- 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.
Committee on Boundaries and Apportionment
Also referred to as Committee No. 6
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Session 6884: 1889-09-14 00:00:00
The committee was referred files on Legislative Apportionment and State Boundaries.
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Legislative Apportionment [File No. 74, Committee on Boundaries and Apportionment]
LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT.
Section 1. 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 Twelve hundred electors and an additional Senator where the remainder of electors exceeds Two-thirds of Twelve 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 the 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 session, and declare the apportionment of Senators and Representatives in the several Senatorial and Representative districts, in the manner provided in this section.
Section 2. The Legislature which shall convene in the year A.D. 1902, and each six years thereafter, shall divide the State into Senatorial and Representative District and apportion the Senators and Representatives, among the several districts, according to the population or to the vote cast. Provided that the Senate, after the year 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 3. The First Legislature elected under this constitution shall consist of Fifteen members of the Senate and Twenty eight members of the House of Representatives which shall be apportioned as follows.
Albany county district Two Senators and Four Representatives
Carbon county district Two Senators and Four Representatives
Converse county district One Senator and Two Representatives
Crook county district One Senator and Two Representatives
Fremont county district One Senator and Two Representatives
Johnson county district One Senator and One Representative
Laramie county district Three Senators and Six Representatives
Sheridan county district One Senator and One Representative
Sweetwater county district One Senator and Three Representatives
Uinta county district Two Senators and Three Representatives
Counties Vote % Wealth %
Albany 2608 14.48 $4,122,194 13.11
Carbon 2633 14.62 3,784,028 12.04
Converse 1307 7.26 2,146,364 6.83
Crook 1150 6.38 2 278,496 7.24
Fremont 1047 5.81 1,819,728 5.79
Johnson 916 5.9 1,963,648 6.24
Laramie 3895 20.52 7,926,871 25.20
Sheridan 870 4.83 1,228,756 3.90
Sweetwater 1747 9.70 3,142,234 10.
Uinta 2037 11.31 3,019,166 9.65
18010 100. $31,431,495 100.
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- Legislative Apportionment [File No. 74, Committee on Boundaries and Apportionment] (introduced on 1889-09-14 00:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e680821) [This document]
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