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one third of the actual valuation. The rate of 

 taxation for 1890 was 41-25 cents on each $100. 



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Nearly every county has a debt. 



Settlement. The number of acres of land 

 in Wyoming is 62,645,120. Nearl 

 acres have been surveyed. More" tl three ferr r'1 for 



at Cheyenne, Laramie County; Sundance, in 

 Crook County; Douglas, in Converse County; 

 Buffalo, in Johnson County; Lander, in Fre- 

 mont County ; and Evanstoh, in Uinta County. 

 Territorial Legislative Session. The elev: 

 enth Legislative Assembly of the Territory con- 

 vened at Cheyenne on Jan. 14, and adjourned on 

 March 14. Early in the session a memorial to Con- 

 gress was adopted praying for admission of the 



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tate for the discharge of tin- duti,-, r.-,,uir..|. 

 shall not disqualify. Other acts of the session 

 were as follow : 



To prevent and punish fraud upon miners by mine 

 owners, lessees, operators, or agent*, in weighing the 



Providing that the next regular session of the Leg- 

 islature shall convene on the second Tue.*day 

 ary, 1891, and that succeeding sessions shall be held 

 every second year thereafter. 



Territory to the Union under the Constitution of To prohibit'the selling^iving, or furnishing of to- 

 bacco in any form to minors. 



Repealing the law imposing a tax for the rtock in- 

 demnity, fund. 



To permit the purchase, lease, sale, and aiding of 

 railroads by each other, and to rati y prior ile and 

 consolidations. 



To provide for the incorporation of mutual building 

 and loan, or building, loan, and trust associations. 



Requiring fire-insurance agents to pi\y to t 

 or town where property insured by them is situated, 

 if such city or town supports a fire* department, a tax 

 or rate of 1 per cent, on all premiums received |,y 

 them upon property in such city or town, such sum 

 to be used for the support and b'enefit of the fire de- 

 partment. . 



Empowering county commissioners to offer a bountv 

 of not over flO an acre to even- pnon who shall 

 plant one or more acres of land with forest trees and 

 properly cultivate then? for five years. 



To create the county of "Weston out of a portion of 

 Crook County. 



To provide for the creation of Big Horn County out 

 of portions of Johnson and Fre'mont Count 



To regulate voluntary assignments for the benefit 

 of creditors. 



Revising and codifying the criminal law. 



To provide rules for leasing the university lands in 

 the Territory. 



Eevising and amending the road laws. 



Railroads. The Union Pacific Railway ex- 

 tends across the southern portion, the Oregon 

 Short Line across the northwest : the Denver Pa- 

 cific and the Colorado Central come in a: 

 enne ; the Laramie, North Park and Pacific 

 comes in at Laramie from the south to tin* I'lii'mi 

 Pacific ; and the Cheyenne and Northern extends 

 northward from the Union Pacific at Chry-mn*. 

 The Cheyenne and Northern is completed !>"> 

 miles, and the iron is being laid on an i-xten>i'n 

 of nearly 50 miles, which will connect it with the 

 Wyoming Central Railway. The Wyoming Cen- 

 tral (Northwestern) extends from the eastern 

 line of Wyoming westerly throughout the < n- 

 tral portion to Casper, some 1.">0 miles. The 

 Cheyenne and Burlington has about M miles ex- 

 tend ing from Cheyenne east ; and the Burlington 

 and Missouri, through its Wyoming branch, has 

 a line extending into the northeast, in Weston 

 County. There are about 1,000 miles of railroad 

 already constructed. 



The legislation of the session includes an 

 election law that establishes a method of regis- 

 tration for voters and introduces the Australian 

 ballot system. .It is provided that all ballots cast 

 in elections for public officers (except school- 

 district officers) shall be printed at public ex- 

 pense. Nominations of candidates may be 

 made by the convention or primary meeting of 

 any political party, or by petition signed by legal 

 voters, not fewer than 100 when the office is to 

 be filled by electors of the entire Territory, and 

 not fewer than 10 in other cases. Certificates of 

 nomination for candidates to be voted for in a 

 district greater than a single county shall be filed 

 with the Secretary of the Territory ; certificates 

 for county and precinct officers, including mem- 

 bers of the Legislature, shall be filed with the 

 county clerks, and certificates for municipal offi- 

 cers with the municipal clerks. The names of 

 all candidates nominated shall be published 

 prior to the election in the local papers. All 

 ballots shall be of white paper, printed with 

 black ink, and shall contain the name of every 

 candidate duly nominated. The names of candi- 

 dates for each office, with the name of the party 

 to which they belong, shall be arranged under 

 the designation of the office, except that the 

 names of presidential electors, presented in one 

 certificate of nomination, shall be arranged in a 

 separate group. The voter shall retire with his 

 ballot to a booth, and indicate his choice by 

 placing a cross before or after the name of the 

 person to be voted for ; or, if a question is sub- 

 mitted, by marking out such parts of the ballot 

 that the remainder shall express his choice. He 

 may also write in the name of any other person 

 for whom he may wish to vote, and he may take 

 into the booth any unofficial sample ballot to 

 assist him in his choice, but such sample must 

 differ in size and color from the official ballot. 

 The voter shall fold his ballot so as to conceal 

 his choice and so that the official indorsement 

 upon the back shall be seen, and shall deposit it 

 in that condition. Payment of a poll tax shall in 

 no case be necessary to entitle any one to vote. 

 All days on which regular Territorial or county 

 elections are held shall be legal holidays. 



