The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-02-02

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DELEGATE PETTIGREW'S BILL
To enable the people of the Territory
Of Dakota to form a constitution and
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equal footing with the original
states.
Be 1t enacted ly the Senate and House
of REPRESENTATIVES of the, United States
of america ia Cbanyess assembled, That
| the inhabitants Of the Territory of Dakota
included in the boundaries hereinafter
designated, be. and they are hereby, au-
thorized to form for themselves out of
said Territory, a State. government. with
the name Of the State of Dakota, which
State, when formed, shall be admitted in
TO the Union nnon an eouaI footing with
the original states in all respects whatso-
ever, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That the said State of Dakota
shall consist of all the territory included
within the following boundaries, to-wit:
Commencing At a noint on the west line
of thu State at Minnesota where the forty
sixth. degree Of north latitnde intersects
the same thence south along the western
bound.rv.line Of the States Of Minnesota
and Iowa n N. no;nt. of intersection he
tween the Rio s;oux and Missouri; River ::
thenca mn the center Of the m,;n channel
10 III. mouth of tho KePaba river
thence nn the center of the main channel
of the said Ke Paha river to the FORTY
third degree Of north latitude TO the one
hundredth and fourth degree of longitude
west from Greenwich: thence north along
said degree Of longitude to the forty sixth
degree of north latitude: thence east
,lono said fortv-s;xtb dogree If north lat-
itude to the Mace of b.p;nn;np
.src 3 That al nersons ou,,ifod bv
Law 70 vote for renresant,t;vea 70 tho ,en,
er,l assembly, Of said Territory at the date
ot tho massage of tho act shall be qualified
- ha .lootod .nd tho, .ro borohr .,thor.
;vad 70 vote far .na choose ronresent at;ves
To form , convention nnaar s,,cb rn1es
and regulations az the district attorney, of
tho f;nt second and fourth ind;c;a] dis
tricts of said Territory, or any two of
them. which lie in the limits herein de-
scr;bed. NAV prescribe and All who are
qualified voter, Of said Territory under
the laws thereof at such time as the con-
stitution to he framed shall he submitted
IN tho noonla for ratification mr. ro;.ct;on
shall be ent;tl,d to vote unon tho ouestion
of .ncb ratification or re;oct;on ,,nder
such r,la. and regulations .aa s.;d conven.
t;on NAV n,o.cr;he. and the aforesaid rem
resent.t;ves u form the s.fo.e.,;d canven
t;on shall he annor.,onad amono tho aevo-
raj counties in said Territory IN nronort;on
to the non,l,tion as shown hy the census
of eighteen hundred and eighty as near
as NAV be; and said apportionment shall
be made for said territory by the district
trict attorneys of the first, second an,f
fourth districts aforesaid or any two of
them; and the acting governor of said
Territory shall, by proclamation, order an
election of the representatives thereof, to
be held throughout the territory. at such
time as shall be fixed by the district at
torneys aforesaid, or any two of them.
which proclamation shall be issued within
| ninety davs from the passage of this act.
and at least thirty days prior to the time
of said election and such election shall
be conducted in the same manner as is
prescribed by the laws of said Territory
regulating elections therein for members
of the council and house of representa-
tivss; and the number of members to
said convention shall be one hundred and
twenty.
Sec 4. That the members of said CON
yention thus elected shall meet at the cap-
ital of said Territory on day to be fixed
bv said district attorneys or anv two Of
tbem not mora than s;xtv DAVIS snhsoouant
to tho dav If election which time of meet
;no shall be stated in tho aforesaid nrocla-
nation mentioned in the third section Of
this act and after organization shall de-
clare on behalf Of the neonle Of said Ter
ritory. that thev adopt the Constitution
of the Tinted States: whereunon the said
convention shall be. and is hereby. auth
orized to form a constitution and State
government for said Territory: Pyorided
That the constitution shall be republican
in form and mala no destination IN civil
or nolt;cal r;obts on acconnt of race or
colo, axcent Indians NOT taxed and not
ho ron,,onant to tho Constitution of tho