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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.
Committee of the Whole
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Session 6907: 1889-09-26 00:00:00
The committee considered the articles on Education; Public Lands and Donations; Coal Mines; Elections; Qualifications to Office; Schedule; and Boards of Arbitration.
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Concerning Coal Mines [File No. 87, Convention]
Concerning Coal Mines
Section 1. There shall be established and maintained the office of Inspector of Mines, the duties and salary of which shall be prescribed by law. When said office shall be established, the governor shall, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint thereto a person proven by law to be competent and practical, whose term of office shall be two years.
Sec. 2. The legislature shall provide by law for the proper mapping of mines and necessary provision for escapement openings and for the proper ventilation of mines that may be necessary to protect the health and secure the safety of the workmen employed therein, and the legislature shall further make such regulations from time to time as may be necessary for the proper and equitable drainage of mines.
Sec. 3. No boy under the age of fourteen years and no woman or girl of any age shall be employed or permitted to be in or about any coal mines for the purpose of employment therein; provided, however, this provision shall not affect the employment of a boy or female of suitable age in an office or in the performance of clerical work at such mine or colliery.
Sec. 4. The legislature shall provide by law for some equitable system for the proper examination of all persons acting as mine inspectors, mine foreman and fire bosses, as to their competency, and the legislature shall further provide laws, with penalty, in reference to all cases of negligence that may arise in the performance of the duties of such mine inspectors, mine foreman and fire bosses.
Sec. 5. For any injury to person or property caused by willful failure to comply with the provisions of this article, a right of action shall accrue to the party injured for the damages sustained thereby, and in all cases in this State whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, such as would if death had not ensued have entitled the party injured to maintain an action to recover the damages in respect thereof, the person who or the corporation which would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and the legislature shall provide by law at its first session for the manner in which the right of action in respect thereto shall be enforced.
Sec. 6. The legislature may provide that the science of mining and metallurgy be taught in one of the institutions of learning under the patronage of the State.
Sec. 7. There shall be a State geologist, who shall be appointed by the governor of the State, with the advice and consent of the senate. He shall hold his office for a term of six years or until successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified. His duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law. No person shall be appointed to this position unless he has such theoretical knowledge and such practical experience and skill as shall fit him for the position.
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- Concerning Coal Mines [File No. 87, Convention] (introduced on 1889-09-26 00:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e705963) [This document]
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- Concerning Coal Mines [File No. 87, Convention] (introduced on 1889-09-26 00:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e705963) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]