Show OGDCV-UTA- SUNDAY MORNING JUNK H THE OGDEN 7 -- J2 I I V v ' ' L - 17DD R City Legal Services and Court Cases Still Increasing x LEGAL' STAFF AND AIDES ' STANDARD-EXAMINE- 115 f: V' " f i v Here's a department that benefits every other department the City Manager and th Gry Council Actually every citizen shares in the benefits A continual round of court cases both civil and criminal keeps the legal staff of Og den City busily engaged Although Paul Thatcher and his assistants Jack Richards and Calvin Gould (replacing Dan Alsup resigned) '"'9ft - 4 V ' ' - '- ' uiLlt " are primarily engaged in providing city administrative officers with legal advice and service they also prosecute city court cases prepare ordinances contracts and prepare research materials for the City Council f J 1 l ' I? L7lJ PAUL THATCHER Corporation 1S5S A complete Formal ordinances drawn City Court criminal cases handled Trials held in City Court Jury trials held (in above) Civil trials held (in above) vision of Ogden City ordinances 7 i is now in Highly speciali ltd legal ' services ore quired by municipal administration f1 63 33 US 0124 9742 339 334 26 47 Formal contracts drafted re- re- Counsel 31 17 1 I fs S - f Cferk of the Court Here they Veep the records Closely atKed with fhe legal staff is the office of the orders affiall court actions judgmenH and proceedings Here too they issue all processes notices to Small davits and other court services They receive all fines and forfeitures render eternal help to accounting Claims Court retain custody of all evidence presented in city court cases in addition to continue increase office in this Activities of Director Finance busy funds the with for ond depositing is a vault and at premium space storage v I I ' 77 i -- 1 J ? - 3 i CHAKUS H SNEDDON Judge of City ' Court 1956 f $1C3371C7 Fines and forfeitures Fees in civil cases Meter violations ' ?:yr - Total The Judge Assistant City Attorney Court Clerk and Batiff witness human dramas 500650 e 2376543 $13714380 e City criminal complain N7' ! 8124 9725 218 314 862 378 493 916 9726 11529 State complaints Small claims filed Civil complaints filed : Totals and nearly 6000 abstracts warrants executions jr subponeas nr 1956 1952 etc ! it Recorder ond her Deputy are cusfe&ans of City issued City Ordinances With the work load reaching such huge proportions as to tgx the office facilities new forms were evolved which saved many hours of laborious copy and typing work storCity Court cases bulge the files and present age as well as legal problems alPreliminary studies are under way which will low microfilming of many obsolete records With th© City Recorder as Clerk of the Court there is close cooperation with thes two offices ex-offic- J Court Deputies scan thousands of records lit year's time io Entire County Utilizes Many Library Services! LiKAPJ w ft pi n From a total circulation of less than 190000 books in 1952 the 1956 total circulation now stands at a staggering 287092 This marks an increase of 34121 over the high figure of 1955 Expending less than 61 cents per capita (although the absolute recommended minimum is $2 per capita) your library purchased over 5000 books many records and subscribed to over 300 magazines in addition to mending housing and handling this material for your benefit It circulated to professional men housewives students youngsters and others over 950 books daily plus dozens of lecords pamphlets pictures fUnnel-gram- s etc s "7 bed-tabl- THERMA SCOVILLE ' "' IewjMMilSy es Librarian Ogden's increased size and its increasing alertness its widening of its fields of intorotf make daily demands on the library for more and more information Although the crucial space problem has been relieved by rearranging microfilming shifting and complete slightly utilization an addition to the present building is a planned MUST— not only to accommodate more materials but to handfe presently '! crowded facilities t ' i I v— ' t skBwSiiBsjs11" u im 1 ai n n I $5273765 5n " rr i 0s Di 1? Carnegie free Library on municipal Park f f Vi t 4 - - TlIs Board appointed by the City Council administer 70503 the attain of the Carnegie Free library end the tmersen Branch library This pu Wic service) reaches Thousands of students rare book lovers genealogists and others used the microfilm facilities The library staff bound more tSaa 2000 books and mended thousands more sav' ing literally thousands of dollars alt of Weber County with tonstantly expanding eerv-Icft is financed by Of den City from the General es fund bud§et V MRS WSllIAM C JENSEN PtRRifiS President DONALD ' 1 "r s — 189123 Totat number of books in library " DARNELL E J GREENWEll W 1A1LEY MRS REED UADEftr PAUL SEECIS MRS GERALD KLCMP ItARS Treasurer THERMA SCOVILLE L J 97949 CIEN - ' 9 3504 force j rT i 1954 library expenditures Total number of borrowers' cards Total circulation to children i h $5306704 Total circulation to adults i r ' 19S4 Library receipts (including city monies) librarian and Secretary JOHN C EVAJMS JR VIUIAM A USSEN sub mmxffr Emerson Branch library serving Ogdeee north area This conscientioas civic-tninde- d ejdvancing this community service Qrowp spends many bovrt |