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including the 81 900 stipulated for
the mayor. The measure was ap-
proved for passage as amended,
Among amendments is one provid-
ing that any officer accepting any
more than the sun of money speci-
fled as the salary of his office shall
be fined not less than 500 nor more
than 81, 900.
House s. the transient merchant
bill by Harris which caused two
hot debates in the committee of the
whole on earlier days of the session,
came up for third reading Monday
but consideration OF 1t was post
poned until the return TO the city OF
it's author. who had been called away
from Cheyenne by urgent business
House 90, the Hasbrouck bill &c
cut the legal rates for public adver
Using sauarely in twain. came out
OF the House committee on Revenue
Monday with a recommendation
that it be indefinitely postponed. Its
author moved that it be recommitted
for amendment and no further
action concerning 1t was taken.
House 81. introduced Monday by
the Education committee. is a safe
ty first measure. 1t commands
that the driver of a school bus shall
stop. look and listen" when his
bus approaches a railway grade eros
sing.
House so. introduced by the Edu-
cation committee, would do away
with the mandate that public school
teachers shall attend county insti-
tutes. The bill authorizes the coun-
ty superintendent Of schools to hold
local meetings of teachers in lieu OF
the county institute.
The Senate Monday approved for
passage Frees memorial to Congress
S. j. NJ. I, requesting that provi-
sion be made for the Casper Alcova
reclamation project.
Senate 16, providing that one.third
OF the income from school lands dur
ing the coming two years shall be
applied to current school expenses,
was before the committee OF the
whole Senate Monday. 1t was laid
over one day without prejudice.
The proposed new banking code
was ready for introduction Tuesday
by the Senate committee on Corpor-
atoms. 1t runs to aboue $1,000
words and when printed Will be a
document of between 65 and 10
pages.
The draft game aud fish bill was
considered by a Joint Game and
Fish Committee Monday night and
probably will. be ready for introduc-
ton Wednesday or Thursday. 1t,
too. will be a very long bill.
There is a rumor, too indefinite
to be traced to its source, that some
body is contemplating introducing
r. bill that export tax of from one
half cent to two cents gallon be
imposed on gasoline produced at
Wyoming refinerles and field plants.
Members selected from the Ways
and Means, Revenue. Buildings and
Institutions and Labor committees
of tho two houses have returned
from unheralded trips OF inspections
TO state institutions and into the
coal and oil fields. They are prlmed
with Information which may be of
value to their colleagues later when
legislation affecting these institu-
tons and Industries comes up for
consideration. One group OF inves-
tlEators arrived at a small Lincoln
county coal mine just as a strike
had been launched. They assumed
the role OF medlators and settled the
strike forthwith.
The joint Ways and Means com
mittee is wrestling valiantly with
the budget. The most difficult
labor of Hercules was n more rou-
tine chore in comparison with the
work before this committee. Among
other little difficulties TO DO over
come is the seeming failure Of the
budget. as submitted. to balance.
A bill requiring that pupils of the
public schools whose parents petit
ton that they be permitted to do
sa shall DO excused from classes
one hour n week, in order that dur
ing that hour they may receive
Sunday school instruction. probably
will be introduced within the next
few days. II It is introduced It may
he depended on to stir up as much
discussion as did the Bible reading
bill Monday.
Tho biggest Legislative" family
Is that of Mike d. Ryan, day watch
mar of tho House. Mr.. Ryan and
his good wife. who reside at Sho-
shoni, arc the parents OF eleven Nv
ing children ranging in age from
eight to thirty pears. The children
arc six girls and five boys. Another
child. a boy. died when six years
old. Two OF the children arc mar.
rled and two grandchildren have
arrived 10 swell the family group,
Mr.. Ryan. who is 81 years, is a
l,tt.ba,- Ia. Vocation