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General Provisions.

waters (not private property) under proper regulations, to be hereafter made and provided by the General Assembly.

19. V.

No new county shall be formed with an area of less than six hundred square miles; nor shall the county or counties from which it is formed be reduced below that area; nor shall any county having a population less than ten thousand be deprived of more than one-fifth of such population; nor shall a county having a larger population be reduced below eight thousand. But any county the length of which is three times its mean breadth, or which exceeds fifty miles in length, may be divided at the discretion of the General Assembly. In all general elections the voters in any county not entitled to separate representation shall vote in the same election district.

12. II.

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The first Legislature shall meet on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1889. The second Legislature shall meet on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January, A. D. 1891, and sessions of the Legislature shall be held biennially thereafter, unless specially convened by the Governor, but the times of meeting of subsequent sessions may be changed by the Legislature. After the first Legislature the sessions shall not be more than sixty days.

31. II.

No law, except appropriation bills, shall take effect until ninety days after the adjournment of the session at which it was en

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acted, unless in case of an emergency (which emergency must be expressed in the preamble or in the body of the act) the Legislaure shall otherwise direct by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house; said vote to be taken by yeas and nays and entered on the journals.

35. II.

The Legislature shall pass necessary laws for the protection of persons working in mines, factories and other employments dangerous to life, or deleterious to health; and fix pains and penalties for the enforcement of same.

36. II.

No bill shall be considered in either House unless the time of its introduction shall have been at least ten days before the final adjournment of the Legislature, unless the Legislature shall otherwise direct by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each House, said vote to be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the journal, or unless the same be at special session.

39. II.

It shall not be lawful for any person holding public office in this State to accept or use a pass or to purchase transportation from any railroad or other corporation, other than as the same may be purchased by the general public, and the Legislature shall pass laws to enforce this provision.

1. XIV.

The Legislature shall have no power to change or to locate the seat of government of this State; but the question of the permanent location of the seat of gov

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ernment of the State shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the Territory at the election to be held for the adoption of this Constitution. A majority of all the votes cast at said election, upon said question, shall be necessary to determine the permanent location of the seat of government for the State; and no place shall ever be the seat of government which shall not receive a majority of the votes cast on that matter. In case there shall be no choice of location at said first election, the Legislature shall, at its first regular session after the adoption of this Constitution, provide for submitting to the qualified electors of the State, at the next succeeding general election thereafter, the question of choice of location between the three places for which the highest number of votes shall have been cast at the said first electon. Said Legislature shall provide further, that in case there shall be no choice of location at said second election, the question of choice between the two places for which the highest number of votes shall have been cast, shall be submitted in like manner to the qualifled electors of the State at the next ensuing general election: Provided, That until the seat of government shall have been permanently located as herein provided, the temporary location shall remain at the city of Olympia.

3. XIV.

The Legislature shall make no appropriations or expenditures for capitol buildings or grounds, except to keep the Territorial capitol buildings and grounds in repair, and for making all necessary additions thereto, until the seat of government shall have been permanently located, and

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Additional territory may be admitted into, and become part of this State, with the consent of the Legislature and the majority of the qualified voters of the State, voting on the question. And in such case provision shall be made by law for the representation thereof in the Senate and House of Delegates, in conformity with the principles set forth in this Constitution. And the number of members of which each house of the Legislature is to consist, shell thereafter be increased by the representation assigned to such additional territory.

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The Legislature shall have no power to change or to locate the seat of government, the State University, insane asylum or State penitentiary, but may after the expiration of ten (10) years after the adoption of this Constitution, provide by law for submitting the question of the permanent location thereof, respectively, to the qualified electors of the State, at some general election, and a majority of all votes upon said question cast at said election, shall be necessary to determine the location thereof; but for said period of ten (10) years, and until the same are respectively and permanently lo- ' cated, as herein provided, the location of the seat of government and said institutions shall be as follows:

The seat of government shall be located at the city of Cheyenne, in the county of Laramie. The State University shall be located at the city of Laramie, in the county of Albany. The insane asylum shall be located at the town of Evanston, in the county of Uinta. The penitentiary shall be located at the city of Rawlins, in the county of Carbon; but the Legislature may provide by law that said penitenitary may be converted to other public The Legislature shall not locate any other public institutions except under general laws, and by vote of the people.

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4. X.

No law shall be enacted limiting the amount of damages to be recovered for causing the injury or death of any person. Any contract or agreement with any employe waiving any right to recover damages for causing the death or injury of any employe shall be void.

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Executive Power, How Vested.

EXECUTIVE POWER, HOW VESTED.

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ARTICLE IV.

The executive power shall be vested in a Govnor, who shall hold his office for two years; a Lieutenant-Governor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term.

4 The Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elected next preced5 ing the time when this section shall take effect, shall hold office 6 until and including the thirty-first day of December, one thou7 sand eight hundred and ninety-six, and their successors shall 8 be chosen at the general election in that year.

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