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 minThe legislature shall provide forclaimsch enue as maygold, silver anedful by levying a tax by valuation, so that every persontheprecious metals, soda, saline,o, mineral oil, or ovaluable deposits, as are or may becpoduced, shall be faxaionaddition to theurfpayives, a in propliu of taon the lands, onito its gross product her or his propertyof as mayrescribed by law; provided, th thproduct of all mines shall btaxed i proption to the value thereofiss,valube ascerained in sucar legislaturel direct.

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