appropriated, to compensate Mary Mahan for completing the Minutes as Minute Clerk of the Seventeenth State Legislature, subsequent to adjournment.

Compensation of Nell Moerke.

Section 35. The sum of $50.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to compensate Nell Moerke for extra stenographic services rendered the Seventeenth State Legislature.

Compensation of E. W. Wright.

Section 36. The sum of $10.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to compensate E. W. Wright for extra janitor service rendered the Seventeenth State Legislature, subsequent to adjournment.

Section 37. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, except as noted, March 3, 1923.

Resolutions and Memorials

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1.

RECOMMENDING FRANK W. MONDELL TO SUCCEED ALBERT

B. FALL AS SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of Wyoming, the Senate concurring:

WHEREAS, It has been officially announced that the present Secretary of the Interior, the Honorable Albert B. Fall, will retire from said office March 4th, 1923, and

WHEREAS, It is the sense of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of the State of Wyoming that Honorable Frank W. Mondell, in ability, and by his experience, training and industry is peculiarly fitted to assume the responsibilities and to discharge the duties of that important position.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That this Legislative Assembly recommends Mr. Mondell to the President as a worthy successor to Mr. Fall; and respectfully requests his appointment as Secretary of the Interior.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be authorized to transmit this Resolution to the President of the United States by telegraph.

Approved January 17, 1923.

SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 2.

MEMORIALIZING Congress and the Secretary of the Interior to Expedite the Construction of the Guernsey, Wyoming Storage and Power Dam.

BE IT RESOLVED, By the Senate of the State of Wyoming, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Congress of United States and the Secretary of the Interior be memorialized as follows:

WHEREAS, An appropriation amounting to one million four hundred twenty thousand dollars, ($1,420,000.00), has been made by the Congress of United States for the carrying on of the work on the North Platte Project in Wyoming and Nebraska, with allotments to be made by the Reclamation Service for the various works of this project of which the Guernsey Wyoming Storage and Power Dam is a part; and

WHEREAS, This dam is deemed an important feature as a means of water storage and power which will greatly enhance development of the State of Wyoming, furnish water for the further irrigation within Wyoming, and power to develop its natural resources; and

WHEREAS, It is understood that an allotment of but five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), has been made for the fiscal year from said appropriation for this unit and it has been understood that assurances have heretofore been given that construction of said dam would proceed under said appropriation during the present year.

Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That in justice to the State of Wyoming, a reasonable amount of this appropriation for the fiscal year be alloted to the Guernsey Dam and made available for immediate use in the matter of actual construction work; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Seventeenth Legislature of the State of Wyoming, the House of Representatives concurring, do hereby strongly urge that such allotment be made with a view of active construction of the said Guernsey Dam be commenced without further delay and that a copy of these resolutions be submitted to the Interior Department of the United States, to the United States Reclamation Service, to Senator F. E. Warren and to Senator John B. Kendrick and to the Hon. Frank W. Mondell.

Approved February 6, 1923.

SENTATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 1.

MEMORIALIZING Congress to Liberalize Repayment Requirements Under the Federal Reclamation Act.

WHEREAS, It appears conclusively that a considerable majority of unit holders on the Shoshone and North Platte United States Reclamation Projects in Wyoming are now and will continue to be unable to meet present statutory requirements for repayment of project costs, and

WHEREAS, Due largely to adverse agricultural and economic conditions, a majority of unit holders on these Wyoming projects are unavoidably delinquent in relation to payment of current operation and maintenance charges, and

WHEREAS, The Federal Reclamation Act and Acts amendatory thereof impose penalties ranging from six to twelve per centum per annum on such delinquent construction and operation and maintenance cost payments, and

WHEREAS, By reason of conditions herein set forth large numbers of unit holders have been obliged to dispose of their equities at great loss to themselves, and, unless substantial and immediate relief is afforded, an increasing number of unit holders on these Wyoming projects must inevitably be forced in the future to sacrifice the fruit of substantial investments and many years of hard labor, and

WHEREAS, The entire scheme or policy of federal reclamation will be greatly advanced by proper treatment of unit holders already on federal reclamation project lands, now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the Senate of the State of Wyoming, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Congress of the United States be memorialized to enact legislation the purpose of which shall be:

(a) To provide additional time for the repayment of construction and operation and maintenance charges to the United States.

(b) For the withdrawing of public land notices announcing the dates and time for the commencement of payment of construction and operation and maintenance charges on reclamation projects; crediting construction charges already paid to delinquent operation and maintenance charges; reducing the penalty for delinquent repayments from twelve to six per cent per annum; providing that no public notices be reissued until the Secretary

of the Interior by a commission determined through investigations held on the projects the financial and economic conditions of the farmers on said projects together with the physical condition of the farm units and recommends the date on which public notice shall be issued.

(c) That the time of repayment of construction charges as provided for in the Reclamation Extension Act be extended to not less than forty years, that lands be classified as to producing value and that the period of repayment be graduated and based upon said classification.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Memorial be sent to Senator Francis E. Warren, Senator John B. Kendrick and Honorable Frank W. Mondell, Representative in Congress for the State of Wyoming.

Approved February 8, 1923.

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 5.

MEMORIALIZING Congress to Hasten the Enactment of the Rural Credits Act and Amend the Farm Loan Act.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives of the State of Wyoming, the Senate concurring that the Congress of the United States be memorialized as follows:

WHEREAS, There is a request from farmers and stockmen of Wyoming for a more adequate system of short time credits and an increase of the Federal Farm Loan limit among the farmers and stockmen of Wyoming, and

WHEREAS, Such adequate short time credits and an increase loan limit of the Federal Farm Loan Act would be of immense value to the farmers and stockmen of Wyoming,

Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Congress of the United States is hereby urged to secure the passage of laws providing adequate rural credits by providing short term credits and by increasing the loan limit of the Federal Farm Loan Act from ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars to twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars.

RESOLVED, That a certified copy of this Joint Memorial be forwarded at once to our United States Senators, Francis E. Warren and John B. Kendrick and our Representative in Congress, Frank W. Mondell.

Approved February 12, 1923.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Referring to the Exploitation of the Natural Resources of the State of Wyoming.

BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives, Seventeenth Wyoming Legislature, the Senate concurring:

WHEREAS, There are within the borders of the State of Wyoming vast stores of natural resources, unexceeded in value and quantity by those of any other State in the Union, and

WHEREAS, Only a small proportion of these resources having been developed, the people of Wyoming confidently depend upon future development for the upbuilding of the State, the growth of its population and the expansion of its industry, and

WHEREAS, There has been, and is, a pronounced tendency on the part of powerful corporations, engaged in the development of the resources of Wyoming, to exploit this natural wealth for the benefit of other states and of communities beyond the borders of Wyoming by removing the natural products of the state elsewhere for manufacture, and by maintaining headquarters outside of Wyoming, and,

WHEREAS, If the iron ore, petroleum, natural gas and other natural resources found in this state were smelted, refined and manufactured within the State, opportunities for profitable employment and for the building of prosperous homes by all classes of the population would be vastly increased, taxes would be made less burdensome, the means of education and culture for all our people greatly expanded and a healthy impetus given to the growth of our cities and towns, and

WHEREAS, This Legislature views with much concern the possible continuance of a system of exploitation for the benefit of other states whereby the State of Wyoming is deprived of its commensurate share of the benefit of the development of its natural resources;

That it is the sense of the Seventeenth Wyoming Legislature that all persons, eorporations and associations engaged in the development of the natural resources of Wyoming should, in proper recognition of the benefits they derive from the natural wealth of Wyoming, maintain their headquarters in this state and co-operate with the citizens and officials of this State in working for the industrial and economic growth of the state by the establishment of manufactories within the borders of Wyoming.

Approved February 20, 1923.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8.

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend Section 3 of Article XV of the Constitution of Wyoming which relates to the taxation of Mines, providing for the manner of taxing and for a Severence Tax.

BE IT RESOLVED, By the Legislature of the State of Wyoming, two-thirds of all members of each of the Houses voting separately, concurring:

That the following amendment of Section 3 of Article XV, of the Constitution of the State of Wyoming, relating to the Taxation of Mines, be submitted to the electors of the State of Wyoming, at the next general election to be held in said State, as an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Wyoming, and which if ratified by a majority of said electors, shall become a part of the Constitution of said State, and shall take the place of Section 3 of Article XV, and be known as Section 3, Article XV thereof:

Article XV, Section 3. All Mines and mining claims from which gold, silver, and other precious metals, copper, iron ore, soda, saline, coal, petroleum, and other crude and mineral oil, and natural gas, or other valuable deposit is, or may be produced, shall be taxed in addition to the surface improvements, and in lieu of taxes on the lands, on the gross output in proportion to the actual value thereof, as may be prescribed by law. Provided