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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Session: 1889-09-04 10:00:00
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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 5504: 1889-09-04 10:00:00

The Committee on Rules reported the Rules of the Convention. The Convention resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider the report. The Rules of the Convention was then taken up in the Convention and referred back to the Committee on Rules and then agreed to. The Committee on Ways and Means also presented reports before adjournment.

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Resolution on Amendments to the Rules of the Convention by the Committee on Rules

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COMMITTEE ROOM, CAPITOL BUILDING,

Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 4, 1889.

To the Constitutional Convention of Wyoming Territory:

Your committee on rules to whom was reported Rule No. 6, for reclassification and rearrangement of the committees in accordance with the expressed wishes of the convention report back a substitute for said Rule No. 6 (hereto attached) embodying the amendments and changes suggested by the convention.

M. C. BROWN, Chairman.

6. The president shall appoint the following standing committees on business:

No. 1. A committee of five to be known as the committee on preamble and declaration of rights.

No. 2. A committee of ten to be known as the committee on legislative department.

No. 4. A committee of ten to be known as the committee on judiciary.

No. 5. A committee of five to be known as the committee on elections, right of suffrage, and qualifications to office.

No. 6. A committee of ten to be known as the committee on boundaries and apportionment.

No. 7. A committee of five to be known as the committee on education, public buildings, state institutions, public health and public morals.

No. 8. A committee of seven to be known as the committee on agriculture, irrigation and water rights.

No. 9. A committee of five to be known as the committee on mines and mining.

No.10. A committee of seven to be known as the committee on manufactures, commerce, livestock interests and labor.

No. 11. A committee of ten to be known as the committee on taxation, revenue and public debt.

No. 12. A committee of five to be known as the committee on county, city and town organizations.

No. 13. A committee of seven to be known as the committee on corporations.

No. 14. A committee of ten to be known as the committee on railroads and telegraphs.

No. 15. A committee of five to be known as the committee on salaries of public officers.

No. 16. A committee of five to be known as the committee on federal relations, public land and military affairs.

No. 17. A committee of five to be known as the committee on printing, publication, accounts and expenses.

No. 18. A committee of seven to be known as the committee on schedule, future amendments and miscellaneous matters.

No. 19. A committee of five to be known as the committee of revision and adjustment.

No. 20. A committee of seven to be known as the committee on ordinances.

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