The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17


called and paid, or he can let the
county funds lay in the bank
drawing 12 per cent interest,
while the outstanding warrants
cost the county six per cent-thus
ne can help the banks and for this
reason the banks always like to
have friend of the bankers in
the county treasurer instead of a
friend of the taxpayers. If the
treasure delays in calling warrants
when the money is in the treas
ury, and leaves it in the banks at
y per cent and pays the bankers
six per cent on the warrants in
the bank, that is nice for the bank
ers-the treasurer can help the
bankers make a lot of money by
just forgetting to call school and
county warrants. But outside of
that, the treasurer has only to run
his office efficiently and cheapll
as possible. "
The County Attorney can cost
the county a lot of money if he
be the sort that is looking for
trouble, or one who uses this i'm.
portant and powerful position to
persecute those whom he happens
to hate: these prosecutions don't
cost him anything, as the taxpay-
ers foot the bills. The County
Attorney may cost more one year
and less the next depending on
what happens. If he is careful
about bringing prosecutions which
are really not justified, shesSca
save a lot of money: the C6unty
Attorney has lot of discretion.
Also the Sheriff's office: the
Sheriff is charged with policing
the county and in enforcing the
law: he has some discretion. If
he does not police the county nor
try to catch law violators, of
course he can cut the expense of
his office down some. The ex-
pense of the Sheriff's office de-
ponds on what he. does, and what
happens. Some years he gets
away pretty cheap, and maybe
the next year he has a lot of
things happen that costs money.
Of course if a Sheriff refuses to
run down thieves, or police dances,
and spends his time at his farm
and hauling his children to school,
it don't cost much outside of the
salaries of the Sheriff, he always
collects that whether he does any
thing or not-no one ever heard of
a sheriff turning back a part of
his unearned salary-and so also
does the undersheriff draw his
salary and the deputy. If there
is no travelling, no insane or pris-
oners to take to asylums or pris-
ons, it doesn't cost to take them
over: if there be no one i'm Jail, it
doesn't cost anything to feed the
prisoners. The cost of the office
lof Sheriff depends on whether the
Sheriff does anything or not, or
whether things happen or not.
The office of Superintendent is
largely an administrative one. OF
course that officer has some dis
cretions. She has routine work to
do and the costs depends largely
upon help hired, and the amount
of work done: the work is about
the same each year. She is sup
posed to visit each school at least
once each year, for which she is
allowed mileage. If she does not
visit the schools as provided by
law, the taxpayers save the mile
age tho maybe the schools are
neglected.
The Coroner is an office of
great power, but is a fee office
and he is only called for duty on
rare occasions. What he costs de-
ponds upon what occurs during the
year. He usually costs about STE
year.
The Public Administrator is 2
fee office, and he only acts OF
rare occasions.
The County Surveyor works BY
, the day under the instructions O.
J County Commissioners. He sur
r veys and lays out roads, and sup
g erlntends the building of bridges
S etc. He gets mileage for actua
s travel, and $500 per day. He cal
q travel lot or not so much, bu
/, ne usually gets in every workin,
day of the year.
e However, the voter must cleo
: some one for each one of thes
7, offices.
And then he must elect
5 County Commissioner. The Coun
ty Commissioner is elected for
term of 6 years, and there ar
= three of them, one elected at eacl
j biennial election. The County Com
= missioner, or the three of Their
: are the most important offices i
n tne county. They have lot o
= administrative work to do, but al
so a Inf of T.