The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
MINNESOTA JURY
| STATUTE UPHELD
FIvE-SIxTH VERDICT DOES NOT
oONTRAvENE CONSTITUTION
U. S. COURTS HOLDS
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events Of General Interest In Mime
sofa Condensed and Revised fer
the Greater Convenience
OF Busy Readers.

Of Busy Readers.
st. Paul
Minnesota's "five-sixth Jury law"
which permits q jury hearing
civil action to return verdict
signed by any ten or eleven members
of the panel after twelve hours con
sideration, has just been held to be
valid by the United States Supreme
Court and not in conflict with the Fed.
eral Constitution. The case in point
is the Minneapolis & st. Louis Rail
road company against the estate OF
Constantine Nanos, deceased.
The railroad company attacked the
validity Of the Minnesota law, declar.
ing that it contravenes the seventh
| amendment of the Federal Constitu.
| ton. The Nanos estate was awarded
! five-sixths verdict against the com.
pany in compliance with the state law.
The company appealed to the higher
tribunal in Washington from the Min
nesota Supreme Court decision which
upheld the validity of the law
Chief Justice White, who delivered
the opinion of the court, said that the
contention that the Constitution had
been violated lis in conflict with an
essential principle on which our dual
constitutional system of government
rests"
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Names Committees.
President Fred B. Snyder of the
board of regents of the University of
Minnesota has announced appointment
of the following board committees:
Executive Committee-Butler chair
man, Partridge, Sommers, Glotfelter,
Burnquist, Snyder, Vincent. Agricui-
tural Committee chairman, Glot.
felter, Butler, Schulz, ]. G. Williams,
M. NJ. Williams, Sommers, Vincent
Buildings and Grounds Committee
Partridge, chairman, Butler, Rice, NJ
M. Williams, Vincent, Salaries Com
mittee-Sommers, chairman, Butler
Schulz, Mayo, Snyder, Vincent. Audi
ting Committee. G. Williams,
chairman, Partridge, Sommers, Rice, NJ.
Nj. Williams, Vincent. Investments
mmittee-Snyder, chairman, Burn
quist, NJ. M. Williams, Vincent.
| President Snyder also recommends
that the president consult with refer.
ence to matters which concern the fol-
! lowing colleges with regents as fol-
| lows: Agriculture, Regent Rice; medi-
cine, dentistry and pharmacy, Regent
Mayo; Law, Regent Butler; engineer
ing and mines, Regent j. G. Williams,
Nd Cd, i
Schulz.
Case Puzzles Board. -r.-
Representatives of the Alger-Smith
Lumber company, and the Virginia &
Rainy Lake Railroad company have an
swered charges of trespass on state
lands before the state timber board.
The charges grew out of the cutting
of timber for the railroads right-of-
way.
The representatives of the two COM
panies asserted that it was not a case
of willful trespass, and offered to pay
for the timber they had cut
The case was referred to Attorney
General l.. A. Smith for settlement.
instances making it impossible for the
board to decide the question.
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Seed Experts Come Here.
Seed analysts from practically every
state and from the United States de-
partment of agriculture, will hold their
! annual meeting at the college of agri-
culture. University farm, July Is to
Is. Prof. w. L. Oswald, director of
the Minnesota seed laboratory, is pres.
ident of the national organization.
Dean Woods of the farm college says
that Minnesota was chosen as the
meeting place because it has "the
best state pure seed law and probably
the one best administered.
Plans For Fathers Day.
If Mrs. Virginia B. Powei1 of Lake
City can bring it about Minnesota will
have an addition to its list of holidays
in the shape of a Fathers day. Writ
ing to Governor Burnquist, Mrs Pow
ell, under the caption What is the
matter with father" states that when
Governor Hammond was alive he gave
his approval and she believes that if
he had lived the day would have been
legalized.
State Sues Lumber Firm.
The State of Minnesota has begun
suit against the International Lumber
company to recover 1885, damages due
to the company's failure to remove
slashings. The damage was the result
of fire from the slashings.
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Schools To Save Paper.
Teachers, pupils and school author.
tiles of the state have been requested
by c. G. Schulz, state superintendent
to save their waste paper in aid of
,, the movement which has become ma.
tlon-Wide to conserve the print paper
supply of the country. Mr. Schulz
suggests to the teachers and pupils
| that the saving of the waste paper
about the schools and the homes of
each not only will prove profitable, but
will inculcate the habi. OF public
cleanliness. Paper and rags can be
sold best in carload lots.
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| Aids insurance. Firms.
Under the ruling of the treasury de-
partment filed with State Insurance
Commissioner Works, mutual fire Insur.
ance companies whose surplus is not
invested do not have to attach reven-
us stamps to their policies. The rul.
ing means quite saving to mutual