- 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 of the Whole
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Session 5987: 1889-09-23 00:00:00
The committee further considered the articles on Boundaries and Apportionment as well as Legislative Department. The articles on Chinese Labor; Police Powers; Railroad and Telegraph Lines; Federal Relations; Boards of Arbitration; Taxation and Revenue; Corporations other than Municipal; and Labor were also considered.
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Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-09-23, Afternoon
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. 66 be adopted.
That substitute for File No. 82 be adopted.
That Section 28 of substitute for File No. 50 be adopted.
That substitute for File No. 31 be amended in section 2 by striking out all after the word “and” in the third line, and inserting the following, “Common carriers and as such must be made, by law to extend the same equality and impartiality to all who use them excepting employees and their families, whether individuals or corporations."
And that said files, as amended, be adopted.
That File No. 60 be amended by substituting the following for section 4 of said file:
“All debts and liabilities of the Territory of Wyoming shall be assumed and paid by this State," and that, as amended, File No. 60 be adopted.
That substitute for File No. 84 be adopted.
That substitute for Files No. 7, 26, 27, 41, 54, and 55 be made the special order for Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 24th.
And your committee respectfully asks leave to sit again.
H. S. ELLIOTT, Chairman.
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- Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-09-23, Afternoon (introduced on 1889-09-23 00:00:00 - CREATE - e667431) [This document]
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- Motion to Rise and Report: 1889-09-23, Afternoon (introduced on 1889-09-23 00:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e667429)
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- None (introduced on 1889-09-23 00:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e667430) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Rise and Report: 1889-09-23, Afternoon (introduced on 1889-09-23 00:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e667429)
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