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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: 1889-09-12 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 5722: 1889-09-12 10:00:00

Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The article on Municipal Corporations was then read line by line and voted upon. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the. The committee reported their progress on the article on Irrigation and Water Rights.

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Municipal Corporations [File No. 58, Convention]

There is 1 proposed amendment related to this document on which a decision has not been taken.

Municipal corporations.

Sec. 1. The legislature shall provide by general laws for the organization and classification of municipal corporations. The number of such classes shall not exceed four, and the power of each class shall be defined by general laws, so that no such corporation shall have any power or be subject to any restrictions other than all corporations of the same class.

Sec. 2. No municipal corporation shall be organized without the consent of the majority of the electors residing within the district proposed to be so incorporated, such consent to be ascertained in the manner, and under the regulations prescribed by law.

Sec. 3. The legislature shall restrict the powers of such corporations to levy taxes and assessments, to borrow money and contract debts, so as to prevent the abuse of such power, and no tax or assessment shall be levied or collected, or debts contracted by municipal corporations except in pursuance of law for public purposes, nor shall money raised by taxation, loan or assessment for one purpose ever be divert- to any other except in the event that the money so raised shall not be required or used for the purpose for which the same is raised except by authority of law.

Sec. 4. No street passenger railway, telegraph, telephone or electric light line shall be constructed within the limits of any municipal organization without the consent of its local authorities.

Sec. 5. Municipal corporations shall have the same right as individuals to acquire water rights by prior appropriation and otherwise to the use of water for domestic and municipal purposes, and the legislature shall provide by law for the exercise upon the part of incorporated cities, towns and villages of the right of eminent domain, for the purpose of acquiring from prior appropriators upon the payment of just compensation, such water as may be necessary for the well being thereof, and for domestic uses.

Decisions yet to be taken

  • Motion for the Final Reading and Engrossment of Municipal Corporations [File No. 58] (introduced on 1889-09-12 10:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e663585)

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