Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-18
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Warrants Out for All holders
Of Government | / Liquor
Licences in Bufleig]h
Christopher, Griffin and RO-
sen Arrested and Others
viii Be Soon
Arrests Made Because Par
ties Failed to Register and
Advertise Licenses

1t took States Attorney Patterson
just two days to get busy after the
supreme court handed down its de-
cision that the law compelling the
by holders of United
States liquor tax receipts to adyer-
tise the same was constitutional.
# yesterday the attorney on his own
motion issued warrants for all the
parties in the city certified by ths,
collector of internal revenue as hold
ing these receipts and as a result in;
the afternoon Aaron Christopher was
arrested for failure to advertise his.
tax receipt as provided by law. The
case was continued and he was re-
leased on 5000 bonds with r.. e. Pat
terson and G.. G. Wachter as sure
ties. 5.t
In the evening Ira Griffin and G, M.
Rossen were arrested and at a late
hour We're unable. to find a bail bono
blank and were! released on a cash
@pOHu OF 9IVos edcil- ss5ti3:s-,t5 s$ ls5
Warrants are out for the following
u. Wilcox and Neil Mcmillan of
Driscoll. James A. Hedmarck, An
drew Anderson and r. L.. Hardy and
G. A. Shontz Of the Hardy Drug Co.
These are all the parties who have
been certified by the internal reven-
ue collector as having the receipts
in this county, and none Of whom
have either registered the tax re-
5ceipt, nor advertised it as required
by chapter 189 of the laws of 1907.
The sheriff was unable to serve the
warrants on the parties not vet ar
rested, owing to their being out OF
the city, but they will be served al
the earliest moment possible.
There has been considerable con,
troversy over this law. 1t requires
that the couny auditor shall procure
a list of the holders of these tax re-
celpts and publish them. Auditor
Healy wrote to the collector of inter
nal revenue asking for the list, but
was told it could only be supplied to
prosecuting officers. Upon this
States Attorney Patterson sent and
got the list from the collector and
gave it to the county auditor, but
that officer decided that inasmuch as
he had not been able to get the list
from the collector, that procuring it
second hand absolved him from adj
vertising it.
States Attorney Patterson yester-
day received the following opinion
from the attorney general, which
would seem to clear the decks for the
county auditor:
State of North Dakota. office of at
torney general, Bismarck, Oct. II,
1907. ~
A. T. Patterson, states attorney,
Bismarck, N. D., -.
Dear Sir: am in receipt of your
favor of Oct. 18th, stating that the
county auditor of your county holds
he has no authority to make publica-
ton of the list of persons holding
special stamp receipts, or what is
commonly known as government II
censes for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors, for the reason that the in
ternal revenue collector Will not fur
nish such list to him. That you have
procured such list and delivered it
to the county auditor, with the re-
guest that he publish the same
am of opinion that on your fur
alishing him such list, 1t is his duty
to publish the same as provided by
statute. Yours respectfully
c. f. r. McCue.
$ Attorney General.
Asked what they proposed to do
about the matter. Ira Griffin and C..
NJ, Rossen last night had little to
say. They were of the opinion that
there was little chance to break the
law after the late opinion OF the SUI
5preme court, and they have asked
fora continuance until Monday in or
der to find out where they are at.
There was general satisfaction ex-
dressed last night over the prompt
ness Of the states attorney In TAX
ing legal steps to compel observance
of the law in this matter Of record
ing and advertising the receipts and