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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 5722: 1889-09-12 10:00:00
Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The article on Municipal Corporations was then read line by line and voted upon. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the. The committee reported their progress on the article on Irrigation and Water Rights.
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Substitute for Files No. 19 and 22 [Committee of the Whole]
COUNTY ORGANIZATION.
Section 1. The several counties of the territory of Wyoming as they shall exist at the time of the admission of said territory as a state are hereby declared to be counties of the state of Wyoming.
Sec. 2. The legislature shall provide by general law for the organization of new counties, locating the county seats thereof temporarily and changing county lines. But no new counties shall be formed unless it shall contain within the limits thereof property of the valuation of two million dollars, as shown by the last preceding tax returns, and not then unless the remaining portion of the old county or counties shall each contain property of an of at least three million of dollars of assessable valuation, and no new counties shall be organized nor shall any organized county be so reduced as to contain a population of less than one thousand five hundred bona fide inhabitants, and in case any portion of an organized county or counties is stricken off to form a new county, the new county shall assume and be holden for an equitable proportion of the indebtedness of the county or counties so reduced.
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Document Timeline
- Substitute for Files No. 19 and 22 [Committee of the Whole] (introduced on 1889-09-12 10:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e716137) [This document]
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- Motion to Adopt the Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-09-12, Afternoon (introduced on 1889-09-12 10:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e715768)
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- None (introduced on 1889-09-12 10:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e715769) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Adopt the Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-09-12, Afternoon (introduced on 1889-09-12 10:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e715768)
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