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.
Section 2. All taxes shcoal lands, be uniform upon the same class of subjectstate, from within the territorich coal limits of the authority levynot being the tax, andmined, shall be levied and collecisted under general laws, which shall prescribe such regulfor assessment, valued for taxations as shall securend assessed according justo valuae.
Section for taxa3. Each section of coall property, real and personal; Provided land, according to United States survey, That mines and mining claim the state, from which coal is bearing gold, silver, mined for more thand other precious metals (excepte months in each calendar year, together with the machinet proceedsry and surface improvementsother property used in thereof) mining of said coal, shall be exempt from assessment and taxation except as follows, viz.
For the periodeach ton of ten years coal mined therefrom, the datre shall be paid tof the adoption of this Constitution, and thereafter may be taxed as provided by law. Ditches, canalstate, for state revenue, not less than one nor more than one and one-half cents, and flumes owned and used by individuals or corporations for irrigating lands owned byor each ton of coal mined therefrom there shall be paid to the county within which such individualland is lor corporationsed, for the individuals membercounty revenue, not less thereof, shall not be separately taxed, so longan one-half nor more than one cent, and such theyax shall be owned and used exclusively forpaid whether or not the title to the land, from which such purpose.
Section 3coal was mined, has been procured.
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