The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-19
is due you.-Arthur fSchaub, city at
torney..,
Will Put 1t Up to Council,

!
After the mayor had finished read.
ing the document, he was seen by
a representative of this paper, who
asked what action would be taken
in the matter. Mr.. Meyer replied,
that he thought, that the action i
there was to be any, would come
for the council and he said, that
he would present the opinion of the
attorney to the coming council meet.
ing for their consideration. Nothing
will be done before that meeting"
said the mayor.
When he was asked if >he had
made an appointment to fill the va.
cancy on the police force caused by
the dismissal of Officer Mathiason,
Mr. Meyer said that he hadn't had
| the time to think of the appoint.
| ment as he was too busy with other
| matters.
Buyer Quotes Law Also.
| Captain f. p. Buyer in his ser.
mon at the Salvation Army auditor
E, ium last night referred to his stand
regarding revoking the license of
| f. ]. Mettler and John E. Hagen,
who were recently guilty of violat-
ing the liquor laws, and quoted the
| statute of Minnesota on the rnatter.
He asserted that as a citizen of the
! United States and voter in Man.
kato he believed it his duty to see
that justice is done in this matter,
| and he considers that Justice in this
case means revoking the licenses of
these two men.
His quotations from the revised
statute of 1913 were as follows
Section 3150-License How and Out.
Every liquor license shall be an.
nulled by operation of the law, first
by the death of the licensee, second
by the sale of liquor becoming un.
lawful in the place for which such
| license shall be granted.
/ Licenses To Become Void. Every
license snail become void on convic.
ton OF licensee of selling or fuln.
@'''''S ihtO-AiNotAho llQuOl W -.
Section 3179. Giving, Procuring
! or Purchasing for Minors, etc. Every
person who shall give to, procure
or prchase intoxicating liquor for
| any minor person or other persons
to whom sale of intoxicating liquor
is by law forbidden, shall be guilty
of a gross misdeameanor, and on
| conviction shall be punished in ac.
cordance with the law of the state.
Section 1886. Official Neglect.
Any county commissioner, member
of the municipal council or sheriff
or other officer who wilfully re-
fuses or neglects to perform any
official duty imposed by this chap.
ter, shall be guilty Of malfeasance In
office and shall be removed there,
from and be disqualified from hold
ing same during remainder of the
term for which he was elected or
appointed, and shall forfeit not less
than 500 or more than $500, which
amount may be recovered in an ac-
tion against him personally or
his official bond
"Note-For failure of mayor or
other, officer to make compensation
same may be enforced by the at
torney general
Captain Buyer sent the following
| communication: In the columns
| OF The Free Press last night it
read: "The churches have laid down
| their arms, the spirit of religion is
| not in them" | meant to say this
when | was asked if other pastors
and churches would not stand by
me. Would / go ahead and push
the matter alone. said, mo, !
will not be made. scapegoat" !
further meant to say that "if the
| churches did not stand by me they
would surely be laying down their
arms and the spirit of religion would
not be in them.
Because Officer August Mathiason
was fill with the coil of joy" last
evening while performing his duties,
he is not wearing his official police
star today, Mayor Meyer removing
the commissio nfrom the officer last
evening at ten o'clock.
Among the duties that the officer
had to perform yesterday was that
of carrying three different sets of
posting notices into the saloons of
this city This involved three sep.
arate trips and the visiting of nine
| teen different thirst parlors each
time. Mr.. Matniason is not drink
| ing man, but the constant proximity
of the strong drink seemed to have
been too much for his powers of
| refusal, and when he finished his
duties for the day, he was some the
worse for wear. 1t is probable, that
he would have gone to his home
and escaped the present punish
ment If the duties of his day had
, ended at six o'clock.
Boys Call For Officer.
On Monday of this week some OF
! the students OF the Commercial col.
lege called up the police station
said that they had leased the Elks'
hall and were going to give dance