Wyoming Assembly Debates Bills on Railroads and Counties
The Wyoming House debates extending Union Pacific debt relief, funds for Rawlins penitentiary, and new county creation Weston county. Passes include licenses, poll tax, voluntary assignments, and a game protection bill. A conference committee is appointed on revenues and council amendments.
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Council
House
Weston County
Messrs. Schnitger
McCormick and
Atherly
Territorial legislature acts and rival bills amid grafts and hearings
In the morning session the council introduced bills for asylums and incorporation reforms, approved by the governor, and debated a new criminal code. The afternoon covered militia funding, hospital construction at Rock Springs, education and road bills, and a patriotic flag resolution as committees worked on general-file measures and a major appropriation bill.
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Stotts
Council
Liggett
Territorial
Campbell
Supreme Court
Livestock Commission
House Joint Memorial
Congress
Union Pacific
Downey
Wyoming
Union
Messrs. Hunter
Trabing
Rock Springs
Galbraith
Rules Council
Ways and Means
Territorial hospital at Rock Springs authorized
Friday's Daily Han reports the house convened with all members present except Evans. Council file 40 for establishing a territorial hospital at Rock Springs read first. Third readings: Council file 19 granting municipal corporations more powers and Council file 31 amending banking capitalization. Passed.
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Evans
Council
Rock Springs
Banking Association
Laramie County Debates Include Tax on Insurance Fire Dept Fees
The council passed a measure requiring a rate paid by insurance companies to city fire departments. Debates referenced wages and debt collection through continuous attachment on labor. Schnit ger and Hebard voted against the measure.
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Messrs. Schnitger and
Hebard
Laramie County
Council
Fire Department
Unanimous Consent Grants Farm Growth Act Intro
The house, by unanimous consent, introduced House Bill No. 109 to encourage farm product growth. Members presented acts on school laws irrigation banking employe pay at the constitutional convention and a territorial brand register. The body moved to committee on the general file with Mr Adame presiding as the GAME WILL. Council file No. 18 on wild game and needle-worm birds was revisited from prior exam.
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O. Thomas
Council
Messrs. Schnitger
Downey
Kellogg
Sneddon
Mexico
Schnitger
Colonel Pickett
Adams
Committee On Education
House
Burritt
McCormick
van Devanter
Hebard
Mr. Adams
Mr. McCormick
Mr McCormick
Judiciary Committee
John B. Menardi
Messrs. McCormick and Burritt
McGill
Wyoming
Baird
Territory
Capitol
United States Surveyor General
Rex
Mesers
Jesurun
Pickett
Americas
Capitol Commission
Sebnitger
Capitol Building Commission
Treasury
Oder Ahmagman
Territorial Insane Asylum
Burdick
A. V. Quinn
Vinn
Committee of Conference
Adame
Council Proceedings Open With House Bill Readings
The council began routine business with the first reading of several house bills including H B No 75 expanding justice jurisdiction H B No 91 on pleadings in civil actions and H B No 93 repealing a section of law.
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Iitorial Board of Health
Emma Juch’s rise in Italian opera under Thomas and Mapleson
In 1881 Emma Juch, then a rising soprano, sang in London’s Grand Italian Opera under Colonel Mapleson. She debuted as Cherubina in Ferenc and later starred as Violetta in Traviata and Marguerite in Faust while advancing with Theodore Thomas and Steinway. Her career featured arduous work, expert development, and concert leadership in Wagner programs. The piece notes her American origins, early training, and the praise she earned on home tours.
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London
Colonel Mapleson
Breen
Ferced
Thomas’ “Mignon
Violetta
Queen of Night
Martha
Flotow
Marguerite
Robert le Due
F ,N
Disraeli
Theodore Thomas William Steinway
Thomas
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Assembly
Union Pacific Railroad
Hock Springs
Sun
Mr. Evans
Rankin
Rawlins
Council Proceedings
Reel
Murphy
Niobrara
Warren
Rees
David
J. W. Meldrum
Committee On Ways and Means
Anf
Emma Juch
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