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SEC. 7. Any commissioned officer may be removed by Removal of the governor on a petition of two-thirds of the members of the company, battalion or regiment to which he may belong.

SEC. 8. Every officer and member of a volunteer company, for any neglect or refusal of duty required by the constitution and by-laws thereof, shall forfeit and pay such sums as may be prescribed by such laws, which may be recovered in civil action before any justice of the peace, as in other actions, upon complaint of any member of said company.

SEC. 9. Whenever three companies, or more, not exceeding five, shall be organized, the commissioned officers of the same may elect a commanding officer, who shall rank as major, and when five or more companies, not to exceed eight, shall be organized, the commissioned officers thereof may elect one lieutenant colonel, who shall have command of the battalion, and when eight companies shall be organized, the commissioned officers of the companies comprising the regi ment thus formed, may elect a colonel to command such reg

iment.

etc.

Regiments,

SEC. 10. A regiment of volunteer militia shall consist of eight companies, and whenever organized by the election of a formation of, colonel, he shall have power to, and may appoint, one adjutant, one quartermaster and one surgeon, each of whom shall rank as captain, and be commissioned by the governor; he may also appoint one sergeant-major, and such officers thus appointed shall constitute his staff.

SEC. 11. The governor shall have power to, and may as commander-in-chief of the militia of this territory, call out any part or all of the volunteer militia, or any of the citizens of the territory who may desire to volunteer for the purpose of repelling invasion, preventing insurrection, suppressing riots, aiding the civil authorities in executing the laws, and to prevent Indian depredations.

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SEC. 12. If at any time, in any county of this territory, Urgent cases the services of the volunteer militia shall be required for any of the purposes mentioned in section eleven of this act, and prompt action is necessary for the protection of the citizens of such county, the senior volunteer officer nearest the local

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ficers' service.

ity shall have the right to call out for active duty a sufficient number of the militia to secure such protection, and shall at the same time give notice of his action to the governor; Provided, That such action shall only apply in cases where time and the urgency of the case shall prevent previous notice to the governor.

SEC. 13. Should no militia officer be present to issue the call provided for in the preceding section, the sheriff of such county shall have power to issue such call, but, the citi zens who may volunteer under said call, and the militia that may assemble, shall have power to elect their commanding officer, if no commissioned officer of the militia be present.

SEC. 14. The commissioned officers of each company, batmissioned of talion, or regiment of volunteer militia, shall hold their offices for two years, unless sooner removed, as herein provided, and the non-commissioned officers and privates of each company, after being members thereof for two years, shall, if they desire, be entitled to and receive a certificate, each, of such membership, from the captain of their company.

SEC. 15. Whenever two regiments of volunteer militia shall be organized in the manner hereinbefore provided, the commissioned officers of such regiments shall have power to and may elect one brigadier general, who'shall be commander of the brigade thus organized, and who may appoint the same number of staff officers, with the same rank, as those of a brigadier general in the army of the United States.

SEC. 16. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved 13th December, 1871.

Empiricism

AN ACT

To Protect the Citizens of Wyoming Territory from Empiricism and to Elevate the Standing of the Medical Profession. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits of said territory, who has not attended two full

courses of instruction and graduated at some chartered school of medicine and surgery, either in the United States of America or some foreign country, or who cannot produce a certificate of qualification from some regularly organized Diploma remelical society and is not a person of good moral character, quired of phyto practice medicine or surgery in any of their departments surgeons. for reward or compensation, or attempt to practice or prescribe medicine or medicines to any person in said territory

of Wyoming.

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SEC. 2. Any person living in the said territory of Wyo- Filing of ming, at the date of the passage of this act and engaged in the practice of medicine or surgery, shall within thirty days thereafter file with the county clerk in the county in which he resides, a copy of his diploma or certificate of qualification, having the following oath administered before any officer competent to administer the same: I,

being duly sworn according to law, declare upon oath that I am the person named in the copy of diploma or certificate hereunto attached, and that the said copy is true and

correct.

[Signed]

Fines and

SEC. 3. Any person who shall practice medicine or surgery, or attempt the same, within the limits of the said ter- penalities. ritory of Wyoming, in violation of any section of this act, shall upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for such offense, and upon conviction for a second violation of this act, shall in addition to the above fine be imprisoned in the county jail of the county in which said offense shall have been committed, for a term not less than ten nor more than thirty days, and in no case wherein this act shall have been violated, shall any person so violating receive any compensation for services rendered: Provided, That nothing in this act shall in any way be construed to apply to any person practicing dentistry or any surgeon in the employ of the United States army.

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

Approved 11th December, 1871.

Sale of goods by sample.

Restriction.

AN ACT

To Regulate the "Sale of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise by Sample in Wyoming Territory.

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

SECTION 1. That no person or persons, company or corporation, being non-resident, shall in person or by employe, traveling or local agent, drummer or salesman, be permitted to vend, sell, barter, -or dispose of any goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property, by sample or otherwise, in this territory, unless at the time of the bargain or sale, all the goods, wares, merchandise and personal property to be delivered under the bargain or sale, are in this territory, without having first obtained an annual license therefor, in the manner provided in chapter eighteen of the laws of the territory, approved December 9th, 1869, and paid therefor to the county clerk the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 2. Any person or persons, employe, traveling or local agent, drummer or saleman, who in violation of this act shall vend, barter, sell or dispose of any goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall forfeit and pay into the county treasury of the county where the violation occurs, the sum of one hundred dollars, for each and every offense, to be collected by civil action or by complaint or indictment.

SEC. 3. All acts, and parts of acts, in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed.

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

Approved 16th December, 1871.

AN ACT

For the Repeal of Chapter Fifty-three of the Laws of the
Territory of Wyoming, Session of 1869, En-
titled, An Act Increasing the Salaries of the
Judges of the Supreme Court.

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

SECTION 1. That chapter fifty-three of the laws of the territory of Wyoming, session of 1869, entitled, an act increasing the salaries of the judges of the supreme court, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

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

Approved 9th December, 1871.

AN ACT

Entitled An Act to Repeal Section Nine of Chapter Eighty,
Laws of Wyoming, 1869.

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

SECTION 1. That section nine of chapter eighty of the session laws of Wyoming, 1869, approved December 9th, 1869, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

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

Approved 14th December, 1871.

AN ACT

To Locate and Establish a Territorial Wagon Road from Wagon roads the Town of Rawlins, Carbon County, to the Snake

River Gold Mining District.

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

SECTION 1. That B. F. Hatch, P. L. Smith, and Wm. M. Masi, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate and establish a territorial wagon road from the town of Rawlins Springs, in the county of Carbon, to the southern boundary line of Wyoming territory, in the direction of the Snake River Gold Mining District, in the territory of Colorado, by the shortest and most practicable route.

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ers.

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