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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:Committee of the Whole
  4. Session: 1889-09-04 10:01:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

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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Session 5509: 1889-09-04 10:01:00

The committee considered the Rules of the Convention and read the article line by line.

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HALL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,

CAPITOL BUILDING, Cheyenne,

Wyo., Sept. 4, 1889.

Mr. President: — Your committee of the whole having had under consideration the report of the committee on rules, beg leave to recommend that said rules be adopted with the following amendments:

Amend Sec. 6. Subdivision by striking out the words “an executive” also add a new committee, to be known as the “committee on the executive department,” said committee to consist of seven members.

Amend Subdivision 6, by striking out the word “five” and inserting the word “seven.”

Amend Subdivision eleven (11) by striking out the word “five” and inserting the word “seven,” by striking out the words “and mining” and by adding the word “agriculture” preceding the word “irrigation.”

Amend Subdivision 12 by striking out the word “agriculture.”

Amend Subdivision 14 by striking out the words “and homestead exemptions.”

Amend Sec. 6 by adding a committee on mines and mining to consist of five members.

GEO. C. SMITH,

Chairman.

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