The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-06-23
Business AND Professional Directory
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goes to him by virtue Of duties that
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q portion Of the money that we pay
goes to him BY virtue Of duties that
hs y performing in the county clerks
srts :: El scx. es Bsz s ,ss ssss, ~
name is Baxter Pierce. am one Of
the county commissionsrs Of this coan.
n,o Wa e. aScfM1n aggo IN that capacitY Il
acting In that capacity at the present
Morris. the chairman Ct the board 81
these duties; I have practically moth.
points. With the exception@in regard ard
pa thi Ssesss; Dad f for' work ayi
sonal investigation as to the. work to
be done in these offices-that IL. in q
and during my time here that we are
All busy; from my investigation
would say that 1t was necessary for
the duties Of the Office that these dep. p.
uties continue; as a member Of the
board ! would not hesitate to cut them
20 esoashs %erk to Keep as .h sno
Burkey: We object to- this line oi
a que t0n sr Is inGompstent, irreievant
ruledD With what Mr.. Morris said.
agree with him except with the excep-
lions noted: ! have never worked In
have obtained as to the necessity CT
more help In these offices. more than
Is claimed n,hn allowed BY law under this
the amount Of work that we saw and
also any times that / have been here
any times the e" last saei four men mon las At
was absent from the December rect
Ing: wasn't here December at all; we
c cian me nave aha mesting until the tspe.
memory I would say three days; I
wasn't here in February: wasn't here
IN March; ! said while I was present:
ber, January and February; three DAYS
out OF the three months.
.s Charles N. Smith. being duly sworn.
es NJ smtS Am My on ea% m tbs is
county commissioners Of this county;
| was present in court when Mr.. Nor
ris testified: that statement covers
less It is with the exception Of depu-
ties that have generally been cut CT
after the busy part Of the year is
Selection wG sgan. te tho
Introduction Of any evidence as to the
necessity Of having more. than. enc
d deppui IN the assessors office and any
petent, Irrelevant md immaterialJ
James D. Williams being duly sworn
testified e iH.;5, as follows: My name is James
der River county; have been asses
sor since January. 1921; / am assessor
at this time; I have got two deputies
18TH day Of February and one since
the 9th day of January; I have still
got them; the county paid them up
them wasn't was paid last ae month"; cne the ef
certainly have been busily engaged in
my OFFICE; I cannot get along Without
york. OF c thsmi d have got ct. too much
the year when all the lists are COM
ing in; we have had them all to- send
out out a and are just receiving them and
flee as we did last year with the same
number Of deputies: last year at this
am not positive Of it; 1 kept no tab Of
It; Mr.: West has the tab on that /
don't think can get along with che
the work over with one deputy less:
for ssc and % DC eG that n KIND a@ 81
he Second hs MendSa ey to IN s ns
think l could get the work done with
enc deputy and myself in this county:
! VIII say l could not; I don't think it
for two deputies The year around: if
! had to cut off enc of those deputies
go ahead and do what l can. tMr.
Burkey: 1 would like to object to any
t eSSldence touching the necessity Of
the county assessors Office Sie oe for the h
reason that it is incompetent. BY the
Court .,e overruled } 1t would. AFFECT
w yne 'hi n v Of se county in this
,"sed to- be. put over according to
the statutes Of the state at a certain
I'm and make a report to the state
ana turned over to him. and If there
is not sufficient help in the office. how
a are you goa1ng to DO it: it has never
and as far as affecting the people of
a report on time. we can put it over
report In order to do their business
! don't think we could get our booko
MADE mi asar up and md turned over to the coun-
f y 1iisrk; Just as told you we will
f clerical LIB help; cutting. ofr deputy
90 o. IT th IN my ny. Judgment. not on the sal:
per month. This is my first term:
have never worked in the county as:
John T. Wilson. o' Being duly sworn
testified as lows: NV name is John
Wilson: I reside at Broadus; am
SOuuNv treasurer OF THIS county:
nave been county treasurer since
March. 1921; I am treasurer fer this
county now: have had two deputies
In the office this year: have one now
l had two in the month Of March, 1929
we have been woring on the deiin.
quent list; school district work anG
daily business: ] have been workine
IN the office during that time myself
these deputies have been kept busy or
county affairs: it has been necessar,
to TO- employ those deputies, to perform
for the public: II they had not heel
employed the work would not hay,
oeen done. couldn't do it: it would az
rect the county In this way-it woult
all their taxes to- get out for them
and also the delinquents: the more de
iinquents. the more work 1T makes IL
the county treasurer's office; we hav1
to handle 30 much more; IL everybod!
could come up and pay their. taxes ii
we could receipt them and be don
with them: the first thing. the Law
gives certain time to get out the de
!inQuent list in alphabetical order 70
through ana write them in the d.,in
quent book in alphabetical order an,
take recapitulation Ct the delinquen