Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-23
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SIC. 4. That the members Of the con-
ventiou thus elected shall meet at the CAPT
tai OF said territory, on . day 70 BE- fixed BY
said governor, chief justice, and United
States attorney, not more than sixty days
subsequent 10 the day Of election. which
time Of meeting shall be contained in the
sforesaid proclamation mentioned in the
third section Of this act, and, after organ
~ization, shall declare, on behalf Of the
people of said territory, that they adopt the
Constitution of the United States; whereupon
the said convention shall be, and 10 hereby,
authorized to form . constitution aud state
government for saii territory: Provided,
That the constitution shall be republican in
form, and make nc distinction in civil or
political rights On account Of race or color,
except Indians not taxed. and not he repug-
nant to the constitution of the United States
and the principles of the declaration Of in
dependence: Ind .prorided further, That
said convention shall Gvide,, BY an : u
the United States and the people Of said
state, first, that perfect federation of religious
sentiment shall be secured. and no inhabi-
tant of said state shall ever be molested, in
person Ct property, IN account of his or her
mode of religious worship; secondly, that
the people inhabiting said territory do agree
and declare that they forever disclaim all
right and title to the u~nappropriated pub.
lie lands and to all lands owned or held by
any indian or Indian tribes, until the title
thereto shall have been e%xtinguished BY the
United States lying within said territory,
and that the same shall be and remain at
the sole and entire disposition of the United
States, and that the lands belonging to citi-
zens Of the United states residing without
the said state shall never be taxed higher
than the lands belonging to resi-
dents thereof, and that no taxes shall be
imposed by the state on lands or properly
therein belonging to, or which may here
after be purchased BY the United States.
SEC. S. That in case a constitution and
state government shall be formed for the
Aople of said territory of Dakota, in COM
pliance with the provisions of this act, said
convention forming the same shall provide,
by ordinance, for submitting said constitu-
ton to the people Of said state for their
ratification or rejection, at an election, to be
held at such time and at such places and
under such regulations as may be prescribed
by said convention, at which election the
lawful voters of said new state shall vote
directly for or against the proposed constitu-
ton and the returns Of said election shall
be made to the acting governor Of the ter
ritory, who, with the chief justice and
United States attorney of said territory, OF
AMI two Of then, shall canvass the same ;
and il q majority Of legal votes shall be cast
for said constitution in said proposed state,
the said acting governor shall certify the
same to the president of the United States,
together with a copy of said constitution
and ordinances whereupon it shall be the
duty of the president Of the United States
to issue his proclamation declaring the state
admitted into the union on an equal footing
with the original states, without any further
action whatever IN the part of congress.
SEC. &. That until the next general
census said state shall be entitled to ont
representative in the house OF representa-
tives ofthe United States, which representa-,
tive, together with the governor and state
and other officers provided for in said con
stitution, shall be elected on a day subse
quent ia the adoption Of the constitution
and to be fixed by said constitutional con
%vention and until said state officers arr
elected and qualified under the provision
of the constitution, the territorial officer
shall continue to discharge the Iuties Q
their respective offices.
SEC. Z. That sections numbered sixteel
and thirty-six in every township, and wher,
such sections have been sold or otherwis
disposed ofby any act Of congress, othe
lands, equivalent thereto, in legal subdivi
sions of not more than one quarter-sectiou
and as contiguous as may be, are hereb
granted to said state for the support Of com
mon schools.
SEC. s. That, provided the state {
Dakota shall be admitted into the unio
in accordance with the foregoing provision
Of this fact, fifty entire sec ions of the I'm
appropriated public lands within said stat,
to be selected and located by direction Q
the legislature thereof, on or before the fir
day Of January, eighteen hundred an
eighty-two, shall be, and are hereby, graz
ted, in legal subdivisions of not less tina
one quarter section, to said state for tn
purpose of erecting public buildings at ii
capital Of said state for legislative and jud
cial purposes, in such manner as the legisl'
ture shall precribe.
Sec. 9. That fifty other entire sections {
land as aforesaid, to be selected and locate
as aforesaid, in legal subdivisions az afors
said, shall be, and they are hereby. granite
to said state for the purpose of erecting
suitable building for a penitentiary or sta
prison in the manner aforesaid.
Sec. 10. That seventy-two other section
of land shall be set apart and reserved f
the use and support of . state universit
to be selected in manner as aforesaid, az
to be appropriated and applied as the legi
lature of said state may prescribe for II
purpose named and for no other purpose.
! That all salt springs within said state. n
exceeding twelve in number, with six Sc
; tons of land adjoining, or a. contiguous
may be to each, shall be granted to sal
state for Its use, the said land to be selecte
by the governor Of said state within ~
{ years after the admission Of the state, an
: when so selected to be used and disposed
!. on such terms, conditions and regulation
as the legislature shall direct: Prouide
, That no salt springs the right whereof
now vested In any individual or individual
= or which hereafter shall be confirmed
sdjudged to any individual or individual
: : shall by this act be granted to said state.
SEC. Is. That five per centum of the OF