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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-30
CHAPTER 72-H n. NO 7o7

CHAPTER 78-H. #. NO. 707
AN ACT making additional appropria-
ton for the expenses Of the present ses.
sion of the legislature
Be 1T enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That the sum Of $685. 5,OO0 in
addition to the sum heretofore appropri-
sary, is hereby appropriated from the
general fund for the payment Of the ex-
peEses Of the members and officers Of the
Legislature during the present session
thereof.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage,
Approved March 18 1909.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-30
CHAPTER 68-H. F. NO. 76s

CHAPTER 68-H. F. NO. 76S.
AN ACT requiring non-residents Of Min
nesota to take out a license for tran
ping mink, muskrat, otter and beaver
In this state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section /. Every person not a resident
Of this state Is prohibited from trapping
mink. muskrat, otter and beaver in this
state, unless he shall have have first pro-
cured q license therefor from the game
and Ash commission. Such commission
shall upon application issue to any nom
resident, license to trap mink, musk
rat. otter and beaver, upon the payment
Of a license fee Of ten dollars ($1O. .OO).
Of December following its issuance.
Sec. 2. Every person violating tho pro-
visions of this act shall be guilty Of q
m1sdemeanor.
sec 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March IL, 1909.
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CHAPTER 7-s. r. NO. 2oe

chapter one hundred twelve O12} of
the General Laws Of the State Of Min
nesota for 1901, providing for additional
compensation for county treasurers in
certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota: ;.
Section I. In all counties having a pop-
or over, and whore the salary OF the
county treasurer 10 arbitrarily fixed at
one thousand dollars ($1.OOO)- or less. by
special law, the county commissioner
shall grant such county treasurers In
addition to- said sum, provided BY said
special law, the sum OF eight hundred
dollars ($aOO) annually, payable in month
ly installments. 49, =
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage.
Approved March 1k. 1909. Z
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CHAPTER TIL. r. NO. 1872.

CHAPTER T7-H. F. NO. 762.
AN ACT to authorize county commits
sioners to grant additional salary to
registers Of deeds, in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section L. In all counties containing a
population Of twenty-seven thousand (27,-
OOO) inhabitants and over. where the sal
fxed at one thousand C,OO0) dollars. or
less. by special law, such register Of
deeds shall hereafter receive in addition
the sum Of five hundred (56O) dollars
payable in monthly installments
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage.
Approved March Is, 1909.
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CHAPTER SIS; F. NO. 246.

AN ACT providing for the establishment
2f heirship to person or persons who
ten years died in the State State of IN Mime -
sofa without having any known heir
or heirs. and the money left from his
he State Of Minnesota. and to appro-
ST the State Of Minnesota for the pay
hoW to o. be entted tie hy
b it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
section ,,9, !. When any person who has
Slate Of Minnesota, and being a resident
thereof at the time Of his death, and his
eHtate thereafter. having been duly ad-
the county having jurisdiction thereof
and leaving no known spouse nor kindred,
and said estate having been fully admin
hands Of the representative Of said es-
cheated to-, and been paid to the State
OF Minnesota' sat s" and If It shall be made to
fact, left heir or heirs to his estate, then.
upon the proper presentation of proofs Of
the court oi hs ccnny
either in term time or vacation. upon no.
tnI9s tce Of at Least eight (s days to the at
ard place Of hearing such proofs, and II
upon I such such bearing the said district court
sa nd tnat snsh deceased person LETT
who such heir or heirs are and the
amount so escheated, and file It's decision
to that effect, with the state auditor;
then the state auditor shall draw his war
rant on the state treasurer Of said state,
for the payment Of said money to such
heir or heirs. or to his, her or their at
torney in fact. upon the recording of his
power Of attorney in the office of the
state auditor Of said state.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated
out Of any money in the state treasury.
$so2.24. or so much thereof as as may nav be be
necessary to carry out the provisions Of
this act.
Sec g. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage
ApprOVed March - 1QO4
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-30
CHAPTER 72-S. F, NO. 2OR.

AN ACT to amend section one d) OF
chapter two hundred ten (21O) Of the
General Laws Of the State Of Minne-
sofa for 1908, to authorize county com
missioners to grant additional salary to
county auditors in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
Section 1. That in counties having a
population of not less than twenty-seven
thousand (27,0o0) inhabitants where the
annual salary Of the county auditor is
hundred (1.200) dollars or less. the county
commissioners may grant such county
auditor an additional sum not to exceed
Sec 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March IL, 1909.
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CHAPTER 59--S. F. NO. 270.
AN ACT to amend section l4S. Revised
Laws 1905. relating to the qualifications
and powers. OF court commissioners.
Be It enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That section 14s, Revised
Laws 1905. be and the same Is hereby
amended to read as follows:
'148. Court commissioners shall he
men learned in the law. and shall have
and may exercise the judicial powers OF
Q Judge Of the district court at Chambers.
Among other powers conferred by law,
they are empowered to issue writs OF
Of deeds and other written instruments.
to take depositions and certify to the
same. to perform the marriage ceremony,
to take disclosures in garnishment pro-
ceedings pending in the district court, and
orders for the examination of judgment
debtors in proceedings supplementary to
execution may be made returnable be-
fore the court commissioner"
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved March H. 1909.
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s. CHAPTER e1-s. 3F. NO. $50.
AN ACT to- provide for the election of
: an assessor in all villages. and destg-
mating 20 board. Of review. after such
town OF towns in which such village is
Be It. enacted by the Legislature Of the
state Of Minnesota: Y,
Section !. That all villages in this
state that now are or which may here
after become separated from the town
or towns in which any such village ia aio-
Gated, shall at the next annual village
election elect an assessor, whose powers
and duties shall be similar? to those Of
township assessors. tag -, r.!
Sec. 2. The mayor or president of the
village council Of such village after such
separation from the township shall, by
governing board thereof, appoint an as
SCISSOR. who shall hold Office until the next
annual election. &&.
Sec. 8. The oiflcera Of: such village.
corresponding to the officers constituting
a board Of review in villages Incorporated
under the general law, shall constitute
a board Of review. ~ess..
Sec. 4. This act shall take, effect and
be In force from and after its passage.
Approved March II, 1903. -
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CHAPTER OH. +. NO. 80. 81.
AN ACT. to amend section seven hun
dred and ninety (79O) Of the Revised
Laws of Minnesota, one thousand nine
hundred and five (1005), relating to spe-
cial tax levy for the payment OF
municipal indebtedness to the state
school fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of tho
State of Minnesota:
Section I. That section seven hundred
and ninety Geo Of the Revised Laws OF
Minnesota, one thousand nine hundred
and five (1905) be amended so as to read
Sec 7so. The annual tax levy for the
payment Of principal and interest on ac-
count Of such bonds shall be for an
amount fifty per cent In excess of the
sum to be paid therefrom.f &
The state auditor, at the time Of GER
tifying the state tax. shall also certify
to each county, auditor the amount neces-
sary to pay such principal and interest.
When collected, 50 much OF such tax
as may be necessary shall be paid into
the state treasury, The excess remain.
ing shall be held over in the county
treasury to be applied on the next future
payment due on such bonds, and the
amount Of such excess shall be reported
by the county auditor to the state audi,
tor. on or before August first Of each
year. who shall deduct the. same from
his next annual tax levy for such pur1l
pose. The remainder when such bondal
are paid in full, shall be credited to the(
general fund Of the municipality; and ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1909.
TALKING OUT.

A Pittsburg man. who has been over and had look at our Philippine de- pendencies. is very far from enthusi- astic over what he saw and learned while there. and thus bluntly gives his opinion.
 The Philippines are not worth the money that was spent by the Govern which Dewey sank the Spanish fleet. The Islands will never be of any use to the United States.
 That" says The Pittsburg Post. "is a most practical statement of fact. but 1t does not summarize by a great deal. the reasons why we ought to have done with this cloying depend ency Very possibly many of our hypocritical friends will be shocked by this wholly mercenary view of the sit- uation. For there are some, at least, who stin maintain that the United States retains control over the islands because of purely altruistic reasons. During the past eleven years. at least. whenever the question of withdrawing from the Philippines has been broach- d. there have invariably been those 10 arise and repeat the assertion that we have a sacred duty to mankind to be fulfilled, that we cannot desert the Filipinos until we have fitted them for lf-government."
 There are many in this country who want to be shown about it when the claim is mode that this country owes a sacred duty to the savage islanders which it cannot neglect They will also want better evidence than has ever been given before they win ad- init that the action of the United States in buying the islands was a wise one. If they have or ever will pay interest on the investment, 1t has yet to be made apparent. In short. the assmilating business seems to be something worse than a blunder. so far as those islands are concerned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26

"Comer will not stump the State, " says The Gadsden Times-News. Brooks Lawrence must have had his ear to the ground" But Conner already has out his dates and Brooksie might as well take his ear off the ground. There would have been none of this business except for Comer's desire to get up Issues on which he could keep in the limeIight. He not go on the stump Perish the thought! Prohibition lead CTS cannot separate Conner from the fight for the amendment-he won't let them. Didn't he make 1t and force it through the Legislature by use of the lash of executive power? The Senate for him and Weakley as his successor to perpetuate his ruinous schemes Is bound to be an issue, and a big one, in the contest now going on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
ReU. ". '. Allen Writes
 \ Against The Amendment

saying that the average American cit,
 izen cannot be trusted to make hts own
 grapes into wine for fear he may be- come drunkard, or ..-ay violate the laws of his country, which he is sup
 posed to have helped to make. by selte
 ing wildcat intoxtcantn.S
 It also contempiatss the possible in-
 vasion of a mans home, to prescribe
 what he shall eat or drink there.
 Third. am opposed to putting this amendment into the Constitution be
 cause Statewide prohibition is as yet an experiment.; and an experiment either failure or of questionable
 benefit, Let us prove its worth, feas- ibiiity. des.rabiiity and potentive per-
 manency. and then if we win, put C into the Constitution,
 Fourth am opposed to 1t bs-
 cause 1t gives opportunity for con
 stant violation in every home. If the
 people cannot be trusted sa their homes you must provide police regulations fuF
 the home; then make your law govern,
 inH the use and manufacture af liquor
 in the private home. This constant and inevitable violation of law ln the hom.
 would weaken respect for all law and
 properly constituted authority.
 Fifth. I am opposed to 1t because it
 would invite perjury on the part 0t the
 accused and witnesses, and failure on the part of grand juries to indtct. and of juries to convict In sdch cases be- cause to a very respectable minority
 at least. this law invading the home would be pern.ctOus Jaw that was better broken than kept, They would
 have a contempt for the justice anu common sense of law md would re- gard themselEes as benefactors of the people by evading or breaking the law and working for it's repeal. just as Cromwell thought Pegicide justttable in ridding England of Charles l. Sixth. l am opposed tu all spmptu: ary laws as subverslvn pf indiyidua. | liberty. believe Prohibition the least | the whiskey case. and am therefore In | favor of it, But, If we must have I law governing the public saloon be | cause 1t injures the pubic, that is no | reason why we should have law
 which even potentially invadcs the pri-
 vacy and sanetity of our firesides and
 dining rooms and prescr.bes what we | shall not eat there, so long as the | public Is not injured by IL
 Let us not becloud the question at is- | sue It Is not simply question of sa- | loc ms or no saloons. It is question | of saloons or no saloons plus the ques- ! ton of that private personal liberty
 in the home which is guaranteed to ev. 1 cry American citizen by the Constitu" | ton of the United States This ques- l ton cannot he settled by incorporate | judgment, speech or act. Shall we do evil that good may come God for- l bid." We are advocating Temperance. | Let us not be Incorporate in our meth' | ods. Re temperate (self controlled. | ic injunction May Gods Holy Spirit l guide us. and lead us tG that conclu- | sion which shall most glorify Him
 and benefit humanity
 Jacksonville, Ala, Sept. 24,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26

Ia whom volumes might be written. Such was the man to whom Alabamians will tomorrow pay fitting tribute. Here, in the Cradle of the confederacy. ex- tended and appropriate services will be held at the Grand Theatre, and the program will be an interesting one. beginning at 10 o'clock in the morn ing Good speeches and fine music will be the principal features of the occasion. and 1t is hoped that all Mont gomerians who can possibly do so. will arrange to spare the few brief hours needed to exhibit their love and re- spect for the name and memory of Raphael Semmes. the Paul Jones of the Confectionery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
PLEASED.

Editor The Advertiser:
 Let me take this opportunity of put Eklng myself right on the whole ques- ton of ohibltion and the Constitu- tional Amendment.
 do not speak for the Episcopal Church at large, nor even for my own parish. I speak only as private eitt- zen. and the church is In 10 wise com nor Is 1t to be Judge9 ky the private opinion of one of Its priests,
 In saying what do. it fs not my in- tention to enter into & eontrevsrsy. nor Every Amer,can citizen has a right to his private opinion, without incur ring the charge of dishonesty or fanat- icism; so long as his langaaEe ana aots are within the bounds of temperance
 In fhs first place. I do not believe the proposed amendment means simply saloons or no saloons. If this wsre true, there are probably few who would not vote for it,
 am opposed to the saloon as an unmitigated evil: ] believe that whis. key does more harm than good. But believe 1t Is an excellent mediein" which cannot be entirely, replaced hy an unknown remedy
 It's abuse and not it's Use constitutes It's evil. think that every man should avoid the use of 1t until he Is SS years of age, except as prescribed by pny' sician. After that age, he will be lll . tie liable to abuse 1t. It is a danger. ous thing to use because its use so of' ten leads to abuse. It Is fnstdtous. The unconquerable habit oa excessive drink steals upon man unawares, and it's ruinous effect upon mind. body Hno souI, upon the family and upon the community, cannot be Over-estimated or described. I am for the abolition nt the saloon, as we know it In Amerina. 1 first, last and always, So mulch for that side nf the question.
 Now :or the Ameusn~nt to the Con stitution.
 I am opposed to this amendment for several reasons
 First. 1t strikes at Gods ordained method of the development of moral and spiritual character. If this is true it must he wrong in principle God does not bind US to any eoursr of action hy objective law, He wishes man to be "a law unto himself" HP ercise of this sovereign freedom n choosing the good and refusing the | evil, he develops character. It Is for 1 this reason that evil exists. There | could be no good, or God-like charac ctr. If there were no evil. When you 1 take away all that Is evil, and then take away free-agency by objective the highest type of man and woman hood. For this reason, prohibition 1 seems wrong In theory; nut th nk '' | Is better than saloons, If we enforce | the laws. Let us then have proh D . 1 ton and let us enforce 1t by every pe' lice regulation in our power.
 amendment into the Constitution sec ondly because 1t strikes at the root of | personal liberty.
 Fighting the public sale of liquor in 1 saloons is a very dlfferent thing from
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
A New Habit,

Golfers.
 Sleeping out of doors is rapidly in creasing. not only in the country. but also on the tops of city houses. Prin- cipally 1t Is part of the tremendous crusade against consumption, but the esthetic side of 1t Is worth a men ton;
 Night is a dead. monotonous period under a roof: but in the open world 1t passes lightly. with It's stars and dews and perfumes, and the hours are marked by changes in the face of na- lure. What seems a kind of temporal Heath to people choked between walls and curtains is only 8 light and living alumber to the man who sleeps afIeld. All might long he can hear nature breathing deeply and freely; even as she takes her rest she turns and smiles"
 Take the influence of 1t altogether on the health. the thought. the char acter. 1t iR one of the best develop ments in the method If living at the present day
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26

They had a sort of Mardi Gras cele- bration up at Coney Island a few days ago. and The Chattanooga Times thus refers to 1t:
 Riot and rowdylsm marked the "Mardi Gras" at Coney Island. Wo- men were insulted, their escorts beat en and pepper and sand were thrown into the eyes of peaceable visitors. re- sulting, in some cases. in serious in- jury In view of the beautiful carni- val that New Orleans holds annually .tMardi Gras" is a misnomer for the Coney Island orgy. If New York 3 tough" element cannot be restrained the revel had better be abandoned
 If such scenes should be enacted at Mobile. New Orleans Pensacola. or any other Southern city. some of the newspapers up North would have howled about the ruflanism of the Southern people
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
Concerning Dogs.

Rochester Union and Advertiser.
 If the human population of France Is decreasing, the dog population of that country is not, In 1g91,s we are 1901, 3.329,990 while In 1908 their number exceeded $500, ,0O0. The tax on dogs brings more than 10000. 900 francs annually to the French budget. each of the s.s6E,5ss watch dogs. and 6 francs 92 centimes on 8S4,344 ani- mals kept merely as pets. And yet. with all their dogs, the people of Perhaps they do not breed the right kinds
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26

will shelve Governor Conner and Judge Weakley eid keep them or the stump melts into thin air in view of the fact that these gentlemen have ou- a string of appointments for speaking It is just part of a game to throw sand in the eyes of the people and 10 try to conceal the fact that the whole thing is politics, and for th4 benefit of a few men-prinoipally Coner ard weaklay
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
How Oaky Streak stands.


 In a late issue. one of your corre- spondents wanted to know why the others do not write more often to the paper. Please allow me to explain the situation as follows: News Is as scarce as Conner men around here and we have been as silent as Taft Pos sum talk, and we are as busy picking cotton as Conner ever got signing the bills passed by the last Legislature And the crop Is as short as> money in the State Treaury. and is going out of the burrs in about the same propor- tion. We dread to work in the hot sun about as bad as We dread the new disease. pellagra. We have plen- ty of corn. binders, beans anI peas growing down in the field and pota- toes as big as Bob Bones ears of corn Come down and chew sugar cane witf us. We have 1t growing as thick al negroes around the White House ir RooseveIts administration. Now. as this is as subject to the waste .baskei as Conner Is to call an extra sesslor of the Legislature I had better close Subscriber
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26

The Birmingham Ledge on last Thursday revived bit of almost for gotten history when 1t published a picture of Hon. Don M. Dickinson of Michigan in connection with a speech made at Nashville by Hon. J. NJ. Dickinson, now Secretary of War The Michigan Dickinson was mem Der of MT. Clevelands first cabinet. 4nd quite a different person from Ten- nessee's distinguished honored son.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
A New sun-desyine Cloth,

A new cloth is being made in Cal, cutta. India, which is manufactured on scientific principles to conform to na- lures plan of wardlng off the sun'r the skin and the pigments under the skin.
 It is the belief of physicians that one of the chief reasons for the many deaths recorded in hot weather Is that of improper clothing
 The designers of what we must wear to be of the elect may oFdain . color or texture thoroughly unsuitsc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
Eyes VIII Re Opened.

L4INIIIB IVW NUU.
 If the state wide prohibition law the Carmichael law. the Fuller law does not stop the sale of liquor in Alabama 1t is useless to write 1t In the Constitution. Politicians are us- ing this forced election to push them selves forward for office. Conner Is candidate for the United States Senate. Weakley for Governor. Jackson for Lieutenant Governor, and so on down the line. There are many good men deceived by office seekers but their eyes will be opened
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26

He never thinks of future morns-oi past nights he must grieve. You'd better cheer up. brother. for this sayings oft been told. When a man Is sour and grouchy-- it's 
 Sign
 He's
 Gettin'
 old!
 PHIL H. ARMSTRONG
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
The Same CIaaa.

~IIWNNaHUOBb IIHISS.
 It appears that several distinguish. ed scientists who have never been there and who have never made an effort to get there, have discovered that neither pr. Cook nor Capt, Peary reached the pole. These stay-at home scientists are ofa class with the Stay-at-home voter who spends hls time protesting against high taxes and clamorinR for good government-they aren't credible witnesses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26

The negro. Matt Henson. who was with Peary when they bumped against the Pole, can make an easy fortune by going on the vaudeville stage. The jokes he could get or about the inhab- ltants of the polar circle would bring him stacks of dollars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26

The two Headland papers, The Post and The Standard. are making square and determined effort to detend the Constitution of our great State, and We have little doubt but that they will be sustained by a decided majority of the best people of Henry County