- 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.
Committee on Legislative Department
Also referred to as Committee No. 2
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Session 5741: 1889-09-13 00:00:00
The committee drafted an article on Apportionment and Legislative Department as well as a report and minority report. These along with various files were all referred to the Convention for consideration.
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Minority Report of Committee No.2 on File No. 76: 1889-09-13
The minority of your committee on legislative department, No. 2, beg leave to report section 3 filed herewith, and ask its adoption in lieu of section 3 of the majority report.
September 14, 1889.
Sec. 3. The legislature of this state, until otherwise provided by law, shall consist of fifteen members of the senate and thirty-one members of the house of representatives, to be apportioned to the several counties and districts, as near as may be, according to the number of their inhabitants. Provided, that no city or county shall be entitled to separate representation in the senate until, the whole number of senators shall be twenty-four (24) or more, when the said separate representation shall not exceed one-sixth of the whole number of senators.
E. S. N. MORGAN.
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- Minority Report of Committee No.2 on File No. 76: 1889-09-13 (introduced on 1889-09-13 00:00:00 - CREATE - e661358) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1889-09-13 00:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e679866) [view current proposal at this moment]