The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-01-29
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Attorney General and Board Of Health,

.A al!lsgll1l deneral ana board o. Health.
,.s...i.. Astersa,sY Gs.er.l.
In tho list Of criminal causes in which
Attorney General Wilson has appeared
for the State during the year ending, De-,
icember list, last, is 1.-THE State vs.. Emil
Munich two indictments for embezzle.,
ment; certified from District Court, Ram.
sey county; argued and, pending In
oil he has had fifteen State criminal cases
during the year in that court, and had
also assisted in four prosecutions for man,
slaughter in District Courts. ..>. ,
Among the important civil cases in
which he appeared for the State in tho
supreme Court, are the following: -" >:
The: State vs.. The Southern Minnesota
Railroad Company; from 0lmsted coun.
ty; argued and pending. ~, ,..5
The State vs.. the Winona and St. Peter
Railroad Company; two cases tax cases
arising in Redwood and Lyon counties;
argued and pending. t;:~r4., ~. ats
The State vs.. D. Morrison; taxation of
lands; certified from Mile Laos county ::
pending. -
a.. Other civil cases are pending as follows:
The St. Paul & Chicago Railway Com.
pany vs.. Trustees of Hospital for Insane,
ct a.: pending in Ramsey county; the
company bringing suit to recover 10000
acres of swamp lands set apart for the
Hospital. .,
The State vs.. Winona & St. Peter Rail
-,
q taxes upon gross earnings, over and
3bove what was paid from 1855 to 1873,
inclusive. .,r.
Judgments have been recovered and
executions issued for stumpage notes
against the. Anoka Lumber Company, for
$764.75; Brown & Brockway, $l,443;
Croker Bros. & Lamoreaux, $5,364.95;
and same and r. J. Mendenhall, &566.75.
Suit is pending in Ramsey county against
F. P. Clark for So, 500 for pines cut with
out permit upon school lands.
Suit for forfeiture Of charter is pend
ing in Ramsey county, against the First
Division St. Paul & Pacific Bailread Com
pany, as directed by joint resolution Of
last session.
A suit against Munich Bros. & Co. on
note to State Treasurer for $3.836.82, is
pending in the same District Court.
In accordance with instructions Of the
Governor, suit has been brought against
Charles McIlrath, to recover 1914, 64l.69,
alleged to have been received by him
while Auditor Of State and never account
ed for or paid to the State. In view of
the complicated character Of the case,
the amount involved and the greut re.
sponsibility attaching to this case, the At
torney General has retained the Hon.
" lillian Lochren as associate counsel for
the State. Many witnesses will have to
be subpoenaed, the preparation and trial
of the case will require months of contin.
uous labor, and hence an appropriation is
asked for expenses and compensation of
the associate counsel.
With the aid Of Judge Butts and A.
M. Dodd, the Attorney General has re-
covered the missing links in the title to
the State Prison grounds, and is now we'll
assured that the States title is perfect.
SETTLERS ALONG NORTHERN PACIFIC LINE.
Mcssrs. Moore & Kerr, employed by
the Governor, with Messrs. Erwin &
Pierce to assist in determining and pro.
tecting the rights of settlers in and to
lands claimed adversely by the Northern
Pacific Railroad under its land grant, re-
port to the Attorney General that there
were twenty.four presumption claims upon
odd numbered sections and 402 upon even
sections, besides one cash entry Of about
1000 acres. which were made after the
filing Of plat showing the general route
of the road but before it was definitely
located. The company declares its grant
became operative upon filing the map of
the general route, Aug. 18th, 1870. The
States attorneys claim that the lands re-
manned open to settlement and pre.emp.
ton until the filing of the plat Of
the definite location Of the road, Nov.
2lst, 1871. The Secretary Of the Interior
has sustained the railroad company and
cancelled all the entries upon the odd sec.
tions and doubled the price upon the even
sections. The 4O2 settlers upon these
even sections had paid $l.25 per acre and
were entitled to patents, but, in con.
sequence Of the Secretary's decision, are
now required to pay the government
about $4,000 more. They have nc rem
edy in the courts, and the act introduced
in Congress last winter by the delegation
from Minnesota affords them no relief
whatever, for it applies only to the set
tiers on the odd sections, whose remedy
was already ample in the courts. 1t is
proposed to furnish them = remedy
through obtaining judicial decisions upon
the principle involved, by bringing action
for settlers on the odd sections. If the
Supreme court should decide that
the lands were not withdrawn from
market until the line was definitely To-
Gated, then the interior Department
must, of course, recognize the decision as
applying to even fections and abrogate
the rule requiring the settlers on even
sections to pay $l.25 additional per acre.
A number Of test cases have accordingly
been brought, one in the U. S. Circuit
Court, and the others in State Courts.
BEARD o1 Health.
DR.. Hewitt, Secretary of the Board, is
serving IS Professor of Public Health at
the State University, and will give to all |
the students OF the present term q spe.
cial course of lectures on
I" Foods" their scources, modes
of preparation, impurities and
DR.. Senkler, of tho Board,
lectures on Hygiene at the St. Cloud |
Normal School. The other Normal
Schools are recommended to secure the
of physician in arranging q
course Of study TO fit students for teach
ers Of Hygiene in the public schools. The