- 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 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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Substitute for Files No. 59, 28, and 8 [Committee on Education, Public Buildings, State Institutions, Public Health and Public Morals]: Section 24
The legislature shall have no power to change or to locate the seat of government, the state university, the insane asylum, or state penitentiary, but may after the expiration of ten (10) years after the adoption of this constitution provide by law for submitting the question of the permanent location thereof respectively to the qualified electors of the state at some general election, and a majority of all votes upon said question, cast at said election shall be necessary to determine the location thereof: Provided, That for said period of ten years and until the same shall respectively have been permanently located as herein provided, the location of the seat of government and said institutions shall be as follows:
The seat of government shall be located at the city of Cheyenne, in the county of Laramie.
The state university shall be located at the city of Laramie, in the county of Albany.
The insane asylum shall be located at the town of Evanston, in the county of Uinta.
The penitentiary shall be located at the city of Rawlins, in the county of Carbon, but the legislature may by law provide that said penitentiary may be converted to other public uses.
The legislature shall not locate any other public institutions except under general laws and by vote of the people.
Decisions yet to be taken
- Substitute for Files No. 59, 28, and 8 [Committee on Education, Public Buildings, State Institutions, Public Health and Public Morals]: Section 24 (introduced on 1889-09-26 00:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e710415) [This document]
Document Timeline
- Substitute for Files No. 59, 28, and 8 [Committee on Education, Public Buildings, State Institutions, Public Health and Public Morals]: Section 24 (introduced on 1889-09-26 00:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e710415) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]