, 1899-02-17

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house bill No. 112. appropriating money
for the erection of a monument to the
late Chief Justice Conway, were in.
definitely postponed.
Senate file No. SO, amending the state
constitution so as to provide for this
taxation Of mortgages, deeds, etc. was
recommended for passage, as was SEN
ate file No. "a, requiring persons at.
tending theaters to remove their head
gear tending to- obstruct the view.
The revision bill was taken up and
recommended for passage.
The following bills were read third
time and passed: House bill No. 81
relating to an allowance of good time
for %convicts; house bill No. so, relating
to the board Of county commissioners
sitting as a board OF equalization :
house bill No. 80, defining crimes an
criminal procedure; house bill No. SO,
relating to appointment OF trustees for
county libraries; house bill No. 20. re-
-f ~
lating to registration of votes, and vot-
ing precincts; house bill No. 143; house
bill No. "a; senate file No 81, register
ing and confirming titles to land.
AT 4 p. m. the senate took a recess
subject to the call OF the chair, which
call was given at AIS. A communica-
ton was received from the governor
announcing the following appointments
and asking the senate to confirm them:
]. M. Hennaker of Fremont county
to fill vacancy in poor asylum commits
sion at Lander, caused by the death of
John H. Myers.
j. "A. Van Orsdel, to be attorney gen.
eral after April LIST, 1899.
w. H. Edelman, Sheridan county,
commissioner Of pharmacy for two
years; John ]. Steffen, Converse coun-
ty, commissioner of pharmacy for four
years; Charles Wiiseck, Laramie coun-
ty, commissioner Of pharmacy for six
years.
e. H. Earl, Mrs. E. S. Hall and E.
Ammoretti Of Fremont county, trus-
tees Of the agricultural college at Ian
der.
All of the above appointments were
unanimously confirmed by the senate.
after which it adjourned until 10 a. m.
Friday.
IN THE HOUSE.
The house reconvened at 2 p. m.
The following bills were read the
third time and passed: Senate joint
memorial No. 3, relating to the cession
OF certain lands to the state by the
United States; senate file No. rs, pro-
viding for the preservation of the pub
lie health; house bill No. las, making
void and OF no effect any indebtedness
hereafter created in excess of the limits
prescribed by the state constitution;
house bill No. LOG, appropriating 1886
DO reimburse the first regimental band
Of the Wyoming National Guard; house
bill No. 146, to reimburse Company A,
Wyoming National Guard.
House bill No. 1877. to abolish the
office Of state veterinarian was defeat
ed. This is the second bill Of the kind
that has been introduced in the house,
and both have been defeated.
House bill No. 14s, to provide for the
publication and sale Of the incorporated
laws of the state, was indefinitely post
poned.
The senate having refused to recede
from it's amendment to house bill No.
81, to erect a monument on the CAPT
tol grounds to the dead heroes of u
late war, the speaker appointed Messrs.
Sullivan, (Halbert and Mcdonald as a
conference committee on said bill.
The house then resolved itself into
committee of the whole, with Mr.. Hal
bert in the chair.
House bill No. 1877, the general appro-
priation bill, was again taken up and
discussing the contingent fund, as ask
ed for by the secretary of state, Mr..
Baird inquired why the contingent now
asked, for was larger than two years
ago. Mr.. Atherly said it was because
the revision OF the laws and the distri-
button of the secretary's report increas-
ed the expense OF running that office. A
p%rotracted discussion followed. Mr..
Atherly stated he believed the esti-
mates are as low as they should be, but
it was for the house to say whether
they are so or not. The house then
adopted the various contingent funds
Of the state officers, as recommended
by the ways and means committee.
When the clause appropriating
money to pay the expenses of the Rea-
will Iredale contest case-S6O3. 02-was
read, Mr.. Baird moved that the ways
and means committee be instructed to
furnish a bill OF items showing how
this money was expended. and the same
was brought forth and read. Davidson
said these election contests are getting
dearer every year; this one was about
double that OF two years ago. and ne
hoped there wouldn't be any more.
HOUSE Joint resolution, providing for
an amendment to the state constitution
relating to a change in the term OF