The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-12-14
OUR LAW MAKERS.
SIXTH LEGIsLATIvE ASSEMBLY
Lust Day Of tho Session.

Kohl called; all present.
Mr.. Homer introduced under a sus-
pension of the rules a memorial and
joint resolution No. 10, being a men,
orial praying that congress take meas
ures to make available the several water
courses for agriculture and stock.
On motion of Mr.. Holiday the coun-
Gil concurred in house amendments to
council files Nos. 80, so and 81.
House bill No. 10: a bill for an act
relating to the distribution of the school
funds in the several counties of the
territory of Wyoming, which was We
toed by the governor and afterward
passed the house, was taken up and a
vote taken on its passage the gov
ernor's veto, which was lost by the fol
lowing vote: Ayes: Blair, Christie,
Homer, Holiday, Noble, Reel and Mr..
President. Noes Glafcke, Mel
drum, Post, Swan and Smith,.
House bill No. SO a bill for an act
relating to the assembly. and organiza-
tion of the legislature, was laid on the
table.
House joint resolution No. Z: in re-
gard to adjournment of both houses,
laid on the table.
House bill Nc. 81 a bill for an act
to provide that the state penitentiary of
Nebraska be declared the territorial
~penitentiary of Wyoming, passed the
council.
House bill No. SO /: a bill for an act
to provide for the keeping of territorial
prisoners, was read a third time and
passed the council.
The council took a recess until 2
O'Clock, p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Roll called all present.
The rules were suspended and the APP
preparation bill introduced and read a
first time, being No. 90.
House amendments to council file No.
80 were concurred in.
The following bills were dispose of:
THE reader, if interested in any bill,
can find the title in the lists of files on
our fourth page.
House bill "a, laid on the table.
House bill AZ, indefinitely postponed.
House bill so, laid on the table.
House bill 26, indefinitely postponed.
Council file 90, passed.
Council file 100, passed.
EVENING SESSION.
Under a suspension of the rules Mr..
Noble presented bill 101, which passed.
House bill 81, passed.
Council joint memorial and resolution
Is, passed.
Council file Sc, house amendments
%concurred in.
Council file Il, house amendments
concurred in.
Council file 40, passed.
House bill Al, passed.
Council file so. passed.
The council then went into commit
tee of the whole, with Mr.. Post in the
chair.
House bill 40-the apportionment
bill-passed.
While the ayes and hayes were being
taken, on the apportionment bill Mr..
Glafcke, before voting no, entered the
following protest against the passage
OF the bill:
Mr.. PRESIDENT:
l cannot permit this bill to pass this
council, without first entering my SOL
emn protest, which 1 desire entered on
the journal Of the council:
There are two objections to this bill
of so grave a nature that their consid-
Grafton should prevent the bill from
becoming a law.
In the first place the apportionment
of representation to the five organized
counties of the territory is an arbitrary
one, and makes the representation of
the different counties depend neither
upon the population or vote of the va
rious counties, but upon the caprice of
the legislature. This is not only un-
just, as no true representation can be
had except it be based upon the popu-
lation or vote of the counties, but it is
also unconditional; the fourth section
of the organic act provided for the APP
portionment for the first legislative
assembly, and provided that the basis
of that apportionment should be a CEN
sus taken of the population and that
thereafter any apportionment should be
by the legislature upon the basis of
population
The act of congress, approved June
10, 1878, provides for the number of
members of the territorial legislatures,
and provides that the apportionment
shall he upon the basis OF population,
excluding Indians not taxed. Any ap-
portionment made by this legislature
except it be made upon the basis of
population is therefore unwarranted
and unauthorized by law.
Again: There is no provision made
in the bill, in any contingency, for rep
resentation for the counties of Pease
and Crook. These counties now have a
considerable population. There is no
doubt but that before the time arrives
for the election of members of another
legislature in Wyoming that both coun-
ties will be organized and entitled to
representation, which will necessitate an
appeal to congress to repeal the act