Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16

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| Attorney General Mullan has rendered
an opinion in peculiar case, but one
which will have general interest through
out the State as affecting the holding of
special town and city elections with the
general elections. The inquiry came to
him from w. +. Hartman, city attorney
of New Hampton, where a special cleo
ton was called to fill vacancies in the
city offices, and the date was fixed the
same as the general election In Novem-
Der to save expense. The Attorney Cen
eral holds that vacancies in city offices
cannot be filled that way. that there must
be special election; that it cannot be
held as part of the general election for
State officers, because OF the fact that
qualifications for electors in cities and
towns differ slightly from the qualifica-
lions for electors of the State, and il the
municipal election was allowed as part
of the general election there would be
confusion as to the qualification Of cleo
tors. There is no direct law on the sub
ject, but by inference it is rendered i'm
possible to have the two kinds of election
at one and the same time. The election
may be on the same day, but there would
have to be different election officers and
ballot boxes. There are number of
towns in the State where the same thing
has been done as Mt New Hampton. and
the special municipal elections will have
to be called again.
The report of the State land DEPART
ment made by Secretary Martin to the
Governor repeats the recommendations
previously made that some money be ex-
pended in rebinding the books containing
the original field notes of the surveys in
Iowa, and in mounting the old plates on
file. The invaluable records have been
cared for in the best way possible, con-
sidering the facilities, but they should be
cared for even better. During the past
two years the State has received from
the general government ON the swamp
land indemnity the sum of So, 3SS.3S,
which has been turned over to the coun-
ties. The entire amount of land receiv-
ed by the State under the various grants
amounts to S93T,S41 acres. The unsold
school and university lands still remain
ing in the possession of the State and not
to be disposed of are from the following
funds:
Sixteenth section grant. ....... ,OSOOO
Tho Snn OnO o,,n ,,r,nt 1EN M
University land grant. ........ 653.31
University lands .............. $4,000
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A part of the biennial report of State
Treasurer Gilbertson has been sent to
the State printer. 1t contained recapit-
ulation showing the receipts from all
sources by the State in the biennial Pc
Rod, ending June 90 of this year, the
disbursements and the balance on hand
in the general revenue fund at that date.
This balance is nearly treble the balance
on hand at the close Of the preceding BIZ
ennial period and is the largest balance
at the close of any biennial period. The
total revenue from all sources is given
at $5,l2O.Oo9.54; balance on hand, July
l, 1899. S445.0O2.37; total State auditors
warrants redeemed, S4,421, 1924; cash
balance at close Of business June 20,
1901, 81 ,143,SSS.1I; making total of
$5,a65.06l.91. The figures given above
pertain to general revenue alone. In ad-
dition the receipts from the lilo mill
support for the Iowa State college at
Ames We're $3O,49S.91. The collections
for the lilo mill support fund for the
State University We're sos, 713.2S. The
difference in the receipts in these two
funds is accounted for by the fact. that
the collections for the college at Ames
have been coming in for but six months.
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A decision in the Supreme Court may
make it necessary for the State to adopt
some new rules and regulations at the
State penitentiary at Anamosa. The SUI
preme Court has decided that where
prisoner at work at the stone quarries
hides and sneaks away without doing any
damage to anybody he cannot be held to
be guilty of violating that section of the
code which makes it felony to break
and escape from the pententiary. The
case was that of Thomas King, who, with
another, dropped into crevice ut the
stone quarry near the State prison and
remained for two days. but afterward
walked away. The court holds that the
quarries are not part of the prison, and
that the men did no breaking of any
thing when they sneaked Offence
King was wrongly convicted. He had
been sentenced to one year in the peni-
Tertiary.
The twenty-nine counties OF Iowa in
which it is reported that insane persons
are harbored ut the almshouses who are
in fact insane but have not been so re-
ported or are not so classified at present,
according to the report of DIR. Patterson
made to the State board of control, are as
follows, together with the number Of
such persons in each county: Blackhawk,
10; Delaware, 4; Fremont, 5; Lee, 5;
Mills, 3; Scott, 4; Shelby, 8; Wapello.
3; Chickasaw, Clinton, Fayette, Floyd,
Linn, Louisa, Mitchell, Monona and
Worth, . each: Adams, Appanoose,
Boone, Buena Vista, Butler, Dallas,
Jackson. Jasper, Page, Sioux, Washing
ton and Wayne, each; total, 70.
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Admiral George Dewey acquired an
other house and lot the other day through
the Iowa courts. The admiral has in
creased his real estate holdings through
a decree signed by Judge Holmes of lot
So, in University place, one of the most
exclusive residence neighborhoods of Des
Moines. Admiral Dewey held mort
gage against the property, which was
foreclosed as against the administrator
of the estate, and Judge Holmes holds
1t constituted prior lien.
Among Our Neighbors.
Highwaymen held up Constable VIM.
Merit of Calamus and robbed him of
$4.45.