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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: 1889-09-07 10:00:00
  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.

The Convention

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Session 5561: 1889-09-07 10:00:00

Propositions and resolutions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. A Senate Committee on Arid Lands and Irrigation was appointed.

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Resolution on Printing and Publication

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Whereas, It has been determined that a full record shall be made of the proceedings of this convention, with a view to its publication:

And Whereas, It is desirable that such record be so perfect as to show the successive official acts in which the convention had origin, in order that such acts may become a permanent part of its history, therefore,

Resolved, That the standing committee on printing and publication is hereby instructed to embrace in the volume of the proceedings to be so published, and as introductory thereto the following official papers, to-wit:

1. The memorial of the tenth legislative assembly requesting of congress such legislation that will enable the people of Wyoming to form a constitution and state government.

2. The certificate of the governor, chief justice and secretary of the territory, setting forth their apportionment of the number of delegates to said convention among the several districts of the territory, dated June 3, 1889, directing an election throughout the territory for the choice of delegates to a constitutional convention to meet at Cheyenne on the first Monday of September, 1889, for the purpose of forming a constitution for the state of Wyoming.

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