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<br />R. E. TURRENTINE. JR..
<br />COUNTY CLERK. HARRIS COUNTY. TEXAS .
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<br />!:Q!!. YOUR INFORMATION
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<br />The attached instrument is being placed in the U, S. ?ostoffice befor~ mid-
<br />night on the day it was filed. or ","1t1rl.n a few hours thereafl;er. for return to '!
<br />you after being duly RECORDED and 1'ullY INDEXED in the RECORDS of the CC)unty I
<br />ClerIc or Harris County. Texas~ I
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<br />, As required by law. the RECORD or' the attached instrument is available now,
<br />at least by the time you receive this notice. in my office aJ~ ~adr. for use by
<br />the publiC. both (a) on M1:crofilm Readers. and (b) on"bound volume I pages.' In
<br />addition. the record of aU instruments tiled since April 23. 1959. and all of
<br />the records delivered into my custody on April 23. 1959. are available in my
<br />office for the use of the public. , , " ,
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<br />Also. as required by laW. the full ALPHABETICAL INDEX of the attached
<br />instr-ument is available noW in my office ready for use by the publiC. In
<br />addi tion to keeping t.he Indexing current for all instruments filed each day.
<br />we are now Indexing each day an additional day's Ind....x' of thc)se instruments 'winch
<br />have not pr.eviously been Indexed, No instrument filed after September 195~ (an
<br />estimated 100,000) and many instruments filed after December 195~ (an e~ted .
<br />~additional 25:,000) had not been Indexed on April 23. 1959. Ins "stimated ,
<br />,that the backlog of Indexing w.1.11 be completed by the end of 1960.
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<br />. Since November 16. 1959. every instrument filed in my or1'ice. 'll1th the
<br />exception of' those filed on Saturdays. has had this notice attached to it, Th1.
<br />'ia a record 01' improvement. in a few days less than 7 months" from an of1'ice
<br />w.1.th over 25.000 instruments in it filed but unrecorded to an o1'1'ice with n(.o back-
<br />log of unrecorded instruments and which is record1ng and returning instruments
<br />in !'rom 7 to 16 hours :.. serving the p,Jblic 01" Harris County quicker and more
<br />e1'1'iciently than is the public being served by any known major Recording Of,fice
<br />in the nation (statistical record availabla on request). .
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<br />01' importance. also is the' fact that the part of the modernization 01' the,
<br />County Clerk's o1'1'ice w1rl.ch was aocOJDPlished during 1959 was accomplished with-
<br />out additional cost to the taxpayers of Harris County. The cost 01' the new '
<br />equipment. additional persoIUlel. etc.. was paid 1'or ~J ap!lroximately $150.000
<br />I saved 1'or the County trom the balance (approx1lllately 2/3) Q1' the regular
<br />annual bU!iSet remaini~' unexpended on April ,23. 1959. . ,
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<br />It will take 2 more years to ooqllete the mod9rnization 01' the office on the
<br />basis of the same amount' ot runds in the budge1i, eaoh year as provided in 1959.
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<br />It nll be a pleasure to have you visit the office and see the, reoorda.
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<br />R. E. '.l'IJHRENTINE, JR.,
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<br />HARRIS commc. TKICAS
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