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 Corporations other than Municipal. The article on Taxation and Revenue was taken up.
Section 1. All lands and improvements thereon in the state shall be listed for assessment, valued for taxation and assessed separately. All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws, which shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, real and personal; Provided, That mines and mining claims bearing gold, silver, and other precious metals (except the net proceeds and surface improvements thereof) shall be exempt from taxation for the period of ten years from the date of the adoption of this Constitution, and thereafter may be taxed as provided by law. Ditches, canals, and flumes owned and used by individuals or corporations for irrigating lands owned by such individuals or corporations, or the individuals members thereof, shall not be separately taxed, so long as they shall be owned and used exclusively for such purpose.
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