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CHAPTER 97.

Rights of action.

RAILROAD EMPLOYES.

AN ACT to Protect Railroad Employes who are Injured while Performing their Duty.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming :

SECTION 1. Any person in the employment of any railroad company in this Territory, who may be killed by any locomotive, car, or other rolling stock, or other property of said company, whether in the performance of his duty or otherwise, his widow or heirs may have the same right of action for damages against such company as if said person so killed were not in the employ of said company; any agreement he may have made, whether verbal or written, to hold such company harmless or free from an action for damages in the event of such killing, shall be null and void, and shall not be admitted as testimony in behalf of said company in any action for damages which may be brought against them; and any person in the employ of said company who may be injured by any locomotive, car, or other rolling stock of said company, or by other property of said company, shall have his action for damages against said company the same as if he were not in the employ of said company, and no agreement to the contrary shall be admitted as testimony in behalf of said company. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved, December 7, 1869.

CHAPTER 98.

RECORDS, FURNITURE, &c.

AN ACT to provide for Records, Furniture and Stationery for the Office of Clerk of the
Supreme Court of Wyoming Territory, and making an appropriation therefor.

Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Ter-
ritory of Wyoming :

of supreme

SECTION 1. That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars Desk for clerk ($150), or as much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same court. is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Territorial treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of providing a desk, a case arranged alphabetically for records and stationery, for the use of the clerk's office of the supreme court of Wyoming Territory; Provided, That the same shall be expended under, and by the direction of at least two of the judges of the supreme court.

SEC. 2. This act shall be in force and take effect from and after In force. its passage.

Approved, December 22, 1873.

CHAPTER 99.

E. L. Pease,

est.

RELIEF.

AN ACT for the Relief of E. L. Pease, Ora Haley, J. E. Gates, G. W. Ritter, I. C. Whipple and F. S. Whitney, Members of the Second and Third Legislative Assemblies of the Territory of Wyoming.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Terri tory of Wyoming :

SECTION. 1. That E. L. Pease be, and he is hereby allowed the 3148 and inter- sum of one hundred and forty-eight dollars and interest from December 1, 1872, for per diem and mileage, in attending at the seat of government of the Territory as one of the members of the second legislative assembly of said Territory, in November 1872, for the purpose of settling with the auditor and treasurer of the Territory, as provided in chapter twenty-three (23) of the laws of said session.

Ora Haley,

terest.

SEC. 2. That Ora Haley be, and is hereby allowed the sum of thirty$32.80 and in two dollars and eighty cents and interest from December 1, 1872, for services rendered and mileage, in attending at the seat of gov ernment at the same time and for the purpose specified in the foregoing section.

J. E. Gates,

terest.

SEC. 3. That J. E. Gates be, and is hereby allowed the sum of 82.80 and in thirty-two dollars and eighty cents and interest from December 1, 1872, for services rendered and mileage, in attending at the seat of government at the same time and for the purpose specified in section one of this act.

G. W. Ritter, $34.50.

I. C. Whipple, $18.

SEC. 4. That G. W. Ritter be, and he is hereby allowed the sum of thirty-four and fifty one-hundredths dollars, for per diem and mileage, in attending at the seat of government of the Territory as one of the members of the third legislative assembly of said Territory, prior to the session of said assembly, for the purpose of settling with the auditor and treasurer of the Territory as provided in chapter twenty-three (23) of the laws of the first legis lative assembly.

SEC. 5. That I. C. Whipple and F. S. Whitney be, and they are hereby allowed the sum of eighteen dollars each, for per diem in F.S.Whitney, attending at the seat of government at the same time and for the purpose specified in section four (4) of this act.

$18.

$310 appropri

SEC. 6. That the sum of three hundred and ten dollars be, and

ated, how paid the same is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Territorial treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the auditor of the Terri

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ritory is hereby required to draw a warrant for each of the persons named in this act, for the amount appropriated each respectively, and the Territorial treasurer is hereby required to pay such warrants out of any funds in said treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from after its In force. passage.

Approved, December 13, 1873.

AN ACT for the Relief of T. J. Carr, Sheriff of Laramie County, and N, K. Boswell, Sheriff of Albany County, in Wyoming Territory.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming :

SECTION 1. That the sum of five hundred forty-six and thirty Relief of T. J. one-hundredths dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated Carr. out of the Territorial treasury in favor of T J. Carr, sheriff of Laramie county, on account of deficiency in the transportation of Charles Stanley and William Taylor, transported to the designated Territorial prison at Detroit, Michigan, in April last, 1871, under the sentence of the district court, within and for said Laramie county, and also in the transportation of Frank Phillips and Herbert F. Nourse to said prison, and Thomas Griffin to the penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa, in August last, under the sentence and order of the aforesaid court.

SEC. 2. That the sum of seven hundred seventy-two and thirty Relief of N. K. one-hundredths dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated Boswell. out of the Territorial treasury in favor of N. K. Boswell, sheriff of Albaay county, on account of deficiency in the transportation of William Vanscoy, Harry Shipman, Littleton Lawrence, Henry Oaks and Hiram Miller, to the designated Territorial prison at Detroit, Michigan, in March, 1871, under the sentence and order of the district court within and for said Albany county.

SEC. 3. That the sum of six hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy cents, be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Territorial treasury in favor of T. J. Carr, sheriff of Laramie county, on account of certificate of indebtedness issued to him for that amount, by the auditor of the Territory, for transportation of prisoners to Detroit, Michigan, under the order of the district court of said county.

thorized.

SEC. 4. The Territorial auditor is hereby authorized and Warrants aurequired to draw warrants on the Territorial treasurer in favor of said T. J. Carr and N. K. Boswell, respectively, for the amounts specified in sections one, two and three of this act, and said treasurer is hereby required to pay the same out of any funds in his hands not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, 16th December, 1871.

AN ACT for the Relief of Albany County.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming:

SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of Albany county, in this Territory, are authorized and shall, at the time of

shall be levied

Five mills levying taxes each year, levy a tax not to exceed five (5) mills on to pay bonds, each dollar of the assessed valuation of property in said county, and said tax so levied, when collected, shall be set apart and used solely in the payment of bonds and interest thereon, as provided in an act of the second Legislative Assembly of said Territory, entitled "An act to authorize the board of county commissioners of the county of Albany to issue bonds for the indebtedness incurred by said board in the erection of a court house."

Shall be paid in lawful money

In force.

SEC. 2. Said tax shall be paid in lawful moneys of the United States, and no county or other warrants shall be received in payment of the same; and said tax, when levied, shall be collected in the same manner as other county taxes, and disbursed in the manner provided in the act mentioned in section one (1) of this act. SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, December 3, 1873.

ter.

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AX ACT for the Relief of John Slaughter, Territorial Librarian.

HEREAS, it appears from the annual message of his ExcelJohn Slaugh lency, Governor J. A Campbell, that John Slaughter, Territorial librarian, did take charge of, and distribute to citizens, the arms belonging to the Territory, as set forth in said message, and whereas, the said John Slaughter has received no compensation for the labor and responsibility of said distribution; therefore, Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming :

SECTION 1. That the auditor of the Territory is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Territorial treasurer, in favor of said John Slaughter, for the sum of fifty (50) dollars, in payment Fifty dollars, in full for said services.

In force.

SEC. 2. That the sum of fifty (50) dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Territorial treasury, not otherwise appropriated, in payment of the moneys mentioned in the first section of this act.

SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, December 5, 1873.

Carbon coun

An ACT for the Relief of the Treasurer of Carbon County.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Ter ritory of Wyoming :

SECTION 1. That the Territorial auditor be, and he is hereby ty treasurer, authorized to settle with the treasurer of the county of Carbon, in the matter of paying over taxes collected for the year 1870,

Hettlement of account.

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