, 1925-01-24
CRIMINALS ON
6TAND WOULD
HELD LIABLE
Conservation Leg
islahon Taken Up
In Conference.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan.
defendant in a
terminal trial who goes on
1.-The witness stand and "lies
his head off" with immunity
from punishment for per-
j,h-y will cease to be IN Wyoming if
House SO. introduced by the Judici-
Iary committee upon the recon-
/ mendation of tho State Bar associa-
.sion and tlpe district judges of the
sfste, Is enacted. 1t proceeded to-
| ward enactment Friday when 1t was
recommended by the committee of
| tho whole House for passage and h
4 committees recommendation was
| adopted by the House. The bill would
repeal the Wyoming law which per
mits the defendant to q criminal
charge to give testimony without be
NE sworn.
The intricate subject OF game and
Gah protective legislation which shall!
be satisfactory TO various interested
parties. including professional guides
and enortsmen, was taken up Fri
duv night at a meeting Of the Joint
senate-houso game and fish commit
tee. State Game and Fish Commits
sioner Frank Smith. officers Of the
wyoming State Game Protective as
ISOLATION and others. Preparation OF
~ game and fish bill for considera'
fion BY the legislature will take cog
nlzance Of Ideas brought out at the
meeting.
House 81. introduced Friday by
Ramsey Of Sweetwater. is an inter
e1lg meature designed for the pro
~tion of free labor from competi-
uon VITA prison labor. IT directs'that
wyoming prison labor shall be di-
rected as far as is possible to the pro
duction Of things needed by the state
in It's own penal or eleemosynary IN
afltutions or In such institutions Of
other states. The exchange Of Wyo-
ming prison.made things for prison
made things produced in other states
is authorized and directed. The bill
nroidez. further. that no prison-made
products shall be brought into com
petition with the products Of any
free Industries that are now or may
&c established In the state OF Wyo'
ming"
The committee OF the whole house
went " round and round with
House 8, the Harris transient mer
chant bill, again Friday afternoon.
The measure. which repeats the pres
emit laws exemption OF patent medi
zine peddlers from the license fee
&C 5000 collected from some other
neddlers, had been tho subject of a
lively debate at a preceding sitting OF
Tho committee and had been recon
mltted to sanitary and medical al
ulrs. It came back before the house
trlday with the original recommen-
dntion, do not pass still attach
Ing. In the subsequent debate patent
. medicine peddlers were both con
t&mned and defended o~loquently
heatediy and at length Among those
entering into the discussion of mer
It's and dement's Of the bill were llar-
ne. Rohan, Heyer, Brough, Beck
Waegle. The vote on a motion that
mo measure be recommended do
pass" was a tie. 20 to 20. until Chair
man Grler cast the deciding vote in
favor of the affirmative. Tint saved
the bill temporarily but its future Is
not bright. Similar measures have
been Introduced in nll legislatures
Of the last decade and none Of them
survived.
Tho house Friday afternoon passed
the flrbr bill to reach third reading
without a suspension OF the rules.
n Is house ~, authorizing police jus
tees 10 issue search warrants. The
Notq was a for to none against.
House SO, introduced by the sheri-
dan county delegation. provides a
tax levy TO raise 4 fund for the cree
tloL Of q state industrial school for
s. Tho location OF such an insti-
tuition in Sheridan county was au-
thorlzed by a referendum vote at the
N-ovember election.
Sixteen bills were brought in Fri
Gsy. increasing the total Of tho SEES
son to sOA-55 in tho house and rs
b, the senate.
The banking code to be brought in
next week will be ono Of tho most
Volumlnous ever introduced in n Wy
pming legislature. IT may run to 100
srlnted nlses. II 70 the cost Of print
iHg g. for the ieeisiatuys will be ~
ieeen i4oSsMf saHa,