The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-04-10

County, for a period of six (6) successive
weeks last following the date of the making
and entry of the within Resolution and Order.
Dated this oath day of March, A. d. 1886
Will the consolidation of certain offices
OF Sheridan county make for greater
efficiency?
We very seriously doubt it. And ex-
perlence without doubt will prove our
contention.
-. Now for instance, two absolutely incompatible
OFFICES ike the office of Clerk & Recorder and
county treasurer consolidated. The office of
county Assessor is also joined with the same Of
ice The Clerk & Recorder is a consolidated
office to begin with.
The office of Register of Deeds is consoIi-
dated with the office of the County Clerk the
Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners.
Wnlch office Is also consolidated with the office
of County Auditor.
Now the Clerk keeps the records of the Com
mssloners; he audits all claims before thew 90 to
Inc commissioners, and keeps the Auditors check
DOCKS against the books of the County Treasurer,
VINO nandleS the funds; he also records the public
RECORDS having to do with lands and chattels and
other matters. Any one of understanding will
grant this is quite enough responsibility to place
IN the hands of one officer. He already has sew
eral departments to look after, and to Iionidata
[he duties OF his office he must have deputies
dependent upon him and his favor for their an
POhIments, to carry on the several departments
Now this same officer is to be charged with
the collection of the taxes, the keeping of the
public funds, the paying of the warrants. and The
keeping OF the Auditors books against the Treas
urers. He will have the naming of the IDENTITIES
who keep both sets of books, both responsible 70
hlm' This defeats the entire theory of the double
sets OF books and removes perhaps one of the
"ioSC powerful! safeguards of the public moneys
ana on top of this, the same officer will
assess the property of the county This Clerk and
recorder or whatever he is called, must appoint
a deputy responsible to him to do this work.
80 we have "Bull Goose" officer who Is the
and fbo
Inc tneory Is that this one officer elected bv rhe
people, Will be more efficient than three officers
elected by these same people.
Now about economyI That depends on rho
number of deputies hired It Is safe hot
clnch bet that there will be as MANY on the nav
rOH unoer the new arrangements as under tIa
pJGseht with none OF the protection to the public
WHICH the present arrangement affords
The County Commissioners have sometime 70
oay aDout tnat you argue. Well the Commission
oIS nave something to say about deputies and
cannot control the situation bv what foyroI ;T,
'hey control 1t under the new set up? Please toIi
., Inc Plentywood Herald in burst Of IN.
~ t5s IOT the scheme says $4,000 will be saved
1t Is our guess that the arraneements will
Sst tne taxpayers five times that amount. besides
me necessity Of sending embezzlers tn Jail fo~
given TO
And finally, this is to laugh the office of
SSSlity surveyor is consolidated with that of the
,,OSa.! NOW 1or pete's sake, men, the county
urVeyor ls day worker; he has nothing in co.,
non IN with 1T the sherfs office supposing there is
JoO u surveying and need for the SHERIFF. -
ne .E same time The surveyor would leave crew
2 a, Ine Held to go on chase for horsethief
e oI would have to be an engineer whether anv
80 Jaller or not Not penny will be saved
oout the actual sanity of those responsible far
.s And then the Coroner is consolidated with the
lt zee OF PuDlc administrator. This saves notbine
ever fee' and the COroners office IS almost most
There might have been some sense. we saw
's"'' N consolidating the offices of Clerk and