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Idaho State Constitutional Convention 1889

Idaho's Constitutional Convention went from July 4, 1889 - August 6, 1889. Using the work that began in the standing committees, drafted reports or articles became the ratified Idaho Constitution in November 1889.

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A guide to finding information in committee timelines, about particular documents, or about particular individuals

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If you are looking for a particular phrase within the written texts considered by this negotiation, you can search for moments when this phrase was introduced for consideration or decided upon. This is often the most helpful starting-point for legal research.

Alternatively, you may wish to search the descriptions of each event within this negotiation. This will not search for phrases under consideration, but rather the text of the various minutes upon which this edition of the negotiation is based.

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You can view a list of all committee sessions or you can view committee sessions scheduled for the future.

To search the minutes of a particular committee it is easiest to use the committee visualization pages (from here you can further drill down to individual sessions)

The Convention Committee of the Whole Committee on Credentials Committee on Rules Committee on Committees Committee on Ways and Means Committee on Executive Department Committee on Legislative Department Committee on Judiciary Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights Committee on Names, Boundaries and Organization of Counties Committee on Seat of Government, Public Institutions, Buildings and Grounds

Committee on Education, Schools and University Lands Committee on Election and Rights of Suffrage Committee on Revenue and Finance Committee on Legislative Apportionment Committee on Militia and Military Affairs Committee on Public and Private Corporations Committee on Municipal Corporations Committee on Federal Relations Committee on Labor Committee on Schedule Committee on Manufactures, Agriculture and Irrigation Committee on Mines and Mining

Committee on Live Stock Committee on Printing and Binding Committee on Revision and Enrollment Committee on Salaries of Public Officers Committee on Public Indebtedness and Subsidies Special Committee on Finance Committee on Engrossment Committee of Three to Receive the Delegation of Members of Congress Committee on the Revision of the Minutes and Proceedings of the Convention Committee on Memorial Joint Committee on Irrigation and Mining Reception Committee

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Document list view

You can discover the complete list of documents considered by the negotiation (and find where they were introduced) on The Convention Document Map.

If you are interested only in the documents as they appeared at the end of the negotiation (with any rejected documents removed), you can use the The Convention Current Document Library.