to consist of three members appointed by the governor for a term of three years and was to have charge of the selection of penitentiaries in other States in which convicts should be confined. Wyoming had at the time no suitable prison. This first commission was abolished in 1877, by an act approved December 15, and the board was made to consist of the governor, ex officio, and of two members appointed by him. By an act approved March 10, 1882, the board was again reconstructed and made to consist of three appointed members. It was not continued under the State government. Volume 1 of the The records of the board are now scattered. record of convicts (see board of charities and reform) in the lower vault of the treasurer's office is undoubtedly to be ascribed to the commissioners. In the same vault may be found the correspondence of the board covering the period 1879-1891. No other records were found. 56. COMMISSION OF PHARMACY. An act of the Territorial legislature approved March 11, 1886, created the commissioners of pharmacy. They were three in number, appointed by the governor for three years. It was their duty to examine and register all persons desiring to practise pharmacy in the Territory. The State government continued the commissioners. At present the commission of pharmacy consists of three persons appointed by the governor for a term of six years. In the statutes this body is also called the board of pharmacy and the state board of pharmacy commission. The records of the commission are kept in the office of its secretary, R. A. Hopkins. They consist of: 1. List of licensed pharmacists. 1902 to date, 1 volume. 2. Minutes. 1903 to date, 1 volume. 3. Miscellaneous. Stubs of licenses, expense books. In the lower vault of the office of the secretary of state there is the registration book of the commissioners of pharmacy of the Territory of Wyoming. It covers the years 1886-1887. 57. STATE COMMISSION ON PRISON LABOR. By an act approved February 17, 1911, the State commission on prison labor was created. Its duties are performed by the board of charities and reform, with one additional member, the warden of the State penitentiary. It has the direction of the work of the prisoners in the State penitentiary under its control. The records of the commission are kept in the office of the superintendent of public instruction and consist of: 1. Daily labor record at the penitentiary. 1911 to date, 1 volume. 2. Minutes. June 6, 1911, to date, 1 volume. 58. COMMISSION FOR Surveying and Marking THE OLD Oregon Trail AND HIS·TORIC LANdmarks of WYOMING. The commission was created by an act approved February 20, 1913. It consists of three members appointed by the governor. No records seen because of inability to find the secretary. 59. STATE Board of SCHOOL EXAMINERS. By an act approved February 18, 1909, the State board of school examiners was created. It is composed of three members selected by the superintendent of public instruction from the principals of the high schools, county superintendents, and the faculty of the State university. It sets examinations for teachers seeking certificates. No records found. 60. STATE BOARD OF SHEEP COMMISSIONERS. The State board of sheep commissioners consists of three members appointed by the governor for a term of two years. The board has as its chief duty the prevention of infectious and contagious diseases, especially scab, among the sheep of the State. The records of the board are kept in the office of Dr. H. R. Millard, its secretary, in the Plains Building, Cheyenne. They consist of: 1. Record of sheep inspected. The reports of the sheep inspectors. They have been kept since 1911 and are filed, but they are not a part of the permanent records. 2. Record of sheep imported. 1906 to date, 1 volume. 3. Record of bonds issued. 1909 to date, 1 volume. 4. Minutes. January 25, 1906, to date, 1 volume. 5. Record book of circulars and orders. A copy of such records as were found, made up in 1912 and continued since. The first entry, as copied, is dated May 18, 1903. 6. Correspondence. Outgoing correspondence, April, 1899, to August, 1904, 5 letter-copy books. Since the latter date neither outgoing nor incoming correspondence has been preserved. 61. BOARD OF STATE FAIR COMMISSIONERS. By an act approved February 18, 1905, the board of State fair commissioners was created. It consists of five members appointed by the governor for a term of four years. It has control of all State fairs. As the board has no office in Cheyenne, no records were seen. 62. WORLD'S FAIR MANAGERS. By an act approved January 10, 1891, the governor was directed to appoint five men, one of whom was to be the Territorial engineer, to act as managers of the Wyoming exhibit at the World's Fair in Chicago. The usual title of this body was World's Fair commissioners. No records found. E. INSTITUTIONS. Only two of the institutions that may be so called, the State library and the State Historical Society, are located in Cheyenne. No attempt will be made to describe their history, except in the two cases noted. The present list, as found in the current legislature manual reads: University of Wyoming at Laramie, Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Buffalo, Home for the Insane at Evanston, General Hospital at Rock Springs, with branches at Casper and Sheridan, school for defectives at Lander, penitentiary at Rawlins, and fish hatcheries at Laramie and Story. Only the first two above mentioned have their headquarters in the capitol building. 63. WYOMING HISTORICAL SOCIETY. In 1895 the legislature directed the governor to appoint six persons who with the governor, secretary of state, and State librarian as ex officio members should constitute the board of trustees of the Wyoming Historical Society. The society was directed to gather historical material of all kinds, and the custody of this property was given to the State librarian. The society is now inactive and its collections are scattered. Some of the material it collected is on exhibition in the capitol building, some is boxed and to be found in the basement and in the closet off the office of the State geologist, and there is an agricultural exhibition in the Burlington railway station in Cheyenne. The only records of the board of trustees that were found were its minutes from July 30, 1895, to 1899. They are in the custody of the State librarian. 64. STATE LIBRARY. The State library is under the control of the State librarian (see section 20). The library receives an annual income from public lands as does also the so-called miscellaneous library. The collection of newspaper files in the library is excellent. Several of the files of Wyoming papers go back to 1867. Since 1905 there has been an attempt made to keep up the files of the State papers. These papers are for the most part donated to the State historical society, which is, however, in this respect indistinguishable from the library. The collection of law books and State reports is large and said to be well selected. The miscellaneous library, though not so large, is well selected and for general reference purposes good. |