The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
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On az count of conflicting insurance laws.
there has ever since the organization of the
State Insur; nee Department, been a con-
| f1ict in regard to mutual insurance COM
pany agents, for companies incorporated
under the State laws. 1t has been held
and such holding was sustained by Melvin
Grigsby, when Attorney General, that such
companies must file their charters with the
State Auditor, but when it came to is
suance of certificates to their agents to do
business in the State, no one was author
lied to issue certificates except the lnsur-
charter with the State Auditor gave the
Insurance Commissioner no official knowl-
edge of the existence nor standing of the
company which was asking for agents GER
tificateS, and in that point there is clash.
Attorney General Pyle has just rendered
an opinion which requires charters of mu-
tual companies to be filed with the Insur-
ance Commissioner, and from this time on
that official will have the information at
hand for the issuance of certificates.
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The opinion of Attorney General Pyle,
as submitted to the State Board of Assess
ment and Equalization the other day, up
holds the fight of the Board to increase the
assessment values as returned to them by
county auditors and is in substance that
under the constitution and the statutes it
is the duty of the Board as assessors of
corporate property to list the same at as
nearly its cashtvalue as can be ascertained
and then it becomes the duty of the Board
to elualize other property of the State in
proportion with the assessment placed on
corporate property.
The State Assessment Board gave the.
Western Union Telegraph Company a
raise of 25 per cent, from $50 to $50 per
mile, andtelephone companies were given
the same treatment as other property. The
highest raise on any railroad in the State
was $1,000 per mile on the Sioux City and
Northern. The total raise OH the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul road was over
S1,000,G00 and on the Chicago and North
western over S500,000.
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Representatives of various railroad and
telephone lines and express companies
were given hearing before the State As
sess,ne,t Board few days ago, and while
no action was taken toward assessments,
the general trend of the discussion would
indicate that the Board estimates that,real
estate has been listed at two-thirts it's
actual value, and that railroads should be
placed on practically the same basis.
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Letters have been received from Con-
gressmen Burke and Gamble stating that
applications have been made to the War
Department for arms and necessary equip
ment for the newly organized troop of
cavalry in Deadwood. Gov. Lee will au-
thorize the organization just as soon as
he reaches Pierre. The members of the
troop will fit up an arlnory and regular
drills are being held now.
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At the meeting of the South Dakota
pharmacists at Watertown these names
were selected to be presented to the Gov
ernor for the State Board of Pharmacy to
succeed James Lewis of Canton: w. ii.
Branch of Parker, DR.. E. NJ. Cotton of
Tyndall and w. j. Hull of Alexandria.
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The State Land Department has filed on
$1,000 acres OF n'tt mnity lands in the
Aberdeen Office, the lands being located
principally in Campbell and Walworth
Counties, and were all fair tracts. being
celed by the Government for various
reasons.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
for the Chicago Zinc and Lead Mining
Company. at Sioux Falls, with capital of
81, ,O0O, COO. lncOrporatOrs. j. Louis Pfau,
Edgar L. Warner and Frank Jones.
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The State uGitOr has refused to nav
any wolf bounty certificates until test
case is made in the court, and the matter
OF distribution of the appropriation is set
tied by the courts.
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The Board of Charities and Corrections
has selected Prof w. w. Girton as supern-
tendent of the new asylum for the blind
now under course of construction at Gary.
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Gov. Lee has appointed Theo. NJ Smmon
of Huron County. Judge of Beadle County.
to fill a vacancy caused by the death OF
Judge Grant.
Gov. Lee has appointed Frank H. Files
of Sioux Falls, and A. E. Clough of Mad
son, members Of the State Board of En-
balmers.
concern for the manufacture of bicycle.
pedals at BrooRings has filed articles OF in
corporation. The capital stock is S25.OOO
George Harrington of Aberdeen has
been appointed an assistant in the peniten-
tiary by Warden Bowler
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The Board of Pardons postponed action
for one year on the Thompson pardon case
from Custer County.
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Mistook Her for Man.
The visit of Queen Victoria to the OLD
monastery at Saghet, near Nice, which,