, 1899-02-07
MANY BILLS PASSED
THE HOUSE HAS THE BUSINESS OF
THE SESSION WELL IN
HAND.
Convict Removal Bill, Insane Asylum
Addition Bill, and University Ad-
dition Bill All Passed by the House
In Short Order and Are Now Before
the Senate.

Cheyenne, Feb. 7.-(Special.)-Th,
house was called to order at 10 a. m. by
| Speaker Davis. After roll call ant
prayer the journal of yesterday wal
read and approved without correction
Bills were introduced as follows ant
referred.
House bill lis, by Hollingworth, IL
amend and re-enact section 2, chapter
lis Of the session laws of 1895, relat'
ing to the tax for the care OF the in.
san Referred to the committe or
buildings and institutions.
House bill 116, by Mcdonald, to REIN.
burse Big Horn county for moneys er.
%roneously paid into the state treasury
Referred to the committee on wayrJ ant
means.
House bill 1T, by Nowlin, to amend
and re-enact sections 3 and IS, concern.
ing the public lands Of the state of Wy
! oming. Referred to the committee on
lands and irrigation.
House bill 119, by the revenue com
mittee. relating to the taxation OF life
insurance companies. Referred to the
committee of the whole.
House bill 120, by the committe or
revenue, preventing certain foreign
life insurance committees from doing
business in the state Of Wyoming. Re.
ferred to the committee of the whole.
After the introduction OF the above
bills senate file No. II, by Stone, relat,
ing to certain lands to be donated to
the Wyoming Historical society. was
read the first time. Also senate hle No
10. relating to criminal procedure; and
senate file No. IL, by Iredale, relating
to the designating Of legal holidays.
The speaker announced that he was
about to sign house enrolled act No
Z, relating to fidelity bonds for pub.
lie officers, and house enrorfed act No
8. appropriatins 1920 for Thomas
Bebb, custodian of Fort Mckinney.
The house then resolved itself into
a committee OF the whole for the con.
| s~ideration of bills on the general file.
House bill 81, by Carpenter. relating
to good time and discharge money fol
convicts, was reported back for pas
sage.
Senate file s. repeating a section il
relation to the Rock Springs hospital
was reported back for passage.
House bill No. 81, making the coal
mine inspectors terms four years In
stead of two, was reported back for pas
sage.
House bill 80. by the judiciary com
mittee, concerning offices of clerks Of
the court and district court commits
sioners, declaring these Offices to be In
compatible, was reported back for pas
sage.
The committee arose and reported
as above, and the report was received
and adopted.
At H. 40 the house took a recess until
2 p. m, having completely cleaned up
the general file and having the work Oh
the session well in hand.
IN THE SENATE TODAY.
President McGill called the senate to
order at 10 o'clock this morning. After
roll call and prayer the journal Of yes
terday was read and approved.
The following bills were introduced:
Senate Joint memorial No. 3. by Brit
tain, relating to the ceding Of the state
lands heretofore granted to the state
and selecting other lands In lieu there
for. Referred to the committee on fed
eral relations.
Senate file No. 26, by Corson, relat-
ing to the Cheyenne city treasurer. Re
ferred to the committee on corpora
tions.
House bills were read the first time
as follows:
House bill No. IL, relating to the re-
moyal of state convicts from Laramie
to Rawlins. On motion the bill was re-
ferred to the COMMITTEES of the whole
House bill No. IS, by Davidson, max
ing it a crime to drive. lead or ship any
' live stock without the written consent