The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-09
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The supreme court, in decision by
Judge Fuller. settled the question as
to the validity of ballot without the
small square before each name or
proposition in which to make a cross
for an expression of choice on the part
of the voter The case came down
from Day county, and was the result
of the fight for liquor license at that
place last year.
The license people won In the cleo
ton and Chilson, representing the an
ti-license forces, applied to the circuit
court for a writ of prohibition to pre-
vent the mayor and councilmen from
granting licenses on the vote, for the
reason that the ballots while In regu-
lar form otherwise, failed to have be-
fore the words yes" and mo" a small
square i'm which to make the cross
which designated the choice of the
voter The representatives of the city
demurred to the application and the
demurrer was sustained on their con-
tention of no grounds for action. An
appeal was taken to the supreme court
which has affirmed the lower court.
holding that there is no specific sta
tute requiring the.square to be placed
in front of the words, and that the will
Of a majority of the voters was plain
ly expressed by their markings with
out that indication of the place TO
mark.
The report of the comptroller of the
currency for the call of condition of
national banks I'm South Dakota for
the 3rd OF December last shows that
the financial furry which was Distress
ing the country the latter part of last
year did not effect the banks of this
state. From the time of the call in
August to that of the December call.
when the conditions were the worst,
the individual deposits i'm the national
banks OF the state increased S702,S43.
The national banks showed net in
crease of $2,73O,401 from January to
December of last year making a
showing of S2e,92S,322 In December
of last year. The state banks no
doubt did their share In increasing
the bank deposits Of the state for the
year. and the total would make a good
showing.
The state lands board has decided to
offer all the remaining state capitol
lands east of the river for sale to the
highest bidder or bidders. There will
be no auction in the counties in which
tne lands are situated, but the sales
will be made at the office of the state
land commissioner after due adver-
tisement. Bids will be accepted for
all which remains or for any specific
tract. About 5000 acres of the state
capitol lands remain unsold east OF the
a q.
counties of Hyde. Faulk, and Potter.
All of the other lands east of the river
have been disposed of within the past
year
The last legislative session in
printing bill required all printing for
state officers and boards to be let by
bid. Six months working under the,
law does not appear to have been sat
isfactory, as the advertising for bids,
for small job of stationery was al
most equal to the cost of the work
after it was secured on the bids. On.
these grounds the state printing COM
mission at recent session decided to-
ignore the provisions of the law. Adj
vertisements are being sent out for
bids on all state reports and other
on the 25th of June.
over half of the counties of the
state were represented in the conven-
tion of county auditors recently held
in this city. The rates of assessment
of real estate and other matters were
discussed at this meeting and an
equitable distribution of assessments
py1aaunpnd m hn fya oil
properties
On the 10th of April the government
will offer for lease over 1000, 900 acres
OF Sioux Indian land for pasturage
purposes, the leases to be for pastures
). 6. and on the Cheyenne river
Indian reservation. These pastures
would look rather large to the average
eastern farmer, as they run from 214,-
900 acres up to 371,000 acres in size
The Royal Mutual Life Insurance
company of Des Moines. Ia, and the
State Life Insurance company of In
dianapolis, Ind, have notified the state
Insurance department that they will
not take out licenses for South Dakota
FOR this year and will withdraw from
he state,
Gov. Crawford has been selected by
the state capitol commission as COM
mittee of one to secure the speaker
and otherwise provide for the proper
ceremonies of the laying of the cor
nerstone OF the new capitol which will
take place sometime about the first OF
May.