Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-01-14
and make Il plain to those least able ts

and make II plain to those least able ts
understand IL, ought to be. The
free, untrammeled expression OF
the will of the voter, Is the
object sought to be obtained, and
1t Is Thought that this may better be ac.
complished by so arranging the ballot
that the name OF the candidate for Office
of each party represented should appear
in separate columns, with such other
changes from our present methods as
your experience and wisdom may suggest.
Our constitution provides that 'tbe
judges of the supreme courts, circuit
courts and county courts shall he chosen
at the first election held under the pro
visions of this constitution and thereafter
as provided by law, and the
legislature may provide for the
election Of such officers on a different
day from that on which an election is
held for any other purpose, and may for
the purpose Of making such provision, ex-
tend or abridge the term of Office for any
such Judges then holding, but not in any
case more than six months The terms
Of all judges of circuit court elected in
the general judicial circuits throughout
the state shall expire on the same day.
There has as yet been no provision made
by the Legislature for the election OF any
Of these officers other than the Judges OF
county courts, and your attention is re
The terms of the SUI
prem, and circuit court judges
now holding, will expire on the lst day OF
January, 1894, and it is important that You
make provision for the election Of their
successors.
Section 9s Of our present revenue law
provides that lit shall be the duty OF the
treasurer. on and after the first day in
July of each year to mm adiately proceed
to collect all delinquent personal taxes,
and IL such taxes are not paid on demand,
he shall distrain sufficient goods and chat.
tells belonging to the persons charged
with such taxes. III found within the
county, to pay the same with accrued
penalty and interest, and all accruing
COSTS 1t will at once present itself
to your minds that this demand Is
TO be made al time in the year when
very many OF our people, whose taxes
may be delinquent are perhaps the least
able to pay them. Our farming people,
many of whom must depend upon the
years production for the discharge OF all
their obligations, have at this time in the
year nothing to sell from which TO obtain
money and they can III afford the expense
of destraint and sale. The absolute ne
cessity that taxes must be paid with the
grca test possible promptitud' cannot be
given too much emphasis. But ii is sug-
gested TO you for your careful considera-
tion as to whether some change in time
for their enforced collection may not
properly be made.
II ii shall be possible for you to perform
the important duties demanding Your at
tention and bring your session to close
before the expiration of the constitutional
limit, it is respectfully suggested that
such action would give great satisfaction
throughout the state | have great con-
fidence in Your wisdom and in Your desire
to faithfully discharge the duties for
which You have been chosen Faithful
ness and honesty are equally valuable in
public or in private life, and the man who
thoroughly believes this and keeps il most
clearly in view, is quite sure 10 receive
the approval of his people.