The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1919-09-11

the Office, caused arrests on 1856
charges in 81 towns Of IL counties
secured pleas Of guilty in 11e cases
and secured the binding over Of 1s
other cases. Towns visited and the
number of arrests In each were: .ue.
dina z, jamestown 16. Valley City q
Casselton 2. Fargo "a cigarette and
1S other cases. Grandin 2, Grand
Forks 4, Larimore 3, Lakota 6. Pet
ersburg 2. Doyon 2. Crary 2, Devils
Lake 2. Churches Ferry 4, Knox Q
Rugby 6, oberon z, New Rockford 2,
Darlington 4, and one each In Spirit
wood. Eckelson. sanborn. oriska
Tower City, Buffalo, Argusville,
Brinsmade, Leeds, Lallie, sheyenne
and Barlow.
A total of $3.50 was collected in
fines for cigarette sales. each offend
er paid $50 and costs and was given
a ten day suspended jail sentence to
be served for violation of any other
laws in the future. Two pool hall Ii.
censes were revoked.
The Attorney General is in receipt
of scores of letters commenting the
law enforcement, both from anti-cig.
arctic people as well as dealers and
cigarette users. The latter hail the
rigid lid as a test of law they as.
sert is unpopular.
A leak emanating. directly from
the headquarters Of the Nonpartisan
League and which was current here
in Bismarck, has it that the reported
special session will be called Nov. LIST.
Citing the fact that since state
hood the course of study in the com.
mon schools has been prepared by
the superintendent Of public instruc.
tion, and citing the Senate Journal
to show that Senate Bill 1874, estab.
fishing the Board of Administration,
was amended, re-amended and alter
ed number of times as the result of
protests and hearings, Assistant Az
torney General Edward B. Cox. before
the Supreme Court Tuesday morning,
argued Minnie Nelson's side Of the
lawsuit to retain ii her Office the
preparation Of course Of study. Sec
tion of the bill placed in the hands
of an appointive body the ''prepara'
tion Of course Of study for the sever
al classes of public schools" This
! deprived the state superintendent Of
all power, and as q result Section
was added by the legislature which
stated "The powers. and duties
shall be subject to the controi Of the
board Of administration, only insofar
as such powers and duties were by
law subject to control Of any or ali
Of the boards consolidated into the
board Of administration
An attempt on the part Of the at
torney to cite the publicity pamphlet
and the statement Of William Lemke
that this did not deprive the state su
perintendent Of powers, provoked 8
violent outburst from Judge Robin
son. Attorney Joseph Coughlan, ap
pearing for the board of administra
tion. requested time to submit 9
brief. He was granted four days.
Reports Of the examiners who have
been working on the records Of State
Auditors Kositzky's Office for the pas
month were used Tuesday as a ba!si.
for the mandamus action brought be
fore the supreme court by Tax Com
missioner George Wallace to secure
his salary warrant. Kositzky cites II
his BRIEF that prior to the Wallace
claim there were $172,s75.67 Of un
paid bills and since then there have
been $78.464.64 additional claims with
no money in the general fund to pay
them.
Wallace based his suit on the
grounds that Kositzky did not have
the right to transfer funds paid BY
counties for care of insane, feeble
minded or tubercular patients to the
three separate institutions. Kositzky
cited Section 2672 which reads
And the state auditor shall pass the