- 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.
The Convention
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Session 5843: 1889-09-18 09:00:00
The reports of the standing committees were presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole. The committee reported their progress on the articles concerning suffrage, livestock, the contracts of employees, and labor.
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Forbidding the Improper Use of Public Funds [File No. 26, Convention]
Forbidding the Improper Use of Public Funds
The making of profit, directly or indirectly, out of state, county, city, town, school district or other public monies, or using the same for any purpose not expressly authorized by law, by any public officer, shall be deemed a felony, and any public officer who shall be convicted of such felony shall be punished by imprisonment in the State penitentiary for a term of not less than one year nor more than ten years at hard labor, and by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, Such fine may be enforced by suit at law against the bondsmen of such public officer so found guilty.
George W. Baxter
Decisions yet to be taken
- Forbidding the Improper Use of Public Funds [File No. 26, Convention] (introduced on 1889-09-18 09:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e664419) [This document]
Document Timeline
- Forbidding the Improper Use of Public Funds [File No. 26, Convention] (introduced on 1889-09-18 09:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e664419) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]