The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-08-13
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Bond. KILLED bv the Court.

Bonds Killed by the Court.
The supreme court handed down q
decision declaring void the bonds au.
thorlzed by the last legislature for state
institutions About 100000 is in.
volved
These bonds were to be issued for
new buildings, several of which are al
ready under construction. The insane
asylum. agricultural college, state uni
versity. school for the deaf, school for
the feeble minded and the normal
schools all suffer as a result of the de-
cision.
A special term of the supreme court
was called July II to hear the argu-
ments in these cases. The decision
was written by Chief Justice Young
and assented to by the other two MEM
bers.
The authority to issue the bonds was
granted by the last legislature for the
purpose of erecting necessary addition
al buildings and making permanent
improvements. The state board of uni
versity and school lands purchased the
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school fund of the state. State Trea-
surer Mcmillan thereupon refused to
advance the money on the money on
the purchases, and an action was
brought to mandamus the state trea-
strer and compel him to pay the bonds.
This action, under the decision OF the
supreme court, will not lie, and the
| bonds are declared void
No declaration is made by the court
with reference to the 500, 900 of bonds
authorized for the erection of an adj
dition to the state capital, except that
these bonds are not subject to the same
limitations as other institution bonds,
for the direct sales of capital lands
may be applied to the erection OF
buildings for administration purposes.
This it is believed will permit the car"
rying out of the extensive improve
men Is planned for the state capital
All other state institution buildings
with have to await some other means OF
raising funds
In past years several hundred thous-
and dollars of similar bonds have been
paid by state treasurers. What will
be the status of these obligations for
which value has been received will be
an interesting complication.
Arrested.
A man representing wholesale
liquor house in st. Paul, was arrested
a number of days ago at Lynchburg,
charged with selling and giving away
Intoxicating liquors, and had an eX-
aiming trial before Judge Walker
in Casselton. He was bound over to
the district court in the sum of $1,000.
He gave bond and was released.
Judbe William Barnett, assistant
states attorney. prosecuted the case
and Attorney Callahan of Casselton
looked after the defendants interests.
1t was shown to the satisfaction of
the justice that the order for the
whisky was taken in the state; that
the goods were delivered here and
that the payment was made in North
Dakota, all of the elements of bona
fide sale.
Defective Titles.
Judge Glaspell found q verdict for
the plaintiff in the case of the State
Finance Company VS.. William II.
Beck ct a., involving title to Suits
man county land. The plaintiff was
the owner in fee simple of the land
and the defendant claimed title be-
cause of purchase of tax titles. Judge
Glaspell ruled that the title of Beck
was defective because the taxes were
improperly levied, the lands were not
properly described in the tax rolls or
tax lists, the assessor failed to verify
the assessment by oath and other ir-
Irregularities. In the case of Louisa NJ.
Mind VS.. Valeria II. Meyers for title
to other Stutsman county lands the
court ruleu that the plaintiff was en-
titled to the land OH account of ir-
Irregularities in procedure similar to
the case against Beck.
Raised the Rate.
The state board of equalization
agreed upon the assessment of rail-
roads in the state for the ensuing
year. The 500 line was raised to
$1,000 mile for the main line and
$4,000 for branches. The Northern
Pacific and Great Northern were as
sessed at the same figures as last
year, $500 for the main line and
5000 for branches. The Washburn
road was raised to $4,000 mile and
the Northwestern and Milwaukee
branches to the same figure. The
board will take up real estate assess
ment tomorrow.
| Miners Strike.
Miners in the Davis mine, near Mi
not, to the number of about so, are
out on a strike for salaries due them.
The amounts range from $40 to 5000
and over and the strikers threaten to
institute foreclosure proceedings it
the trouble is not adjusted within two
days. The owners of the mine are in
hard lines for money.
Frightened by Calf.
Frightened by calf attached to
picket rope, a team being driven by
Ed Clamn became unmanageable at