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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:Committee of the Whole
  4. Session: 1889-09-18 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.

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Session 5935: 1889-09-18 10:00:00

The committee further considered the article on Suffrage. The articles on Livestock, Contracts of Employees, Chinese Labor, and Legislative Department were then taken up.

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Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-09-18, Morning

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Mr. President :

Your committee of the whole to whom was referred File No. 68, with the amendments thereto, submitted by Committee No. 5, beg leave to report with the following recommendations:

That the substitute for section 1 recommended by Committee No. 5 be adopted.

That section 2 be amended by:

1st. By striking out the words “six months” and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "one year.”

2d. By adding the words “except as herein otherwise provided.”

3d. By inserting the words “or Territory” after the word “State.”

That Sec. 5 be amended by striking out the word “full” in said section.

That a new section be added to be known as Sec. 10. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any person of the right to vote, who has such right at the time of the adoption of this constitution, unless disqualified by the restrictions of section 6 of this article. After the expiration of five years from the time of the adoption of this constitution none but citizens of the United States shall have the light to vote.

That Sec. 10 be renumbered Sec. 11.

That the following new section be added as Sec. 12:

Sec. 12. No person qualified to be an elector of the state of Wyoming shall be allowed to vote at any general or special election hereafter to be holden in the state until he or she shall have registered as a voter according to law.

The legislature of the state shall enact such laws as will carry into effect the provisions of this section, which enactment shall be subject to amendment but shall never be repealed, but this section shall not apply to the first election held under this constitution.

And that said File No. 68, as thus amended, be adopted.

Your committee has also duly considered the propositions in the general file and submit the following recommendations:

That substitute for File No. 78 be adopted.

That File No. 70 be adopted.

That substitute for Files No. 17 and 40 be referred back to Committee No. 10.

H. A. COFFEEN, Chairman.

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