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.
Also referred to as Committee No. 1
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The committee was referred the resolution to adopt the U.S. Constitution, files on Preamble, and files on Freedom of Conscience.
PREAMBLE.
We, the people of Wyoming, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty He hath permitted us to enjoy, and looking to him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit to succeeding generations a more independent and perfect form of government, establish justice, insure tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the state of Wyoming.