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QUELIT OR DISTRICT CLERK, OR CLERK OF COURT.
In nearly all of the States, cash counts cleats a "werk of court of courts," something , also known as print alık of stekt this, and it- ing the court wool wich the ather connect 1. in when the States. is has already lien stated, the office of car's at suntem . uf sen
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where the olhe e is tu led " werk of district court." while in many of t ¢ Mates, michalme labana, tamo, lowa and others, it is called sim] > 'clerk " or " clerk of the court of coutts."
The chief duty of this oficial is to ut as clerk of the district or cir- :ut court, and sometimes other warts of interior jurisdiction. It is the terk's due to keep the seals amb attend the sess ways of their respective agets preserve all the files and papers thereal, make, kaip and pre- erve complete records of all the proceedings aml de lemintr ons there- Af and carry out such other duties as may be required by the ru es am! fuders of their respective co :ris. They must enter of recor ! de ji is- nents, decrees and endlers of the court as soon as possible after they are endere; keep all indatiments on tile as a public record, have authority o administer oaths, take acknowledgments, take amit certis depiet- Lions, and are required to evt Int all records Irve of charge. In near v Il the States the Law siennes the character of the Der and books which be clerk of court must keep. . Vthough there is no settled rule in ties patter, the general provisions are that he shall keep: First. a generil locket or register of actions, in which is entered the title ut each action Ja the onder in which they are commenced, and a description of each aper filed in the cause and all protectlings there; second, a pla i. iff's index and defendant's index; third, a judgment bonk and execution locket, in which he enters the judgement in each actum, tuine of issuing xecution, satisfaction, etc., and such other books as the courts or the aws may prescribe.
SHERIFF,
In all of the States the office of sheriff is one of the most important the county offices. The term of officevanes in different States, being sually either two or four years, and in several of the States one par:v annot hold the omrice a second term consecutively. The general pro- sions outlining .be duties pertaining to this office are very much alive a the various States, and the following frame of his duties thay be said o apply to all of the vanous States except in a few aunor and onim- portant details. The sheriff is charged with the duty of keeping and ireserving the peace in his county; or, as has been written. "he is the onservator of peace." and it is his duty to keep the same, suppress iots, affrays, fighting, breaches of the peace and prevent crime, and pay arrest offenders " on view" and cause them to be brought before be proper magistrate; and to do this, or to execute any writ, warrant, process, order or decree, he may call to his aid when necessary any per- on or the " power of the county." It is the duty of the sher ti to serve and execute within his county, and return, all writs, warrants, process, orders and decrees of every description that may be legally directed und delivered to him. He is a court officer, and it is his duty to attend, ather in person or by deputy, all courts of record heid in a.s county; by virtue of his office he has custody ot the jail, It is his duty to purese ind apprebend felons and persons charged with crime and has custrdv of prisoners. He is not allowed to purchase any property exposed for ale by him as sheriff
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OR COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOLS.
This is an office which exists under one name or another in nearly very State in the Union. The title of the office in a great majority of be States is "county superintendent," but in Michigan, Missouri, Oh.o. New York, and possibly one or two other States, the office is termed 'school commissioner," and in several of the States the laws provide for i board of county examiners or school commissioners, who are given considerable of the work that in most of the other States is handled by he county superintendent.
The name of this office implies the duties which devolve upon it, und they are very much alike in all of the States. The inc.mbent of his office is charged with a general supervision over the schools of the panty, and must be a fitting person as to education and moral charac- er. As a rule it :s their duty to examine and license teachers, but in a lew of the States provision is made for a buard of exammmers. Courty superintendents are required to visit and inspect the sutools at regular intervals, and give such advice and instruction to teachers as may te deemel necessary and proper. They are required to orgamze and con- duct institutes for the instruction of teachers it seemed necessary, and encourage teachers' associations. They introduce to the notice of teachers and the people t'a best modes of instruction. the most approved plans of building and ventuating schord-houses, etc., stir u- ate school olficers to the prompt and proper discharge of their du !. es, They receive reports from the various school officers, and transmit an abstract of these reports to the State Superintendent, adding a report of the condition of the schools under their charge. In neany a. the States they are forbidden having any interest in the sale of any school furat- ture, apparatus of brinks used in the schools. In many States they have authority to annul a teacher's certificate for proper cause, and in gen- eral to take such steps and enforce such methors as will e.cvate and make more efficient the schrems under their control.
COCKTY, PROSECUTING OR STATIS ATTORNEY.
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There is a great difference between the varmes States in the method af handling or attending to the legal husine . . relating to runs'y matters or growing from county affa.rs. In many of the Mtatt . tin idrett wen alterel- tothis line of work is known as the " county effort ",' in other States he is called the State's attomey or prerecuti word in : attoria y. In a few of the States they theule the State mto distracts t' 'Mar t'a member of counties, and a district attorney, cette mer ii . who in some case, attends to all the legal work id the safirras coun' es, and in others he assists the county attorneys th their most rengett.at duties and prosecutions that whatever pan movie for & I'm the various States, a'al whatever title may be joven loftusq' . . 0. general duties of the alline are very much the sone thron .bant ani: the State It is the duty of the commey attomey in nonon Bre atel pt ca ile an actions, sants, nebetments, s' of princeof wars, rita wil ster . it many court of record in Inorrans in which the " por plead the Late de graines"
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COUNTY AFRVEYOR.
This is an ofice which is count " to nearly all of the states. It is the duty of the county survever to create any survey which may be ordered by any court, or upon at the time of any individual or corpora. t. wh, amit preserve a pre end of t' : surveys mute by him. Nearly all of the States por ale that certain regard- shall be kept by the county sur- veyor, atul parvale penadies for 's fa ure to place on record the surveys made by inm. While he is the enci. cons.ty surveyor, yet the surveys made by him are not conclusive, but may be reviewed by any compe- tent tribunal, and the correctness thereof may be disputed.
COUNTY CORONER.
This is arother county office which exists in nearly all of the States. In the average county there is not much work for the coroner, but in the counties in which large cities are .ocated the office is a very impor- tant one. In general terms it may be stated that the coroner is required to hold inque -: s over the bodies of persons supposed to have met w.th violent or unnatural deaths. In most States he has power to impanel a tury to enquire into the cause of death; but in some of them this is not the case, and e isgiven powerto act alone. He can subpoena witnesses: administer osmais; in certain cases provide for a decent hunal, and can hind over to the proper court any person implicated in the killing of the deceased,
OTHER COUNTY OFFICEN.
The county offices that have already been mentioned are the prin- cipal ones for d in all of the States. There are, however, a few other county orici . s besales those tentried which exist in many of the States, and which should be hrie-v mentioned in this connection. These are such offices as cool :y phys' -ian, county assessor, county collector. county pour commissioner or se: erintendent of the county poor-nousc. master in chancery or court con miss cher, county examiners, board of equalization, board of review, etc. The names of these omces imply the duties. These othees do not e. ist in all of the states, but in acarly every State the law provides for one or more of these county officials.
COCATY BOARD.
The powers of every county as a body politic and corporate are vested in a cu anty board. This . ficial county board is generally termed the county "board of supervis rs." or "board of commissioners." but there are some exceptions to this. like Missouri, where the county board is known as 1 e " county court." There is cons /lerdule difference in the make-up of 1 e county board in the vinous States. In some it is made up of une me uber from each : wnsmip in the quantv. In others the counties are L.vided into districts, ano one member of the county board is chosen from each district. No general desenphon of t. s could be given that would be accurate, as some of the States follow both of these plans. For .stance, in Illinois some of the count rs are k werned bwv a board of supervisors, w ach is m. le > ul one men ber from each town- ship, wh le o; er count es in the = ime State are covered ) y a huard of county comm: ssioners, consisting of three or ir ite miemba .s, carn rep- resentiti; districts ility which the counties in quest on are do idol.
The rencial powers of thecounty board throu wout of a the States and corporate powers of the cr inty One of their number is always It is rhosen as ch rman or president, and acts as the presfini officer. The county board . as general charg- over the affa is of the e unty. their iluty to provide county r .ces, provide .frsks. stationery, boniks, fiel, etc. ; examine, investigate :: . ] ]ist c 4 ns against the county, and have general care and custody e: ad the real and persona. estate nwned by the nunity. At regular i . rvais th . e'he wit the county treasurer ; e -tmine accounts ar . ve. hiers. Tocy .ocate county risuls ; determine the amount of counts fax, 'al regular y publish a statement ot their pre _rln gs ; make sistem. its of rer aipts, expenditure . etc .; atdin.d'e it. contracts and do . . of er arts ih mt ation tothe property and concerns of the county ut assary to exerc se its corporate powers that are not shecibcally delegat. i to other county officials.
TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
T HE " common school w stem."or. tospeak with greater accuracy the nicthod of ges eriane school districts, in the vardas State i, differs widely, set ad fi low in a general wayinie of twn sepatale and clearly denne I methods, being amended in ins of respects In meet local cars. time and ideas. All of these matthews have their excellent pants, and vet it has been claimed by ciminers educators that no one of them is free them fault and objection, nor has reached per- fection. It will be the ana in this article to bricily esplai tre principal features of the several methods, ILS it is not possible to go into detail in the matter of giving the system e school government that is Idowed in each of the many States of the Union. 'The constitution and statutes of all the States agree, however, ty on several point. They aim to pro- vide tor a thorough and emcient system of free schools, whereto all the children of the States may receive : thorough common schie education; they provide that all lands, money and other property donated, granted or received for school, college. Das nary or university purinies, and the proceeds thereot, shall be taithtilly applied in the objects stated; with two or three exceptions they provide that nu appropriation at all be made or public funds applied in aud of ary church or sectarian purpose. or to supp rt os sustaio any school, academy, seminary, college or university contr .ed or run in the interest of any church or for a scciaran pur- pose: . nd they prohibit the varers school officials from holding any interest in the sale, proceeds or profits of any book, apparatus or furni- tare used in the schools in which they, as officers, are interested. «
In many of the States they follow what may be termed the "inde- pendent school distnet" method, inasmuch as each distne! so far as its corp. rate powers are cor.cemed, 15 entire'v separate and independent of othe: districts. Where th s plan is followed the boundaries of each dis- tnict are clearly dehoed, atul cach district is complete witt. n itself. They elect a fuil set of district officia's, and exercise tter corporate power and manage their district affairs within themse. es. In this pian the corporate powers of the district are usually vested iD a dis- trici board, which has general charge of the Interests ot the district. hites teachers, and makes such contracts and carnes into effect such methods as is ileemed necessary to raise the grade or a: ! in the effi- ciency uf the schools. The measure of the authority giver to these dis- trict boards is not the same in all the States, and in many States it in re. stricted, and a part of the corporate power is reserved to the people themselves, the officials being required, in all important matters, to carry out the wishes and orders of the people of the district as expressed and decided upon at the " Jistrict school meetings." .
Another method which is followed in many of the States may be terme i the "township system." In such States the law provides for the organization of euch township for school purposes, or at one large "dis- trict, and each township. so tar as its educational interests are con- cerned. is organized, bas the necessary oficiais and becomes a body puntic and corporate. As a general rule, where this met od prevaris. the townships are divided into three or more sub-districts. Al et these sub-d stricts are a part of the whole, and the finances and general busi- ness is generally managed hy a township board made up ti representa. tives from each sub-thstr.et. This board is geticraily ca they w th the corporate powers, hires teachers, provides fuel and supt. ei and makes all the contracts necessary to carry on the vannes schools in the town- ship. As with independent districts, the powers of this hard are not alke in all Stales where the township system prevar 4, tor in some States their power is very much restricted. and is limited f . certain oth- cial E atters, the corporate powers and right to makt in por nt contracts being reserved to the pu .c. who decide on these questior. at w al are the township system they we no omcial board. Thison the c .ein In- diana, where they elect at wusl p trustee, whose duly it is in look after all the educational interes's of the townstip, subject to the as. roval of the people at the requier must net. In Destad the States & ere the low up istem prevault c law provides for the ore et n. under Certain conditions, of soh-1 stricts into independer.tr sind' n .chgnes then the jerwer to eler t ! * ir own officers and act Itlefier .cnt y of the other . here's in the tum' . ip.
i ligar'y a.l of the ** tr's one of the two general with aus given above is lo wed, with car un changes to o ike the parts are efficient and atistadion, and to tor r ment the desites and resolve de people of !tr d'ilezent States. Many of the States combine g < |b. i .n> from both 'wise systems, as wy c of the Sites have the tout to systein, where in each saledistrict is its own board, und ali assente ing its cond tions hive in na y lista des mante spiccial atal Dete ary that are within the each State, and why the n ay be. a who . tic various sysit & live accomplished the east of giving the ghost the length a I breadth of the Union the green it and most clin.L'it system of Irce shows that the world has ever kir wen.
CITIES AND VILLAGES.
N all of the States .he him, provate for the local covemment of Cities anit villages o that when they atrain a cett a population they may be seperi' af from, and thus manage the r affairs inde pror nt of the lowt hip in which they are I att ., both an In chod matters an drive authority in cloolaf impressions marie For tier ; the more cumple concational intern als of villages amal tirs -the hook ton r beit, Diane bir .. r. and in n ary Cases the
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GENERAL INFORMATION ON BANKING AND BUSINESS METHODS
GENERAL INFORMATION Banking and Business Methods.
RELATIONS BETWEEN A BAYK AND ITS CUSTOMERS
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on by the al lof banks with .he. ks, draft. and .v .ange. At 1 it w her = > 11 · hat a tety interiant pact the chime at det " lower case in business life, whenIt is remembered that erets-becker draft that . hanges hands, Implica the confidence on the part of the party treelring and onceptlug It. that it will be honored at the bank when purvsrafel
OPENING AN ACCOUNT.
THE FIRST STEP In the buster of for you . . epositor any customer of a bank Is the interview with the bauhet. ritter the President, ny L'ushler, as the case may be It unkimen to the banker it is nermaire for withe One -bo Is known to Identify and touch for the age rant as trung bominable and arealghtforward. for links are compelled to be careful in this matter as they snloquent y oust baudle all the checks, draft- pr exchange that the prospective customer emplois In for business, witha while it + huel ness of an liest man is valuable to them and - appreetsted, thnt of .. dishonest man Is stunnel by them as an element of risk & ul danger-the same to them as to carry une eine with " bom be - ils
The Identification and reference, however, he og satisfactory the pros. pective rüslower is given a pass lesik of arronni 'sink, writes and signature In a book kept for funt purpose, is made known to the receiving and paylog tellers, makes his first deposit aml is theu s full fledged customer and depualtor of the bank
DEPOSITS.
DEPOSITS are made in the following u inner" A "Deposit Ticket ' De " De+ posit Book" Is furnished ibe customer, and te enteras to this a futh description of all the Items+ welch he desires entered to h credit mailing whether It In gold, silver or cutreney ant making a separate entry for each draft op check that he deposits, In entering such item= p&draftsand check+ nome bank + require a separate entry for each item which will show upon what bank or at least stat city of luan each fratt of clerk in drann. After baring endorsed his name on the back u" all cheese and drafts be banda the "Deposit Ticket," togeflire we had the 'emos hamed upwin IL and bis Pass Book. 11be received=tell .... >um.if,check-cfthe> selous Items to her that they are ad there, and enters the total amount to the customer's credit in the "Pas- Book " and It isal- married to biscredit from the Deposit Ticket onto the books of the haun Tar " Deposit Tleket" 14 an Important feature of the transact on, and the e' sinmer t= required to all this out with ink. It bears his name Gad the i ate and Is carefully pre- served for future reference by the bans to selfle any disptite or diff renco that may arise. Is ali men are Ilable to erfor the 'epauline to present mis Jaken, should always ser that the amatto! of the deposit Is corrertir entered In his bouk before leaving the bank If a deposit . madewhen Avuwomer bad burt bax "Pass Book" a duplicate ti ket should he fakro. And the amount entered properly # ben next at the bank
It will be seen from the abore that a i rhreky and drafts afe entered 10 the cruslit of ibr rustomer af the tine, he dejinmit- them, the same as cash Items. The depaltor, however, Is hell tesjustistld'e for the top parment of all check4, drafis and other Items depicted as vish uoti jums ment has been ascertaines lis the bank The bank, however, must um due diligence in attending to them within A Rawinable fime If 1 che kar dealt in bull beyond a reasonable nime nad, meuunhile, the back upun wb. h It Is drawn falls, the receiving bank would be inmtw led tu bar if Whatten fra-on- abletime, according to decimal of the courts derende simp the circus. stances and furies In different cases lueltles, nt re they bari a flearing- House, check . un otherrity bauke .fr rr;meter tu wach the l'imarlo .: fluger Do the next day soveerling the timeof the steps . . but as to check- all draftadrawn uje& idberor ilis'qut i ities, a trattilių ile lime mgAt beallowed for them to be presented for payment. If the banker, however, is Declient concerning it, be muss stund the loss such cases very rarele, deter otrof. and it may safely bre wialed that In the absence id' ant appris. of unusual conditionsfur a I itemssuch les eherka, iltafta, ets . 'e hahker ohly reveires them for collecting fur the arruinnt of the depositer and therefur art. only as bis agreat and as such is charged with using only due diligence In allend- Ing to the bur'newy
DISCOUNTS, LOANS, ETC
T "ETE word "Disequot" Is apediat to Interest when it is deducted from the amount at the time a Ingl is made inadher wr = 's, Interret that Is paid londranon It la the general Fuir of Inklu Jak = "shorttime ' Inne la equinters tu give ere.lit for the amedtint ofthe inan iss the Interest
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