SEC. 15. The librarian shall be paid quarter yearly, out of the Pay of Libratreasury of the Territory, an annual salary of four hundred dol- rian.

lars.

tion.

SEC. 16. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Appropria Territorial treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, the sum of two hundrod and fifty dollars per annum, to be expended by the librarian in the purchase of books for the library, under the directions of the judges of the supreme court of the Territory, said sum to be paid by the treasurer on the warrant of the auditor, who is hereby authorized to draw said warrant, on the certificate and vouchers of said judges, or a majority of them.

SEC. 17. This act shall take effect and be in force after its passage and approval.

NOTE.-Sections 3, 13, and 15 were amended to read as above by act of Dec. 3, 1873.COMPILERS.]

Preamble.

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the sheriff of

ty shall take

CHAPTER 111.

TERRITORIAL PRISONERS.

AN ACT to provide for the safe keeping and maintenance of Prisoners confined in the Territorial Penitentiary, in the event of the closing of said Penitentiary by the Uni ted States.

WHEREAS, by an act of Congress, approved January_24, 1873, it is provided that the custody and control of certain Territorial penitentaries, then exercised by the United States marshals of the Territories, be transfered to the respective Territories, to be managed and directed by them, subject to certain restrictions or reservations contained in said act, and,

WHEREAS, the provisions of said act of Congress, extends to the penitentiary of the Territory of Wyoming, and,

WHEREAS, no provision has been made by the laws of this Territory for assuming the custody of the penitentiary erected in this Territory, and there being several convicts therein whose term of service has not expired, therefore,

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

SECTION 1. That in the event of the closing up, or abandontiary is closed, ment of the penitentiary of this Territory, located at, or near, Albany coun- Laramie city, in the county of Albany, by the authorities of the charge of the United States, that the sheriff of Albany county shall take charge of all the prisoners therein, whose period of sentence shall not have expired, and secure said prisoners in the common jail of the county of Albany, until they shall be disposed of as hereinafter directed.

prisoners.

Notice shall be given to

SEC. 2. The said sheriff of Albany county shall immediately dispose of give notice to the chief justice and the associate justices of the prisoners. supreme court of this Territory, of the fact of such custody of prisoners, and also give notice to the respective county attorneys, as well as to the several attorneys who defended said prisoners on their trial, to meet at the court house of the county of Albany, on a day to be named in such notice not exceeding ten (10) days from the date thereof, for the purpose of disposing of said prisoners.

Prisoners sh'l

ed to other

SEC. 3. Upon the meeting of the said judges, or any two thereof, be re-sentene- and of such attorneys, should they or any of them see proper to prisons. attend, the said judges shall proceed to re-sentence the said prisoners, either to the jails of the counties in which they were respectively convicted, or to such other prisons as may be provided by the governor of this Territory for that purpose, for and dur

ing the unexpired term of their respective imprisonment, and the services herein provided for, in said transfer, as well as for expenses in the transportation and maintenance of prisoners, shall be paid out of any moneys in the Territorial treasury, not otherwise appropriated, at the rates now provided by law for similar

services.

tenced to jail

SEC. 4. From and after the abandonment by the United States of Prisoner sensaid penitentiary, all persons convicted in the criminal courts of this or other prisTerritory, and sentenced to imprisonment, shall be committed to on. the jails of the respective counties, or to such other places of confinement as shall be provided by the governor for that purpose.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force as soon as In force. the United States authorities shall abandon, or give notice of an intention to abandon, the care and control of said penitentiary. Approved, December 13, 1873.

AN ACT Providing for the Keeping of Territorial Prisoners, and Other Purposes.

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

gate cost of transporting

SECTION 1. That the governor of the Territory of Wyoming, commission together with Herman Haas, James France and W. II. Holliday, to examine are hereby constituted a commission to examine into the condition and investi and affairs of the Territorial penitentiary at Laramie City, Albany keeping and county, and to investigate the relative cost of keeping and trans- prisoners. porting prisoners, in and to said penitentiary, and other penitentiaries and prisons beyond the limits of the Territory, and the said commission is hereby authorized and empowered to determine To determine where the Territorial prisoners shall be confined, and to make all where prison. contracts between the Territory and the authorities of such prison, confined. either in, or out of, the Territory; Provided, The prison designated Proviso. shall be the one in which the prisoners can be confined at the least expense to the Territory. That the penitentiary or prisons so designated by said commission are hereby declared to be Territorial penitentiaries.

ers shall

prisons.

be

SEC. 2. In the event of its appearing to said commission, that Commission the interests of the Territory would be subserved by the prisoners may remove now remaining in the Territorial penitentiary at Laramie, whose oners to other term of imprisonment exceeds two years, may be removed to such other prison as said commission may designate, to serve out the unexpired term of their sentence; in such cases the commission shall notify the warden of the penitentiary at Laramie City afore- Warden of said, and the sheriffs of the counties from which such prisoners to be notified. were sentenced, of their determination to remove said prisoners, and of the place to which they are to be removed. It shall be the Duty of wardduty of the warden to turn such prisoners over to such sheriffs, en. who shall confine such prisoners in the jail of the county until the next term of the district court, at which time they shall convey

penitentiary

such prisoners into court, and it is hereby made the duty of said Duty of court. court to re-sentence such prisoners, and order that they be confined in the place so designated during the unexpired term covered by their original sentence.

shall notify

Commission SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of said commission to notify judges of the the judges of the several courts of the Territory, of the name of prisons de- and location of the prisons, by them designated as Territorial prisons, and it shall be the duty of the judges of the several courts, thereafter, to sentence convicts to imprisonment in the prisons so designated.

several courts

signated.

commission

paid.

Expenses of SEC. 4. That all indebtedness incurred by said commission in and compen- carrying out the provisions of this act, together with a compensasation for ser- tion to said commission for their services, not exceeding five dolvices, how lars per day each, for the time actually employed, together with necessary traveling expenses of each, shall be paid out of the Territorial treasury, upon a certificate of the chairman of the board of commission, stating the items of such indebtedness, expenses and compensation, and that the same is just, and according to the provisions of this act; and upon the presentation of such certificate to the auditor of the Territory, he shall issue his warrant or warrants to the party or parties to whom such money is due and Appropriat'n. payable, and the treasurer shall pay such warrants out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated.

shall report to

Commission SEC. 5. That said commission shall report its proceedings under next legisla- this act, to the next legislative assembly of the Territory of tive assembly. Wyoming.

In force.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, December 11, 1875.

CHAPTER 112.

TERRITORIAL SEAL.

AN ACT Adopting a Territorial Seal.

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

SECTION 1. That the seal of the Territory of Wyoming shall Description of be of the following design, namely: A norman shield, on the seal. upper half of which is emblazoned a mountain scene, with a railroad train, the sun appearing above the horizon, the figures "1868" below the middle point of the top of the shield. On the first quarter below, on a white ground, a plow, a pick, a shovel, and a shepherd's crook; on the next quarter, namely: the lower point of the shield, on a red ground, an arm upholding a drawn sword; the shield to be surmounted by the inscription, "Cedant arma toga," and the entire design surrounded by the words, "Territory of Wyoming, great seal.”

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

Approved, December 9th, 1869.