Garland Globe | 1906-07-14 | Page 2 | Big Grist of Laws

BIG GRI8T OF LAWS. Great Amount of Work Accomplished by Lawmakers. Washington. A detailed statement state-ment of tho work of tho houso of representatives rep-resentatives during tho first sosslon of tho fifty-eighth congress Just closed, ns given out by Wlnthrop C. Jones, tally clerk, shows that thero wero 4.501 bills passed by tho houso and SC2 loft undisposed of. Tho "bills" la lncluslvo of bills, elmplo Joint and con current resolutions. Tho total number of lnws enacted by this congress Is given officially as 3,393, whllo the lifty-eighth lifty-eighth congress In both Its first nnd second sessions, enacted a total of 2,-1C0 2,-1C0 laws. These aro exclusive of public pub-lic nnd private resolutions, of which thcro wero fifty-four enacted at the session Just closed nnd thirty-nine In tho two sessions of tho preceding congress.