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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 5977: 1889-09-21 09:00:00
Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole. The committee reported their progress on the articles concerning Irrigation and Water Rights as well as Legislative Apportionment. Standing committees presented reports for consideration.
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Majority Report of the Committee on Legislative Department: 1889-09-21
Section 3. Each organized county of the State of Wyoming shall constitute a senatorial and representative district. Each district shall be entitled to one senator for every fourteen hundred electors and an additional senator where the remainder of electors exceeds two-thirds of fourteen hundred. Each district shall be entitled to one representative for every six hundred electors and an additional representative where the remainder of electors exceeds two-thirds of six hundred. Provided that each district shall have at least one senator and one representative. The number of electors in each district shall be determined by the highest vote cast for any state office in such district at the general election next preceeding such apportionment. The Senate and House of Representatives of the first, and each subsequent legislature, until the year A.D. 1902, as soon as organized, shall convene in joint sessions and declare the apportionment of senators and representatives to the several senatorial and representative districts in the manner provided in this section.
Section 4. The legislature shall convene in the year A.D. 1902 and each six years thereafter shall apportion the senators and representatives among the several districts according to the population. Provided that the Senate after the A.D. 1902 shall consist of not less than twenty-five or more than forty members, and the House of Representatives shall consist of not less than twice or more than three times the number of the Senate.
Section 5. The legislature of this state until otherwise provided by law, shall consist of thirteen (13) members of the Senate and twenty-eight (28) members of the House of Representatives, to be apportioned as near as may be, to the number of their inhabitants.
W.E. Chaplin,
H.S. Elliott,
Mark Hopkins,
H.A. Coffeen.
Decisions yet to be taken
Document Timeline
- Majority Report of the Committee on Legislative Department: 1889-09-21 (introduced on 1889-09-21 09:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e677286) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1889-09-21 09:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e677301) [view current proposal at this moment]