- 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.
The Convention
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Session 5530: 1889-09-05 10:00:00
A list of standing committees was drafted. The drafts of each section of the Constitution were read and referred to the respective committee.
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Lists of Standing Committees
LISTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
No. 1. Preamble and Declaration of Rights — Geo. W. Baxter, S. W. Downey, C. D. Clark, N. Baldwin and Mark Hopkins.
No. 2. Legislative Department — E. S. N. Morgan, W. E. Chaplin, H. S. Elliott, D. A. Preston, R. C. Butler, H. A. Coffeen, De F. Richards, T. H. Moore, M. Hopkins, C. W. Holden.
No. 3. Executive Department — Jesse Knight, John A. Riner, A. L. Sutherland, J. C. Davis, Thomas R. Reid, Charles Vagner, T. H. Moore.
No. 4. Judiciary — A. B. Conaway, C. N. Potter, C. D. Clark, S. W. Downey, A. C. Campbell, D. A. Preston, H. S. Elliott, G.C. Smith, R. H. Scott and F. H. Harvey.
No. 5. Elections, Right of Suffrage and Qualifications to Office — J. K. Jeffrey, John W. Hoyt, H. E. Teschemacher, C. H. Burritt, G. C. Smith, H. A. Coffeen and R. H. Scott.
No. 6. Boundaries and Apportionment—M. C. Barrow, Joseph L. Stotts, J. A. Casebeer, John McGill, John M. McCandlish, H. E. Teschemacher, E. J. Morris, F. M. Foote, N. Baldwin, H. A. Coffeen.
No. 7. Education, Public Buildings, Public Health and Public Morals — John W. Hoyt, C. N. Potter, A. B. Conaway, E. S. N. Morgan and C. D. Clark.
No. 8. Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Rights — J. A. Johnston, C. W. Burdick, W. C. Irvine, A. L. Sutherland, C. W. Holden, N. Baldwin, C. H. Burritt,.
No. 9. Mines and Mining — John L. Russell, C. W. Fox, L. J. Palmer, H. G. Nickerson, C. Vagner.
No. 10. Manufactures, Commerce, Live Stock Interests and Labor — George Ferris, John McGill, T. R. Reed, H. G. Nickerson, C. P. Organ, E. J. Morris, Jonathan Jones.
No. 11. Taxation, Revenue and Public Debts — M. N. Grant, J. C. Davis, DeForrest Richards, H. S. Elliott, H. G. Hay, D. A. Preston, H. E. Menough, Jesse Knight, H. A. Coffeen, Meyer Frank.
No. 12. County, City and Town Organization — C. H. Burritt, Geo. W. Fox, A. C. Campbell, J. A. Riner, Jonathan Jones.
No. 13. Corporations — H. A. Coffeen, C. N. Potter, F. M. Foote, C. W. Burdick, George W. Baxter, S. W. Downey, John L. Russell.
No. 14. Railroads and Telegraph — G. C. Smith, J. A. Riner, M. N. Grant, M. C. Barrow, J. M. McCandlish, H. G. Nickerson, A. B. Conaway, Jesse Knight, H. A. Coffeen, Meyer Frank.
No. 15. Salaries of Public Officers — F. M. Foote, H. G. Hay, H. F. Menough, N. Baldwin, J. M. McCandlish.
No. 16. Federal Relations, Public Lands and Military Affairs — H. G. Nickerson, C. P. Organ, R. C. Butler, H. F. Menough, G. W. Fox.
No. 17. Printing, Publication, Accounts and Expenses — R. H. Scott, W. E. Chaplin, J. A. Casebeer, M. C. Barrow, H. G. Hay.
No. 18. Schedule, Future Amendments and Miscellaneous Matters — L. J. Palmer, J. K. Jeffrey, F. H. Harvey, R. C. Butler, W.C. Irvine, J. L. Stotts, A.L. Sutherland.
No. 19. Revision and Adjustment — H. E. Teschemacher, A. C. Campbell, C. D. Clark, J. A. Casebeer, J. W. Hoyt.
Decisions yet to be taken
- Lists of Standing Committees (introduced on 1889-09-05 10:00:00 - CREATE - e657028) [This document]
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