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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Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The Rules of the Convention were taken up. Reports of standing committees were then presented.
Campbell & Stoll.
Attorneys at Law
Rooms 3, 4, & 5, Atlas Block.
Cheyenne, Wyo.,
No new county shall be formed unless within the limits thereof it contains property of the valuation of two million dollars and have a population of at least two thousand.
No law shall be passed permitting the incorporation of any city or town against the wishes and desires of a majority of the tax payers residing within the boundaries of the proposed territory to be incorporated.