- Event type: CREATE_FROM
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.
Committee of the Whole
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Session 6907: 1889-09-26 00:00:00
The committee considered the articles on Education; Public Lands and Donations; Coal Mines; Elections; Qualifications to Office; Schedule; and Boards of Arbitration.
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Substitute for Files No. 5, 6, 10, 23 and 64 by Committee No. 5 [Convention]
Substitute for Files No. 5, 6, 10, 23 and 64
Article _. Elections.
Sec. 1 The Legislature shall pass laws to secure the purity of Elections and guard against abuses of the elective franchise.
Sec. 2. The Legislature shall by general law, designate the Courts by which the several classes of election contests not otherwise provided for, shall be tried, and regulate the manner of trial and all matters incident thereto; but no such law shall apply to any contest arising out of an Election held before its passage.
Sec. 3 No person except a qualified elector shall be elected or appointed to any civil or military office in the State.
Sec. 4. Every person holding any civil office under the State or any municipality therein shall unless removed according to law exercise the duties of such office until his successor is duly qualified; but this shall not apply to members of the Legislature, nor to members of any board or assembly, two or more of whom are elected at the same time. The Legislature may be law provide for suspending any officer in his functions, pending impeachment or prosecution for misconduct in office.
Decisions yet to be taken
- Substitute for Files No. 5, 6, 10, 23 and 64 by Committee No. 5 [Convention] (introduced on 1889-09-26 00:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e706297) [This document]
Document Timeline
- Substitute for Files No. 5, 6, 10, 23 and 64 by Committee No. 5 [Convention] (introduced on 1889-09-26 00:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e706297) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]