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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1913-10-24
Board Acts on Report
Sisseton, s. D.,
Oct. z, 1918

Oct. Z, 1918.
The board of county commits
toner's met as per adjournment,
all members present. Board
called to order by Chairman Gran
bois.
The report of assistant execu-
tive accountant, E. |. Lampy, of
the examination made of the va
rious county offices and county
justices reports of Roberts coun-
ty, was read Motion made by
NJ. l.. Sateren and seconded by
John Melland that the report be
spread on the minutes of the
commissioners proceedings and
published in the official papers of
the county. -..ots1.i COZ s'ied.
The report in full is as follows:
Hon. F. M. Byrne,
tJONoIuOf,
Pierre, S. Oak.
Sir:
[ have the honor to report, that
pursuant to a resolution passed
by the board of county commits
sioners of Roberts county at a
meeting of said board on the 4th
day of March, 1918, in which they
instructed the county auditor to
request this department to make
an examination of the records in
all Offices for the past eight years,
that said examination has been
made by my assistant, Mr.. E. l..
Lampy, and reported on as fol-
'ows:-
Sisseton, S. D., July 81, 1918.
Hon. ]. E. Truran,
Executive Accountant,
Pierre, S. Oak.
Sir:
In compliance with a resolution
passed by the board Of county
commissioners OF Roberts coun-
5y l have made an examination Of
county records, as requested of
your department, and make the
following report Of my investiga-
tionS:
BOARD OF COUNTY CoMN1Is-
SIONERS.
AS to the actions of the board
Of county cOmmi ssioners who
have been severely criticised, l
desire to state that, in all of my
examinations of records and
claims allowed by said board.
failed to find any signs of graft. {"
I believe that the board has act
ed honorably and conscientiously
in all of their official duties.
1t is true, however, that errors
have been made, but nothing of
the nature some people would
have the public believe, and have
claimed in great scare headlines
that graft existed all through
the records and in all of their Of
hcial acts. The word graft, ;"
in my opinion, should only apply
to those officials who can be
bribed by compensation for the
gain of another, and l am salts.
fed that nothing of this nature
ever occurred in the history of
Roberts county, and should not
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1913-10-24

be applied to any member of the
present board or the county
officials.
Attention is called to bills No.
9S, 3S7, 953, 1904, 1889, 1216l and
1922. These bills were allowed
Peter Moe, while he was mem
ber of the board, for the con-
struction of a bridge, repairing
bridge, for material bought, such
as lumber and nails, and for re-
pairing approaches to bridges.
The action of the board, in allow
ing these bills to one of its mem
bers, is irregular; member OF
the board of county commission
ers can allow their own bills for
per diem and mileage but for no
other consideration. The above
bills were for small amounts, and
| am of the opinion that Mr.. Moe
did this work as reasonable as
any other individual would have
done it.
Attention is also called to the
bonded Indebtedness of the coun-
ty, bonds being issued in 1902,
due in 1922, for S6O,O0000. In
! the past the levy for sinking fund
has only taken care of the inter-
est on the bonded Indebtedness,
and it will be necessary, in the
near future to increase the levy
for the sinking fund, so that it
will be possible to take care Of
the bonds when they come due.
presume one reason for not
raising a larger levy in the past,
is on account of there being a
large amount of unpatented lands
in the county. l also wish to call
attention to past due seed grain
notes to the amount of S1155. Is.
The collection of these notes
should be enforced as this a.
mount when collected, together
with the balance in the seed grain
fund, would take care of outstand-
ing seed grain warrant to the a.
mount of S1729. 9.23.
The levy for care of insane at
the insane hospital in the past
has been too small, and it will be
necessary to increase this levy so
that it will not be necessary to
borrow from other fucds when
called upon by the state treasur
er for a remittance.
1t has been the custom in this
county to apportion all of the in
terest and penalty, collected on
I delinquent taxes, to the county
fund, excepting what belonged to
the state fund, the officials claim
ing this to be a shorter way to
dispose of the interest collected,
and that everyone would be ben
etited. This, in a measure. is
true, but the attorney general
has held that the interest collect
ed should be apportioned back to
the various funds from which
they We're collected. This inter-
est apportioned to the county
fund in the past, has been calcul-
ated by the county auditor in
making up his estimate for the
board of county commissioners
at their September meeting, con-
sequently the county levy was
madethat much less for the year.
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Examiners Report Exoneraes County Officials and Others
From All Dshonorabe Charges Made by
C. R. Jorgenson in the Record
RECORDS FOR The PAST EIGHT YEARS SHOW A few ERRORS
to the Governor Gives Roberts County Officials
High Praise for Their Faithfulness and
Conscientious Service

No taxing district of the coun.
ty can be benefited at this time
| to have the interest redistribut-
ed to the various taxing districts
and have the total amountcharged
out Of the county fund, for This
/ reason, if the board of county
commissioners decide that this
money should be apportioned
back to the various taxing dis
tricts they would have to increase
the county levy to make up the
amount to be so apportioned,
since the interest money so APP
portioned has been disbursed
through the general disburse-
ments of the county fund and the
only way it can be replaced is by
an increase Of levy of taxes, and
under those circumstances no
district could be benefited. 1t
is my opinion that since the
money is disbursed and no one
wronged, that the apportion-
ment should be allowed to
stand as made, but from now on
all interest must be apportioned
out to the various funds into the
taxing district from which they
were collected.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE REPORTS.
In some instances it has been
the custom of the justices in cas-
es where a fine was imposed, for
punishment, to pay the witness
fees and justice fees out of the
fine so imposed. 1t is my opin-
ion that the justice of peace
SHOULD follow the instructions
laid down in the Justice Code of
the Political Code of 1908, where.
| in it provides the justice of the
peace shall make his quarterly
reports to the board of county
commissioners, and remit all fines
collected to the county treasurer
and take receipt for the same.
This report should include the
names of the witness and Jury
and the justice fees Or any ex-
penses that had been incurred in
making the arrest, so that the
board may allow these bills for
the various expenses, but in no
case should a bill be allowed to
justice who has attempted to set
tie the costs out of the fine COL
lected. The justice reports should
be approved by the states attorn-
ey before they are presented to
the board of county commission
ers.
In case State VS.. VIM. Bluedog,
June 9th, 1909, a fine $40 or twen-
ty days in Jail was imposed.
VIM. Bluedog, after serving ten
days in jail, paid twenty dollars
fine and was released. Ten dol.
lars of this fine was remitted to
the county treasurer on receipt
No. $3.50 and the balance was
turned in on receipt No. 47O5.
In the case State VS.. H. Rose,
this party was arrested for sell
ing goods around town without
first securing peddler's license,
plead guilty, was fined costs and
requested to take out peddler's
license which he did in miscel.
receipt No. 294 at $1,000.
| In bill No. 969 this bill is al.
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tice Prindiville, change of VEN
ue, was taken to Justice Prior
and continued over one day, costs
in this case is represented in the
following bills:
Prindiville, justice fees,
bill No. 819. 1915
Prior, justice fees,
bill No. 818. 81. As
Prior, justice fees,
bill No. 969. $3.50
Swanson, sheriff fees,
bill No. 747. 1926. .28
Swanson, sheriff fees,
bill No. 829 ..... S23.21
Swanson, sheriff fees,
bill No. S37. 1922. 80
Bill No. 937 Was returned to
the county in miscel. recpt. No.
4641. 1t may be that bill No. 747
was allowed for some other case
in which State VS.. Solomon Hop
kins, but I could only find the one
case as above stated; if there was
but one case, bill No. 800 should
be returned to the county; Mr..
Swanson will be requested to
make the explanation to the
board. 1t is hard for me to de-
termine the errors in some of the
justices reports not being fanil-
lar with the cases, and it was
hard to determine just what dis
position was made of some of
thefn.
Bill No. 3l43; this bill was al.
lowed for stationery in the sup.
erintendent of schools office, the
bill totaled up at S31 45, allowed
at S91 As. The superintendent
wanted to make this error right
so she ordered supplies needed
for the office to the amount of
$4,000, paid for them by person.
al check; receipted bills are now
attached from the various pub
fishing houses for the goods so
received, these receipted bills are
attached to the original bill No.
3143 for your further considera.
tion.
| wish to call attention to con.
tracts made with the sheriff for
collection of delinquent personal
taxes. At the time these
contracts were made this
board acted in good faith, con
tracts were made under provi-
sion of chapter As, 1905 session
laws. l will now quote from the
attorney general opinion dated
July 25th, 1913, in reply to Ray
mond l.. Dillman, States Attorn-
ey, Timber Lake. S. Oak.
81 have before me your follow
ing inquiry:
The county commissioners at
their April meeting entered into
a contract with the sheriff, under
authority of chapter 45, Laws of
1905, to collect delinquent per-
sonal taxes remaining unpaid for
more than one year. The sher-
iff has inquired of me as to his
right under such contract to col
lect such taxes by distress in the
manner the county treasurer
might do, or the sheriff, as such,
after the list has been certified by
the treasurer on the first day of
October of each year..
Replying thereto, ! would ad.
wise that this office has held in a
prior opinion that collector of
taxes employed under the provi-
sions of chapter 45, Laws of 1905,
does not have the usual powers
of the county treasurer and sher-
iff in the matter of collecting tax
es by distress and sale. Q907-9
Attorney Generals Report, 49,
But the validity of such a con-
tract between your county COM
missioners and sheriff is the vital
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question raised by your inquiry.
Chapter As, Laws of 1905, is as
| follows:
In any county where for any
reason personal property taxes
that have been delinquent for
more than one year remain un-
paid, uncancelled or not put into
personal property tax judgments,
the county commissioners of
such county may contract with
any competent person of the
county to pay him a percentage
of such delinquent personal
property taxes, or personal
property tax judgments collect
ed by him, in addition to the
compensation now provided by
law, and such expenses of collec-
tion shall be borne pro rata by
the state, county, city, village,
township OR school district in
which such tax is laid"
1t will be noted that this stat
ute provides that the county
commissioners may contsact
with any competent person of
the county to pay him percentage
of such taxes or judgments col
lected in addition to the compen-
sation now provided by law.
That such a contract entered into
between the county commission
ers and sheriff of any county is
void, does not admit of doubt.
On the first day of October in
each and every year the
county treasurer shall make a
list of all delinquent personal
property taxes and certify the
same to the sheriff of his county,
on receipt of the same the sheriff
shall file the list in his office and
Immediately proceed to collect
such delinquent taxes in the
manner and method now proyid.
ed by law for the collection of
delinquent personal property
taxes by the treasurer, and the
sheriff shall be entitled to the
same for levy and distrain, and
the county treasurer shall re-
ceive no fee on money so collect
ed by the sheriff other than the
percentage allowed and credited
to the special salary fund"
1t will be noted from this
statute that the law of this state
makes it the duty of the sheriff
to collect such taxes upon receipt
of the certified list from the
county treasurer, and provides
definite compensation therefore.
! A contract with the sheriff under
Chapter As, Laws of 1905, for the
collection of such taxes at COM
pensation other than is prescrib-
ed by Section 2lS5, Political
Code, would tend to decrease the
efficiency of public service.
Public policy and sound morals
alike, forbid that public Of
ticer should demand or receive
for service performed by him in
the discharge of official duty, any
other or further remuneration
than that prescribed or allowed
by law.
Somerset Bank VS.. Edmund,
20 Ohio St. 1913 81 N. E. 641, IL
L. r. A. IN. So ITO.
Bedenhofer VS.. Hogen, 142
Iowa, 321; 10 Am. & Eng. Ann.
Cal. 1913.
Power VS.. May, ia Cal. 2O7,
46 Pac. 6.
The amount of the compen-
sation of a public officer is fixed
by law, may not be changed by
agreement. Contracts so at
tempted to be made, which pro-
vides for a compensation different
from that provided by law, are
void as against public policy.
% Cyc. 1926.
It is therefor my opinion that
any contract made with the
G cbariff of apy ooupf1 nf t1,ic state
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t1p 6GnheH
BY JAMES w. EGAN.
HOW COULD YOU, HELENE?


HOW COULD YOU. HELENE? Il
When informed a
the of the Victoria Bees that of Honeymakers young
lady observed that she thought 1t perfectly sweet a
Noticing briIancy Of Wolgasts
the opinion
This Is boost) r
EVIDENTLY NOT
Evidently not agree
are thinking about Leach Gross. =
Joe Bonds anno.nced this morning that he
the woods and rough It After
vicious
perate. -
Harry has batting eye.
When thinks he should
was evidently pretty fair Judge of Camembert
YEA MAWRUsS
We understand Muggsy some of
his PLAYERS for playing golf We
was wise manager. -.
BETTER LATE
fight conclusion that Ad Wos
q only about eighteen
overdue with his opinion. that's ALL =
1t Is said the parting was very afectnr
The motorcycle shed throttle
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Sport Features Shown in
No Other Tacoma Paper
DENVER LIKELY TO COP
WESTERN LEAGUE FLAG

a rush, Denver winning twelve
out OF the first thirteen games,
and Omaha going great guns.
Then Omaha blew up and fizzled
very much a la Brooklyn in the
National league. AS these things
were going ON there was consid-
cradle activity otherwhere and
otherwise.
Among the teams perxi1g mp
while the heat ia sizzling, Des
Moines Is going the fastest.
After a bad start the Boosters be-
gan to get under way and the
prospects are they will finish sec
ond. Des Moines Is strong in
the box with Lafferty, Rogge and
Faber. Rogge has turned the
trick of winning ten straight
games. Some time ago Faber and
Johnny King of Denver engaged
in an 18-inning battle, Faber win
ming. A week later, Faber pitch
ed a sixteen-inning game and al
lowed only six hits in that time.
During the stove-league season
st. Joseph was doped to give Dem
yer hot race this year but the
major leagues raided the club and
they fell back. Cincinnati took
Johnson, the Indian pitcher. Cos
sett, now with the New York
Yankees. came from the "Josies''
and they also lost "Tex" Jones
and First Baseman Borton. The
latter figured in the now famous
deal in which Hal Chase went
from New York to the White Sox.
De5 Moines profited by major
raid. the White Sox turning over
Jones to them.
Topeka has a smuggling first
baseman named Rapps and the
majors are expected to graz him
after he has shown a little more.
according to the way the Topeka
fans look at 1t. The team start
ed poorly but is now going strong.
Sioux City has not shown much
class in the pennant race, and
Wichita is doing a New York
Yanx stunt at the end of the per-
centage column. There now
seems little chance that Wichita
Will be drawn from the cellar by
the end OF the season even IL I'll
the kings horses and all the
kings men were given the Job.
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BY HAL sHERDAY.


NEW YORK, Sept. Stalking
It Tor granted that some millions
Of people throughout this August
ridden land have picked the PEN
nant winners In the American and
National leagues and are begin
ming to figure ON the batteries in
the first of the worlds series
games. we believe it safe once
more to turn our attention away
from this struggle to the strug-
Cling minors. Therefore jumping
blithely from Broadway to the
snow-capped mountains of CoIo.
RADIO We find Denver the pick and
choice in the scramble for the
Western league pennant. Some
say It isn't a scramble. Denver
wac the winner last year and 50
far as can be seen from this dis
lance, these isn't anything in the
league that will stop . repetition
this year. Under the leadership
Of Jack Hendricks. a former big
Lacquer, Western fans believe the
Denver aggregation Is one of the
fastest in minor leagneland. Elk
cept for a couple of men. Hen
dricxs has a team of youngsters
willing and apt scholars for all
the tricks he shakes from his
sleeve. In the last three years
Denver has turned out Buck
O'Brien, one of the Red Soz
pitchers In the last worlds series
Dutch Leonard. q pitcher also
with Boston, and Johnny Beal
who figured in the deal between
the White Sox and Milwaukee
which sent Larry Chappelle into
fast company. Hendrix has two
promising youngsters this year II
Johnny King, pitcher and Les
ter Channell. an outfielder. Chan.
nell is a slugger and has fairly
knocked the hide off the bal
during the season. King playet
with the Sacred Heart college
team in Denver last year. Charley
Doom of the Philadelphia Nation
ais, signed him but he neyel
played for the Phillies and Den
yer got him.
1t may be taken from Hendri,
himself that King Is one Of tn,
best pitchers the Western leagu,
has had In years. Channell hal
been in fast company once. HI
was with the Cubs, but was sen
to Louisville. in the American
Association, and then driftet
westward. With Fisher, a frs
baseman, Denver fans believe tn,
majors would be overlooking
world heaters II King and Chan
nell are not grabbed off befor,
Ianother year rolls around.
| But Denver isn't the entir,
league. The season started with
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MOTOR CYCLISTS EN- ROUTE.

CLEVELAND. o.. Sept. 8. =
With Brooklyn and New York as
the objective point, nearly 100
members Of the Ohio State Fed
Grafton of American Motorcyclists
left yesterday on the second an
nual reliability run. The first
stop will be at Buffalo. They ex,
pect to reach Binghampton the
evening Of the second day and
New York the next evening I'm
time to participate in the Broox-
lyn celebration of the anniversary
of the establishment OF the Fed
GRAFTON of American Motorcyclists
on September S. s and z. The to,
tai mileage is 609. Appropriate
prizes will go to the riders who
finish with the best scores.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-03
WORLDS SERIES RIVALS---NO. 1

When the Athletics and Giants
hook up IN the worlds series.
which will probably open October
8. those old keystone rivals. Ed
die Collins of the Athletics and
Larry Doyle Of the Giants, VIII
face each other ~ they did two
years ago.
II would be hard to find two
great second basemen 20 I'M
alike a. Doyle and Collins. The
latter Is the whirlwfnd style:
loose jointed, careless LOOKING. he
gives no indication of his effec-
tivenesf until he u galvanized
into action A. the play starts.
Then he b the epitome OF speed
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BAN away without = lost motion.
or covers second to taxa = throw
and retire base runner without
the loss of q fraction Of time. No
player In either league u the su-
perioF Of Collins when II comes
to putting the ball upon . base
runner.
Doyle, for all he Is Irish, lacks
the temperament Of Collins. He
y . great second baseman and .
great player. but he has neither
the speed nor the dash Of the
Afhletics' marvel. Doyle IL more
OF plugger. although NE rises TO
briiliance In times Of great stress.
Both Collins and Doyle are Grand
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-03
FORFEITED GAME
GOES TO DOOM

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.--Declar-
ing that Umpire Brennan had ex-
ceeded his authority in FORGETTING
last Saturdays game between
Philadelphia and the Giants to
McGraw, President Lynch of the
National league has reversed the
decision and awarded the contest
to the Phillies by the score OF the
game when 1t was forfeited. to
g. Lynch says Brennan had no
right to act the way he did.
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JOHNSON CURES

WASHINGTON, Sept. g.. A
baseball and an autograph letter
from Walter johnson. Washing
toms premier pitcher. did more
than medicine could do to bring
about the rapid conva1escence OF
Warren A. Slee, a youthful adj
mirer Of the big baseball tosser.
johnson, whose numerous ad-
mirers include scores of youthful
fans" who idolize the pitcher.
heard of the serious illness OF the
lad and wrote to him. sending a
baseball he had used In pitching
the Washington team to Victory.
The boys recovery since receiving
the letter has progressed rapidly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-03
THE NEW
VINDEX
SHIRTS

Its the detail of
mems apparel that
gives tone and charac-
ter to his makeup. IF
YOU are particular
about detail, you are
mighty particular about
SHIRTS.
Our new fall stock
furnishes a broad and
attractive field for the
man who likes neat,
tasteful and stylish
fixings, and we'd like
to show you the new
VINDEX SHIRTS at
81. 90, $1.50 and $500.
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TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS ON.

SYCAMORE. N. Y, Sept. 8. -
Under the auspices OF the Nation
81 Lawn Tennis association, the
competitions in the Lake George
championships started yesterday
on the courts Of the Sycamore
Tennis club.
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Cleveland 1-3. Chicago 80.
Boston 4. New York 2.
washington 2. Philadelphia /.
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National League

Chicago Sc. st. Louis 81.
Pittsburg s. Cincinnati ..
Philadelphia 8, Brooklyn 2.
Boston s. New York 2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-03

AL Carson pitched a very nice
game against the Vancouver Beav-
ers Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-03

1t will be q good thing for
everybody when Dug opens his
new park out in Rainier valley.
That short fence worked lots Of
hardships on the outfielders.
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Big Bill James Is not consid-
cred as a regular by the Boston
management any longer, being
merely used as a relief pitcher.
Big Bill Is said to be unable to
pitch a curve ball.
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Charlie Swain is now worrying
along with 20 homo runs to his
credit.
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Mike Lynch is playing the gam,
of his life right now.