, 1901-01-30
THE LEGISLATURE
BOTH BRANCHES PUT IN A HARD
DAYS WORK YEsTER-
DAY..
Several New Bills Introduced in the
House-Grazing Bill Defeated in
Committee Of the WhoIe-SeveraI
Bills Of Interest to Lawyers Re.
ceived FavoabIe Consideration.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 29.-(Special.,
The senate today devoted most of it.
time to work in committee of the
whole. The bills recommended fol
passage were the following named:
S. F. No. 2, by Mr.. Nichols, q bill fol
an act to repeal sections 1888 and 2534
of the revised statutes, realting to the
organization of mining districts ant
the filing of copies of the laws and pro
ceedings of mining districts.
S. F. No. 4, by Mr.. Nichols, a bill tc
repeal section 1857 of the revised stat
utes, relating to the regulating by min
ing districts of the amount of assess
ment work that may be done upon plac
er mining claims.
S. F. No. 3, by Mr.. Nichols, a bill tc
amend and re-enact sections 1858, 255t
and 1853 Of the revised statutes, in re
gard to the location certificates of plac
err claims and the filing of afidavits Of
assessment work was considered and
amended.
The substitute for S. F. No. s, a bill
authorizing the state .oard of land
commissioners in certain cases TO re
serve cases to the district courts of The
state.
The bill which originated in the
house and which provides for exemp
ton from taxation certain property
owned and used by benevolent socie.
ties.
s. F. No. 81, BY Mr.. Guernsey, a bill
for an act for Interpretation of birds.
The House.
In the house the following new bills
were introduced and referred to com
mittees:
II. B. Nc. 81, BIZ Mr.. Roberts, a bill
authorizing boards of county commits.
toner's to refund the bonds of the coun.
ty which have matured or may hereaf.
ter mature, providing the denomina-
ton Of such refunding bonds specify
Tdte VI interest,", etc.
-H-RLNa-ac. by M rIatt, a bill to
amend and re-enact section 1897 of the
revised statutes relating to the powers
and duties Of county commissioners.
H. B. No. SO, by Mr.. Breckons, a bill
TO amend and re-enact section 93S of
the revised statutes of Wyoming relat-
ing to the chief clerk and other assist.
ants of the said land board.
H. B. No. "a, by Mr.. Dinwiddie. a
bill for the protection of certain game
birds.
H. B. No. 95, by Mr.. Reid (by re-
quest), a bill regulating the relations of
master and servant, etc.
II. B. No. 4 (r~eintroduced) by Mr..
Butler, a bill in relation to foreign in.
surance companies and the mode of OBJ
tanning service upon them, etc.
In committee of the whole the house
considered a number of bills. The
first was H. B. No. As, by Mr.. Fourt.
On the request of Mr.. Creswell the
chief clerk proceeded to read the bill.
The bill provides that the term for
which c%onvicts may be sentenced to
the penitentiary shall be largely gov,
erned by their own conduct. The sen.
tence shall be a maximum sentence,
but under the rules, if the convict
shows himself worthy of itc hapeft III
sentence may be reduced to a mini
mum sentence. The bill further pro
vides that in certain contingencies the
convict may be paroled by the cover
nor, but if while on parole the convict
commits assaults or does other repre-
hensible overt acts, then he shall be re
turned to the penitentiary and he viii