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.

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Session 5986: 1889-09-24 00:00:00

The Committee further considered the article on Corporations other than Municipal. The article on Taxation and Revenue was taken up.

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Taxation and Revenue [Substitute for Files No. 7, 26, 27, 41, 54 and 55, Committee of the Whole]

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Section 1. All lands and improvements thereon in the state shall be listed for assessment, valued for taxation and assessed separately.

Section 2. All coal lands, in the state, from which coal is not being mined, shall be listed for assessment, valued for taxation and assessed according to value.

Section 3. All mines and min Each section of coal land, according claims to United States survey, in the state, from which gold, silve coal is being mined for more thand other precious metals, soda, saline,e months in each coal, mineral oil, or o endar year, together valuable deposits, as are or may be with the machinery and other produced, shall be fax perty used in addition to the surface i the mining of said coal, shall be exempt frove m assessments, and taxation lieu of taxes on the lands, on except as follows, viz.

For each ton of coal mined the gross product refrom, thereof as may shall be prescribed by law, provided th aid to the state, for stat the product of all mines shall be taxed in proportion to the value thereof revenue, not less than one nor more than one and one-half cents, and provided further, that the output for each ton of coal mines d therefrom there shall be taxe paid at not less than one cent per ton for state purposes on each ton of coal mined ounty within which such land is located, for county revenue, and not less than one-half nor more than one cent per ton for county purposes on , and such tax shall be paid whether or not the title to the land, from which such coal was mined, has been product cured.

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