The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-01-21
CALDWELL MAKING GOOD
As A COUNTY CLERK

system Will DIlllB oIucI OuI VI
chaos. No greater demonstration Of
This need be required than a visit
to the office of the county clerk.
When c.. G.. Caldwell was nominated
by the republican party to make the
race for county clerk, it was not
acquired by any special pull, but
from the fact that in all his work
in private institutions he had been
found efficient to the last degree.
lie had been schoOled in business
system and in the making of his
campaign he appealed to the voters
for their votes by promising them
the same service in public office as
he had delivered in private affairs.
Now he is making good these prom
ises: in fact. from the very moment
that he stepped into office he began
installing system and he has adher-
ed To- the system so closely that the
work in that office is handled with
the precision of clock work. As is
We'll known by business and pro-
fessional men, when Mr.. Caldwell
came into office, papers Of three or
four weeks standing we're still in the
office unrecOrded. In other words,
the office was from three to four
weeks back in its work. In just
eighteen days after taking this Of
flee Mr.. Caldwell had all the back
work caught up with, and kept up
the daily work besides. To-day he is
right up to the minute in all his
work. How has This work been ac-
comnlished? system The system
which Mr.. Caldwell uses is that all
papers tbRt are filed today will be
given the typisis tomorrow morn
ing. They will be Immediately re-
corded. copied then read and check
cd, iudcxed and mailed, giving there
hy twenty-fOur hour service on
all, papers coming mot the office.
Only those who have heretofore had
to wait for important papers from
thrcs TO six weeks for their record
ing really know how TO appreciate
this Service. If special service is
.leduhed. as is often the case where
DeoDle bring in papers from a dis
tance and desire to take them back
with them, the request is granted
and the papers are handled in from
fifteen TO twenty minutes. This is
the service that is given i'm the re-
cordiug department.
When Mr. Caldwell took the office
he found that there had not been a
road docket kept. System again as
serted itself. and he installed a road
docEnt. designing and having print
ed a-form that makes it possible to
index and record every county road
and give all information concerning
if. This docket should have been in
existence all The time, but that fact
that it was not did not deter Mr.
Caldwell from insalling it and II a
taxpayer wants any information re-
earding a certain road he can now
get it by applying TO the County
Clerk.
The law also requires the County
Clerk To subscribe for all the coun-
iv napers. and bind them and keep
Them on file for the convenience OF
the public. These p9pers had been
subscribed for, and have been COM
ing into fine office for the past twen-
fv-five wears. Mr.. Caldwell found
ihom thrown around here and there
i'm mixed piles. This was against
his systematic training, and he be-
gan to rectify this slOven, erroneou;
procedure He has had all the pa
pers sorted and bound in volumes
according to the year. This requir-
ed about three weeks work at night
10 complete them. His system has
been taken up by his assistants anc
the WORK is i'm such shape that any
information desired from the county
clerk can be given almost instantly
Another thing that highly recon-
mends Mr.. Caldwell is the fact tina
an audit of his books for the frs
year in office has shown him cor.
rect in every detail and the ofIicia
OK of The state auditor has been at
tached to his report This is mucl
more than can be said of his prede
crssors. Later, we are going to taxi
up under separate head, these an
dts and give to the public the eNac
findings of the state auditor in rc
gard to the work as it has been han
dled by county officers We Zee
that every taxpayer is entitled q