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Wy. Const. art. 21, § 28 — Article 21 / Section 28
WY Const., Article 21, Section 28
Status: in_force

Legislature to provide for public schools. The legislature shall make laws for the establishment and maintenance of systems of public schools which shall be open to all the children of the state and free from sectarian control. ​ Done in open convention, at the City of Cheyenne, in the Territory of Wyoming, this 30th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. Attested: MELVILLE C. BROWN, President. JOHN K. JEFFREY, Secretary. GEO. W. BAXTER, A. C. CAMPBELL, J. A. CASEBEER, C. D. CLARK, HENRYA. COFFEEN, ASBURY B. CONAWAY, HENRY S. ELLIOTT, MORTIMER N. GRANT, HENRY G. HAY, FREDERICK H. HARVEY, MARK HOPKINS, JOHN W. HOYT, WM. C. IRVINE, JAMES A. JOHNSTON, JESSE KNIGHT, ELLIOTT N. MORGAN, EDWARD J. MORRIS, JOHN M. MCCANDLISH, HERMAN F. MENOUGH, CALEB P. ORGAN, LOUIS J. PALMER, C. W. HOLDEN. H. G. NICKERSON, A. L. SUTHERLAND, W. E. CHAPLIN, JONATHAN JONES, JOHN L. RUSSELL, GEO. W. FOX, FRANK M. FOOTE, CHAS. H. BURRITT, CHAS. N. POTTER, D. A. PRESTON, JOHN A. RINER, GEO. C. SMITH, H. E. TESCHEMACHER, C. L. VAGNER, THOS. R. REID, ROBT. C. BUTLER, C. W. BURDICK, DE FOREST RICHARDS, MEYER FRANK, M. C. BARROW, RICHARD H. SCOTT, This work is in the public domain in the U.S. because it is an edict of a government , local or foreign. See § 313.6(C)(2) of the Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices . Such documents include "legislative enactments, judicial decisions, administrative rulings, public ordinances, or similar types of official legal materials" as well as "any translation prepared by a government employee acting within the course of his or her official duties." These do not include works of the Organization of American States, United Nations, or any of the UN specialized agencies. See Compendium III § 313.6(C)(2) and 17 U.S.C. 104(b)(5). A non-American governmental edict may still be copyrighted outside the U.S. Similar to {{ PD-in-USGov }}, the above U.S. Copyright Office Practice does not prevent U.S. states or localities from holding copyright abroad, depending on foreign copyright laws and regulations. Public domain Public domain false false ↑ (The boldface type at the beginning of each section is not part of the constitution.)
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 23 — Article 1 / Section 23
WY Const., Article 1, Section 23
Status: in_force

Education. The right of the citizens to opportunities for education should have practical recognition. The legislature shall suitably encourage means and agencies calculated to advance the sciences and liberal arts.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 22 — Article 6 / Section 22
WY Const., Article 6, Section 22
Status: in_force

Absent voter ballots, voting and registration. The provisions of section 11 of article 6 of this constitution, which provides that the ballots therein mentioned shall be delivered on election day to the voters within the polling place by sworn public officials, and that only such ballots so delivered shall be received and counted, shall not be applicable to, affect or invalidate absent voter ballots and voting thereof and registration therefor, as provided by article 14, of chapter 36, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, and other acts of the legislature of the State of Wyoming, amendatory thereof or related thereto, whether heretofore or hereafter enacted. ​ This section was added by an amendment proposed at the 1944 special session of the legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 7, 1944, and proclaimed in effect on December 6, 1944.
Wy. Const. art. 4, § 9 — Article 4 / Section 9
WY Const., Article 4, Section 9
Status: in_force

Veto of items of appropriations. The governor shall have power to disapprove of any item or items or part or parts of any bill making appropriations of money or property embracing distinct items, and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be the law, and the item or items and part or parts disapproved shall be void unless enacted in the following manner: If the legislature be in session he shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated a copy of the item or items or part or parts thereof disapproved, together with his objections thereto, and the items or parts objected to shall be separately reconsidered, and each item or part shall then take the same course as is prescribed for the passage of bills over the executive veto.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 9 — Article 5 / Section 9
WY Const., Article 5, Section 9
Status: in_force

Supreme court generally; clerk. There shall be a clerk of the supreme court who shall be appointed by the justices of said court and shall hold his office during their pleasure, and whose duties and emoluments shall be as provided by law. ​
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 6 — Article 10 / Section 6
WY Const., Article 10, Section 6
Status: in_force

Engaging in more than one line of business. Corporations shall have power to engage in such and as many lines or departments of business as the legislature shall provide. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1959 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 8, 1960, and proclaimed in effect on December 2, 1960. Prior to this amendment, corporations were limited to one general line or department of business.
Wy. Const. art. 16, § 1 — Article 16 / Section 1
WY Const., Article 16, Section 1
Status: in_force

Limitation on state debt. The State of Wyoming shall not, in any manner, create any indebtedness exceeding one per centum on the assessed value of the taxable property in the state, as shown by the last general assessment for taxation, preceding; except to suppress insurrection or to provide for the public defense.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 3 — Article 10 / Section 3
WY Const., Article 10, Section 3
Status: in_force

Forfeited charters. [Executed.] This section was executed and is now obsolete due to lapse of time.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 22 — Article 3 / Section 22
WY Const., Article 3, Section 22
Status: in_force

Limitation on time for introducing bill for appropriation. No bill for the appropriation of money, except for the expenses of the government, shall be introduced within five (5) days of the close of the session, except by unanimous consent of the house in which it is sought to be introduced.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 20 — Article 1 / Section 20
WY Const., Article 1, Section 20
Status: in_force

Freedom of speech and press; libel; truth a defense. Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and in all trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, when published with good intent and [for] justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient defense, the jury having the right to determine the facts and the law, under direction of the court.
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 13 — Article 15 / Section 13
WY Const., Article 15, Section 13
Status: in_force

Tax must be authorized by law; law to state object. No tax shall be levied, except in pursuance of law, and every law imposing a tax shall state distinctly the object of the same, to which only it shall be applied.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 27 — Article 5 / Section 27
WY Const., Article 5, Section 27
Status: in_force

Judges of supreme and district courts shall not hold other office. No judge of the supreme or district court shall be elected or appointed to any other than judicial offices or be eligible thereto during the term for which he was elected or appointed such judge.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 9 — Article 10 / Section 9
WY Const., Article 10, Section 9
Status: in_force

Eminent domain. The right of eminent domain shall never be so abridged or construed as to prevent the legislature from taking property and franchises of incorporated companies and subjecting them to public use the same as the property of individuals.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 6 — Article 7 / Section 6
WY Const., Article 7, Section 6
Status: in_force

State to keep school funds; investment. All funds belonging to the state for public school purposes, the interest and income of which only are to be used, shall be deemed trust funds in the care of the state, which shall keep them for the exclusive benefit of the public schools. The legislature shall provide by law for the investment of such trust funds. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1915 and 1969 legislatures. The latest amendment was ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 3, 1970, and proclaimed in effect on December 3, 1970.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 19 — Article 7 / Section 19
WY Const., Article 7, Section 19
Status: in_force

Territorial institutions pass to state. The property of all charitable and penal institutions belonging to the Territory of Wyoming shall, upon the adoption of this constitution, become the property of the State of Wyoming, and such of said institutions as are then in actual operation, shall thereafter have the supervision of the board of charities and reform as provided in the last preceding section of this article, under provisions of the legislature.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 14 — Article 7 / Section 14
WY Const., Article 7, Section 14
Status: in_force

Supervision of schools entrusted to state superintendent of public instruction. The general supervision of the public schools shall be entrusted to the state superintendent of public instruction, whose powers and duties shall be prescribed by law.
Wy. Const. art. 14, § 2 — Article 14 / Section 2
WY Const., Article 14, Section 2
Status: in_force

Fees. The legislature shall provide by law the fees which may be demanded by justices of the peace and constables in precincts having less than fifteen hundred population, and of court commissioners, boards of arbitration and notaries public, which fees the said officers shall accept as their full compensation. But all other state, county, city, town and school officers shall be required by law to keep a true and correct account of all fees collected by them, and to pay the same into the proper treasury when collected, and the officer whose duty it is to collect such fees shall be held responsible, under his bond, for neglect to collect the same. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1989 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 6, 1990, and proclaimed in effect on November 21, 1990.
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 7 — Article 15 / Section 7
WY Const., Article 15, Section 7
Status: in_force

Depositories for public moneys. All money belonging to the state or to any county, city, town, village or other subdivision therein, except as herein otherwise provided, shall, whenever practicable, be deposited in a national bank or banks or in a bank or banks incorporated under the laws of this state; provided, that the bank or banks in which ​ such money is deposited shall furnish security to be approved as provided by law; and provided further, that such bank or banks shall pay the same rate of interest on any money so deposited therein on time certificates of deposit by the legal custodian or custodians of any such public moneys as such bank or banks pay on time certificates of deposit of private depositors, and the custodian or custodians of any such public moneys shall be authorized to deposit same under time certificates of deposit as may be provided by law. Such interest shall accrue to the fund from which it is derived. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1937 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 8, 1938, and proclaimed in effect on January 3, 1939.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 16 — Article 1 / Section 16
WY Const., Article 1, Section 16
Status: in_force

Conduct of jails. No person arrested and confined in jail shall be treated with unnecessary rigor. The erection of safe and comfortable prisons, and inspection of prisons, and the humane treatment of prisoners shall be provided for.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 3 — Article 21 / Section 3
WY Const., Article 21, Section 3
Status: in_force

Territorial laws become state laws. All laws now in force in the Territory of Wyoming, which are not repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitation, or be altered or repealed by the legislature.
Wy. Const. art. 9, § 3 — Article 9 / Section 3
WY Const., Article 9, Section 3
Status: in_force

Restrictions on employment in mines. [Repealed.] This section was repealed by a resolution adopted by the 1977 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 7, 1978, and proclaimed in effect on November 25, 1978. ​
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 18 — Article 1 / Section 18
WY Const., Article 1, Section 18
Status: in_force

Religious liberty. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship without discrimination or preference shall be forever guaranteed in this state, and no person shall be rendered incompetent to hold any office of trust or profit, or to serve as a witness or juror, because of his opinion on any matter of religious belief whatever; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 36 — Article 1 / Section 36
WY Const., Article 1, Section 36
Status: in_force

Rights not enumerated reserved to people. The enumeration in this constitution, of certain rights shall not be construed to deny, impair, or disparage others retained by the people.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 21 — Article 6 / Section 21
WY Const., Article 6, Section 21
Status: in_force

Oath of office; how administered. The foregoing oath shall be administered by some person authorized to administer oaths, and in the case of state officers and judges of the supreme court shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and in the case of other judicial and county officers in the office of the clerk of the county in which the same is taken; any person refusing to take said oath or affirmation shall forfeit his office, and any person who shall be convicted of having sworn or affirmed falsely, or of having violated said oath or affirmation, shall be guilty of perjury, and be forever disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit within this state. The oath to members of the senate and house of representatives shall be administered by one of the judges of the supreme court or a justice of the peace, in the hall of the house to which the members shall be elected.
Wy. Const. art. 19, § 10 — Article 19 / Section 10
WY Const., Article 19, Section 10
Status: in_force

Intoxicating liquors. On and after the first day of March, 1935, the manufacture, sale and keeping for sale of malt, vinous or spirituous liquors, wine, ale, porter, beer or any intoxicating drink, mixture or preparation of like nature may be permitted in the State of Wyoming under such regulation as the legislature may prescribe. In 1917, the Prohibition amendment was passed and in 1933 this amendment, which repealed Prohibition, was approved.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 12 — Article 21 / Section 12
WY Const., Article 21, Section 12
Status: in_force

When officers shall qualify; oaths; bonds. All officers elected at such election, except members of the legislature, shall, within thirty days after they have been declared elected, take the oath required by this constitution, and give the same bond required by law of the territory to be ​ given in case of like officers of the territory or district, and shall thereupon enter upon the duties of their respective offices; but the legislature may require by law all such officers to give other or further bonds as a condition of their continuance in office.
Wy. Const. art. 19, § 9 — Article 19 / Section 9
WY Const., Article 19, Section 9
Status: in_force

Exemption of homestead. A homestead as provided by law shall be exempt from forced sale under any process of law, and shall not be alienated without the joint consent of husband and wife, when that relation exists; but no property shall be exempt from sale for taxes, or for the payment of obligations contracted for the purchase of said premises, or for the erection of improvements thereon. ​ Intoxicating Liquors
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 4 — Article 1 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 1, Section 4
Status: in_force

Security against search and seizure. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, particularly describing the place to be searched or the person or thing to be seized. ​
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 7 — Article 1 / Section 7
WY Const., Article 1, Section 7
Status: in_force

No absolute, arbitrary power. Absolute, arbitrary power over the lives, liberty and property of freemen exists nowhere in a republic, not even in the largest majority.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 13 — Article 6 / Section 13
WY Const., Article 6, Section 13
Status: in_force

Purity of elections to be provided for. The legislature shall pass laws to secure the purity of elections, and guard against abuses of the elective franchise.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 28 — Article 5 / Section 28
WY Const., Article 5, Section 28
Status: in_force

Appeals from boards of arbitration. Appeals from decisions of compulsory boards of arbitration shall be allowed to the supreme court of the state, and the manner of taking such appeals shall be prescribed by law.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 13 — Article 7 / Section 13
WY Const., Article 7, Section 13
Status: in_force

Land commissioners. [Superseded.] This section has been superseded by Wyo. Const. Art. 18, Sec. 3, as amended in 1922, which incorporates as its first sentence the provisions of this section with this change, that the state auditor is made a member of the board.
Wy. Const. art. 13, § 2 — Article 13 / Section 2
WY Const., Article 13, Section 2
Status: in_force

Consent of electors necessary. No municipal corporation shall be organized without the consent of the majority of the electors residing within the district proposed to be so incorporated, such consent to be ascertained in the manner and under such regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 16 — Article 15 / Section 16
WY Const., Article 15, Section 16
Status: in_force

Disposition of fees, excises and license taxes on vehicles and gasoline. No moneys derived from fees, excises, or license taxes levied by the state and exclusive of registration fees and licenses or excise taxes imposed by a county or municipality, relating to registration, operation or use of vehicles on public highways, streets or alleys, or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles, shall be expended for other than cost of administering such laws, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed therein, payment of highway obligations, costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of public highways, county roads, bridges, and streets, alleys and bridges in cities and towns, and expense of enforcing state traffic laws. This section was added by an amendment proposed by the 1953 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 2, 1954, and proclaimed in effect on December 7, 1954.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 19 — Article 1 / Section 19
WY Const., Article 1, Section 19
Status: in_force

Appropriations for sectarian or religious societies or institutions prohibited. No money of the state shall ever be given or appropriated to any sectarian or religious society or institution. ​
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 25 — Article 5 / Section 25
WY Const., Article 5, Section 25
Status: in_force

Judges of supreme and district courts shall not practice. No judge of the supreme or district court shall act as attorney or counsellor at law.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 13 — Article 21 / Section 13
WY Const., Article 21, Section 13
Status: in_force

First state legislature. The governor elect of the state, immediately upon his qualifying and entering upon the duties of his office, shall issue his proclamation convening the legislature of the state at the seat of government, on a day to be named in said proclamation, and which shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days after the date of such proclamation. Within ten days after the organization of the legislature, both houses of the legislature, in joint session, shall then there proceed to elect, as provided by law, two senators of the United States for the State of Wyoming. At said election the two persons who shall receive the majority of all the votes cast by said senators and representatives shall be elected as such United States senators, and shall be so declared by the presiding officers of said joint session. The presiding officers of the senate and house shall issue a certificate to each of said senators, certifying his election, which certificates shall also be signed by the governor and attested by the secretary of state.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 16 — Article 7 / Section 16
WY Const., Article 7, Section 16
Status: in_force

Tuition free. The university shall be equally open to students of both sexes, irrespective of race or color; and, in order that the instruction furnished may be as nearly free as possible, any amount in addition to the income from its grants of lands and other sources above mentioned, necessary to its support and maintenance in a condition of full efficiency shall be raised by taxation or otherwise, under provisions of the legislature.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 20 — Article 6 / Section 20
WY Const., Article 6, Section 20
Status: in_force

Oath of office; form. Senators and representatives and all judicial, state and county officers shall, before entering on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, obey and defend the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of Wyoming; that I have not knowingly violated any law related to my election or appointment, or caused it to be done by others; and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity.” This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 2007 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 4, 2008, and proclaimed in effect on November 12, 2008.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 26 — Article 21 / Section 26
WY Const., Article 21, Section 26
Status: in_force

Ownership of certain lands disclaimed; restriction on taxation of nonresidents. The people inhabiting this state do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes, and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States and that said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the congress of the United States; that the lands belonging to the citizens of the United States residing without this state ​ shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to residents of this state; that no taxes shall be imposed by this state on lands or property therein, belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States, or reserved for its use. But nothing in this article shall preclude this state from taxing as other lands are taxed, any lands owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relations, and has obtained from the United States or from any person, a title thereto, by patent or other grant, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under any acts of congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation, which last mentioned lands shall be exempt from taxation so long, and to such an extent, as is, or may be provided in the act of congress granting the same.