St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-11
CAPITOL NOTES.

Senator Truax of Hastings called at the
State house yesterday.
Senator Hart visited the Otter Tail county
commissioners ON Thursday and they
adopted the greater part of the new Jail plan
and they will advertise for bids for the iron
work on the 21st of this month. They eX-
pect to complete the new structure the com
ing season.
State Treasurer Kittelson will arrive home
| from the South to-day.
The officers of the Second regiment, NJ.
| n. e., met at Maukato on Thursday and
elected Lieut.. D. F. McGraw of Mankato as
! inspector of rife practice and Seareant Sum
ner of st. Peter commissary of subsistence.
| They decided to hold their annual eneamp-
ment ut Faribault on June "a, for the week.
| Arrangements are also being made TO have
the Light battery at Fort Smelling encamp
with them.
ARTICLES FILED.
Articles of incorporation OF the Home
Mining company of Duluth, to buy and sell
mineral land and mine the same for gold,
silver and other metals, with capital stock
of $3.50, 900, were filed with the secretary of
state Yesterday by Josiah d. Ensign, Daniel
f. Cash and Charles +. Bay of Duluth aud
John Kayander of Thomson.
Articles were also filed of the Union Ele-
vator company of Minneapolis for the stor-
ace of wheat and other cereals, aud the
erection of elevators for the same. The cap
ital stock is 5000. 900, aud the Indebtedness
limited to $500, 600. The first president is
John S PtllSbury; Horace W. Pratt, vice
president; Henry v Holmes, treasurer, and
John s Plllsbury, Charles A. Pillsbury,
II u.Al., s,1
Edwin W. Winter directors.
Articles oi incorporation were also filed by
Bishop john Ireland aud others for the es-
tablisbmeut os The Church of st. Charles of
MoudSview, land of tue Church of st. John
the Baptist Of Dayton.
OPINIONS FROM TIE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Attorney General Hahn wrote II. Rasmus-
son, clerk of the court of Clay county, yester-
day rs follows:
''You state that by the new law the clerk
Is allowed % cents for issuing the tax war
rants, aud ask whether | shall charge the
whole amount to the county for issuing such
warrants and the sheriff pay each - cents SO
collected over 70 the county treasurer, or
shall collect from the sheriff each - cents
aud oul1 charge to the county such as can
not be collected
1t seems to me that the law is too plain
to admit OF doubt on the question pro-
pounded Ii is made the duty
OF the sheriff 20 collect from the
delinquent taxpayer this fee of IS cents as
compensation to the clerk. He collects it
/ for tue clerk Just as he would collect on an
execution the fee allowed the clerk for isSu
| ing an execution. But the statute then pro-
| eeeds % say ''lhat in case the sheriff fails TO
collect the tax" such sum shall be paid by
the county. This Of course would have been
| useless provision If the county was to pay
| in every case. The maxim thai the express
/ sion of one thug is to the exclusion Of all
others is applicable
The attorney general In reply TO {. j.
| Loomer, clerk Of the court of Houston county,
says;
You ask whether the act approved March
| :, 1855, providing for the proper iudexing of
all records in the office of the clerk OF the
district court, has reference 10 cases already
| entered as well as 70 those TO be entered!
| ~ think not. Acts are 10 be constructed as
having prospective rather than retrospec-
! tive operation unless the contrary already
/ appears II does not so appear. Again,
such 4 construction would impose an in
] mense amount OF labor upon the clerks for
which no compensation is provided Il does
not occur 20 tue that the legislature designed
/ that such oreroGs duties sboald be performed
for nothiGg."