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Wy. Const. art. 3, § 27 — Article 3 / Section 27
WY Const., Article 3, Section 27
Status: in_force

Special and local laws prohibited. The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say: For granting divorces; laying out, opening, altering or working roads or highways; vacating roads, town plats, streets, alleys or public grounds; locating or changing county seats; regulating county or township affairs; incorporation of cities, towns or villages; or changing or amending the charters of any cities, towns or villages; regulating the practice in courts of justice; regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace, police magistrates or constables; changing the rules of evidence in any trial or inquiry; providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases; declaring any person of age; for limitation of civil actions; giving effect to any informal or invalid deeds; summoning or impaneling grand or petit juries; providing for the management of common schools; regulating the rate of interest on money; the opening or conducting of any election or designating the place of voting; the sale or mortgage of real estate belonging to minors or others under disability; chartering or licensing ferries or bridges or toll roads; chartering banks, insurance companies and loan and trust companies; remitting fines, penalties or forfeitures; creating[,] increasing, or decreasing fees, percentages or allowances of public officers; changing the law of descent; granting to any corporation, association or individual, the right to lay down railroad tracks, or any special or exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise whatever, or amending existing charter for such purpose; for punishment of crimes; changing the names of persons or places; for the assessment or collection of taxes; affecting estates of deceased persons, minors or others under legal disabilities; extending the time for the collection of taxes; refunding money paid into the state treasury, relinquishing or extinguishing, in whole or part, the indebtedness, liabilities or obligation of any corporation or person to this state or to any municipal corporation therein; exempting property from taxation; restoring to citizenship persons convicted of infamous crimes; authorizing the creation, extension or impairing of liens; creating offices or prescribing the powers or duties of officers in counties, cities, townships or school districts; or authorizing the adoption or legitimation of children. In all other cases where a general law can be made applicable no special law shall be enacted.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 8 — Article 6 / Section 8
WY Const., Article 6, Section 8
Status: in_force

Soldiers stationed in state not considered residents. No soldier, seaman, or marine in the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this state in consequence of his being stationed therein.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 8 — Article 1 / Section 8
WY Const., Article 1, Section 8
Status: in_force

Courts open to all; suits against state. All courts shall be open and every person for an injury done to person, reputation or property shall have justice administered without sale, denial or delay. Suits may be brought against the state in such manner and in such courts as the legislature may by law direct.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 31 — Article 1 / Section 31
WY Const., Article 1, Section 31
Status: in_force

Control of water. Water being essential to industrial prosperity, of limited amount, and easy of diversion from its natural channels, its control must be in the state, which, in providing for its use, shall equally guard all the various interests involved.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 10 — Article 10 / Section 10
WY Const., Article 10, Section 10
Status: in_force

Mutual and co-operative associations. The legislature shall provide by suitable legislation for the organization of mutual and cooperative associations or corporations.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 36 — Article 3 / Section 36
WY Const., Article 3, Section 36
Status: in_force

Prohibited appropriations. No appropriation shall be made for charitable, industrial, educational or benevolent purposes to any person, corporation or community not under the absolute control of the state, nor to any denominational or sectarian institution or association.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 2 — Article 7 / Section 2
WY Const., Article 7, Section 2
Status: in_force

School revenues. The following are declared to be perpetual funds for school purposes, of which the annual income only can be appropriated, towit : Such per centum as has been or may hereafter be granted by congress on the sale of lands in this state; all moneys arising from the sale or lease of sections number sixteen and thirty-six in each township in the state, and the lands selected or that may be selected in lieu thereof; the proceeds of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted to this state, where by the terms and conditions of the grant, the same are not to be otherwise appropriated; the net proceeds of lands and other property and effects that may come to the state by escheat or forfeiture, or from unclaimed dividends or distributive shares of the estates of deceased persons; all moneys, stocks, bonds, lands and other property now belonging to the common school funds. Provided, that the rents for the ordinary use of said lands shall be applied to the support of public schools and, when authorized by general law, not to exceed thirty-three and one-third (33 1/3) per centum of oil, gas, coal, or other mineral royalties arising from the lease of any said school lands may be so applied. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1923 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 4, 1924, and proclaimed in effect on December 10, 1924. The amendment added the proviso clause.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 11 — Article 7 / Section 11
WY Const., Article 7, Section 11
Status: in_force

Textbooks. Neither the legislature nor the superintendent of public instruction shall have power to prescribe text books to be used in the public schools.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 28 — Article 3 / Section 28
WY Const., Article 3, Section 28
Status: in_force

Signing of bills. The presiding officer of each house shall, in the presence of the house over which he presides, sign all bills and joint ​ resolutions passed by the legislature immediately after their titles have been publicly read, and the fact of signing shall be at once entered upon the journal.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 12 — Article 1 / Section 12
WY Const., Article 1, Section 12
Status: in_force

Detaining witnesses. No person shall be detained as a witness in any criminal prosecution longer than may be necessary to take his testimony or deposition, nor be confined in any room where criminals are imprisoned.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 14 — Article 1 / Section 14
WY Const., Article 1, Section 14
Status: in_force

Bail; cruel and unusual punishment. All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor shall cruel or unusual punishment be inflicted.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 23 — Article 5 / Section 23
WY Const., Article 5, Section 23
Status: in_force

Appeals from justices’ courts. [Repealed.] Sections 22 and 23 were repealed by a resolution adopted by the 1965 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 8, 1966, and proclaimed in effect on January 17, 1967.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 5 — Article 3 / Section 5
WY Const., Article 3, Section 5
Status: in_force

When members elected and terms begin. Members of the senate and house of representatives shall be elected on the day provided by law for the general election of a member of congress, and their term of office shall begin on the first Monday of January thereafter.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 9 — Article 7 / Section 9
WY Const., Article 7, Section 9
Status: in_force

Taxation for schools. The legislature shall make such further provision by taxation or otherwise, as with the income arising from the general school fund will create and maintain a thorough and efficient system of public schools, adequate to the proper instruction of all youth of the state, between the ages of six and twenty-one years, free of charge; and in view of such provision so made, the legislature shall require that every child of sufficient physical and mental ability shall attend a public school during the period between six and eighteen years for a time equivalent to three years, unless educated by other means.
Wy. Const. art. 19, § 4 — Article 19 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 19, Section 4
Status: in_force

Legislature to provide for enforcement of section 3. The legislature shall, by appropriate legislation, see that the provisions of the foregoing section are enforced. Boards of Arbitration
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 43 — Article 3 / Section 43
WY Const., Article 3, Section 43
Status: in_force

Offers to bribe. Any person who shall directly or indirectly offer, give or promise any money or thing of value, testimonial, privilege or personal advantage, to any executive or judicial officer or member of the legislature, to influence him in the performance of any of his official duties shall be deemed guilty of bribery, and be punished in such manner as shall be provided by law.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 11 — Article 21 / Section 11
WY Const., Article 21, Section 11
Status: in_force

First state election; board of canvassers. The governor, secretary of the territory and president of this convention, or a majority of them, shall constitute a board of canvassers to canvass the vote of such election for member of congress, all state and district officers and members of the legislature. The said board shall assemble at the seat of government of the territory on the thirtieth day after the day of such election (or on the following day if such day fall on Sunday) and proceed to canvass the votes for all state and district officers and members of the legislature, in the manner provided by the laws of the territory for canvassing the vote for delegate to congress, and they shall issue certificates of election to the persons found to be elected to said offices, severally, and shall make and file with the secretary of the territory an abstract certified by them of the number of votes cast for each person, for each of said offices, and of the total number of votes cast in each county.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 2 — Article 5 / Section 2
WY Const., Article 5, Section 2
Status: in_force

Supreme court generally; appellate jurisdiction. The supreme court shall have general appellate jurisdiction, co-extensive with the state, in both civil and criminal causes, and shall have a general superintending control over all inferior courts, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 7 — Article 3 / Section 7
WY Const., Article 3, Section 7
Status: in_force

Time and place of sessions. The legislature shall meet at the seat of government at twelve o’clock noon, on the second Tuesday of January of the odd-numbered years for general and budget session and may meet on the second Tuesday of January of the even-numbered years for budget session, and at other times when convened by the governor or upon call of the legislature as herein provided. The governor by proclamation may also, in times of war or grave emergency by law defined, ​ temporarily convene the legislature at a place or places other than the seat of government. The legislature may convene a special session not to last longer than twenty (20) working days as follows: (i) Upon written request to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature by a majority of the elected members of each house, the legislature shall convene in a special session; or (ii) The presiding officers of each house shall also jointly call a special session for the purpose of resolving a challenge or a dispute of any kind in the determination of the presidential electors. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1961 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 6, 1962. The 1962 amendment added the second sentence to this section. This section was amended again by a resolution adopted by the 1971 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 7, 1972, and proclaimed in effect on December 12, 1972. This section was amended again by a resolution adopted by the 2001 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 5, 2002 and proclaimed in effect on November 13, 2002.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 16 — Article 6 / Section 16
WY Const., Article 6, Section 16
Status: in_force

When officers to hold over; suspension of officers. 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 by law provide for suspending any officer in his functions, pending impeachment or prosecution for misconduct in office.
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 15 — Article 15 / Section 15
WY Const., Article 15, Section 15
Status: in_force

State tax for support of public schools. For the support of the public schools in the state there may be levied each year a state tax not exceeding twelve mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property in the state. This section was added by an amendment proposed by the 1947 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 2, 1948, and proclaimed in effect on December 1, 1948. ​ This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1981 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 2, 1982, and proclaimed in effect on November 24, 1982.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 11 — Article 1 / Section 11
WY Const., Article 1, Section 11
Status: in_force

Self-incrimination; jeopardy. No person shall be compelled to testify against himself in any criminal case, nor shall any person be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. If a jury disagree, or if the ​ judgment be arrested after a verdict, or if the judgment be reversed for error in law, the accused shall not be deemed to have been in jeopardy.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 14 — Article 10 / Section 14
WY Const., Article 10, Section 14
Status: in_force

Eminent domain. Exercise of the power and right of eminent domain shall never be so construed or abridged as to prevent the taking by the legislature of property and franchises of incorporated companies and subjecting them to public use the same as property of individuals.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 14 — Article 6 / Section 14
WY Const., Article 6, Section 14
Status: in_force

Election contests. 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.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 23 — Article 21 / Section 23
WY Const., Article 21, Section 23
Status: in_force

Why constitution framed. This convention does hereby declare on behalf of the people of the Territory of Wyoming, that this constitution has been prepared and submitted to the people of the Territory of Wyoming for their adoption or rejection, with no purpose of setting up or organizing a state government until such time as the congress of the United States shall enact a law for the admission of the Territory of Wyoming as a state under its provisions. ORDINANCES The following article [sections] shall be irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of this state:
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 2 — Article 6 / Section 2
WY Const., Article 6, Section 2
Status: in_force

Qualifications of electors. Every citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who has resided in the state or territory one year and in the county wherein such residence is located sixty days next preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote at such election, except as herein otherwise provided. There are no longer durational residency requirements for electors. Since ratification of the 26th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, twenty-one should read eighteen.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 44 — Article 3 / Section 44
WY Const., Article 3, Section 44
Status: in_force

Witnesses in bribery charges. Any person may be compelled to testify in any lawful investigation or judicial proceeding against ​ any person who may be charged with having committed the offense of bribery or corrupt solicitation, or practices of solicitation, and shall not be permitted to withhold his testimony upon the ground that it may criminate himself, or subject him to public infamy; but such testimony shall not afterwards be used against him in any judicial proceeding, except for perjury in giving such testimony, and any person convicted of either of the offenses aforesaid shall, as part of the punishment therefor, be disqualified from holding any office or position of honor, trust or profit in this state.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 10 — Article 1 / Section 10
WY Const., Article 1, Section 10
Status: in_force

Right of accused to defend. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to defend in person and by counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation, to have a copy thereof, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, to have compulsory process served for obtaining witnesses, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. When the location of the offense cannot be established with certainty, venue may be placed in the county or district where the corpus delecti [delicti] is found, or in any county or district in which the victim was transported. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1975 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 2, 1976, and proclaimed in effect on November 23, 1976.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 1 — Article 7 / Section 1
WY Const., Article 7, Section 1
Status: in_force

Legislature to provide for public schools. The legislature shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a complete and uniform system of public instruction, embracing free elementary schools of every needed kind and grade, a university with such technical and professional departments as the public good may require and the means of the state allow, and such other institutions as may be necessary.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 46 — Article 3 / Section 46
WY Const., Article 3, Section 46
Status: in_force

Interested member shall not vote. A member who has a personal or private interest in any measure or bill proposed or pending before the legislature shall disclose the fact to the house of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon. APPORTIONMENT
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 18 — Article 3 / Section 18
WY Const., Article 3, Section 18
Status: in_force

Who may be impeached. The governor and other state and judicial officers except justices of the peace, shall be liable to impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors, or malfeasance in office, but judgment in such cases shall only extend to removal from office and disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust or profit under the laws of the state. The ​ party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall, nevertheless, be liable to prosecution, trial, judgment and punishment according to law.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 17 — Article 10 / Section 17
WY Const., Article 10, Section 17
Status: in_force

Rights of telegraph companies. Any association, corporation or lessee of the franchises thereof organized for the purpose shall have the right to construct and maintain lines of telegraph within this state, and to connect the same with other lines.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 5 — Article 6 / Section 5
WY Const., Article 6, Section 5
Status: in_force

Electors must be citizens of United States. No person shall be deemed a qualified elector of this state, unless such person be a citizen of the United States.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 19 — Article 5 / Section 19
WY Const., Article 5, Section 19
Status: in_force

State divided into districts; election and terms of district judges. Until otherwise provided by law, the state shall be divided into three judicial districts, in each of which there shall be elected at general elections, by the electors thereof, one judge of the district court therein, whose term shall be six (6) years from the first Monday in January succeeding his election and until his successor is duly qualified.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 12 — Article 7 / Section 12
WY Const., Article 7, Section 12
Status: in_force

Sectarianism prohibited. No sectarian instruction, qualifications or tests shall be imparted, exacted, applied or in any manner tolerated in the schools of any grade or character controlled by the state, nor shall attendance be required at any religious service therein, nor shall any sectarian tenets or doctrines be taught or favored in any public school or institution that may be established under this constitution.
Wy. Const. art. 4, § 1 — Article 4 / Section 1
WY Const., Article 4, Section 1
Status: in_force

Executive power vested in governor; term of governor. The executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for the term of four (4) years and until his successor is elected and duly qualified.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 7 — Article 10 / Section 7
WY Const., Article 10, Section 7
Status: in_force

What corporations are common carriers. All corporations engaged in the transportation of persons, property, mineral oils, and minerals products, news or intelligence, including railroads, telegraphs, express companies, pipe lines and telephones, are declared to be common carriers.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 18 — Article 10 / Section 18
WY Const., Article 10, Section 18
Status: in_force

Foreign railroad or telegraph company must have agent for service of process. No foreign railroad or telegraph line shall do any business within this state without having an agent or agents within each county through which such railroad or telegraph line shall be constructed upon whom process may be served. ​
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 19 — Article 21 / Section 19
WY Const., Article 21, Section 19
Status: in_force

Duration of terms of territorial county and precinct officers. All county and precinct officers who may be in office at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall hold their respective offices for the full time for which they may have been elected, and until such time as their successors may be elected and qualified, as may be provided by law, and the official bonds of all such officers shall continue in full force and effect as though this constitution had not been adopted.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 5 — Article 1 / Section 5
WY Const., Article 1, Section 5
Status: in_force

Imprisonment for debt. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, except in cases of fraud.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 12 — Article 5 / Section 12
WY Const., Article 5, Section 12
Status: in_force

District courts generally; qualifications of judges. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of the district court unless he be learned in the law, be at least twenty-eight years of age, and a citizen of the United States, nor unless he shall have resided within the State or Territory of Wyoming at least two years next preceding his election.
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 14 — Article 15 / Section 14
WY Const., Article 15, Section 14
Status: in_force

Surrender of taxing power prohibited. The power of taxation shall never be surrendered or suspended by any grant or contract to which the state or any county or other municipal corporation shall be a party.