The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-07
STACKER SLEUTHS
ORGANIZED UNDER
APPOINTMENT BY
STATE GOVERNOR
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of the bulletin will be furnished each
local exemption board.
These rulings cover original juris-
diction or claims for discharge. gov
eminent appeals from local boards,
claims of exemption on account of
marriage since July 20; questions of
aliens who declared intention to be-
come citizens more than two years
ago, hremen, policemen and students
not considered engaged in any in
dustry entitled to exemptions.
MUST HAVE ORDER
FROM THEIR OWN BOARD.
The Cass county selection board
Will not examine non district regis
trants unless the latter have an
order or permit from their home dis
trict for such examination. The
county board made such ruling late
Monday, when several applied for
examination.
Thirty Cass county registrants
nave applied to the local board for
elsewhere, and such permission is
assured under the general plan OF
operation.
Judge A. T. Cole has offered, ia
the board the use of the district
courtroom, the chambers and Jury
rooms, for the physical examination
work beginning next Tuesday, Aug,
IA.
IMPORTING RULING ON
WIFE'S DEPENDENCY.
An important ruling with respect
to the question of a wife's depend
ency has been made by a st. Paul
selective board, that bids fair to gain
nation wide attention.
In that case, James S. Brodie was
held not to be the lone support of
his wife and child when the board
found that her father had an annual
income of $4,000, and that his father
had an income of $4,000 a year. Mr.
Brodie had asked exemption on the
strength of being the support of his
wife and child.
This is the first ruling of the kind
so far reported, and will be made a
test case in Minnesota exemption
boards.
FOUR GAUNTLETS FOR
EXEMPTION CLAIMANTS.
AS the situation shapes itself the
drafted man who claims exemption
has the gauntlet of four government
agencies to run after he has beaten
down his own conscience and pride
These will be:
The local board, with which the
| original claim for exemption is en-
tered and by which the first decis-
| ion is rendered.
The 'intervenors" or extra mem
bers appointed to each board to look
out for the governments interests
and appeal flimsy exemption claims
to the district boards on the govern
ment's behalf.
The district boards, which will
pass on all appealed exemption
Gases. Thousands of exemption
claims will be appealed by the "in-
tervenors" from the local boards to
the district boards.
The task of facing the district
boards is assuming huge proper
tons. II. Oh. .+-' a. : .
The task of the district board in
cludes the following duties.
Consideration of all exemptions
allowed by the local boards and ap-
peal by "intervenors" on the govern
ments behalf.
Consideration of all exemption
claims disallowed by the local
| boards and appealed by the individ-
ual on his own behalf.
Consideration of all appeals from
an original physical examination
! which showed the examinee fit for
| military service.
Consideration Of all original claims
for exemption based on grounds OF
necessity to agricultural pursuits.
Consideration of all original claims
by exemption based on grounds of
necessity to other Industrial pur-
suits.
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