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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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Education [File No. 8, Convention]

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Article 10 Education

[Editor’s note: according to the Index, Scans, and the Debates it is appropriate to conclude that this File was inaccurately labeled as Article 10.]

Sec II

The Legislature shall provide for the maintain-ance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public schools, wherein all the children of the State over six years of age may be educated, and shall appropriate such sum which with the tax collected for school open at least six months annually. And no money appropriated, or raised by taxation shall be used for sectarian schools, or for any school under the care and patronage of any branch of the Church.

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