, 1899-03-06

'so's 'AiiNh lCOJ.-
Especial Correspondence.)- 1.-The new
state officers are very busy these
stormy days carrying into effect the
provisions of the laws enacted by the
Fifth legislature.
Governor Richards, always affable,
courteous and obliging, receives visi-
tors with that manner which places one
at ease. He is dignified, yet devoid Of
the Klondike atmosphere. The work
in the governors office, left over from
the legislature, has been disposed of
and the governor has snatched a few
days from his duties in which to pay
a visit to his home in Douglas, going
around the Horn as the boys say of
the Fremont route. During his alb
sence his excellent private secretary,
Mr.. Wallace Bond, does the honors Of
the Office with the grace Of an accom-
plished gentleman.
In the secretary's office is where the
yeoman service is o being PERFORM
ed. The session laws are being copied
and proof read for the printer, and
printers proofs and revises are being
disposed of till there is no rest. Secre-
publication of the revision of the stat
utes and is becoming quite an adept in
the use of technical phrases KNOWN only
to the members of the art preservatiye.
Before he gets through he will be aware
Of the fact that a shooting stick"
don't shoot and that a Stick is never
stuck. With all the multifarious du-
ties of the office the secretary, Chief
Clerk Fuller and two accomplished and
handsome st~enographers are kept busy,
and they will be until after the revis-
ion is given to the public, some time
after the snow plows come into use
next fall.
State Auditor Grant and Deputy
Frank Niswander are busy with insur-
ance business, aside from the many
duties attendant upon the daily routine
of the office. The legislature made some
changes in the insurance laws which
require much correspondence to start
the companies off right. But there is
no friction. In the organization OF the
capitol commission, Mr.. Grant was
made president, a handsome recog-
milton of his ability.
State Superintendent and Register
lyman is quite busy with land business.
The particular matter now under spe-
cial investigation is the Unbiased state
lands in the various counties. In the
land business and also in matters per-
tanning to our public schools, he has a
splendid assistant in Miss Bertha Mills,
chief clerk. Her long service in the I'm
tied States land Office and training I'M
der Miss Reel in school matters have
given her a talent possessed by no other
person in the state. Everything in the
state superintendent's office is in ship
shape. Method is the watchword. Miss
Mills stated to the writer that num-
erous inquiries had been received from
| Albany county in relation to the re-
quirements Of the new law concerning
the examination OF teachers and at her
request we quote some Of the provis-
ions of the law:
Every applicant for a certificate
shall be examined IN the subjects here
matter mentioned, for the several
grades, respectively, as follows:
For the third grade, in orthoepy. or
biography, reading, penmanship, arith-
metic, language lessons. English gram
mar, geography, civil government, the
history and constitution Of the United
States, the constitution of the State OF
Wyoming, physiology and hygiene. and
the theory and practice OF teaching.
"K the applicant shall pass an ex-
animation In these branches with an
average OF seventy (70) per cent. they
shall receive a third grade certificate.
III the markings Of said applicant
shall average eiEhty-nve 1857 per cent.