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leaf Of Minot. in which hands It ID
declared that the appointment had


leaf Of Minot, In which hands It is
declared that the appointment had
been placed. ~.
Both new judges will find their
time we'll taken up during the next
few months a. there is q very great
amount Of work to be done. The two
districts are quite large and the
business is always very heavy, and
because Of the recent campaign and
election Of Burke and Goss, the num-
Der Of cases pending has Increased.
Thus both judges will find themselves
kept exceedingly busy for some time
to come.
Liquor Inspection Again.
The so-called Wineman bill. pro-
vidtng for the inspection Of liquors
shipped into the state, the inspection
to be made under the direction of the
pure food department, will be intro
duced at the present session again.
It was before the assembly two years
ago but was defeated.
In this bill 1t is proposed to make
an inspection for the purpose Of de-
termining whether or not the liquor
meets up with the pure food require
ments. In addition provision Is made
for a report by the department to the
states attorney Of the county to
which the liquor is shipped. such
provision being for the purpose of
giving assistance to the state in To-
eating unlawful dealers in liquor. By
receiving names Of the men to whom
eshe liquor is being shipped, the states
~uey would be placed in a posi-
~ Ghere he could quickly locate
parh xeeeiving unusual quantities
of the l6rbidden product.
Another feature of the bill, one that
is used quite freely in urging it's
passage, is the fee collection Sec
tion. Under that section it is declared
that the state could collect a fee that
would be entirely constitutional, and
that would add materially to the an
nual revenue of the commonwealth.
A law similar to the one proposed is
in operation in Missouri.
Memorial for N. N. Johnson.
A Joint memorial assembly for the
late United States Senator Martin N.
johnson of North Dakota very like
ly will be held Saturday of this week.
Arrangements for the memorial. will
be made Immediately after the recess
and the present expectations are that
Justic Burleigh f. Spalding of the
supreme court will deliver the ad-
dress. The memorial service will be
held just five days less than two
years from the time that he was
elected by the assembly to the United
States senatorship; and just five days
before his successor, Congressman
A. j. Gronna, is to be elected.
Judicial Divisions Puzzle.
There promises to be a number Of
difficult complications in the question
of creating new judicial districts as
a result of the provision of the con-
stitution Of the state making it i'm
possible to increase the number Of
districts oftener than once in. four
years.
Four years ago the legislative as
sembly passed. bills creating the
4linth.apd Tenth judicial districts and
to the Ninth district thus created,
Governor Burke named Judge Burr
of Bottineau.
Some time after the appointment
there was an action which resulted in
decision by the supreme court to
the effect that the bills could not be-
come effective till Jan. 1, 1909. Thus
the place held by the appointive
judges became vacant and the dis
tricts were not created until two
years after the enactment of the acts
in question.
A point arising in connection with
a proposed redistricting of the ju-
dietary at this time is whether or not
the founyear period in which the
number of Districts could be changed
was inaugurated with the passage Of
the act of 1907, or with the election
of the judges for the term beginning
Jan. 1, 1909
Six.Year Wait Probable.
Should it be held that the creation
of the new judicial districts could not
become effective until Jan. 1, 1918,
there would be great effort to make
a division of several districts Of the
state that appear at the present time
as though there would be demand
for division in the next six years, as
judicial legislation enacted at this
time would be the last that could
become effective until 1917.
Some change will have to be made
in the proposed division of the Eighth
district from that originally intended
because Of the population feature. In
stead of being equally divided under
the plan proposed. that of making q
new district out of Williams, McKen-
zie and Mountrail counties, the plan
would find an unequal division giving
the old district about 10000 more peo-
Ile than the new district would pos
sess. Divide county will very likely
be added to the proposed neY district
to. make an equitable division, and
even with that county the Eighth dis
trict would have about 5000 more
than the new district.