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.
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The committee further considered the article on Executive Department. The articles on Militia; Railroads and Telegraph Lines; and the Judicial Department were also taken up.
Section 2. The Legislature shall provide by law for the enrollment, equipment, and discipline of the militia, to conform as nearly as practicable, to the regulations, for the government of the armies of the United States.
Section 3. All militia officers shall be commissioned by the Governor, the manner of their selection to be provided by law and may hold their commissions for such period of time as the Legislature may provide.
Section 4. No military organization under the laws of the State shall carry any banner, or flag, representing any sect or society, or the flag of any nationality, but that of the United States.
Section 5. The Governor shall be the commander-in-chief of all the military forces of the State, and shall have power to call out the militia to preserve the public peace, to execute the laws of the State, to surpress insurrection or repel invasion.