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Rh '''Sec. 29. Rights of aliens.''' No distinction shall ever be made by law between resident aliens and citizens as to the possession, taxation, enjoyment and descent of property.

'''Sec. 30. Monopolies and perpetuities prohibited.''' Perpetuities and monopolies are contrary to the genius of a free state, and shall not be allowed. Corporations being creatures of the state, endowed for the public good with a portion of its sovereign powers, must be subject to its control.

'''Sec. 31. 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.

'''Sec. 32. Eminent domain.''' Private property shall not be taken for private use unless by consent of the owner, except for private ways of necessity, and for reservoirs, drains, flumes or ditches on or across the lands of others for agricultural, mining, milling, domestic or sanitary purposes, nor in any case without due compensation.

'''Sec. 33. Compensation for property taken.''' Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public or private use without just compensation.

'''Sec. 34. Uniform operation of general law.''' All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation.

'''Sec. 35. Ex post facto laws; impairing obligation of contracts.''' No ex post facto law, nor any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be made.

'''Sec. 36. 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.

'''Sec. 37. Constitution of United States supreme law of land.''' The State of Wyoming is an inseparable part of the federal union, and the constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land. Rh