, 1899-02-17

lions; house bill No. 1853, to establish
a state board of equalization and m
prescribe its duties; senate file No. "A.
empowering the board of land COM
mlSsioners to cede to the general gov
certain lands and TO recaiva
other lands in lieu thereof; senate Joint
resolution No. 8, relating to Wyomine,s
celebration in the centennial ceIebro-
tlon OF the Louisiana purchase. housa
oiii NO. l6o, to appoint county assessors
IN the several counties: house bill No
loo appropriating certain deficiency
mount of money for the Wyoming
general hospital; house bill No. 1863
prohibiting justices of the peace from
preparing papers in cases which they
are TO pass upon; house joint memorial
NO. 3, asking congress to pass the bill
now pending before it to create a tenth
circuit court district to include Colo
RADIO wyoming Utah, Idaho and Mon
tana; nat file No. 20, to prevent the
sale of liquors to persons when such
sale will deprive their families of the
necessaries of lie, and to prohibit the
permission of gambling by any such !
persons; senate joint memorial No. Al
relating to star route contracts; house
bill No. 161, requiring corporations to
file certificates of Incorporation;
House bill No. 1853, by Davidson, pro-
soribing who, in certain cases, shall pay
X on property. was reported back
for indefinite postponemenr.
Senate file No. 10, by Osmond. relat-
ing to examinations before justices OF
the peace, and recognizance, was re-
ported back with the recommendation
that it be indefinitely postponed.
At 5 O'Clock the committee arose, re-
porting progress and asked leave to sit
again. AT $40 the house stood in re-
cess until 1880 p. m.
NIGHT SESSION.
AT 7:4O the house and tho
speaker announced that business would
open under the head of bills on third
reading.
Before proceeding, the report of the
committee of the whole on bills con-
sidered at the afternoon session, was
adopted, excepting as to house Joint
resolution No. II, providing for an
amendment to the state constitution
to make the coal mine inspectors office
an elective one.
Roberts moved that the comimttee's
report on this bill (Which was to post
pone indefinitely be not accepted. This
motion was lost by a tie vote.
"A motion to postpone indefinitely
was then made and lost. Here was an
extraordinary condition or affairs, and
the speaker announced he was unable
to say just what condition these two
votes had left the bill in. The speaker
finally announced that the bill would
be passed on to its second reading.
The following bills were read a third
time and passed: House bill No. 157,
the appropriation bill; house bill No.
142, to reimburse Comapny B, Wyo-
ming National Guard, the bill appropri-
ates $19S for the purpose named; house
bill N. 152, by Atherly, amending the
laws relating to state printing; house
bill No. 141, providing for a board of
managers for the Wyoming exhibit at
the Paris exposition in 1900; house bill
No. 165, to refund money to persons
who have paid land rentals to the state
on lands which were afterwards dis
covered not to belong to the state;
house bill No. ISL, to extend the time
In which to make application for a new
trial.; house bill No. 100. relating to
service of process in civil actions upon
school districts; house bill No. 161,
providing for the fling of certificates
of incorporation by corporations, and
fixing a penalty for failure to comply
with the provisions of the act; house
bill No. 161, appropriating funds for
balance due on construction account
of the Wyoming general hospital;
house bill No. 100, providing for the
of county assessors; house
bill No. 1853, creating a state board of
equalization, and prescribing its duties.
AT $3.50 the house adjourned until
10 a. m today.