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Show THE COUNTY COMSSIOH sheets to be placed in the separate files. ML court orders and decrees are processed microfilming. When appeals are made to tfte Supreme Court of the State of Utah, these have to be prepared and forwarded to the State Capitol Building. Innumerable legal papers are certified each year such as: Civil Decrees, Executions, Writs, Voting Certificates, Marriage Licenses, etc; Each year a new jury list must be prepared and new veniries for each quarter of the court. .The clerk also keeps tract of court exhibits. A record of all Notary Commissions is kept on file. Such matters as estates of deceased persons, guardianship, incompetents and adoptions are filed and handled by the clerks office. This involves sending notices and keeping probate records. Transcripts of blood tests, required when application made for marriage licenses, are made forwarded monthly to the Utah State Depart ment of Health and Vital Statistics. LEONARD BARTELL WM. WALTON MARION HAZLETON As Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, board meetings must be attended The toa:d of county commissioners in approve necessary purchases over a certain whenever the commission meets and in addithe counti?s of Utah consists of three comdesignated amount which may vary in diftion to the minutes of the meeting the clerk ferent counties. They adopt and approve the missioners elected at large by voters in the must follow through many of the suggestions budget each year and set the levy needed to county. A measure of continuity is provided and decisions coming from these meetings. meet the current years expense. for the board by the biennial election of one These matters are recorded in the Commiterm and two Commissioners sit as a Board of Equalcommissioner for a two-yessioners minute and ordinance book. ization each spring to hear and adjust comterm. for a four-yeThe clerk also handles disabled veterans The duties of the county commissioners plaints about taxes and exemptions. tax exemptions, widows, disabled veterans include the responsibility for all county afAll property owned by the county is and blind exemptions. fairs in general and the supervision of all the direct responsibility of the Commissioners Salt Lake, .Weber and Utah Counties are and any maintenance and construction incounty officers and departments. They must the only counties having a separate Auditor. approve and may revise the budget of Qny volving the county must be approved by In all other counties this position is held by county department. They serve as a legisthem. lative body in appropriating funds for the the county clerk. As a legislative body they make and various county functions. The commissioners The auditor of a county must examine all laws and ordinances within the pass are the body, determining the and approve all claims against the county. county which are not federal, state or mueach Claims are reported to the' board of county necessary county property tax levy nicipal in nature. busincommissioners with the approval or disapyear. They also license and regulate in the In addition to these general duties, the proval of the county auditor. It is the duty esses, exhibitions and recreation commissioners personally supervise such deof the auditor to draw warrants on the treascounty. of PlanIn supervising all departments county partments as Fire, Road Recreation, urer for the payment of all approved claims to apning, Welfare, Health, Exhibits and special government it is their responsibility against the county. He also keeps accounts dein each set districts that may be up to provide extra prove the hiring' of personnel of receipts and disbursements for all departall and or special services for any given area or the paysign partment. They approve ments of the county. A monthly accounting and the and whole claims county county. rolls, bills against examination by the auditor of all depart ments is required. When it is found that the books of a department are not being kept all elections pertaining to the county, state and national elections. This involves getting according to law it ' is his responsibility to report that fact to the county commission. polling places and conducting schools for Utah law requires that each county registration agents' and judges of election. lish an annual financial report in a His office is responsible for providing ballots and election supplies, handling all absentee paper of general circulation in the county. The county auditor Is the budget officer voting and preparing lists of official registers for election districts. of the county. In that capacity he receives The county clerk must also issue marriannual budget ' estimates from each of the age licenses and prepare passport applicadepartments and . prepares a tentative budtions for those traveling overseas. Beer liget for the approval of the board of county censes and building permits are also issued commissioners. The board reviews the tentoffice. clerks the through ative budget and formally adopts a budget The clerk must keep a financial record for the county for the following year. After of air his receipts, bank deposits and disa budget is formulated and adopted, the clerks fees, bursements, including fines, auditor supervises the execution of the budstate fees, court costs, etc. get by seeing that all warrants drawn on the The clerks office handles minutes of the treasury are within the limits of the budcourt in the various departments presided get. The auditor submits a monthly report over by a district judge of civil, criminal to the commissioner of the financial standand probate court matter. Notices are mailed ing of each county department in relation to attorneys in all trial cases. The clerk or to file budget of that department. his deputies qualify all jurors used and make In the administration of county payrolls for them. All court papers are on erty taxes, the- - county auditor or ddf 3 ADA PALMER file in the clerks office and must be indexed calculates the annual taxes due from efcch THE COUNTY CLERK AND AUDITOR and entered in their proper registers and property owner and charges the 'treasurer The county clerk is the purchasing agent dockets. The numerous duties herein require with the collection of this amount If a propin most counties and has the responsibility a segregation of motions and orders to show erty becomes five years delinquent in taxes of negotiating for the purchase of or contract cause so that they will be put on the proper assessed to it the county auditor takes a for all supplies and materials required by court calendar. The clerk formulates and tax deed to that property and holds it for the county in all of its departments and to types all minute entries of the court, submits the. comity until the property is sold by the keep a complete record of all purchases. them for the approval of the juoges and board of county commissioners. As the election officer he must conduct then a deputy enters them on separate entry (1 ar ar tax-levyi- ng jr nl . |