The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-17
New County Com
missioners Convene
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pays. The way the inspector eX-
amined my sheep was to walk down
thr, tie pasture and watch the sheep
running at distance, and he filled
out a sheet to say that they were
free from scab and were entitled to
travel anywhere. ! don't know how
he knew, but the signed up the re-
port saying there were eighty sheep.
] knew there were 100 of them, but
it didn't n after. If he did not know
any more about the scab than he
knew about the number he didn't
know very much. But why should
all the people be called upon to pay
him to ride around and d. something
that was of no value when it was
DONE" S.
Too Many Clerks
In the Rose precinct they ap-
pointed one more election clerk than
they should have done under the new
law, and the lady worked two days
and night before she knew there
was mistake and no payment has
ever been made to her and cannot be
made under the law. She had per-
formed the same service at the pri-
mary when none received pay, it be-
ing done for the political party. 1t
was agreed that those who served
free at the primary should be ap-
pointed to serve at the November
election when payment is made for
the one service. The lady in ques-
ton hired a girl to do her house
work, did the work (under mistake
of the committee) and got nothing.
When the claim was laid before the
board they said similar mistakes had
been made in other precincts and in
most cases the several members of
the election board had "whacked up"
their own pay with the victim Of the
mistake. The board declined to
make any payment out of county
money to correct the mistakes made
by the precinct.
Bankers Assemble
The cashiers of the banks were
called in on account of the bonds
heretofore given to secure the county
against the moneys deposited in the
banks. The county attorney had ad
vised that the amounts deposited in
the banks at the close of the tax
paying period was more than the
amount of the security given in their
bonds, and he advised getting secur-
ity to cover the full amounts.
The bankers advised that their
commercial, or surety bonds were
given to cover the regular deposits
to be expected, and personal bonds
to cover the unusual deposits such
as they have when the overflow of
tax money comes in, but it is only for
short period till the county treas
urer disburses the money in the pay
ment of warrants so the money is
paid out at the bank windows as the
warrants are cashed. The bankers
said they were willing to secure the
county by depositing plenty of the
coun ty warrants or liberty bonds to
secure the county for the deposits,
but they would want to know that
the county had safe place to keep
these warrants and bonds so they
would not be robbed. 1t would not
be profitable to the banks to give
surety bonds for the largest total of
deposits and pay premium on them
because that amounted to per cent.
They pay the county per cent in
terest on the daily balances, and
surety bonds costing 1 per cent
would raise it to a cost Of per cent.
Then add to that the operating cost
to the bank for handling the loan
ing of the money makes it too high
a cost to them.
Banks Garry Burdens
On the other hand, the banks
been cashing county warrants all
thru the year when there was no
money in the treasury to redeem
them. The warrants bear 7 per cert
interest and the banks can loan the
at 10 per cent, but all that
they tie up in warrants is done at a
loss OF 3 per cent. The banks have
cashed warrants at par to protect
the credit Of the county and it saves
them from selling them below par.
In some of the counties up the val
ley they do not cash county warrants
but treat them the same as a mans
check when he has no funds. The
banks here are protecting the public