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Show j LETTKR rROM WYOMING. I Kennlar CorreiiJOCtliQCo oftbe II er:it J - J ClltYENNE, Nov. lS71. I THE WYOMING LEGISLATUIIE AND THE CHINESE. ! i The subjoined bill was introduced in the hoiiie of representatives to-day by t i colonel C. E. Willson, representative ! j from Carbon county, with the view of ! bringing the subject of Chinese immi- i j gration properly before the assembly : t j A Hill for an Act for the Letter pro- j ti-ction of J Dim if rat tun. ! 1 He it enacted by the council aud , house of representatives of the Terri-1 tory of Wyoming: Sec. I. There shall be located at some convenient point near the Shoshone Sho-shone agency, in the Littlo Wind River Riv-er Valley, in this Territory, at the expense ex-pense of Sweetwater county, a rendezvous rendez-vous for tho collacting and congregating together of all persons of Mongolian, Chinese, or Coolie descent, who may hereafter come into this Territory for tho purpose of settling. Sec. 2. It is is hereby made the duty of the county clerk of the county in which said agency is situate, to prepare pre-pare and keep an abstract of the names of all immigrants who come into this Territory under the provisions of this act; a record of which shall be kept open at all limes for the inspection of tho public, and when inspected, a fee of one dollar shall be paid to the county clerk. Sec. '". lu addition to the duty enforced en-forced under this act upon said county clerk, it shall bo also required of him to collect and receive from every person per-son and corporation, who may hire any of such persons of Mongolian, Coolie or Chinese descent, the sum of live dollars for every such person hired as aforesaid, which said sums so received shall be paid into the treasury of tho proper county for the support of the common schools thereof. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, i EXPECTED REPEAL OP TlTE WOMAN'S SUFFIlAaE ACT. The present session of the assembly has been characterized by great harmony. har-mony. The presiding oflicers of either house are very impartial in their decisions. de-cisions. The repeal of the woman's suffrage act io the house was by a very largo majority. It will undoubtedly receive a majority in the council. Several unimportant bills will be introduced in-troduced during the coming week; and it is thought congress will bo memorialized memor-ialized on the subject of Indian relations rela-tions and postal affairs. The weather is stormy. More anon, Claude. |