Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06
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| Lancaster county. NJ 2 former ncdIiDH
Of the court it was held that quo war
ranto was not the proper remedy under
the circumstances. At this hearing the
question was whether or not the law OF
1903, chapter 80, page $50, session laws
Of 1908, By which the county surveyor
was made ex-olicio engineer, is III viola
ton of the constitution. The court says
, it is clear that the act is violation OF
section 10, article >, Of the constitution.
/ which prohibits the passage of local or
| special laws regulating county and town
| ship offices, and further provides that in
| all eases where a general law shall he
made applicable no special law shall be
4 enacted The act of the legislature
which regulates a county Office and
which by its terms limits its operation TO
counties having a population Of COCOON
according to the census Of 1900" the
court holds is local and special in ito
application, since it can never apply to
any other counties than the two which
were in the class at the time Of the pass
age of the act The act applied 20 Lane
caster and Douglas Counties only.
Chief Clerk Hartley, of the office OF
the state superintendent is at work.
compiling the reports of the county SUI
perintendents to be used in the biennial
report to be issued from that office.
Nearly all of the reports for The year
ending July, 1904, have been received
and will be ready for the printer by Nov.
l. The compilation of the report of the
county superintendent for 1908 has
been completed and is now ready for the
printer. This report shows the expendi-
lures for maintaining all he public
schools in the state during the wear
amounted to $500, 1868, less $751;
9O7. II, which is still on hand The
great item of expense was $2,313 1913
paid to female teachers, while the male
teachers were paid $OO9, 708.79. For
buildings and sites there was paid out,
$21O, 965.SO; for text books and pupils
supplies, $193, $50 G3. There were act
ually necessary Oil teachers and there
were employed /. 400 men and 1919 wO-
men teachers. The men received al av-
erage monthly salary of $52G3 and the
women $4O.S4 or 4 general average Of
$42.G
The report of the condition of the
state banks at the close of business Aug
%, just compiled by Chief Clerk Dodson,
of the banking board, is most gratifying
The increase OF deposits over the amount
reported May IA is 2,2S2, 1902 and the
increase over the report of Sept. ), 1903,
is nearly $1,750OC0, Banks held Oh the
date Of the report a reserve of 81 10
per cent, which is 3 per cent higher than
the reserve held May Is. The number
of depositors has increased over the last
report 1914, there being a total OF 49,
$40 depositors. Eight banks failed to
report this item. The number of banks
reporting was 51J, the greatest number
since the organization of the banking
board.
City Engineer Camper, OF Lincoln,
has been digging up few figures for
government statistician. He finds that
Oh March 81, 1904, the city had a total
Of 5S5,715 square yards OF paving. OF
this there were 1865 square yards Of
old cedar blocks, 81, 74S square yards OF \
asphalt, 421,329 square yards of brick
and 1870 square yards of stone blocks.
Since that date contracts have been let
for $4,000 square yards Of paving, most
ly asphalt, and of this amount 1900
square yards go in where old cedar
blocks have been taken up.
1t is due to an oversight OIL the part
Of counsel for the Rock Island Railroad
Company at Plattsmouth that that COM
pany will not be permitted to fight a
judgment for $2,3G5 obtained against it
for the death Of Henry J. Hennings.
Suit was brought against the company
by William Spoler as representative and
next Of kin of the HenGilgs heirs and
Judgment for the amount stated was Sc,
cured by a decree Of the district court in
Cass County Of date Dec. 2, 1909.
Jas. Young, the colOred race horse dri-
yer who shot and killed Sam Winters at
The state fair at Lincoln, has been bound
over to the district court without bond
On charge of murder in the first degree.
Wax Wagner. who was shot at the same
lime, testified that Young had dis
charged Winters and that the latter went
% the stall in which Young was sleeping
% settle up with him. When Winters
made the request for the money due him,
Wagner stated Young said: II shoot
you,' and at once began to shoot.
Capt. Hungate, of the First regiment,
tatloned at Weeping Water, has made
pplicatlon and has been appointed to at
end the military medical school at
" Washington, which begins Oct l. In all
here were seven applicants to take ad-
antage Of the governments offer of a
rec tuition in this school, but Capt.
1ungate is the only one who intends to
axe advantage of his appointment
Reports received from Kearney by the
tate normal board are TO the effect that
Tork on the building is progressing nice
:. Threefourths of all the blocks have
cen made and are ready to be put in
sc. The building has gone to that height
hat it is now ready for the joists for
ne first floor. 1t is not probable how
yer, that it will be completed this fall.
The state board Of public lands and
uildings has awarded the contract for
mlding the barn at the Hastings asy-
I'm to Richey Bros. for S3,672, they be-
e the lowest bidders.