VAN WYCK. i;op,i:i;-. 



for sale any adulterated rinegar. and rv<junvs 

 manufacturers to mark upon each barrvl or |wuk- 

 age the standard strength <>f the -..i 



A new fish and game law provides for county 

 wardens. Some chances were made in tin- closed 

 season*, and after much controversy in each house 

 tlu- following iiii|MirtMiit section was added to the 

 hill: -It shall he unlawful for ant JTI-MMI r per- 

 sons, at any time, to ship -r .an- t-- I..- *hipp d. 

 carried, or "transported out of the State, any of the 

 animals, binl*. -r lish, or anv iart thereof nu-n- 



l|..|,,-,l II. this;, 



i-i-.Mim.-nt law was made. One provision i*. 

 that in all assignments for the benefit of crei 

 for wages or personal service* of sen 

 or employees of the assignee for services or labor 

 rendered within one rear previous to the assign- 

 mi-lit an- prefer: 



ranch of S'ormal School i^tobees- 



'ied in Heaver or in lnn County. The public- 



school laws were amended in unimportant pnrticu- 



The newspaper libel law was amended and re-en- 



a ' L 



The expenses of the session amounted to $24,055. 



The tax levy for general State purposes was 

 fixed at 4} mills, a reduction of half a mill; the 

 State school tax at tt mills, the county tax for gen- 

 eral purposes at r, mills, and the county school tax 

 may not exceed 4 mills. The amount to be raised 

 for'the years 1807 and 1888 is about $050,000. 



The sum of $15,000 was appropriated for (In- 

 State - Miial celebration, $8,000 for an ex- 

 hibit at the Omaha Exposition, and $2,000 for one 

 -nhville, 



The appropriation to the State University for a 



J-TI.-I ending in June, 1800, was fixed at $73,000; 



that to the Agricultural College at $22.500; to the 



1 for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. $4,5,000; 



and $3.500 was granted to the State Industrial 



1 for purchase of land. 



Other a- 



Setting aside certain lands about Fish lake as a 

 State park. 



Permitting the use of automatic machines in 



' l.v 



For the building of a miners' hospital at Park 



it real estate sold under deed* ,,f 

 trust mav be redeemed within six months 



ling for the weighing of coal at the mine 

 before ft leaves the mine car. where miners are paid 



Making it the duty of employers to provide 

 eats for women and girls employed in stores and 



Ft* the protection of evergreen trees. 



Providini: that no spectator al any indoor : 



of amusement ihail wear any head ware tcndini: to 



obstruct t: any other person. Violation 



of the aet is puni*hable 'by a line of not less than 

 $1 and not more than $10. 



m^: the marriageable age of male* from 

 fourteen to sixteen, and that of females from 

 twelve to fourteen. 



\iding for the compulsory education of .leaf- 

 mute and blind children. 



Prohibiting the Salt ..f intoxicating li.pior with- 

 in ten miles of an Indian reservation, except in in- 

 corporated cilie> and town-. 



- idini; for a complete iv\i*ion of tin- record 

 of marks and brands by the State Audit 



Providing that a sii'it in law or equity m.i 



ited. and ap|- Q too 



.iy the costs, upon hi* oath that such i* 

 MM- ease. 



nil memorials were adopted, aiming them 

 the following : 



Asking Congress for cession to the State of all 

 public lands in it except mineral land-. 



Asking for the opening of Ind; ttons, 



In relation to placing a statue of I5ri^ham VOUIIL: 

 in Washington, and appropriating X'J.">0 for the use 

 of the I'tah Senators in forwarding the project. 



!'"! the relief of citi/ell* who sIllTel-ed f."lll 



Indian depredat ions l>efore becoming citi/en*. 



beraj -rant of the Indu-trial 

 Home property fur educational and other |>urposes. 



l-'or a reserve of the head wa 

 river. 



Permitting the cutting of timber on public lands 

 for local purposes. 



AsUng OOmpenaatkNM for veterans of the P.lack 

 Hawk war. 



A bill providing for an income tax was del'. 

 in the House. Another bill that failed proposed to 

 make silver coin* of the I'nited States ..f whatever 

 denomination full lepil tender in payment of all 

 dm-s and settlement of all transactions, whether 

 public or private. 



The Senate refused to confirm several Humilia- 

 tions sent in by the Governor, because the men 

 appointed were supporter* of the national Repub- 

 lican ticket in INOKnnd not in favor of free coinage 



of silver. The Legislature adopted a resolution to 



submit to the people an amendment to the Consti- 

 tution depriving the (Jovernor of the power to ap- 

 point to office any person whose name ha* been 

 rejected by the Senate for that oflice : but. having 

 that powe'r under present laws, the Governor ap- 

 pointed his nominees after the adjournment of the 

 iMire. 



ml amendments to the Constitution were 

 prop* 



\ \N \M< K ROB1 IIT A M first mayor ,,f the 

 greater citv of N-w York. U.rn in N-w York itv 

 in 1H-V II.- fnthrr was William Van Wyck. a law"- 

 yer, p.liticin, and mend- r of Tammany Hall. 

 who wa* at one tin..- pr.-id.-nt of the Board of Al- 

 dermen. President Andrew Jackson and President 

 Martin Vao Bun-n were cr.nHdential frien 

 William Van Wyck. The j,r | M . family 



in America wax ('nrnrliu* Br*-nt Van Wyck. who 

 emigrated to the Now NYth-rland* in 10.Vi'from the 

 town of Wy.-k. in Holland, and marrn d. in 1660. 

 in Klathush. Ann. daughter of the |j..\-. Johannes 

 Theodonis I'ulhemiis. the fir*t Dutr h Inform min- 

 ister in King* rican Van 



Wycks are descended from this couple. Robert A. 

 Van Wyck is a descendant in the eventh p-m -ra- 

 tion from the founder. The family lias produced 

 many men who have been con*pieuou* in the pro- 

 fession* and in the publi< 

 legislators, congressmen, and S.-nator*. In 

 one of the country's war* there have been Van 

 Wycks amont; its defender^. The mother of Rob- 

 ert" A. Van Wy. - nitliern woman, and sev- 

 eral years of his early life were spent in Virginia. 

 Bended the public *,-||ool*. but left them to p 

 into business. He became a messenger bry. and 

 afterward a clerk. For five year- he worked a- a 

 clerk, and then went back to" school and prepared 



