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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
  2. Full Record: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Session: 1889-09-11 10:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE_FROM

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 5658: 1889-09-11 10:00:00

Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. Reports of the standing committees were then presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider the article on Municipal Corporations. The committee reported their progress, and the Convention received more reports from standing committees.

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Report of Committee No. 18, concerning Files 13 and 46: 1889-09-10

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To the Chairman of the Constitutional Convention, Wyoming:

Sir:—Your Committee No. 18 on Schedule, Future Amendments and Miscellaneous Matters, report as follows:

That File No. 46, concerning the distribution of powers, be and is returned to your body with the recommendation that it become a part of the constitution of the state of Wyoming.

That File No. 13 be and is referred back to your body with the recommendation that it do not pass, and your committee propose a substitute therefor with the recommendation that said substitute become a part of the constitution for the state of Wyoming, under the title of “Amendments,”

L. J. PALMER, Chairman.

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