St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27

body vested with corporate powers and to all
intents and purposes corporation entirely
separate and distinct from the state. Top.
Attys. Gen., 49, If that is a just assumption,
and l do not now desire to question 1t, the
conclusion reached was perhaps the proper
one. IT, boWever, it tends to initiate against
the conclusion herein reached, ] decline to
follow it. -. sSs4...1-.;; .s.- .rr5E-
Subordinates-That the statute has provided
for O position in any department with liked
term and salary to which an official title Is
prescribed, and the incumbent whereor Is 10
share in the performance OF the duties I'M
posed upon the head of that department, such
station is a public Office within the definition
above given. Without enumerating the sew
eral positions constituting this class 1t IS
sufficient to say that the deputies and assist
ant factory inspectors provided by General
Laws 1888, chapter 6, section 4 are Wllhii
the definition. l name these oflcers by rea-
son of an inquiry raised by the commissioner
of labor
In reaching the views above expressed L
have been guided more by the manifest pur-
nose of the trainers of the constitution than
by the judicial expressions OF the courts III
the cases cited. A careful study or the SUP
iect has convinced me that there is no sale
halting ground within the utmost bounds OF
official station. The court has pointed out
the reasons which actuated the trainers OF
unquestionably designed to keep the sources
of the law pure and to remove even the con-
templation Of using the law-mak1ng power
as an instrumentality for personal aaVahlase'
The office of lieutenant governor Is
vacated by the opinion, although III
reality Senator Day never took the
oath as lieutenant governor AS the
constitution provides for lieutenant
governor whose term shall be two
years." the point is made by some STICK
lers for the strict letter of the law that
a special election must be ordered Tor
the choice of a lieutenant governor.
Senator Day has declared he would not
resign his senatorship for the uneX-
pired term as lieutenant governor.
Hon. J. J. Furlong, of Mower county,
has been a member of the board OF
managers of the State Agricultural So
ciety, but as his term ends with the
year he will probably drop out quietly.
Furlong was certain of reelection,
and as the work was to his taste, re-
tirement from the board will cause
him some regret.
Representative Ferris will, Of course,
give up his place on the game and hsh
commission, of which he has been
treasurer.
Hon. John Mathieson, Furlong's col
league from Mower county, has been
president of the State Dairyman's as
ISOLATION A. P. Mctinstry, of Winnie
bago Cit, first vice, will wake up this
morning as president.
Senator Peterson is member Of the
board Of trustees Of the hospitals for
the insane, but his term ends with the
present year. He also holds the office
of judge of probate for Nicollet county.
Senator Ozmun, Of Ramsey, will no
longer be legal holder Of the Office
of secretary and treasurer Of the state
board of examiners-in-law
Senator A. w. Stockton, Of Rice
county, is also a county commissioner,
and his term extends to '97-that is, it
would so extend were it not for Mr..
Childs' opinion.
Besides these specific instances, many
Of the lawyers in the legislature are
notaries public, and several of them
are serving as city attorneys in the
smaller cities of the state.