Wyoming Immigration Board Debate Faces Fiscal Hurdles
The Wyoming House debated a proposed Board of Immigration funded at 10000 dollars with Schnitger backing and Kellogg opposing. After lengthy discussion the committee did not recommend the appropriation, final vote 10 to 10. The session also advanced a revenue revision plan and passed multiple bills on militia and county finances.
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House Bill 58 Relating to Printing Records in Criminal Cases
A legislative committee recommended passage but the bill stalled as the committee arose and the house adjourned without final action. The proposal would govern printing records in criminal cases and affect posttrial disclosures.
Council Proceedings and Bills in Consideration
The council met with full membership and President Beck presiding. Murphy proposed amending irrigation and water rights statutes. House bills 3, 17 and 24 were discussed or passed. 24 cutting interest on public warrants from 8 to 6 percent. Several council files and introductions followed, with debates on salaries, bonds, and voluntary assignments. Approvals and introductions continued in the House, with acts signed by the governor and bills reported favorably on various judicial and wage issues.
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Parliamentary squabbles and Big Horn county split debate
The house faced disputes over enforcing voting rules and a conference on reemdemption of county certificates. Big Horn county formation faced amendments on valuation, with Colonel Pickett and Jesurun trading arguments while several bills advanced to second reading and the insane asylum funding was debated.
City Council Ends Debate on Hebard Election Bill
The council spent most of yesterday in committee of the whole on Hebard's election bill and reported amendments from the standing committee. Council file No. 1 passed with 11 ayes concurring in the house amendment, and the election bill becomes a special order for today.
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Wyoming bachelors taxed to promote matrimony debate
The Macon Georgia Telegraph notes Wyoming may tax every unmarried man, blaming female voters for the plan. The piece questions fairness, asks if any sex should bear a tax, and warns the proposal could deter bachelors from the territory. It mocks the idea as a potential misfire.
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Tecumsens Powder Horn and Trophy of Tecumseh
An old Cincinnati Enquirer report recounts Tecumseh’s powder horn worn by Tecumseh in the Thames campaign. Indian Bill Morris, later called Indian Bills, took the horn, later cut a skin strip from Tecumseh’s back used as a razor, and preserved the relics. Bill’s life began with captivity and ensued as a frontier scout alongside Daniel Boone and Colonel Dick Johnson.
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The Place Hunter's Ways In Washington
A fragment describes office seekers in Washington courting favors from Congress members and correspondents. It notes many seek personal advancement through deception aiming for political appointments, with one man boasting of influence and planning to secure a promised arrangement for his wife. The text hints at manipulation and opportunism among aspirants.
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