St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-18
The Commissioners Authority.

This much from the United States SUI
preme court decision in the case of Barnaby
VS.. Ashley will be interesting to the people
engaged in discussing the supervisory au-
thority of the commissioners of the general
land Office ever the acts of the register and
receivers of the district land office:
This power of revision is exercised by virtue
of the act of July 4, 1885, section (which pro-
vides THAT from and after the passage of this
act the duties now prescribed. or which may
hereafter be prescribed by law, appertaining
to the surveying and sale of public lands of
the United States or in anywiSe respecting
such public lands; and also such as relate to
private claims of land, and the issu-
ing of patents for all grants of land
under the authority of the government
of the United States, shall be subject to the
supervision and control of the commissioner
of the general land Office, under the direction
of the president of the United States' The
necessity of supervision and control vested
in the commissioner acting under the direc-
ton of the president, is too manifest to re-
Quire comment, further than to say that the
| facts found in this record show that nothing
is more easily done than apparently to estab-
liSh by eX parte affidavits cultivation and pos
session of a particular quarter section of land
when the fact is untrue. That the act of 1886
nodifes the powers of registers and receiv-
ers to the extent of the commissioners action
in the instance before us, we hold to be true.
But if the construction of the act Of 1885,,
to this effect. were doubtful, the practice I'M
der it for nearly twenty years could not be
disturbed without manifest improperly.
Shakopee.
The regular December term of court opened
on Monday morning with a heavy calendar,
ten criminal and thirty four civil cases Dur
ing the day ten new cases were added TO the
calendar, making it a heavy calendar and con-
siderably frightening out the term The
grand jury, composed of twenty men, were
duly sworn. William A. Cole of this city was
appointed foreman. The judge delivered a
lengthy charge. On Tuesday the grand jury
brought in an Indictment against William
Radenacher, charging him with murder for
the killing of Roderick O'Dowd on Aug. 8. of
the present year. The deed, it will be re-
membered, was committed with a shotgun,
the victim, Roderlck O'Dowd, dying instantly.
During the day Rademacher was arraigned
and took twenty four hours to plead. He
/ will be defended by Hon. l.. NJ. Brown and
Hon. II. j. Peck both of this city. The state
will be represented by Hon. ". j. Hahn, at
torney general, and County Attorney James
MeHale AS this is the first murder trial ever
had IN this county, it excites considerable in
terest and is the most conspicuous case on
the calendar. The heaviest ease on the civil
calendar is that of George W. Nichols against
the Chicago. st. Paul. Minneapolis s. Omaha
Railroad company. the amount involved be-
ing 81, 400. was continued to the June term
The grand jury also brought in an Indictment
against Traces Slazak for larceny from a
dwelling. The defendant took the twenty
four hours accorded to her by law to plead