- Committee of the Whole
Committee of the Whole
Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
The Wyoming Constitution Convention began September 2, 1889 without the authorization from an enabling act. The articles were individually voted on, creating the final Constitution of Wyoming on September 30, 1889. It was later ratified on November 5, 1889.
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Membership (49 members):
- Melville C. Brown ( Albany County ) Visualize
- William E. Chaplin ( Albany County ) Visualize
- Stephen W. Downey ( Albany County ) Visualize
- George W. Fox ( Albany County ) Visualize
- Mortimer N. Grant ( Albany County ) Visualize
- John W. Hoyt ( Albany County ) Visualize
- John McGill ( Albany County ) Visualize
- Alexander L. Sutherland ( Albany County ) Visualize
- Charles W. Burdick ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- Robert C. Butler ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- James A. Casebeer ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- George Ferris ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- George C. Smith ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- Charles L. Vagner ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- Merris C. Barrow ( Converse County ) Visualize
- Frederick H. Harvey ( Converse County ) Visualize
- William C. Irvine ( Converse County ) Visualize
- DeForest Richards ( Converse County ) Visualize
- Meyer Frank ( Crook County ) Visualize
- Richard H. Scott ( Crook County ) Visualize
- Noyes Baldwin ( Fremont County ) Visualize
- Herman G. Nickerson ( Fremont County ) Visualize
- Douglas A. Preston ( Fremont County ) Visualize
- Charles H. Burritt ( Johnson County ) Visualize
- Henry S. Elliott ( Johnson County ) Visualize
- John M. McCandlish ( Johnson County ) Visualize
- George W. Baxter ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Anthony C. Campbell ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Henry G. Hay ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- John K. Jeffrey ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- James A. Johnston ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Elliot S. N. Morgan ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Caleb P. Organ ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Charles N. Potter ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Thomas R. Reid ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- John A. Riner ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Hubert E. Teschemacher ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Henry A. Coffeen ( Sheridan County ) Visualize
- Asbury B. Conaway ( Sweetwater County ) Visualize
- Mark Hopkins ( Sweetwater County ) Visualize
- Herman F. Menough ( Sweetwater County ) Visualize
- Edward J. Morris ( Sweetwater County ) Visualize
- Louis J. Palmer ( Sweetwater County ) Visualize
- Clarence D. Clark ( Uinta County ) Visualize
- Frank M. Foote ( Uinta County ) Visualize
- Charles W. Holden ( Uinta County ) Visualize
- Johnathan Jones ( Uinta County ) Visualize
- Jesse Knight ( Uinta County ) Visualize
- John L. Russell ( Uinta County ) Visualize
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Sessions (15)
The committee considered the Rules of the Convention and read the article line by line.
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The committee considered the article on Municipal Corporations.
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The committee considered the article on Irrigation and Water Rights as well as substitutions for the article on County Organization.
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4, 16, 2,
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The committee further considered the Rules of the Convention and the substitutions for the article County Organization. The articles on Distribution of Power and Amendments were then taken up.
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The committee considered the article on the Judicial Department.
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The committee considered the article on Suffrage.
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The committee further considered the article on Suffrage. The articles on Livestock, Contracts of Employees, Chinese Labor, and Legislative Department were then taken up.
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3, 75, 5,
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The committee further considered the article on Legislative Department. The articles on Boundaries and Apportionment as well as on the Executive Department were also considered.
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The committee further considered the article on Executive Department. The articles on Militia; Railroads and Telegraph Lines; and the Judicial Department were also taken up.
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The committee considered the articles on Irrigation and Water Rights; Boundaries and Apportionment; and Legislative Department.
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The committee further considered the articles on Boundaries and Apportionment as well as Legislative Department. The articles on Chinese Labor; Police Powers; Railroad and Telegraph Lines; Federal Relations; Boards of Arbitration; Taxation and Revenue; Corporations other than Municipal; and Labor were also considered.
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The Committee further considered the article on Corporations other than Municipal. The article on Taxation and Revenue was taken up.
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The committee further considered the article on Revenue and Taxation. The Preamble was then taken up for consideration.
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4, 118, 1,
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The committee considered the articles on Education; Public Lands and Donations; Coal Mines; Elections; Qualifications to Office; Schedule; and Boards of Arbitration.
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The committee considered the articles on Salaries of Public Officers, Exemptions, and Schedule.
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