The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-12-28
ROOSEVELT COUNTY
SETS GOOD EXAMPLE
sCLEAN HOUSE" PROGRAM NOW
SEEMS LIKELY OVER IN
VALLEY COUNTY

The Valley County Taxpayers AS
ISOLATION has the ear marks of being
alive to conditions and at a meeting
last week adopted resolutions that
might have been intended for Roose.
welt county under the old regeim,
If conditions in Valley county are
what the resolutions adopted by the
Taxpayers Association indicate our
neighbors would do we'll to follow
the example set by Roosevelt county
and start a "Clean House" campaign
in the interest of economy and good
government. The resolutions adopt
ed are worth reading.
BE IT RESOLVED, that we insist
that the following recommendations
be complied with by all County Off
GERS forthwith:
1--WE insist that Office rooms be
provided in the Court House for all
County officers for the benefit and
convenience of the public. We con-
denim the practice which has been in
vogue for several years, of securing
office rooms for officers outside the
court house, thereby creating unnec-
cessary expense in the way of rents,
and demand that all such rents
at once.
eve insist that all County officers
perform their duties with the mini
mum number of deputies allowed by
law, which is as follows:
In this class county:
County Clerk, one deputy.
County Treasurer, no deputy, *
cept for the months of November and
December of each year.
County Sheriff, one Under Sheriff
and one deputy who must act as
jailor.
CLERK of Court, one deputy.
County Assessor, one deputy dur
ing the months of March, April, May,
June and July at salary not exceed
ing $4,000 per month.
County Attorney, none, except at
pleasure of county commissioners.
eve condemn the practice hereto
fore adopted of retaining excessive
deputies in the Offices of the County
Clerk, County Treasurer and County
Sheriff, and demand that such prac-
tice cease at once.
eve recommend that the County
Hospital be closed forthwith and that
arrangements be made with the
County Commissioners to care for
patients in the Deaconess
hospital. We desire to call to the at
of the public, the present
overhead expense in connection with
the operation of the County Hospital
1nder the present system which is
great, that those responsible Tor
is maintenance are and of right
should be critized in the event of
IS future continued operation.
"We recommend that only one
be employed by the County.
We condemn the practice of more
han one ianitor, and for many years
III such service have been perform
d by one man.
eve demand that the Sheriff or
deputies perform tthe function of {
Court Bailif. !
eve condemn the County Commits I
toner's for their failure to protect
he interests of the tax payers in the
natter of letting contracts for the !
purchase of county office supplies {
nd for the methods adopted by them I
4 letting County printing contracts. I
We recommend that the Couny I
be let to the lowest bidder c
nd in the event that suitable bids Q
annot be received, that they be re- e
ected. We further recommend that c
II office supplies be either bought L
the lowest bidder, or if such bid S
e unsatisfactory, that such supplies r
e bought on the open market at the
west price possible. We find that
rye sums of money have been paid D
n such services and supplies great O
in excess of the reasonable com O
ansation for the same. We condemn
practice of constantly exchang- u
typewriters, adding machines and u
her similar equipment. a
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eve demand that the practice of II
fcers or substitutes attending con- o.
and drawing salaries and :,
Ipenses. must cease at once. '
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eve demand that all lumber. Gull
.rts and all other road materials n
led by the County be purchased
the lowest bidder, and in the ii
- ~ IL 1900 Hid he not rp4- -,