The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-04
Because McClenahan Held Two Days
Illegal Term of Court Cass Coun-
ty Seeks Reimbursement.
HOSPITAL FOR INSANE PROPOSED
Boyle Of Eveleth Fathers Bill Which
Provides New Institution Ulti-
mately Big Enough for 5000
(By +. A. Wi1son)
Ber1idji Pioneer Legislative Bur

(By F. A. Wilson)
Benidji Pioneer Legislative Bureau
St. Paul, Feb. because Judge
w. S. McClenahan made the most
natural mistake in the world. Cass
county, in the spring OF 1909, held
a two days ellegal term of court
which cost 5000. Senator Gum, in
bill introduced Friday, calls upon
the state to refund the $500.
Accompanying the Gum bill is a
statement of fact signed by Judge
McClenahan, I. P. Byhre, auditor of
Cass county, and Richard M. Funck,
Cass county attorney
At the request of judges from this
judicial district the terms of court
were changed by the legislature to
be held the fourth Tuesdays in
April and June. The bill passed the
senate and the house and was signed
by the governor Quoting from the
Gum ''statement of facts: Judge
McClenahan, believing this bill in
volved little or no politics and hav-
ing been advised by members of the
legislature that the bill had passed,
he issued an order for call of the
grand jury in the spring of 1907
Court convened but on the second
day newspapers containing the laws
passed by the legislature were re-
ceived by accident it was dis
covered that the law changing the
date for holding court in Cass coun-
ty did not contain the usual enact
ing clause,-"this act shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after
its passage, but that, instead, it
should take effect July l, 1909.
Judge McClenahan Immediately
adjourned court but despite the fact
that only two days had been taken
up, the cost of setting the mills of
justice to grinding had amounted to
$3.50 day or total of 5000. This
amount was paid by the county and
the Gum bill now asks that the state
reimburse Cass county, The bill
was referred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
A fourth state hospital for the in
sane-one large enough to care for
5000 patients-is provided for in a
bill introduced in the senate by.Sen-
ator Boyle of Eveleth. The meas
ure says: There is hereby created
and established a fourth hospital
for the insane to be located at some
iently situated with respect to any
Of the present state hospitals for the
insane The board of control is
authorized to obtain a suitable site
of $40 acres and that when such a
site is obtained the board shall come
survey to be made of such part
thereof as will be needed for build
ings and other improvements neces-
sary for the proper care of not to ex-
coed 5000 patients and the neces-
sary officers and employees and that
building plans be prepared to prop
erly house 500 patients. An appro-
priation of $4,000 is made to cover
the first expense and report to the
legislature of 1913 is provided
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The unique proposition by A
Kaiser of Bagley at the recent con
vention of the Northern Minnesota
Development Association at Brain
erd, that the raising of mink fol
commercial purposes be encouraged
has born fruit. Senator Cheadl,
has a bill in the senate making sucf
an industry possible. The bill pro
vides that any person may go int
the business of raising mink "for tn
purpose of marketing it's fur" b.
obtaining information from the stat
game and fish commission. TIL
would-be mink raiser must give hi
name and address and describe tn