The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-12-27

Attorney General Hahn has given aa
opinion to Examiner Knox in regard tosthe
commencement OF the salary year under the
new amendment, in which he says that ''in
every case where a county trea urer has
been elected at the late general election,
your superstition that the salary year must
conform TO he new official term. and corn-
mence on the first Monday of January, and
from such beginning TIE computation of the
salary IS to be made. But where the old
treasurer holds over another year, il he has
already received sll the law allows up to
the Let Of March, 1884, do not think he is
to be paid second time. or that the smeDd-
ment as to him works any change in the
salary or the time from which 1t is to be
computed. The auditor draws a salary
based--it is true, on the valuation, but
nevertheless a salary; and can see no OBJ
lection to figuring his salary fron, the first
Monday of January. or course. as to all
newly elected auditors, this would be the
case; and, as the auditors who hold over
have not ORA WI any salary for January and
F. bruary, 1854 l can see No OH ction, even
as to them, ofapplying the same rule
Referring TO Washington telegram
whcfin it is stated that Treasurer kittleson
was in New York disposing of certain secu-
tiles, in order to meet the maturing inter.
est on Minnesota bonds, due Jan. l. State
Auditor Braden said such was not the fact.
The interest filling due would be promptly
met. The adjustment act pr vides that a
sum sutfi cient ,o7 this payment should be
set apart from the tax paid to the State by
railroad companies and known as the in
stitutions fund; that the money is ready at
a moments notice. Certain securities had
been ordered sold by the board of invest
ment for rcirvestment in other, and as the
board believed, more desirable securities.
:, At Faribault the case of the State VS..
Michael O'Reily, G. W. CAvanaugh, God.
frey Ward, and James Mccall, indicted for
for the killing of John Nelson, has
been postponed until the May term.
The jail at Litchfeld was burned recently,
and John A. Anderson was with difficulty
rescued before he was burned to death.
In answer to a question of H. r. Gesry,
county commissioner Of Wabasha county,
attorney General Hahn has delivered The
opinion that in the case Of town which
has voted license, the commissioners are
can't It is optional with them. Unless the
vote is against license, j. hiss no effect on
the power or duties of the commissioners.
They act in the same y amer. exercise the
same discretion, grant OF refuse the sppli.
cation the same as if no vote h ad been t..
ken. The statute doss not require the
board to issue licen ses. it merely provides
that they may grant them. Disco aud
are to be exercised in every
case.
Mrs. Edmund ChaBman of Rochester,
who was probably the NEST seriously in
iured of the survivors of the cyclone, after
being confined to the bed for nearly four
IS to be able to sit up short time each
day. Her right arm was terribly maugled
and lacerated, and about two inches of the
bone crushed to splinters, which have since
worked their way cut. Saving . limb in
his condition is pronounced BY Ill physi-
clans very skilliul piece of surgery.