The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-02
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Of the voter. The case came down
frcm 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" small
square in 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 in 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,
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the individual deposits in the national
banks Of the state increased $702,S43.
The national banks showed n net in
crease Of $2,73O,401 from January to
December of last year making ?
showing Of $2O,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
the 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
Missouri river, being located in the
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 a
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 a 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 a recent session decided to
ignore the provisions of the law. Ad-
vertisements are being sent out for
bids on all state reports and other
state printing, the bids to be opened
on the 25th of June.
over half of the counties Of the
state We're represented in the conven-
ton 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
was endeavored to be fixed on all
properties.
On the Goth Of April the government
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of Sioux Indian land for pasturage
purposes, the leases to be for pastures
5, 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 $4,000 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 a 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.
Governor Crawford has issued his
Arbor day proclamation, fixing Friday
April "a, as the date and declaring IT
| to be legal holiday.
Governor Crawford has granted a
pardon to ID. A. F'risbie, of Fall, who
was sentenced from Pennington coun-
ty to ten months Imprisonment on a
larceny charge.
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