, 1901-09-18
TAXES
ASKED TO BE RENTED ON ST.
MATTHEW'S HALL UN-
DER STATE LAW.
Resolution Adopted Expressing the
Sorrow of the City Council at the
Assassination of President Nc
kinIey-Short Session Of the City
Council Tuesday Evening.

The council met at 7:45 last evening
with Mayor Spicer presiding II Coun-
cilmen Gates, Hicks. Jones and Ire
coming present. The absent council
men were Messrs. Engstrom and
Schwatke, absent from the city.
The minutes of the last meeting
We're read and approved.
The following resolutions concern
ing the assassination of President Nc
Kinley were read by Clerk McCuIlagh
and on motion of Mr.. Hicks unani-
mously adopted:
BE it resolved by the mayor and
council of the city OF Laramie,
That by the death of the president,
our country has been robbed of an ex-
ecutive whose brilliant administration
has added new lustre to the pages of
American history. Under the wise
guidance of William Mckinley section
al animosities have disappeared and
cur people are united under one flag
and with one destiny; freedom has
been secured to suffering Gu
ia; IA war has been speedi-
ly nj successfully concluded,
through the unparalleled valor of our
soldiers and sailors; our flag has found
Judgment in both hemispheres and the
Pacific ocean has been converted into
an American lake; our foreign and do
nestle trade has been enormously in
creased: prosperity has come to all
the people, to the toiler as well as to
the business man, and the march of
our great increase is the wonder of
the world.
During these abundant and glorious
years. the president has ever beer the
same gentle. modest and unassuming
servant of the people as when he ell
listed as a private in the ranks to do
his humble part to preserve the in
tegrity of the nation. His private and
public life have beer without a stain,
and his record as soldier, advocate,
representative of the people and as
chief magistrate is an inspiration to
the young and a model to all mankind.
Not only our united country but the
civilized world stand as mourners at
his bier.
"To his Borrowing widow INT his
grief stricken countrymen his memory
shall be forever fragrant. His rame
shall live forever in the annals of his
tory.
BE it further resolved. That the
national flag be continued at half mast
tomb. and that upon the day set apart
for his funeral our people be invited
to refrain from their usual %avocations
during the hours of his funeral. and
BE it further resolved. That these
resolutions be spread at large upon the
journal of the council
]. w. Stryker asked permission tc
erect a building in the cemetery for the
purpose of storing his lowering de
| VICES Wllie 'Ity are not III use, anu VI
/ notion of Mr.. Tregoning, the matter
was referred to Messrs. Tregoning
Hicks and Jones as a committee to in
vestigate aud report at the next meet
ing of the council.
Dean Cope, on behalf of Bishop
Graves, asked that the taxes on St
Matthew's hall be RENTED. under the
laws of the state, the county taxes on
that roperty having already been re.
mitted.
The matter. the mayor stated, was
out of the hands of the council. The
taxes should be paid and then the coun.
ell asked to refund. The law upon
which the request is made is as fol-
lows:
Chapter 5, house bill No. Q. entitled,
Property Exempt from Taxation" APP
proved February 1. 1901.
Section l. That lands. with the
building thereon, used for schools. or
phan asylums or hospitals. and for