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Court says no mandamus or patents before legislature
Attorney General Bell predicts the Supreme Court will not grant the mandamus sought by the Colquitt Tigner Mining Company nor issue patents to miners or actual settlers until the next session of the legislature tackles mineral lands. Some propose state ownership with miners paying a school fund percentage. An exchange tells of a Missouri camp meeting conversion with a joke about the grand jury.
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