Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-31

the seat OF & tTernment Of each OF eail
territories on the second tuesday Vi
January, 1855, and, after organization
shall declare, on behalf OF she people OF
said proposed etEtes, that they adopt
the consultation of a Dotted States;
whercppon the said conventions shat be,
and are hereby, authorized 10 form COLI
statutions and state governments for
said proposed. states respectively.
SEQ, 8. That in case constitutions
and state governments shall be formed
in compliance with the provisions OF
| this act, said conventions forming the
came shall provide by ordinances for
submitting said constitutions TO the
people of said states for their ratifiea-
tion or rejection, at an election to be
held in each of said territories on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday of
November, 1888, at which election the
qualified voters of said proposed states
shall vote directly for or against the
proposed constitutions, and for or
against any provisions separately SUBJ
mitted.
SEQ. 8. That the counties of Grant,
Roberts, Day, Brown, Ednunds, Wal
worth. Boreman' Hettinger, Bowman,
and all that part of the proposed state
| OF Dakota north thereof shall constitute
the first congressional district, and that
| portion of the proposed state of Dakota
lying south OF said counties shall cpn-
~stitute the second congressional district
| OF said state; and IN each of said dis
tricts In Dakota, and in each of the
states OF Montana, Washington and New
| Mexico, one representative in congress
shall be elected until otherwise provid-
ed by law after the next decennial cen
sus of the United States, and at the time
prescribed by general law for such cleo
tions in other states.
Sec. q. That the constitutional con-
ventlons may, by ordinance. provide
for the election Of full state govern
ments. including members of the legis-
latures and representatives in congress
but said state governments shall remain
in allegiance until the constitutions
framed by said conventions shall have
been approved by congress. In case
the constitution of any of said proposed
states shall be ratified by the people,
but not otherwise, the Legislature there
OF may assemble, organize, and elect
two senators of the United States, and
the governor and secretary of state oil
suoh proposed state shall certify the
election to congress, and when the con-
~stitution 30 framed is approved by con-
gress, and such state admitted into the
union by special act OF congress there
for, the senators and representatives
shall be admitted to seats IN congress;
and to all the rights and privileges oil
senators and representatives of othel
states in the congress of the United
! States; and the state governments
formed in Pursuance of said constitu-
tions. as provided by the constitutions
conventions, shall proceed to exercise oil
the functions OF state officers.
lied to. frame constitutions as provided
in this act shall incorporate q provision
IN each constitution aboiishing all coun
ties heretofore established within tn,
limits of said territories respectivel.
which contain less than three Thousand
inhabitants. excluding Indians not taxed
according to the census of eighteen hun
dred and eighty-fve or other reliabl,
data, and shall consolidate the territory
cen e.is;:g the same into rev ccant;e.
of not less than three thousand inhabi-
tants each, Gnd shall fix the county seat,
and names of such new counties unit
the same are changed in the name
provided in the constitution. The con.
ventions shall provide in the oonstltu
tions of said states such provisions a
may be necessary for the payment o
the debts Of the counties SO abolished
and for the disposition OF the propert.
of such counties.