Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-08-10
AUDITOR BRANT DELAYS LOANS

Bank of North Dakota Has Trouble
in Getting Prompt Service from
Emmons County Auditor. Must
Certify Valuation and Taxes
From time to time, the local league
newspaper takes delight in hnmmer-
ing the administration because state
loans have not been closed at more
rapid rate. 1t now develops that,
while the local league newspaper
hammers the independent administra-
tion for being slow in making state
loans, the local league county auditor
has been himself helping to delay ac-
tion by failure to promptly return
the certificates which are required on
each loan before the state will ad-
vance any money whatsoever.
This situation was first called to
the attention of the Record some time
ago, and the information we then re-
ceived indicated that Mr.. Brant had
been unduly delaying the certificates
pertaining to loans in this county.
Later the Bank of North Dakota
adopted the policy Of writing each
applicant whose loan was thus held
up the facts in the case. A couple
of those letters came to our atten-
ton. So we recently wrote letter
to the Bank of North Dakota re-
questing first-hand information on
the subject. We print herewith the
answer Of Mr.. Lindemann, present
head of the farm loan department.
From his data, it will seem that the
local league county auditor must bear
at least some blame for DELAYS in
making loans in this county. Hence,
it would seem that editorial attacks
in the Free Press come with very
bad grace when the league auditor
has helped hold up action. The let
tor from the Bank of North Dakota
is as follows:
Mr.. F. B. Streeter,
Linton. North Dakota
Dear Sir:
According to the regulations laid
down to this Department. we must
have every loan application certif-
icate from the County Auditor show
ing the assessed valuation of the land
offered as security. We have had
considerable difficulty with your Audi
tor at Linton having these certificates
completed and returned to US prompt
ly!! This has happened on repeated
occasions. -
During the month of April and
May 18th. loan applications from
vonr County were held up; from Auril
29tf TO May 18th. because of the fact
that these certificates had not been
returned to us. In this instance we
forwarded these certificates on ApriT
Goth: we wrote requesting the Au-
dito- to hurry the certificates along;
on May 18th. we still had no response.
go we wired him TO get busy. We
did not receive the certificates until
Nov 18Th. During the month cf
July. 16 loan applications were held
up because of the lack of the Audi
tors Certificate. These 16 certif-
icates were sent by US July 3rd; on
July 18th we still had no response
and wrote a letter calling attention
to their non-receipt. On July 21st
we were again forced to wire the
Auditor for these reports. The re-
ports were then received on July 22nd.
You can plainly see that this De-
rartment will receive undue criticism
| fcr not closing loans more promptly
when we do not have better co-opera-
ton from the County Officials than
this. There is no reason why it
should take over three weeks to get
these certificates from rarty that
lis as close to Bismarck as Linton.
When the occasion presents itself.
Twill you kindly have talk with your
County Auditor and inpress on him
the importance Of Getting these GER
| tificates of sssessed valuations back
| TO us promptlv. It must be that he
does not realize the in,nortance Of
these certificates. Trusting that this
answers your INQUIRIES, we are,
Yours verv truly.
A. H. L1NDEMANN.
Assistant Director.
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