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.[+e678507] 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 taxa[+e678516]All mines and min[+e679332]tion of [+e678516 -e679332]all property, re[+e678516]al and[+e678516 -e679332] personal; Provided, That mines and mining claim[+e678516]claimsgold, silve[+e679332]s be[+e678516 -e679332]ar[+e678516]ing [+e678516 -e679332]gold, silver, and[+e678516]d[+e679332] o[+e678516]o[+e679332]ther p[+e678516]er p[+e679332]recious metals (except[+e678516]cious metals, soda, saline,o, mineral oil, or ovaluable deposits, as are or may be[+e679332] the ne[+e678516 -e679332]t proceeds[+e678516] and [+e678516 -e679332]surface improvements[+e678516]duced, shall be fax[+e679332] [+e678516]addition to the surface i[+e679332]the[+e678516 -e679332]reof)[+e678516] shall be exe[+e678516 -e679332]mp[+e678516]t f[+e678516 -e679332]ro[+e678516]ves,[+e679332]m taxat[+e678516 -e679332]i[+e678516]o[+e678516 -e679332]n [+e678516]lieu of taxes on the lands, on[+e679332]for [+e678516 -e679332]the period[+e678516] of [+e678516 -e679332]ten years [+e678516] gross product[+e679332]from[+e678516 -e679332] the date of the adoption of this Constitution, and thereafter[+e678516];[+e679497] [+e678516 -e679497]may be ta[+e678516],[+e679497]xed as provided by law. Ditches, canal[+e678516]of as mayrescribed by law, provided th[+e679332] thproduct of all mines shall be taxed [+e679332 -e679497]in pr[+e679332]op[+e679332 -e679497]ortion to the value thereof[+e679332]s[+e678516 -e679332], and [+e678516]provided further, that the output[+e679332]f[+e678516 -e679332]lumes o[+e678516]wned and used by individuals or corporations for irrigating lands owned by[+e678516 -e679497]staxe[+e679332 -e679497]a nt lessan onent per ton for state purpose[+e679332]s o[+e679332 -e679497]n each to[+e679332]n [+e679332 -e679497]of coal mined, an[+e679332] For state revenue, there shall be levied annually not to exceed four mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property in the state except for the support of state educational [+e679770]and charitable [+e679781]institutions, the payment of the state debt and the interest thereon.[+e679770]d[+e679332] such [+e678516 -e679332]individ[+e678516] For country revenue there shall be levied annually not to exceed twelve mills on the dollar for all purposes, including general school tax, exclusive of state revenue, except for the payment of its public debt and the interest thereon. An additional tax of two dollars for each person between the ages of twenty-one years and fifty years, inclusive, shall be annually levied for county school purposes.[+e679800]ual[+e678516]s[+e678516 -e679332] or corpor[+e678516 -e679497] No incorporated city or town shall levy a tax to exceed [+e679835]eight[+e679840]six[+e679835 -e679840] mills on the dollar, in any one year, except for the payment of its public debt and the interest thereon.[+e679835]ations, or [+e678516 -e679497] No school dist[+e679847 -e679850] All money belonging to the state, or to any county, city, town, village or other subdivision therein, shall, whenever practicable, be deposited in a National bank or a bank incorporated under the laws of this state; provided that the bank in which such money is deposited shall furnish security to be approved as provided by law, and shall also pay a reasonable rate of interest thereon. Such interest shall accrue to the fund from which it is derived.[+e680661]rict shall levy a tax to exceed three mills on the dollar, in any one year, except for the payment of its public debt and the interest thereon.[+e679847 -e679850]the individu[+e678516 -e679497]als members thereof, shall not be separately taxed, so long[+e678516] per t[+e679332]on f[+e679332 -e679497]o[+e679332]r[+e679332 -e679497] county purposes on[+e679332] as t[+e678516 -e679332]hey[+e678516] shall be [+e678516 -e679332]owned and used exclusively[+e678516] f[+e678516 -e679332]o[+e678516]r [+e678516 -e679332]s[+e678516]uch [+e678516 -e679332]purpose. [+e678516]

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Section 2. [-e678516]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.[+e678512 -e678516] [-e678516]

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Section 3.[-e678516] Each section of coal land, according to United States survey, in the state, from which coal is being mined for more than three months in each calendar year, together with the machinery and other property used in the mining of said coal, shall be exempt from assessment and taxation except as follows, viz. [+e678513 -e678516]

For each ton of coal mined therefrom, there shall be paid to the state, for state revenue, not less than one nor more than one and one-half cents, and for each ton of coal mined therefrom there shall be paid to the county within which such land is located, for county revenue, not less than one-half nor more than one cent, and such tax shall be paid whether or not the title to the land, from which such coal was mined, has been procured. [+e678513 -e678516] [-e678516]

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