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| Sioux Falls people appeared in the SUI
preme court and asked for a tempo
| rary writ Of prohibition to prevent
| the opening of the bids presented, and
! q permanent writ TO dissolve the COM
| mission on the grounds of unconstitu-
| tionality. The application was made
| by L. G.. Cherry, and after considera-
| ton the court denied the temporary
| writ asked for but granted an order TO
| show cause why the permanent writ
| should not be granted, setting the 18th
| of this month for hearing arguments
on tne application. The contention of
Mr. Cherry was based principally on
section 26 of article 8, of the consty-
| tutios, which provides: THE legisla-
ture shall not delegate to any special
commission, private corporation or as
ISOLATION, any power to make, super
wise or interfere with any municipal
| improvement money, property, effects,
whether held in trust or otherwise, or
| levy taxes, or to select capitol. site,
or perform any municipal function
whatever" The commission after con-
sidering the bids, and taking into con-
sideration the suit pending in the
court to wipe them out of existence
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not advisable for them to attempt to
forestall the court action. and reject
ed all the bids returning the papers
to the bidders without making any
figures public, as they did not believe
they should give any bidders an op-
portunity to find what their competi-
tors were bidding on work of which
they would all probably bid at some
| time in the future.
The state board OF markings for the
examination of the papers OF teach
ers who desire certificates in this state,
began it's work Monday, with the
members at work: G.. M. Smith,
Bridgewater; o. E. Brown, Mt. Yer
non; B. M. Hardenbrook, Marion;
John Mcpherson, VIM. c. Gigs, Fort
Pierre; Miss Juna Kephart, Miss Ma
| bel Shurtleff, Vermillion; Misses Kath-
aryn French and Carolyn Bartholo-
| NEW. Elk Point: Misses Anna HOLSTER
and Bertha Kalder, Woonsocket; Miss
Daisy Girton, Madison; Miss Julia
Dudley, Yankton; w. p. Dunlevy.
Thos. Askin Miss Ida Hatch, Mrs Sc
, bree, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. LANCE. Miss
Hutchinson, Pierre; Mrs. M. NJ. RAJ
mer, Milbank
The state land department has sent
out an apportionment Of the income
fund to the different endowed state
institutions to which are granted en-
dowment lands, as follows: Aberdeen
normal, $1,436.9S: state university,
S2,726.43: agricultural college. S6,-
I S8951; deaf and dumb school, ST.
$3.50; reform school, $1,912.61; Mad
ison normal. 81 ,092.0S; Spearfish nor
NAL, $1,092.0S; Springfield normal,
$1,671.68 northern hospital, 81, 078.S2;
blind asylum, $415,S0; school Of mines,
$739.22. This apportionment is more
than 40 per cent greater than the one
made a year ago.
The law class which is before the
supreme court for examination, is
/ composed of S. M. Hardenbrook, Ma
rion; Albert Matson, M. e. Cuban,
Brookings; c. A. Sashe, Vienna; W.
| f. Jacobs, Bradley; II. Vantuscher,
f, Marion: A. A. Ludwigs, Artus; John
| n. Weber, Watertown; Glenn W.
! Martins, Milbank Charles E. Noel,
Highmore; Earl G. Clegg, Tea; Frank
C. Woderath, Presho'
The we'll drilling firm of Norbeck
&, Nicholson is anticipating contract
, work along the new line of the North
western road from Pierre to the BLACK
Hills, with the railroad taking up the
pioneer work in that line in the un-
tried fields. They expect the company
to sink several test wells along the
line, and If they prove successful, the
western part of the state will soon be
dotted thickly over with artesian wells.
Gov. Elrod, on the recommendation
of the state board of pardons, COM
muted the sentence of Michael An
drea from life Imprisonment to ten
years. Andrea was sent up from Cod
ington County on a life sentence on a
charge Of murder, and at the last
meeting Of the pardon board the Glenn
ency which has been granted by the
pardon board was recommended.
The March collections Of state tax
es for the state geenral fund amounted
to $433,911. The returns indicate that
greater number than usual took adj
vantage of the division of taxes into
two payments in February and Octo-
Der, and this fact will increase the
collections of the call for January next
materially.
The business Of the department of
the secretary Of the state is growing to
a point where 1t makes a decided diff
ference In the revenues of the state.
The reports OF that department for
the month of Februars were about
$4,000 and for March were s3,81S, the
heaviest monthly receipts ever taken
In by the department.
Gov. Elrod has appointed w. b.
Burr, Of Selby, as county Judge of