St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-25
CAPITOL NOTES.

Hon. J. A. James of Mankato called al
the state house yesterday.
George F. Hine of Syracuse, N. Y, filed
power of attorney to William G. Bennett
of st. Paul with the secretary of state yes
terday.
A commission was issued by the governor
yesterday to l.. A. Gregg of st. Paul, as
second lieutenant of Company c, First
regiment.
Hon. j. NJ. Berry, associate justice of
the Minnesota supreme court returned from
the South on Thursday and was present at
the hearings of the court yesterday.
The contracts for building the model jail
in the state, at Fergus Falls, for Otter Tail
! county, were let on Thursday. 1t is to be
erected according to the plans of Architect
BasSford and the state board of corrections
and charities and is to cost S25, 900.
Secretary II. ii. Hart of the Minnesota
| state board of corrections and charities says
that Gov. Hubbard will soon appoint del
egation of prominent citizens of the state, to-
gether with the members of the board, to at
tend the national gathering of the boards of
corrections and charities of the several
states, which will assemble at Wizards
hall, Washington, D. c., Thursday, June f..
There is hardly any doubt that the session
of the national board in 1886 will be held in
Minnesota.
Adjutant General MacCarthy, in pursu-
ance Of an act of the late legislature, is EN-
gagged in looking up the lost records of the
Renville rangers, who were hastily organ
lied in 1862, two days before the Indian
attack on Fort Ridgely, and portion of
whom were afterward mustered into the
Tenth Minnesota regiment after the Indian
troubles had subsidized One of these ran
gers named Quinn has recently been killed
in the Riel rebellion.
OPINIONS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Edward S. Rogers, Esq, inquiries of At
torney General Hahn whether the assess
ment in the village of White Bear is to be
made by the assessor of Ramsey county I'M
der chapter 90, special laws of 1875, or by
a village assessor to be elected under the
provisions of the village act passed by the
last legislature.
On the ground that mere general law
does not repeal special one, and that the
repeal of special statute enacted for a
special purpose must either be express or
the manifestation of the legislature clearly
directed to that statute; and that no such
intent appears in the village act in reference
to White Bear, the attorney general rules
that the property of the village is to be as
sesSed by the assessor of the county, and
not by an assessor chosen by the village.
S. K. Miller, attorney of Renville county,
asks: ''ShOuld county treasurer for any
reason. as for instance the pressure of bust
ness, fail to file his verified list of dein-
quent personal property taxes on the 1st
day of April, as provided by the law of
1885; or if the treasurer files a
part of said list on the 1st day
of April and the balance thereof
is handed the clerk by installments between
the 1st and the 9th of April, 1885, can the
clerk issue his warrants to the sheriff for
the collection of said taxes from said lists,
or either of them so filed? If the clerk can
issue warrants under either state of facts.
should the warrants all bear the date of
April l or the date on which the lists
were actually filed with the clerk?
The attorney thinks the provision that
the tax lists shall be filed April are merely
directory and designed to insure system and
dispatch in proceedings and to insure the
filing of the list in time to allow the re-
naming proceedings to be had according to
law. (31 MINI. 373, 3S1.) In this case.
therefore, the clerk can issue his warrants
to the sheriff and it is advised that the war
rants bear the date when said lists were
actually filed with the clerk.