of this vexed question, and opening of the northern and all other parts of our Territory to settlement and use. Approved, December 4, 1875. JOINT RESOLUTION. Be it Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Terri tory of Wyoming: disposition of rials asked of That the Secretary of the Territory be, and is hereby requested Information to inform this legislature what, if any, records or papers are in concerning his office showing the disposition of memorials to Congress, passed former memoat former sessions of the Legislature of Wyoming, and what dis- Secretary. position has been made of said memorials, if shown by any records or papers in his said office. Approved, December 11, 1875. JOINT RESOLUTION. Be it Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: and distribu That six hundred copies of the election laws, together with the Publication school laws and assessment laws of this Territory be printed in one tion of elec volume in pamphlet form, and that the secretary of the Territory tion laws. shall, as soon as printed, send to the clerk of each county now organized, one hundred copies of the same for issuing to the judges of elections and school district officers, and the other one hundred to be deposited with the Territorial librarian. Approved, December 7, 1875. JOINT RESOLUTION. Be it Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: au thorized to S. for $1698.51. That the auditor of the Territory is hereby authorized and Auditor required to draw his warrant upon the Territorial treasurer for draw warrant the sum of sixteen hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty-one in favor of U. cents ($1,698.51), in favor of the United States, on account of keeping Territorial prisoners in the penitentiary at Laramie City, prior to the 30th day of September, 1875, and that said sum be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Territorial treasury, and the treasurer is hereby required to pay said warrant out Treasurer reof any money in the Territorial treasury not otherwise appro- same. priated. Approved. December 10, 1875. quired to pay Downey, set JOINT RESOLUTION, In Reference to the Treasury. Be it Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming : Stephen W. That the accounts of Stephen W. Downey, Treasurer of Wyotlement of his ming Territory, are hereby settled and approved, and the waraccounts as rants paid by the said treasurer are hereby ordered canceled, Treasurer. and the proper entries made in the books of the treasurer by the chief clerk of the House of Representatives. Territorial Approved, December 11, 1875. Employment of Fred A. JOINT RESOLUTION. Be it Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: That Fred. A. Sackett be, and is hereby employed to report the Sackett as re- proceedings of both Houses of the present Legislative Assembly, porter of pro- for the remainder of the session, for the sum of one hundred and ceedings of Legislature. fifty dollars ($150), as per his proposal on file. Approved, December 11, 1875. Wind River Valley, its repopulation. JOINT MEMORIAL. To the Honorable Z. Chandler, Secretary of the Interior, Washington, Your memorialists, the Legislative Assembly of the Territory Sources and of Wyoming, respectfully represent, that the Wind River valley and the valleys adjacent thereto, in Sweetwater county, comprises one of the best sections of agricultural lands in the Territory of Wyoming; that there are now in said valleys about four hundred actual settlers on the public lands of the United States, and the Justice to set- population rapidly increasing by immigration; that no portion of ters, requires the moneys appropriated by Congress for the survey of public lands in Wyoming has been expended in this part of Wyoming: and your memorialists believe that justice to the settlers requires this to be done. survey of Praying that Surveyor-gen cral be survey por Therefore, your memorialists respectfully pray that the surveyor So general of the land district of Wyoming, be instructed by your structed to Honor to survey a portion of said valleys during the coming sumtion of said mer, and that the same be properly sub-divided and opened to valleys. pre-emption and homestead, and, as in duty bound, your memorialists will ever pray. Approved, December 11, 1875. PROCLAMATIONS. PROCLAMATION. By J. A: Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming. TO THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING : By virtue of authority vested in me as Governor of the Territory of Wyoming, I hereby declare and announce that a term of the district court of the third judicial district of Wyoming, will be held at South Pass City, in said Territory, on Wednesday, the twenty-second day of September, 1869. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the Territory to be affixed. Done at the City of Cheyenne, this fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of [L. S.] the independence of the United States, the ninety-fourth. J. A. CAMPBELL. By the Governor : EDWARD M. LEE, Secretary of the Territory. PROCLAMATION. By J. A. Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming. TO THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING : By virtue of the authority vested in me, I, J. A. Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming, hereby announce and direct that the first session of the first legislative assembly of the Territory of Wyoming, shall be held in the City of Cheyenne, in said Territory, commencing on Tuesday, the twelfth day of October, A. D., 1869. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the Territoay to be affixed. Done at the City of Cheyenne, this twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixtynine, and of the independence of the United States, the ninetyfourth. [L. S.] By the Governor : EDWARD M. LEE, J. A. CAMPBELL. Secretary of the Territory. PROCLAMATION. By J. A. Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming: TO THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING : WHEREAS, The President of the United States has designated Thursday, the eighteenth day of November, 1869, as a day of thanksgiving and praise: Now, therefore, I, J. A. Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming, do recommend that on that day all secular pursuits be suspended throughout the whole extent of the Territory; and that our people assemble together at their places of public worship, or in the privacy of their own homes, and render thanks to Almighty God, the giver of all good, for the many blessings vouchsafed to us as a people. In the year which is drawing to a close, we have been free from war, pestilence and famine. Although we are the pioneers of a future State, we are mercifully spared from the troubles and dangers which have beset the paths of former pioneers. The labor of the husbandman, the miner and the herdsman have met with their due reward, not alone in what they have reaped, but also in rich promise for the future. Life, liberty and property are secured by laws which are faithfully enforced. For all these blessings to us as a people, and for the manifold mercies which have been experienced by each of us individually, it is meet and proper that we render humble and heartfelt thanks to Him from whom all good things come. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the Territory to be affixed. Done at the city of Cheyenne, this eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundredand sixty-nine, and [L. s.] of the independence of the United States, the ninety-fourth. By the Governor: J. A. CAMPBELL. EDWARD M. LEE, Secretary of the Territory. PROCLAMATION. By J. A. Campbell, Governor of the Territory of Wyoming. TO THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING : In compliance with the provisions of the act organizing the Territory of Wyoming, an election will be held in said Territory on Thursday, the 2nd day of September, A. D., 1869, for the election of a Delegate to the house of Representatives of the forty-first Congress, and for nine members of the Council and thirteen members of the House of Representatives of the first Territorial Legislature. The following election districts are established: FOR DELEGATE: The whole Territory of Wyoming. COUNCIL DISTRICTS: The county of Laramie will constitute the first council district, and will elect three members of the council. The counties of Albany and Carbon will constitute the second council dis trict, and will elect three members of the council. The county of Carter and that portion of the Territory which was detached from the Territories of Utah and Idaho, will constitute the third council district, and will elect three members of the council. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS: The Territory at large will elect one member of the House of Representatives. The county of Laramie will elect four members of the House of Representatives. The county of Albany will elect three members of the House of Repre sentatives. The county of Carbon will elect one member of the House of Representatives. The county of Carter will elect three members of the House of Representatives. That portion of Wyoming detached from the Territories of Utah and Idaho will elect one member of the House of Representatives. The following places are designated as election precincts: Pine Bluffs, Cheyenne, Fort Laramie, Fort Fetterman, Sherman, Laramie City, Wyoming, Percy, Cinnabar City, Rock Creek, Medicine Bow, Carbon, St. Mary, Rawlins, Fort Fred Steele, Separation, Creston, Washakie, Red Desert, Bitter Creek, South Pass City, Atlantic City, Miners' Delight, Austin's House on Big Popo-Agie River, Hallsville, Point of Rocks, Rock Springs, Green River, Bryan, Granger, Church Buttes, Carter, Fort Bridger, Piedmont, Aspen. The act of Congress organizing the Territory of Wyoming, approved July 25th, A. D., 1868, provides that "Every male citizen of the United States, above the age of twenty-one years, and [including] persons who shall have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, who shall have been residents of the said Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first and all subsequent elections in the Territory, and shall be eligible to any office in the Territory." Three judges of election in each precinct will be appointed by the Governor. The judges shall choose two persons having similar qualifications with themselves to act as clerks of the election. The judges of election will designate the house in each precinct at which the polls will be opened, and shall give written notice thereof, at least six days prior to the election. Previous to votes being taken, the judges and the clerks of the election, shall severally take an oath in the following form, to wit: "I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will perform the duties of judge of election (or clerk, as the case may be) according to law and the best of my ability; that I will studiously endeavor to prevent fraud, deceit and abuse in conducting the same." In case there shall be no judge of a court, or justice of the peace, present at the opening of the election, or in case such judge or justice shall be appointed judge or clerk of the election, it shall be lawful for the judges of the election, and they are hereby empowered, to administer the oath to each other and to the clerks of the election; and the person administering oaths shall cause an entry thereof to be made and subscribed by him and prefixed to the poll book. The polls shall be opened at the hour of nine o'clock in the forenoon and continue open until four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, at which |