, 1899-02-07

} seoshiehl VI CLUES OIL the second claSI
} will answer for both county and cit,
purposes.
House bill SO permits the ale of spir
| ituous, malt or vinous liquors on dinint
and buffet cars while in transit through
the state, without the payment of coun
ty or state license.
Senate measures so far returned By
the printer are as follows:
Senate file No. 3 is a bill ~pertalnIns
to negotiable instruments and con
tains 1888 sections.
Senate file 4 requires that in divorce
proceedings all testimony shall be re.
duced to writing and made part of the
court records.
Senate file 5 repeats unimportant sec,
tions of the law establishing the state
hospital at Rock Springs.
Senate file 6 provides for the taxation
of mortgages, deeds of trust, contracts
and other obligations.
Senate file No. 7 provides that no per-
son can obtain a divorce in Wyoming
unless he or she shall have been one
year a resident of the state.
Senate file s requires persons or cor
porations whose canals or bitches cross
county roads shall build and keep in
good repair bridges over the same.
Senate file 9 requires the superin-
tendent Of public instruction. as regis
ter of the state land board, shall give
a bond for the safe custody of all
moneys coming into his hands as such
officer.
Senate file 10 relates to the practice
Of medicine and provides for the ap-
pointment Of a state board of medical
examiners which is to pass upon the
qualifications of persons desiring to
practice medicine in this state. The
members of this board are to be paid
by the state (of c~ourse) and they are
to hold meetings at stated intervals.
Senate file II, by Mr.. Stone, donates
certain lands for the maintenance and
support of the State Historical society,
and is an excellent measure.
Senate file II, provides certain legal
holidays in the State of Wyoming, as
follows: Every Sunday; the first day
of January; the twenty-second II Feb
ruary; the first day of May, to be known
as Arbor Day: the thirteenth day of
May, to be known as Decoration Day;
the fourth day Of July; the fifteenth day
of August, to be known as Pioneer Day;
the first Monday in September, to be
known as Labor Day; the twenty-ffth
day of December; and all days which
may be set apart by the president Of
the United States, or by the governor
of this state. And when any of said
days, except the first mentioned, shall
fall on Sunday, the following Monday
shall be the holiday.
Senate file 13 provides that any per-
son having lawfuI custody of any per-
son convicted of a felony, the punish
ment for which is death, or confine-
ment in the penitentiary, who shall al
low said convicted person voluntarily
or n~egligently to escape. shall be i'm
prisoned in the penitentiary not more
than fourteen years.
Senate file IA provides for the ap-
pointment of deputy sheriffs in coun-
ties Of the first, second and third class.
Senate file 16 provides that the live
stock boards shall, upon request OF any
three sheep wners, appoint sheep in
spectors in any county; and prohibits
the entry of diseased sheep into the
state.
Up to the hour of adjournment Satur-
day night, the 4th inst, l04 bills had
been introduced in the house and q
in the senate. Not all of these VIII
become laws, but probably the MAORI
ty of them will, and in any event the
above review will give your readers a
comprehensive idea of what may be eX-
pected at the hands of our present leg
islature.
OF course there will be other bills In
~troduced, many Of them doubtless OF
great Importance. These will be de-
scribed from time to time, and where
their nature warrants it, will be gone
into at length.
When bills are first introduced they
will be described simply by their titles
when considered by the committee OF
the whole their full purport, or nearly
so, will be given; when read the second
time simply the number of the bill VIII
be given, and when up for third read
ing and final passage they will be again
fully described.
In the report of the daily proceedings
of the legislature this line Of proceed
ure will be followed and no further
general review of bills will be offered
To insure a happy new year, heeI
the liver clear and the body vigorous
by using DeWitt's Little Early Risers
the famous little pills for constipation
and liver troubles. F. H. Egglestou