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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1933
Page
7
The document outlines responsibilities of county officers and the Board of Supervisors. It covers term lengths, salaries, and authority to approve reports, state loan funds, supervise secondary road construction, establish and vacate offices, and handle public claims. It also lists vacancy procedures and the county’s drainage board duties, elections, and appointments within the county government.
The excerpt lists duties of the County Auditor including clerical work for the Board of Supervisors, preparing assessors books, balancing tax rolls, issuing warrants, filing and recording claims, handling county funds, recording plats and drainage districts, preparing tax books, receiving election results, preparing ballots, issuing dog licenses, maintaining plat books, recording deeds, auditing school funds, and reporting to state authorities. It mentions a two year term, bond of 5000, and salary of 1 (implied).
The Clerk of the District Court holds a two year term with a $10000 bond and $1900 annual salary. He issues marriage licenses and keeps judgments, liens, and records of dentists, optometrists, and births and deaths. He acts as custodian of jury boxes, Notaries and Justices, and supervises bonds, executors, guardians, and administrators. He approves reports, issues executions, and manages decedent and minor affairs. He also oversees grand jury indictments, fidelity bonds, and state records connected with the county.
The county treasurer is custodian of all county funds with a $10,000 bond and $1,900 salary. Duties include collecting taxes, paying state and county obligations, issuing receipts, maintaining ledgers, reporting to the board, and safeguarding funds in a separate book. Taxes unpaid accrue 1 percent monthly interest until collected, with installments due by April 1 and October 1, and warrants paid by the treasurer.
County Coroner holds a two year term with a $500 bond and salary. The coroner shall conduct inquests into deaths by unlawful causes and perform post mortem examinations as required by law. When needed the coroner may issue warrants, arrest suspects, and perform sheriff duties if the sheriff is absent or disqualified.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a county attorney term of two years, a salary of 5000 dollars, and duties related to prosecuting crimes. The text references 1400 attendees or cases and mentions levy actions by the county. Specific names, dates, and places are not clearly readable.
The county attorney defends the county in all actions, serves as legal advisor, draws indictments for the Grand Jury, and collects money from forfeited bonds and school fund loans. Eligibility requires bar admission. Created by the State Constitution. other offices by the legislature.
The County Recorder holds a two year term with a five thousand dollar bond and a salary of one dollar. The recorder must log all recordable instruments including deeds mortgages assignments affidavits and releases and attest releases and assignments. He provides certified copies on request and reports quarterly to the Board of Supervisors with settlements to the County Treasurer. The duties mention issuing fishing and hunting licenses and a salary noted as 1700.00 per annum with references to physicians surgeons and veterinarians.
State Fish and Game Commission urges alfalfa and hay farmers to use a flushing bar when mowing to protect nests. A simple device made from a bamboo pole and burlap sacks drags over the nest area, flushing incubating birds before the sickle bar passes. Cost under thirty cents.
Term set at two years with a bond of 10000 dollars and salary of 1800 dollars per year plus mileage. The sheriff is the principal peace officer responsible for summoning Grand and Petit Jurors and executing writs. He guards the county jail, holds prisoners, and transports convicts to penitentiaries and patients to state hospitals when sent by the Clerk of the District Court.
The county superintendent is elected at an April convention of school board presidents. The term is three years with a $5,000 bond and $1,800 annual salary. Responsibilities include serving as liaison between the state and townships, hearing appeals, enforcing laws, holding institutes, collecting and reporting fees, examining county certificates, and annual reports to the State Superintendent. Eligibility requires a first grade teaching certificate. Visits to county schools at least once per year and monthly fee reporting to the county treasurer.
The Board of Supervisors may hire one or more county engineers for up to one year at 1900 dollars per annum. Engineers serve under the board, must post bonds from 2000 to 5000 dollars, and their tenure can be terminated at any time by the board.
The guide explains that minnows stay alive longer when hooked through the upper lip to allow breathing. It cautions against hooking through the back to avoid backbone injury. It notes the best way to hook a crawfish is through the tail for best results.
The Fish and Game Department reports three licenses sold to men over 90 and an overall promising 1933 fishing season. Stocking policies, including adult trout placements from 1932 hatcheries, are credited with higher numbers of game fish and larger catches, with creel census showing about 1.52 fish per hour and over 60 percent of trout exceeding 7 inches.
The state lowers fishing costs with a $1.00 license and minor expenses, presenting fishing as affordable and healthy. A May 15 1933 effective date accompanies simplified laws, based on a fish and game commission study that suggests reduced violations under the new regulations.
Season opening May 15 draws hundreds of fishermen statewide with Black Hawk Lake showing large crappies averaging over 10 inches and half the anglers on the lake limiting out. East and west Okoboji Spirit Lake and Storm Lake see strong crowds with wall-eyed pike bullhead crappie and pickerel catches. Clear Lake reports above average sizes. overall season kickoff boosts leisure activity. Pre-natal X-rays reveal embryo elephant has a well defined upper lip missing in mature animal.
Dr. Wendell C. Phillips, former president of the American Medical Association, asserts that 10,000,000 Americans have impaired hearing due to common colds. A Welsh inventor introduces an automatic gravity powered machine that separates oil from water.
The U S Public Health Service announces cancer as a germ disease and claims the micro-organism has been isolated. The note adds that intelligence does not determine brain quality. white matter and connecting nerve cells matter more than grey matter.
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