, 1888-02-11
A Bill for an Act to Create the Of
fee of Public Examiner.
The Maverick Bill Will Pass the
Council Intact.
Territorial Council.
A PUBLIC

council. He shall be an expert accountant
and shall have no connection with any cor
poration operating in the territory or any
public Office. 1t will be within his prov
ince to any time, and at least upon two
occasions annually, at irregular periods. to
closely examine the books OF any county
or territorial officer in Wyoming. He will
report to both the attorney general and
governor. In general terms the exam
liner will be the public censor. enforcing
the limitation Indebtedness statutes and
acting as a check upon the operations of
all Wyoming officials.
BREwERIEs.
A bill for the relief of manufacturers of
beer in the matter of license, a resume of
which was recently published in this jour
nal, was read a first time. 1t was intro
duced by Mr.. Smith, of S~weetwater
county.
FEES AGAIN.
Mr.. Symons, Albany county, gave no
tice of the early presentation of council
file a~mendatory to the statutory provision
for the payment of fees for the taking
of dispositions.
AMENDED.
The house bill introduced by Mr.. Rob
erts and providing for the sale of the re-
vised statutes was slightly amended, read
a third time and passed without opposi-
ton.
ANOTHER HOUSE BILL.
Mr.. Hooper's bill amending the scale
Of licenses assessed against itenesant ped
piers and au]ctioneers in the territory
passed the council without opposition.
ON GAMBLING.
Mr.. Holiday anti gambling bill, about
which there has been so much discussion
since its introduction, came up for consid-
Grafton in committee of the whole, Rob
ert Smith in tho chair. Mr.. Smith, of
Carbon, moved to amend the section
enumerating gambling devices by making
a couple Of exceptions. Mr.. Holiday
thought the mover must be in a fccctlous
mood. To make the amendment was to
enact an imperative law. Mr.. Symons
took the floor in defense of the original
bill. He was opposed during the general
election by the thugs and blacklegs of
Laramie, and to the better element owed
his preicrrmeut. Aside from this fact,
however, he felt in duty bound to support
Mr.. Holidays bill, and he would do so to
the best of his ability. The amendment
was lost.
Mr.. Smith Of Carbon, moved hat the
committee recommend the passage of the
bill. Seconded by Mr.. Symons,
At this j%uncture Mr.. Holiday, in a
short speech replete with facts and argu-
ments, urged the adoption OF the motion.
In his town, Laramie City, the rowdy
element well nigh controlled the municipal
government. The council was composed
OF conservative business men who pre-
ferred allowing the evil to exist
to ~antagonizing the interest and
perhaps injuring their commercial enter
prises. In one den in Laramie, gamb-
ling was carried on Just off the street day
and night. The finest music prccurable
allured the susceptible into its portals.
The ordinance debarring minors from frc-
quenting such places was not recognized
there. On one occasion the mayor was
guided to The place when an origie in
which lewd women drunken men and boys
and the city marshal were participants.
In, conclusion the gentleman made a
strong appeal for the sisters and mothers
of the territory aud cited the fact that
Laramie of all places should be rid of the
evil, aspiring, as to does, to be the educa-
tional center Of Wyoming, and being al
ready the university town
Mr.. Hammond objectedto section s of
the bill. This paragraph provides that all
officials failing to perform the duties pre-
scribed in the proposed law shall at once
be deposed. The councilman from Lar
annie county believed that enforcement of
the penalty would cause endless trou-
BILE.
President Riner wasof the opinion that
the punishment about fitted the crime, but
thought its enforcement n cumbersome
procedure and wellnigh impracticablc. He
knew nothing about any Of the games
mentioned in the measure, but was OPP
posed to gambling on the principle that
u oone could justly obtain money without
rendering some sort of an equivalent, 1t
would perhaps he the better plan to fine
instead of deposing gambling
officials. An amendment subjecting
official culprits TO a fine of S25 for the
first offense and double that sum for the
second was finally accepted, when the bill
was recommended for passage with but
one vote in the negative.
HI MAVERICK BILL.
House bill No. "a, creating a live stock
commission and known as the maverick
law, was read in committee OF the whole.
But one amendment was offered, Mr..
Symons suggesting hat inspectors re-
c%eiving brides be made punishable under
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