WYOMING. 



I iii an res. The balance of cash on hand in the 

 treasury Sept. 80, 1896, was f 108*04.8*. 

 ceived from all sources during the year ending 

 I0.1897.f856.789.96: totaC f859.084*8. 



rsementsdunnu'theyenr 



amounted to f84M87U; cash charged to the 

 Treasurer, f 113.807.88. The bond. 



,,f the State was given as follow-*: Capitol building 

 f l.MMMMi.O |*-r cent. .one tenth in th, >car 1W1 m.d 

 one tenth each year thereafter, mi.-r.-i payable Jan. 

 1: univ.-r.ity. $50.000. 6 per cenU, payable in the 

 tame way ;' Insane AMlum. $30,000, 6 jn-r cent., 

 one tenth in 1918 and one tenth each year 

 after, interest payable Jan. I : public bofldings, 

 fOQjOOO. 6 j- r 'li in HUM and -tie 



then-after, interest payable July 1 : 

 total. f880,000. At th.-.-nd of th. .r the 



counties were charge* 1 with delin|iient taxes 

 amount of f7.95858. 



fr State revenue as made to the 

 several counties by the Hoard of K.|imli/.ation was 

 Albany. f:.n: Horn. fl.- 



051,442.91: < arl-n *:U 



tffcfiO; Fremont, *i.-Ji:>.- 

 878: J-hn-n. * ramie, f5,488,0 



Xatrona. f 1.082.07M..V* : Sheridan. $!.!.' M::::. II : 

 8wetwater. ^ i: finta. ^:i,:.Ol 701.60 : 



Weston. fI.174.2<Ki.?"): t..tal \aluation. $:;'. 

 488J1. The total tax levy w. 77. 



sum of f$4,000 was appropriated for distri- 

 bution among the counties for the payment of 

 bounties on predatory wild animals. 



Banks, The de|KiU of national. State, and 

 private banks at the close of the ti-<-al year amounted 

 to f3.648.838, or a jnrmfntn of aboal $*>". Tin- 

 average reserve of the (tanks was: National. 



ent; State, 59-80 percent.: private. }o-:<i per 

 cent. The aggregH to increased approxi- 



matelv fJWO.(K>0 during the year, while the Joans 

 and discounts remained practically the same as in 

 the previous year. 



Inniiranre. etc. Then- were 42 fire insurance 



; r - . ug tNMfa in kbfl -s^*!--. Insurance 

 written, f6.799.072.45; premiums r-e.-i\.-d. $121,- 

 II. Thirteen life in- 

 surance companies paid during 1896 claims to the 

 amount of f 14.655, and eoll.-.-t.-d premiums to the 

 sum of f 185.50?. Sit a.ss<ssinent life iiiMiram-e 

 companies paid claims to the amount of $ll.<i7'J. 

 Six building and loan associations had 8,096 shares 

 in force. 



Valuations. The re f ort of the State Board of 

 Equalization contained this statement: "The in- 

 crease in the assessed valuation of property in this 

 State is an indication of an actual increase in the 

 value of property in general, and especially is this 

 true in regard to range car The average pr 



\V\oinini:raiiL r 'Strer>in tin- ('liica-" markrt ha- in- 

 creased fnun fai.in in l: 

 HM-n-iiM-d from f 16.MI in lsi:! t.. s-J7.(U in 

 calves frt>m f5.:tl in *ll in IM?. Th.->,- 



figures arc fr common ran^t- cattle, and do not in- 



crade ealea of liight-gi The assessed valu.- 



of live st.K-k has been increased during thi- time in 

 it ion to the increase of other property as 



l.\ this U.ard." d > ,,! 



of the btighteel and ino.-t proiluetixr 



in^' cattle men >in-e the Lain.-. 

 I dnr.it inn. Tli. number of children "f M-IMH 1 



the Slate was reported lit ll.J'iST; t||, 



age lininl" -' schiMilin-;. KHJ-s. ||lii, 



with the population. \\a- r.-port.-d dJ- 



l.and Grants.- The report of the Slate i 

 rails attention to the fact that ..n Bept 80, 1 *'.'!. 

 there were in elT.-i-t l":5 lea-e-. \\ hidi iiumbi-r has 

 -nice Keen increase: n,,t -imply 



imply the inin^of 117 additional leu- 

 the rei>suin>: of the greater part of those in force m 

 1MM. <> v ,r -joo ,,f this numl.er expired in 

 which, with few exceptions. , .\.-d at the 



\aluation. In calling attention to ih< 

 price fixed upon State land, the report Baj B: **1 

 the acts of tin- (i.-neral (io\ernment ^rantine; lands 

 t<. th- ,d also by a pr..\ i-i..n ..f the Slate 



('onslilulion.no lands owned by the Stale cjin In- 

 sold under $10 an acre. This is an i-ffeclual bar- 

 rier to the sale of land-, which probably ran not be 

 removed for many years, if at all. 'Kv.-n if the 

 limit of price was 'reduced to s.">. or even to f 1.25, 

 it is doubtful if sale could be found for Slate lands. 

 for it must be remembered that P 

 eminent at the present time owns ovei 

 acres of public lands in this State subject to entry 

 under its various land nets, and with this amount 

 ol hind at its disposal the (ien.-ral (lovernment will 

 be a competitor of the Stale in disposing of lands 

 for many \ 



Coal. v rhe output of coal in 1897 was 2,668,183 

 tons. The capacity of the coal mines under the 

 supervision of the State Mine Inferior j- i^.r.ro 

 tons per day. indicating an output, if m-.-.J. 



..<MM> Dflf year. 



l.eiri-liilhc session. . \mon.i: the acts passed 

 by the General Assembly are the follow 



Providing for the rebuilding of the Wyoming 

 General Hospital, and makini: available $15,000. 



l-''-r the Ofganisatiail of a Stale militia. 



To encourage the heet-Hiirar in<lu-try. 



To increase the Stale library. 



t the protection of pi me and fish. 

 To rebuild the Hock Spring H.,*pjtal. 

 To encourage the destruction of predatory wild 

 animals. 





