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The delegates assembled and elected temporary officials. Telegrams from the South Dakota and North Dakota Constitutional Conventions were read and replied to. A Committee on Credentials was appointed.

The Committee on Credentials presented its report which was read, discussed, and adopted. John P. Hoyt was elected permanent president. The Convention also elected other permanent convention officers. The Committee on Rules and Order of Business was appointed.

The report of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business outlining the standing committees of the Convention was presented and adopted. The report of Committee on Official Stenographer was presented and adopted. The appointment of members to committees was debated. John T. Carrere was elected page and Alonzo C. Bowman was elected stenographer. A telegram from the Mayor of Ellensburg was then read.

The Chief Clerk-elect was sworn in. The President named the standing committees and their members. The Rules of the Constitutional Convention was then presented by the Committee on Rules and Order of Business. The Convention resolved into the committee of the whole to consider the Rules. After rising from the committee, the Convention adopted the Rules of the Convention and ordered the report printed. An election for Journal Clerk was held. Kinnear introduced a resolution on trusts.

Mr. Travis was sworn in and assigned to the committees vacated by Mr. Waltman. Committees requested and were granted permission to employ clerks for their sessions. The majority and minority reports of the Committee on Corporations other than Municipal were presented and discussed. The Petition from the Tacoma Typographical Union No. 170 was then read and separated by paragraphs, which were sent to the appropriate committees. Propositions of members of the Convention were then read and referred to the relevant committees.

A clerk was hired for the Committee on State, School and Granted Lands. Messrs. Stiles and Brown were placed upon the Committee on State, School and Granted Lands. A partial report from the Committee on Legislative Department was read and taken into the Committee of the Whole for deliberation. Proposed legislation was then presented by members of the Convention and referred to the appropriate committees. Notices to amend the Rules of the Convention were presented.

Messages were received. The Committee on Printing, mileage and Contingent Expenses presented their majority and minority reports which were referred to the Judiciary Committee. The Committee on State and Granted Lands presented a proposition on eminent domain which was referred to the Committees on Harbors, Tidewater, and Navigable Streams and State, School and Granted Lands. Propositions of members of the Convention were then submitted and referred to their corresponding committees. The Rules of the Convention were then taken up for discussion and amending and resolutions in similar regard were presented.

The Committee on Rules and Order of Business presented a report proposing changes to the Rules of the Convention, which was ordered to lie on the table. Members of the Convention then submitted propositions, which were referred to the appropriate committees.

The report of the Committee on Judicial Department concerning printing was presented and adopted. The Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses resubmitted the mileage statement. Members of the Convention then presented proposed legislation to be referred to committees. The Committee on Federal Relations was given permission to message the Secretary of the Interior in regard to the boundaries of the territory of Washington. The Resolution on Tidelands was then taken up.

The Committee on Judicial Department reported their proposed article, which was ordered printed and to lie over one day. Propositions were presented and referred to the relevant standing committees. The Committee on Rules and Order of Business submitted a report, which was adopted.

A resolution to recognize certain members of the bar was presented accepted. Messages were received. A Resolution on Tidelands was presented and referred to the Committee on State, School and Granted Lands. The Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments presented a Majority and Minority Report concerning the prohibition of the sale alcohol. Members then submitted several resolutions for legislation which were referred to the appropriate committees. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to discuss the Article on Judicial Department. A resolution concerning the printing of articles was then adopted.

Messages were received. The Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments presented a proposition concerning lotteries and it was referred to the Committee on Legislative Department. The Committee on Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration presented a proposition presented a report on cession of land. The Committee on Military Affairs presented an article to be referred to the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for discussion of the Article on Judicial Department. The Committee then reported the progress of the article and referred it back to the Committee on Judicial Department.

Messages were received. The Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses presented an Article on State Printing which was ordered to lie over one day. The Committee on Judicial Department reported the article on the same with the substitution for section three which was received. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider the Article on Judicial Department.

Messages were received. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider the article on Judicial Department. A message from the Olympia Board of Trade was then read.

A resolution asking the Committee on Judicial Department prepare an article on impeachment was presented and adopted. Mr. Prosser presented a report on the payment of the court clerks and pages. Messages were received. The Committee on County, City and Township Organization reported the Article on Organization of Counties, Cities and Township. A proposition regarding steamboat passes was presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to further discuss the article on Judicial Department. The Committee of the Whole reported their progress, and the Convention began concurring the amendments made and further amended the article. The report of the Committee on Printing was then taken up.

A proposition relative to State Institutions and Public Buildings was presented and referred. The report of the Committee on Executive Department and Pardoning Power was presented and discussed.

Messages and propositions were presented. The Article on Judicial Department was then taken up and discussed before it was finally adopted and referred to the Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment. The reports of the Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments were discussed and referred. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole taking the report of the Committee on county, City and Township Organization for discussion. The committee rose to concur the amendments in the Convention and laid the article on the table before adjournment.

Messages and petitions were received. The majority and minority reports of Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness were presented. The report of the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights was presented. The article on County, City, Township Organization was then taken up, discussed, adopted and referred to the Committe on Revision, Adjustment, and Enrollment. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to discuss the Report of the Committee on Executive Department and Pardoning Power.

Messages were received. The Report of the Committee on Corporations Other Than Municipal was presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to discuss the Article on Executive Department and Pardoning Power. The Committee of the Whole then reported the Article on Executive Department to the Convention.

A resolution related to various subjects was presented. The Committee on Military Affairs reported the article on militia. Messages were submitted. The Article on Executive Department was then taken up then agreed to as amended.

The Committee on Corporations Other Than Municipal submitted a minority report. The article on Executive Department was then referred to the Committee on Revision, Adjustment, and Enrollment. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole taking with them the report of the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights. The Committee of the Whole reported back to the Convention the report under consideration and referred it back to the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights. The report of the Committee on Military Affairs was then taken up and referred to the Committee of the Whole.

Petitions were submitted. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to discuss the report of the Committee on Military Affairs. After a recess, messages were submitted. The Committee of the Whole then reported the article on Militia which was laid on the table after some deliberation.

Messages were submitted. The article on Militia was then agreed to and referred to the Committee on Revision, Adjustment, and Enrollment. The Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights then submitted a majority and minority report. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the discussion of the preamble and bill of rights. The committee reported the article for concurring in the Convention which was then referred to the Committee on Judicial Department. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for discussion of the report from the Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness. After a recess, substitutions for the report were presented in the Convention before adjournment.

A message was submitted. The reports of the Committees on Water and Water Rights and State, School and Granted lands were presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider the report of the Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness. The Committee rose to report the article to the Convention, which was discussed further and agreed to. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the report from the Committee on Corporations Other Than Municipal.

Messages were received. The Rules of the Convention were then taken up and amended. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to discuss the article on Corporations Other Than Municipal. The minority report from the Committee on Granted Lands was then submitted to the Convention.

Messages were received. The Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments submitted a report on prohibition. The Rules of the Convention were taken up and discussed. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the further amending of the report of the Committee on Corporations Other Than Municipal. The report of the Committee on Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration was then taken up and agreed to as amended. The Compact with the United States was then presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the discussion of the report of the Committee on Water and Water Rights.

Messages were submitted. The majority and minority reports of the Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments were presented. Article V and the Article on Eminent Domain, along with propositions were submitted. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to discuss article on water and water rights. The committee rose to report their progress and referred the article back to the Committee on Water and Water Rights. The Convention resolved into the Committee of the Whole taking the Article on Eminent Domain. Having reported the article back to Convention, the articles on Jurisdiction and Federal Relations were voted upon. Reports from the Committees on State, School and Granted Lands, Revenue and Taxation, and the Legislative Department were submitted. The Convention resolved again into the Committee of the Whole to discuss the report of the Committee on Corporations Other Than Municipal. The committee reported their progress before the adjournment of the session.

Messages were received. Reports from the Committee on State, School and Granted Lands; and the Committee on State Institutions and Public Buildings were presented. The article on Corporations Other Than Municipal was then taken up and agreed to as amended. The Article on Eminent Domain was then taken up and agreed to as amended. The article on the Preamble and the Bill of Rights was then taken up and agreed to as amended.

The reports of the Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments were taken up, amended, finally agreed to. The Convention the resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the reports of the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. The committees on Homestead and Property Exemption; Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration; and Education and Educational Institutions were submitted to the Convention. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for further consideration of the article on Revenue and Taxation. The committee then reported their progress to the Convention. The article was then amended further and agreed to.

Messages were submitted. The Compact with the United States and the report of the Committee on Water and Water Rights were presented. A resolution to appoint a Committee on State Seal was presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the article on State Institutions and Public Buildings. The committee reported the article back to the Convention for concurring, and the Convention agreed to the article as amended. The article on the Seat of Government was then taken up and agreed to as amended. The report of the Committee on Elections and Elective Rights as well as the report of the Committee on Legislative Department were presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the article on Legislative Department. A telegram from the Idaho Constitutional Convention was then submitted before adjournment.

The session began with the Committee on State Seal being appointed. The articles from the Committee on Apportionment and Representation, the Committee on Public Health, and the Committee on Mining and Mining Interests were submitted. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole, the article on Legislative Department being under consideration. The committee reported the article back to the Convention for concurring the amendments made. The article was agreed to and referred.

A message was presented. An adverse report of the Committee on Agriculture was then read. The Committee on Harbors, Tidewaters and Navigable Streams submitted an article and a minority report, both of which were ordered printed. The articles on Corporations Other Than Municipal; Homesteads and Property Exemptions; Water and Water Rights; Education; Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration; and the Compact with the United States were all discussed and finally agreed to as amended.

The Convention resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the article on Elections and Elective Rights. The committee reported the article back to the Convention for concurring the amendments made. The article was agreed to as amended and ordered printed. The articles on Legislative Department; Public Health and Vital Statistics; and Mines and Mining were taken up individually; all of which were agreed to as amended except the article on Mines and Mining.

One message was read and received. The articles on Elections and Elective Rights as well as Mines and Mining Interests were considered. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the reports of the Committee on State, School and Granted Lands, and the Committee Harbors, Tidewaters and Navigable Streams. The committee reported the article on Harbors and Tidewaters back to the Convention where the amendments were concurred.

The reports of the Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments as well as the Committee on Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration were presented. The article on Harbors and Tidewaters was then taken up, amended further, and passed to a third reading. Article I was then voted upon a agreed to. The report of the Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment was then submitted.

Messages were read and received. The article on Harbors and Tidewaters was then voted upon and agreed to. The article on Elections and Electives Rights was then reconsidered, further amended, and agreed upon. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the report of the Committee on State, School and Granted Lands.

A petition is received. The Convention then discussed the article on Organization of Counties, Cities and Townships. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole, the article on State, School and Granted Lands being under consideration.

The Committe on State Seal submitted a report. The article on State, School and Granted Lands was then reported from the Committee on the Whole, and the Convention began concurring the amendments made. The article was voted upon and agreed to as amended. The report of the Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments was then taken up. After deliberation, the report was referred back to the Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments.

The Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment reported article II, IV, and V for final consideration. The report on Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration was then taken up and agreed to after an amending process. The articles on Corporations Other Than Municipal and State, School and Granted Lands were then considered further. After a recess, the report of the Committee on State Seal was taken up, amended, and agreed to. Members then submitted articles regarding tidelands and granted lands which were referred to the appropriate committee. Resolutions were then submitted before the Convention took up the article on Schedule.

The Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment submitted articles III, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI for final consideration, all of which were agreed to and referred back. The Committee on State, School and Granted Lands submitted the articles on Tidelands as well as State, School and Granted Lands. Both articles were amended in the Convention and put upon final passage.

The Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment submitted articles XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXVI for final consideration, all of which were agreed to and referred back. Resolutions from committees were submitted. A vote was held on the articles on Tidelands as well as State, School and Granted Lands. Members of the Convention then submitted more resolutions for consideration. The article on Schedule was then taken up. The articles on Tidelands and State, School and Granted Lands were referred to Judiciary Committee before adjournment.

The Committee on Revision, Adjustment, and Enrollment submitted articles XV, XVI, XXV, XVII, and the report on Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration for final consideration. The Committee on Judicial Department then referred the articles on Tidelands and State, School and Granted Lands, which were concurred, finally agreed upon and referred to the Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment. After a recess, the Convention further deliberated upon the articles before the committee reported the final and complete Constitution of the State of Washington. The members then signed the Constitution and adjourned sine die.