, 1899-02-16
TWO MORE DAYS
LEGISLATURE FINISHING UP MAT
neutrality-suspicious.
CUT DOWN.
House and Senate Pass a Number of
Bills-Senate Cuts Down Amount
For Hospital, University, Hot
Springs and Hatchery-House May
Not Concur in All.

Cheyenne, Feb. 16.-(Special.)-The
house was called to order this morning
at 8 o'clock, one hour earlier than usu-
al. Business is being kept well in
hand. When they adjourned last night
the general file had been cleaned of
ing were left as clean as at the opening
of the session, now nearly forty days
ago. After prayer and roll call the
journal of Wednesday was read and
approved.
The clerk read house bill No. 95, pro-
viding that the state be divided into
two fish hatchery districts, which had
been returned by the senate slightly
amended, and the house %thereupon con-
Cured in the amendment. ~
House bill No. IS, for the erection of
a sanitarium and bath houses at the
Big Horn hot springs, which was
amended SO as to provide for a levy
of three-sixteenths of a mill for the
years 1899 and 1900, instead Of one-
quarter of a mill for the same year,
was read, and by a vote of So ayes to
2 noes phe house concurred.
House bill No. 81, to Appropriate 81
500 for the erection of a monument up
on the capitol grounds. to the memory
Of our dead heroes of the late war
with Spain, which the senate had
amended to read 1,50O, was read and
the house refused to concur in the SEN
ate amendment. The clerk was in
structed to notify the senate and ask it
to recede.
House bill No. Al. for an additions,
building at the state university at Lar
annie. which was amended by the sen
ate to read three-sixteenths of a mill
levy for four years, 1899, 1900, 1901 and
1902, and the house thereupon concur
red in the senate amendment.
House bill No. Sc, to erect and equip
a west wing to the Wyoming general
hospital at ROCK Springs, which had
been amended to read three-sixteenths
OF a mill levy instead of one-haif mill.
to be made in the years 1899 and 1900
instead Of 1899 only. The house there
upon concurred in the senate amend
ment.
Substitute. for house bill No. II, to
erect and equip an addition to the in
sane asylum at Evanston, which had
been amended by the senate to reaa
flve-sixteenths of a mill levy instead
of one-half mill for the years 1899 and
1900. The house %concurred therein.
House bill No. 81, providing for the
sale and shipment OF sheep, which had
been slightly amended by the senate,
was %concurred therein.
Baird 10Y introduce house joint me-
mortal No. 3, asking congress to pass
the tenth circuit court district bill,
creating a new judicial district to in
clude Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and
Idaho.
The following senate files were read
the first time:
Senate joint memorial No. 4, by
Coleman, relating to the star route
contracts. The same was referred to
the committee Of the whole.
The speaker here announced that he
was about to sign house enrolled act
No. 80, relating to deputies for state
officers, and for the expenditure Of the
contingent funds; also, house enrolled
act No. 9, concerning the exercise Of
the right of eminent domain by rail-
road companies; also, house enrolled
act No. %. relating to the selection Of
state lands: also, house enrolled act
No. rs, relating to the admission of
practicing attorneys at law; also. house
enrolled act No. a.. providing for o
bailif for the supreme court; also,
house enrolled act No. 26. the free
text book bill; also, enrolled house
Joint resolution No. Z, relating to an
amendment to the state constitution
permitting counties to bond their in
~debtedness.
Mr.. Slough, of Fremont, here intro
duced house bill No. 1854, authorizing
boards OF county commissioners to e1-
pend moneys for secret service and de-
tective work. This was referred to
the committee of the whole. Reid, of