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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1957)
DECEMBER 1957 KLAMATH TRIBUNE Page 5 v y O KLAMATH COUNTY GOVERNMENT COUNTY CLERK Q. How is the County Clerk chosen? A. He is elected by the people for a period of four years. Q. What are the duties of the County Clerk? A. The County Clerk has a great variety of duties. He serves not onlv as eouritv clerk, but also as clerk of the circuit, district, and county courts, recorder of con veyances, and clerk of the board of equalization. The chief duties of the county clerk concern the keeping of various records, the keeping of most of which is re quired by state law. Q. How are these records broad ly classified? A. Vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages, etc.), elections (lists of registered voters, etc.), registration (log and livestock brands, farm names, assumed business names, etc.), licenses (dog, medical, etc.) incorpora tions (articles of incorporation, articles of association), animals (estray docket, record of bounties paid), military (register of final discharges of soldiers, sailors and marines), reports, and finance. Q. What are the duties of the County Clerk as recorder of con veyances? A. These duties have to do primarily with the filing and re cording "of papers affecting title to both real and personal pro perty. Q. What are some of the im portant papers he is required to record and file? A. All deeds and mortgages to real propcrtv, all maps, plats and contracts affecting title to real property, mining claims, convey ances, and certificates of water rights. Q. Is it important that every person buying real property re cord his deed with the County Clerk? A. Yes! This is of utmost im portance. There have been in stances of property being sold to the highest bidder' at a tax fore closure sale with the holder of the deed being unable to prevent the sale because the deed was not recorded. Don't let this happen to you! Record .your deeds to real property with the County Clerk! Q. Does the County Clerk's of fice handle alimony and support payments? A. Yes, these are handled through the circuit court depart ment of the clerk's office. If a divorce decree requires a person to make alimony or support pay ments the county clerk's office usually handles such 'payments. This department serves as a "clearing house" for around $70,000 in alimony and support payments each v.ear. O THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY Q. How is the District Attorney chosen? A. He is elected by the quali fied voters of Klamath County at h general election. Q. What is the length of his term in office? , A. Four years. Q. How does the District At torney work with the Grand Jury? A. When a crime has been committed the district attorney's office works with the state police, the county sheriff's office, the coroner's office and other persons in the gathering of evidence. This evidence and information is pre sented to the grand jury by the district attorney. Q. Why are criminal proceed ings conducted through the Dis trict Attorney's office? A. The district attorney con ducts all criminal proceedings be cause he is the agent of the state, charged with the enforcement of state laws. Q. When can the District Attor ney prosecute a person in the circuit court? A. The district attorney may prosecute only after the person lias been indicted by the grand jury or has waived indictment. Q. Is the District Attorney the attorney for the county? , A. Yes. He acts as legal ad visor to all county and state of ficials in county affairs. He acts as prosecuting attorney in all suits brought by the county and as defense attorney in all suits against the county. Q. Does the District Attorney represent only the county? A. No. Although elected by the voters of the county, the dis trict attorney is the legal repre sentative of both the county and the state. Agency Welfare, Chief Retires The Klamath Indian Agency has ' announced that the retire ment, on December 6. 1957, of Mi ss Rose larie Smith, Chief of Klamath Agency Welfare Branch, "marked the end of a notable career in public service." The Agency, commenting on Miss Smith's retirement stated, "During World War II Miss Smith held important positions, both at home and abroad, with the Red Cross and U. S. Army. Prior to this time she had been employed by State Welfare agencies and the Public Works Administration' "Miss Smith joined the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1951. Her first assignment a s Welfare Worker was with the Alaska Xative Service, with headquarters at Juneau, Alaska. Later she was transferred to the Wind River reservation in Wvoming, coming to Klamath Ageucv in 1955" 0 Final Roll Published (Continued From Pag 1) The following is a breakdown of the final roll of 2,133 tribal members: SEX 1113 Females 1020 Males DEGREE BLOOD , 351 : Full Blood 1229 one-half degree or less AGE Approx. 1,175 ....21 years of age and under. Approx. 958...!over 21 years of age. RESIDENCE Approx. 66 23 (c ....Living on the Reservation. Approx. 33 13 ('o .. .Living off the Reservation in Oregon and eighteen other states Supt. Miller states that copies of the final roll are available to all interested tribal members. He invites Klamath members to re quest copies by mail or in person at the Klamath Agency. Additions to the Proposed Roll Schonchin, Sharon Ray Schonchin. Richard Cecil Dickens. Delbert Charles Perez, Gene Craig Barret. Wayne Francis John. Robert Terry J Huitt. Genieve Dearborne, Simon Louis Moreno. Francis Florcs Hunt, Krncst Rubber! Hunt, Reginald Arnold Hunt, Patricia Ann Quiver, Julia Christina Quiver, Jeanettc Fayc Quiver, Gloria Wilma County Ass'n Favors Termination Delay During the recent conferences in Portland of the Association of Oregon Counties, a resolution, directed to Congress, was adopted asking for a further delay in Klamath Termination. It was felt by the Association that such a delay was necessary to make possible a more thorough' evaluation of the tribal mineral rights and for an adjudication of water rights. During the Conference, the Management Specialists reported that the Secretary of the Interior had advised them not to make an appraisal of water rights because there are still serious miestions as to what rights exist. Charlie Mack, Judge of the Klamath County Court stated that it was for this reason that the Association was asking for a settlement of these matters be fore termination and that a fur ther delay was necessary. As to the (uestion of how tribal property should be sold, Mr. Mack stated that the Association felt that the property should be sold so that it could be maintained on a selective cutting basis. The Association therefore supported the theory of selective cutting al though it did not specify whether this- should be accomplished by federal or state purchase. Six members of the Klamath Kxccutive Committee were in at tendance at this Portland confer ence, of tjie Association. 0 Dido On Vildhorso Timber Units Opened Bids for the sale of tribal tim ber were opened November 19, 1957, at the Klamath Indian Agency "to provide for continued per capita payments ami other tribal expenses." Successful bidders for the sale of the Wildhorse Logging Cuits were the following: 2H Logging unitJ52.7U)75 by the Chihxjuin Timber Co. 2C Logging unit $ I79,-UV.(X) bv the Klamath Lumber & Box Co. 3. Logging unit 141,26000 by the Modoc Lumber Co. Bureau of Indian Affairs of ficials reported that Public Law 587 as amended gives the Bureau the authority to make continued timber sale. They cite the law as amended which states that "Xothing in the Act of August 13. 1954 (68 Stat 718) shall affect the authority to make timber sales otherwise authorized by law prior to the termination of" Fed eral control over such timber."