parishes all sue
cession and suit records are, at their
conclusion, bound in book form, in
dexed and filed, lessening the danger
of their being purloined, which adds,
in a large measure to the safety c1
public record.. and l recommend, as
wise expenditure Of public MONIES,
the immediate binding of all success
sion records on file in the court
house. The Importance Of this step
must be readily apparent to you
gentlemen when tell you that with
in the recent past important records
have been taken from the court
house here and the possibility Of fur
Their actions OF this sort should os
promptly stopped. After the success
sion records are bound, l recommend
the binding of the suits.
| cannot but gratefully report the
uniform Kindness and courtesy e.
tended to me by my colleagues
throughout the state, all Of whom
seem to have the most kindly feel
ings towards our glorious parish OF
St. Tammany.
Respectfully submitted,
w. E. BLCSSMAN.
But Mr.. Blossman, instead of be
ing discouraged continued to WORK
on plans for putting system into the
Office Incidentally he learned OF
the Scott Eight Unit Surname Key
Table SYSTEM" and he got Mr.. Colt
himself to come to Covington and
demonstrate its claimed superiority
Mr.. Colt offered to put in this sys-
tenn for approximately $4,000. He
went before the Police Jury on May
a., 1920, and made a bid t0 that
effect, conveyance records $465O and
mortgages $3.50. But again the
question Of funds available blocked
the way and it was agreed to take
the matter up again at later date
In the meantime Mr.. Blossman
assisted by the advice of Mr.. Cotl,
took the responsibility upon himsel
Of instituting a "Three Unit Sys
tem," and he has now index books
Of Mortgages and one Of Convey
ances. The books cost $10S and the
work 1920, making a total cost OF
1928. He did the work himself and
has just completed a >notarial file
They date from 1909. Mr.. Bloss-
man estimates that it will not cost
over $500 to complete the work.
Good work and some saving to the
parish.
Mr.. Blossman is assisted by Chief
Deputy Clerk Guy A. Smith, Miss
Mildred Levy and Miss Josie Dossat
Miss Dossat has qualified as court
stenographer and will soon take up
her work in that capacity. All are
loyal and dependable and the work
Of the office is kept up to the minute.
Mr.. Blossman is to be congratu-
lated for the efficiency he has shown
and the members of the bar are de-
lighted with the easy access to the
records. But Mrs Blossman makes
no exception in the enforcement OF
his rules and records are not with
drawn from the Office.