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in that same month of September, an election for 

 members of the first Territorial Legislature took place. 



That Legislature held a sixty clays' session. Some of 

 its dicta were as follows : 



Gambling was allowed. 



Taxes were placed upon all property, real or per- 

 sonal, excepting only United States and public prop- 

 erty ; and in cases of individuals, exempting clothing 

 and furniture, amounting to one hundred dollars. 



Jails were to be placed in every county. 



And, " last but not least,'' Cheyenne was declared 

 the seat of the territorial government, and an appro- 

 priation was asked foi' with which to build a capitol. 



Surroundings change rapidly in the rush of a new 

 community, and 1870 saw Cheyenne established, 

 strengthened, purified, settled. 



The floating riiF-raff had passed away, leaving a 

 solid, intelligent population of sixteen hundred. 



The city had at that time one public school and two 

 private ones ; the latter containing about sixty pupils. 

 It had five well built and well furnished churches. 

 The orders of Masons, Knights Templar, Odd Fellows, 

 j,nd Good Templars were all represented in Cheyenne 

 at that time. The city had two large banks, three to- 

 bacconists, three hardware houses, two shoe stores, one 

 confectionery, two bakeries, one livery stable, two first- 

 class hotels, many common ones, a daily newspaper, 

 two weeklies, a well organized fire department, and 

 "an acqueduct, nearly completed, for bringing water 

 from a source seven miles away into the city." 



Cheyenne was now well governed, orderly, at peace, 

 and only three years old. 



