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Secretary Of State J. W. Power d
sending out the biennial report Of Al
torney General Mcciurg to the mem
hers Of the legislature IL IL q very
Interesting document Of 155 pages of
BREWER type. and one Of the most com
plete ever sent cut from that o<ic--
IL shows that the Atforney-Ceneral
between the 18th Of January. Iss9. and
October ist- 1901. tried I54 cases In
the Supreme Court. Of which is5 we're
criminal and q civil besides quite .
number In circuit and chaneery courts
Of Kinds county and In the Unitesf
states court n Iaeksoa. and that IS
per cent of all Of these cases have
been decided In favor of the state. A
tab1lzrei list Of the cases IL given.
showing name of the parties. county
srUm which the appeal was taken.
fEcxment and sentence Of the circuss
ecErt- and wkether Affirmed or 70
vsrsed by the Supreme Court
The report contains about $50 writ
ten opinions given by IN. Attorney
General to boards Of supervisors. state
o1.cials and State institutions. but
does NOT include a much larger num-
Der given orally to the STATE officers.
or those given boarts Of supervisors By
telegraph mad telephone.
IL shows that the Attorney General
examined and passed upon the Legality
Of 500 applications for charters Of in
corporation. 30 applications to have
refunded tzxes enormously paid and
the purchase money for land where the
States title failed and more than
twenty applications for exemption
from taxation by manufacturing enter
prises.
The Attorney General Is also an nc.
tive member OF the Board OF Peniten-
tiary coutrei.~ l,o~.-' of Public Eauca-
ton. Board Of Election ComE,,v -
Board Of Public Contracts. spertaI
Heat Light and Water supply Com
mission. Special Board Of Health Com
mission Penitentiary Farm Commis-
sion- State House Commission. and
trustee for the State Library. and is
required by Law to meet with these
several bodies as we'll a. to advise
hem touching the Law respecting their
several duties.
In his report the Attorney General
rr~cmmends a revision Of the statute
laws Of the State. showing that ii.
averaged life Of n code in this state
Is eight years. while the present code
sili Be twelve years old when the
Legislature meets in 1896 He Is op-
pos-sf To too many laws. and the few
est possible changes in the present
statutes. but thinks the STATE will be
crafty benefited BY pruning out all Of
the repealed laws and tho-e declared
unconstitutional ~ the Supreme Court
and TO collect from the sheet acts all
I've laws enacted since the cod. vas
adopted He also recommends an
amendment Of the antitrust laws
making them less severe. compelling
parties 10 pools. trusts and combine,
10 testify As witnesses and 70 produce
their books for Inspection ny the courts
and all parties interested. and thar dis
trict attorneys be authorized to pro-
eeed against these concerns in their
respective districts. IL has some other
suggestions Of minor importance The
report has been distributed 70 rha
members Of the Boards Of Supervisors
and county officers
The Attorney General certainly has
as many ofheial duties TO perform a.
any OF cur State officials. II not more
and he has assiduousIy applied himself
to the faithful discharge Of the numer-
Gus requirements which the law de-
mands At his hands
It Il not often that Q net town com-
plains OF the -wetness-- BUT ther. Ar
varieties Of vetness. and the parricu-
lar kind from which the town Of
Charleston is nov suffering calls for
the sherifs immediate attention The
water from the artesian we'll has an
tremendous a flow that IL cannot b.
utilized. and 50 foods TIE streets. The
supervisors recently ordered the sheriff
to turn the waste water into the court
house we'll which he did. and the well
was overlooking IN lesz than three
hours The people seem To be In a
quandary. but to one who In looking
on Il would seem a simple matter To
pipe the waste water 70 the Charleston
homes. where il would save the hYsy
housekeepers many weary steps. A
small charge could be made. and thus
the extra water be made a help instead
The progressive new town, Mount
Olives. boasts of an unusual load of
cotton which was SOLD there last week.
This was an eight-vheeIed wagon.
loaded with tveaty-eight bales of cot
ton and drawn by two yoke OF oxen
According to our way OF thinking.
that was not only prize load, but two
prize yoke Of oxen to be able to draw
such a burden
That the City Council OF Columbus
Is progressive body is evinced by its
appointment. at q recent meeting, of
. competent committee to appear be-
fore Gov. Longino and urge him to en-
body In his message to the Legislature
= request that they pass a bill giving
Columbus authority to issue bonds in
the sum OF S,5.so6 for the purpose OF
building q new city hall. extending
the sewerage system and making
other necessary Improvements. Colum-
bus deserves all the good that comes to
her. because Of the splendid men and
women Who form her citizenship
The parties who are interested in
boring for oil At Wilson Springs. north
OF Scranton. feel sure that good luck
viii attend the venture, As the work
men found myrtle bush (emblem of
good lzsk) growing directly over the
spot set apart for the boring Of the
we'll We hone heir hixh homes will