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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
  2. Full Record: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Session: 1889-09-06 10:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

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 5542: 1889-09-06 10:00:00

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County Seats, Boundaries and Divisions of Counties [File No. 14, Convention]

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Section 1. The several counties of the territory existing at the time of the adoption of this constitution are hereby recognized as legal subdivisions of this state.

Sec. 2. No new county shall be created with an assessed, valuation of less than three million ($3,000,000) dollars, as shown by the last previous assessment for state and county purposes, and in all cases of the division of counties, no new county shall be established which shall reduce the assessed valuation of any county to less than three million ($3,000,000) dollars.

Sec. 3. No county seat shall be removed unless three-fourths of the qualified electors of the county voting upon the proposition at a general election shall vote in favor of such removal, and three-fifths of all votes cast on the proposition shall be required to relocate a county seat. A proposition of removal shall not be submitted in the same county more than once in four years.

Sec. 4. There shall be no territory stricken from any county unless a majority of the voters living in such territory shall petition therefor. Every county which shall be enlarged or created from territory taken from any other county or counties, shall be liable for a just proportion of the existing debts and liabilities of the county or counties from which such territory shall be taken.

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