The Dickinson press., 1883-09-29
sioux FALLS CONVENTION.

ready to go before tho people for ratification
Or rejection. It wa pronounced 1 finished
document tonight AFTER a day Of almost cease.
less toiling. As stated in the PIONEER PRESS
dispatch last night the bulk Of import
ant matter was then completed, aud today the
less consequential articles were ground OH,
with a rush. However, the constitution as i,
now is, cannot be ssid to be q hurriedly
constructed one, by any means. On
tho contrary, it has been pre-
pared with all the nicely Of care that l35
Of the brainiest men OF South Dakota could
give it There are no experimental features in
it, and yet it is not without original ideas, as a
review of the document will disclose. The
Jared country, and the many nationalities of
people and kinds of interests to bd fostered
and anticipated compelled tho authors to go
into almost every channel that has ever boon
followed by constitution makers. The pre-
amble laet produced in these dispatches was
adopted without amendment, as were also the
remarks of the committee upon reporting it,
aud the observations of the committee will go
out with, but not be incorporated in, the coa-
stitu,ion to the people.
THE CONSTITUTION
Name, boundary and seat of government TEs
name shall be the State of Dakota: the boundaries
begin where forty-sixth degree of north latitude
intersccts the western boundary line of the State of
Minnesota, thence south to Nebraska, thence west
esong the northern boundary Of that State and to
tho twenty-seventh deg. of west longitude, taence
north to the forty-sixth parallel, and east to the
place of beginning; tho scat of government shall
be and remain at Yankton until removed by law.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS,
The right of trial by jury shall remain invlolate
and extend to all cases at law without regard to the
amount in controversy; but q jury trial may. be
waived by parties in. all civil cases, and in all GRIM
sal cases less than felony. No religious tests or
qualification for any Office Of trust ! under ldeSt the State Ia T.
and no person shall be rendered Incompetent to
equity in consequence Of his opi5niops on
money be drawn from the treasury for the benefit
Of religious societies or theological seminaries: no
"ex post facto" law. nor im2airinR the obligation
making any irrevocable grant of special privilege,
franchises or immunities shall ever be passed by
the legislature; no law or duty shall be imposed
sentatives in the legislature, and all taxation shall
be equal and uuiform: no law shall be passed
granting to any. citizen or class Of citizens pri'i-
leres or immunities which, upon the same terms,
shall not equally belong to all citizens.
The number of members of the house Of repre-
sentatives shall never be less than ~fifty-fve nor
than twenty five nor more than thirty-two. Tho
~'assions of the legislature shall be biennial. The
legislature shall provide for an enumeration of the
inhabitants of the State in 1885 and every ten
years thereafter, and at its first regular session after
each enumeration, and also after each enumeration
made by the authority of the United States, hut at
no other time The legislature shall apportion the
senators and representatives according to the mum
Der of inhabitants; excluding Indians not taxed and
soldiers and officers Of the United States army and
navy. The terms of members Of the legislature
cents mileage each way;. that they shall receive
pay for no more than forty days at ono session.
except in proceedings for impeachment.
quisites. The legislature shall meot at the seat
of government on the first Tuesday after the firs
Monday of January. No bill except appropriation
bills shall be passed containing more than one sub
feet: Tie legislature shall norauthorize any games
of chance, lottery, or of gift enterprise under any
pretense, or for any purpose whatever. The legis-
lature shall never grant any extra compensation to
after the services shall have been rendered or the
contract entered into: nor shall the compensation of
any public officer be increased or diminished dur
ing his term of office. The legislature shall
not pass any local or special law autnorlzlng the
creation, repairing or extension of liens. granting
divorces. changing names OF persons or places, lay
ing out or opening highways, yacating grounds.
providing for the election of municipal officers, ex-
cmpting property from taxation, granting to any
private corporation, association or individual any
special or exclusive privileges, immunities or fran
chises whatever. No act shall take effect until
ninety days after the adjournment of the session at
which it passed, unless in case Of emergency. Every
member of the legislature who asks. receives OF
agrees 10 receive any bride up1n anv understanding
that his official vote, opinion, Judgment or action
shall be influenced thereby. or who gives or promi-
ses any official vote to another member of the leg
%islature. shall be deemed guilty of a felony aud be
punishable by imprisonment, The same extends
over tho use of any State official influence to effect
pending measures in the legislature.
JUDICIAL.
The supreme court shall consist Of three judges
to be chosen from districts by qualified electors al
large. After Eve years the number Of supreme
judges may be increased to five. and their terms
shall be four yea rs. In case of reelection, it shnl
be eight years; and the third successors term shall
be twelve years. Provision may be made for the
voluntary retirement of supreme judges at any
time after they arrive at the age of seventy years
provided that that they have been in the actual dis
charge of dut' ei as such judge for at least sixteen
years immediately preceding such retirement
The supreme court districts are:
First District-All that portion of the State lying
west of the Missouri river.
Second--Al that portion OF the State lying east
of the Missouri river and west of the Dakota river.
Third-All that portion of tho State lying east of
the Dakota river.
The term Of a judge Of the circuit court S hall be
four years.
The judicial circuits are arranged as follows:
First Circuit-The counties of Union, Clay. Lin
coin. Turner, Hanson. Lake. Minnehaha, McCook
and Miner.
second-Yanktou. Bon Homme. Charles Mix
Douglas. Hutchinson, Dawson. Aurora, Brute, Buff.
falo aud Jerauld.
Third-Brookines. Moody. Kingsbusy, Clark.
Wahpeton and Sisseton reservation, aud all that
strip of territory now included between the north
line of the county of Day aud the forty-sixth paral-
Fourth-Beadle. Hand. Hyde. Hughes. Sphinx,
Brown. Sully, sanborn. Potter, Edmunds. Faux
Walworth. Campbell. MCPHERSON, and including all
Counties and south Of the forty-siSth parallel ieIe o.
north latitude, and including all such portion oil
the State lying between these counties and nc:
Fifth-Ail that portion of the State lying west Of
the Missouri river, provided that all parts of the
State. not INCLUDED in the foregoing boundary. and
q part of the Second district.
There shall be elected in each ORGANIZED county
acounty judge. The legislature shall ix the SAL
ares of all jud es and court officers. Justices Of
the peace shall have Jurisdiction in all cases not in
volving over 500.
LEGISLATIVE A-PPoRTIoNMENT.
First District The counties of Union, Clay
Yankton, Bon HON me. Charles Meix, Douglas
Hutchinson, Turner. Lincoln, Minnehaha, Nc
Cook. Hanson, Dawson, Aurora, Brule, Buffalo
Jerauld. Sanborn, Miner, Lake and Moody.
Second-An other portions Of the State not in.
cluded in the First district.
Senatorial Districts-District No. /, county o.
Union. one senator: No. 2. Clay. one senator: No
3, Yankto1, two senators: No. 4; Bon Homnne; ON
senator e sor.t No. & H. ch "a non M1ss s ana se and saft He
Z, Turner, one senator: No. 8, Lincoln. one
senator; No. 8, Minuehaha, two senator's; No. 10
Moody, one senator's No. IL. Hanson and Nc
Cook. one SENATOR: No. II, Dawson and sanoorn
one senators: No. 13, Aurora and Jerauld. one sem
ator: No, IA. Lake and Miller. one senator; No.
is, Brookings. one senator: No: 16, kingsbury
and Clark. one senator; No. ~, Beadle
one senator: No. 10, Hand and Hyde, one
senator; No. 20, Hughes. one senator: No. 20
sully. Potter. Walworth and Campbell. and all thai
portion of territory north of said counties AM
south of forty-sixth parallel of NORTH
latitude, one senator; No. 81. Faulk, Ed
munds and Mcpherson and all that portion
of the Territory north Of said counties and south o.
the twentv-sixth parallel of north latitude, on,
$1,000 NJ 90 Sninl- ono sanator. No % Cod.