FIFTEENTH DAY

Hall of the Constitutional Convention, Capitol Building, Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept 18, 1889.

The convention reassembled at 9 o’clock a. m.

Mr. President in the chair.

Prayer by the chaplain.

Roll call; no quorum present.

On motion of Mr. Elliott a call of the house was ordered.

The roll being called, twenty-two members were present.

The president ordered the closing of the doors, and directed the sergeant-at-arms to request the attendance of absent members.

A quorum being present, on motion of Mr. Teschemacher further proceedings under the call of the house were dispensed with.

The journal of the previous session was read and approved .

The president announced that owing to the absence of Mr. Downey he had appointed Mr. Hoyt to act temporarily as- member of the committees Nos. 1 and 20; also that United States Senator Stewart had been requested by the special committee to address this convention, and that the senator had expressed a willingness to do so at 7:30 this evening.

Reports of Standing Committees.

Committee No. 11 submitted the following report:

Cheyenne, Sept. 17, 1889. Mr. President:

Your Committee No. 11, to which was referred Files No. 7, 26, 27, 41, 54 and 55, report the same back with the recommendation that they be not adopted. Your committee further present a substitute for the above files, which they propose to be incorporated in the constitution.

M. N. GRANT, Chairman.

H. S. ELLIOTT, Secretary.

D. A. PRESTON,

H. F. MENOUGH,

H. A. COFFEEN, HENRY G. HAY, DeFORREST RICHARDS.

(Except as to Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 14).

(Except as to Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 14 in article on revenue).

On motion the substitute submitted by Committee No. 11 was ordered printed.

On motion of Mr. Morgan it was resolved that this convention hereafter meet in evening session at 7:30 o’clock, and that the morning session commence at 9 o’clock.

On motion of Mr. Teschemacher the convention resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the consideration of the itself into a committee of the whole for the consideration of the general file.

Mr. Coffeen in the chair.

When the committee arose it submitted the following report:

Cheyenne, Sept. 18, 1889.

Mr. President :

Your committee of the whole to whom was referred File No. 68, with the amendments thereto, submitted by Committee No. 5, beg leave to report with the following recommendations:

That the substitute for section 1 recommended by Committee No. 5 be adopted.

That section 2 be amended by:

1st. By striking out the words “six months” and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "one year.”

2d. By adding the words “except as herein otherwise provided.”

3d. By inserting the words “or Territory” after the word “State.”

That Sec. 5 be amended by striking out the word “full” in said section.

That a new section be added to be known as Sec. 10. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any person of the right to vote, who has such right at the time of the adoption of this constitution, unless disqualified by the restrictions of section 6 of this article. After the expiration of five years from the time of the adoption of this constitution none but citizens of the United States shall have the light to vote.

That Sec. 10 be renumbered Sec. 11.

That the following new section ,be added as Sec. 12:

Sec. 12. No person qualified to be an elector of the state of Wyoming shall be allowed to vote at any general or special election hereafter to be holden in the state until he or she shall have registered as a voter according to law.

The legislature of the state shall enact such laws as will carry into effect the provisions of this section, which enactment shall be subject to amendment but shall never be repealed, but this section shall not apply to the first election held under this constitution.

And that said File No. 68, as thus amended, be adopted.

Your committee has also duly considered the propositions in the general file and submit the following recommendations:

That substitute for File No. 78 be adopted.

That File No. 70 be adopted.

That substitute for Files No. 17 and 40 be referred back to Committee No. 10.

H. A. COFFEEN, Chairman.

On motion of Mr. Riner the report of the committee of the whole was adopted.

File No. 68, substitute for File No. 78 and File No. 70 were ordered to be engrossed.

On motion of Mr. Teschemacher, the president was requested to escort U. S. Senator Stewart to the hall of the convention this evening.

The convention thereupon stood in recess until two o’clock p. m.

Afternoon Session.

The convention re-assembled at two o’clock p. m.

Mr. President in the chair.

On motion of Mr. Burritt the convention resolved itself into a committee of the whole.

Mr. Holden in the chair.

Upon arising the committee made the following report: Mr. President:

Your committee of the whole having had under consideration the general file beg leave to report with the following recommendation:

That File No. 66 be referred back to Committee No. 10.

And your committee reports progress and asks leave to sit again.

C. W. HOLDEN, Chairman.

On motion of Mr. Jeffrey the report was adopted.

The convention thereupon stood in recess until 7:30 o’clock p. m.

Evening Session.

The convention re-assembled at 7:30 o'clock p. m.

Mr. President in the chair.

By general consent Mr. Hoyt, of Committee No. 7, made the following report:

Mr. President:

Your Committee No. 7 herewith return File No. 59, without approval; also Files No. 8 and 28 which have been incorporated in a substitute, together with other provisions, and recommend that the substitute be adopted.

JOHN W. HOYT,

A. B. CONWAY,

C. N. POTTER,

E. S. N. MORGAN.

September 18th, 1889.

On motion the substitute submitted by Committee No. 7 was ordered printed.

The president introduced to the convention Hon. Am. Stewart, U. S. Senator. from Nevada, and Major Powell, chief of the U. S. Geological Survey, who addressed the convention.

Mr. Morgan thereupon offered the following resolution which was adopted by a unanimous vote:

Resolved, That this convention most heartily, thank Senator Stewart and Major Powell for their able and instructive address this evening; and that we will ever gratefully remember them as true friends of Wyoming.

On motion of Mr. Fox the convention adjourned until 9 o’clock a. m. Sept. 19th.

M. C. BROWN, President.

Attest: JOHN K. JEFFREY, Secretary.

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