ELEVENTH DAY

Hall of Constitutional Convention, Capitol Building, Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 13, 1889,

The convention was called to order at ten o’clock a. m.

Mr. President in the chair.

Prayer by the chaplain.

Roll call: 40 members present, absent members heretofore excused by the convention.

Journal of previous session read and approved.

The president submitted the following communication:

Laramie, Wyoming, Sept. 10, 1889.

Hon. M. C. Brown,

President Wyoming Constitutional Convention, Cheyenne, Wyo.

Dear Sir:—I acknowledge the receipt of a communication from the secretary of the constitutional convention informing me that by a vote of that body I have been tendered the privilege of the floor.

I thank the members for their courtesy.

I am very respectfully,

M. C. SAUFLEY.

On motion of Mr. Campbell File No. 68, by Committee No. 5, “Concerning Suffrage,” was made the special order for Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Propositions.

The following propositions were read first time and referred :

File No. 69. By Mr. McCandlish.

“Concerning Trusts.”

Referred to Committee No. 14.

File No. 70. By Mr. Jones.

“Concerning Contracts of Employees, Etc.”

Referred to Committee No. 10.

File No. 71. By Mr. Baxter.

“Railroads.”

Referred to Committee No. 14.

File No. 72. By Mr. Baxter.

“Corporations.”

Referred to Committee No. 13.

File No. 73. By Mr. Barrow.

“Legislative Apportionment.”

Referred to Committee No. 6.

File No. 74. By Mr. Hay.

“Legislative Apportionment.”

Referred to Committee No. 6 and ordered printed.

File No. 75. By Mr. Grant.

“State Boundaries.”

Referred to Committee No. 6.

Mr. Baxter gave the following notice:

Mr. President:

I hereby give notice that on to-morrow or some subsequent day I shall move to amend rules numbered 18 and 19

G. W. BAXTER.

Reports of Standing Committees.

Committee No. 12 reported as follows:

Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 12, 1889.

Mr. President:

Your Committee No. 12, having under consideration File No. 48, return the same without our approval. The substance of this file has been already considered by your committee and a substitute reported.

CHAS. H. BURRITT, Chairman.

On motion the report was adopted and File No. 45 was indefinitely postponed.

Committee No. 6 made a report submitting a substitute for File No. 14. The report and substitute were placed on general file.

Committee No. 10 reported adversely on Files No. 17 and 40, submitting a substitute for the same. Ordered printed.

On motion of Mr. Jeffrey the convention went into committee of the whole;

Mr. Riner in the chair.

When the committee arose it reported as follows:

Cheyenne, Sept. 13, 1889.

Mr. President:

Your committee of the whole having had under consideration the general file, beg leave to report with the following recommendations:

That substitutes for Files Nos. 19 and 22 be further amended by adding to Sec. 2 the following: “No county shall be divided unless a majority of the qualified electors of the territory proposed to be cut off, voting on the proposition, shall vote in favor of the division.”

That the following be substitute for sections 4, 5 and 6 of the majority report and for section 4 of the minority report:

Sec. 4. The legislative assembly shall provide by general law for a system of township organization and government, which may be adopted by any county whenever a majority of the citizens thereof voting at a general election shall so determine.

That Sec. 7 be re-numbered Sec. 5, and that the words “and township” be stricken from said section.

That substitute for files numbered 19 and 22 as amended, be incorporated in the constitution.

And your committee respectfully reports progress and asks leave to sit again.

J. A. RINER, Chairman.

On motion of Mr. Potter, the report of the committee of the whole was adopted.

Mr. Teschemacher of the committee on revision, reported File No. 58 properly engrossed.

On motion File No. 58 was re-referred to the committee on revision to be embodied in the constitution.

Messrs. Frank and Russell were excused from attendance from day to day until their return.

Messrs. Baxter and Baldwin were excused from attendance to-morrow.

The convention then stood in recess until two o’clock p. m.

Afternoon Session.

The convention re-assembled at two o’clock p. m.

Mr. President in the chair.

On motion substitute for Files No. 19 and 22 was ordered engrossed.

On motion of Mr. Jeffrey, the convention went into committee of the whole.

Mr. Conaway in the chair.

When the committee arose it reported as follows:

Cheyenne, Sept. 13, 1889. Mr. President:

Your committee of the whole having had under consideration the general file, beg leave to report with the following recommendations:

That File No. 46, substitute for File No. 13 and substitute for File No. 14, be adopted.

A. B. CONAWAY, Chairman.

On motion the report was adopted.

Mr. Potter moved that the original files be considered engrossed copies. So ordered.

Final Readings.

The convention ordered the final reading of File No. 46, substitute for File No. 13 and substitute for File No. 14.

The yeas and nays on the adoption of File No. 46, resulted as follows:

Yeas—Messrs.

Barrow,

Baxter,

Burdick,

Casebeer,

Chaplin,

Clark,

Coffeen,

Conaway,

Elliott,

Ferris,

Foote,

Fox,

Grant,

Hay,

Harvey,

Holden,

Hoyt,

Irvine,

Jeffrey,

Johnston,

Jones,

Morgan,

Morris,

McCandlish,

Nickerson,

Potter,

Preston,

Reid,

Richards,

Riner,

Smith,

Teschemacher,

Mr. President--33.

Nays—none.

Absent—Messrs. Baldwin, Butler, Burritt, Campbell Downey, Frank, Hopkins, Knight, Menough, McGill, Organ, Palmer, Russell, Scott, Sutherland, Vagner.—16.

The president thereupon announced that the convention had adopted the proposition in File No. 46.

Substitute for File No. 13 having been finally read the yeas and nays on its adoption resulted as follows:

Yeas—Messrs.

Barrow,

Baxter,

Burdick,

Casebeer,

Chaplin,

Clark,

Coffeen,

Conaway,

Elliott,

Ferris,

Foote,

Fox,

Grant,

Hay,

Harvey,

Holden,

Hoyt,

Irvine,

Jeffrey,

Johnston,

Jones,

Morgan,

Morris,

McCandlish,

Nickerson,

Potter,

Preston,

Smith,

Reid,

Sutherland,

Richards,

Teschemacher,

Riner,

Mr. President.--34.

Nays--none.

Absent--Messrs. Baldwin, Butler, Burritt, Campbell, Downey, Frank, Hopkins, Knight, Menough, McGill, Organ, Palmer, Bussell, Scott, Vagner.--15.

Thereupon the president announced that the convention had adopted the proposition in substitution for File No. 13.

Substitute for File No. 14, having been finally read, the yeas and nays on its adoption resulted as follows:

Yeas--Messrs.

Barrow,

Baxter,

Burdick,

Burritt,

Casebeer,

Chaplin,

Coffeen,

Conaway,

Elliott,

Ferris,

Foote,

Morris,

McCandlish,

Nickerson,

Potter,

Preston,

Reid,

Fox,

Grant,

Hay,

Harvey,

Holden,

Hoyt,

Irvine,

Jeffrey,

Johnston,

Jones,

Morgan,

Richards,

Riner,

Smith,

Sutherland,

Teschemacher,

Mr. President.--34.

Nays--none.

Absent--Messrs. Baldwin, Butler, Burritt, Campbell, Downey, Frank, Hopkins, Knight, Menough, McGill, Organ, Palmer, Bussell, Scott, Vagner.--15.

The president thereupon announced that the convention had adopted the proposition in substitute for File No. 14.

On motion the foregoing three propositions adopted by the convention were referred to Committee No. 19.

The convention excused Mr. Clark until his return next week.

On motion the convention adjourned until ten o'clock a. m. Sept. 14th.

M. C. BROWN, President.

Attest: JOHN K. JEFFREY, Secretary Const. Con.

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