Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-09

! election hereinafter provided Tor In this act,
the consul luton ira % mt Sioux Fals and
adopled Noyemb.r 8, 1855, and also The
Articles and pro y~osltions separately sub
mittei at that e~iectioG, iDeiudiDg tho ques.
| tion Of locating The Temporary seat govern
menf, with sucn changes only as relate to Tie
name anu boundary OF tue proposed state,
10 the Ieappointment OF the judicial
and legislative districts, ana such
amendments AZ may be necessary in
order to comply with the provisions OF this
act; and II u majority OF the votes cast on the
ratification or rejection Of the constitution
shall be tor the constitution irrespective OF
the articles separately submitted, the state Of
South Dakota snail be admitted as q state In
the Union under said constitution as herein
after provided; but the archives, records, and
books OF the territory OF Dakota shall remain
at Bismarck, the capital OF North Dakota,
until an agreement In reference thereto Is
reached By said states. Bat II at the election
for delegates To the constitutional convention
Ia South Dakota u majority Of all votes cast
at the election shall be against the Sioux
Falls constitution, - then and In that event 1t
shall be the duty OF the convention which
will assemble al the city OF Sioux Falls on
The 4th day Of July, 1850, 10 proceed 10 form
a constitution and state government as pro-
vided in this act, the same as IL that question
had not been submitted TO q vote OF the
people OF South Dakota.
Sec. u. IL shall be the duty OF the constitu-
tional conventions OF North and South Da-
kota To appoint a joint commission, to be
composed of not less than three members Of
each convention, whose duty 1t shall be TO as
semble NJ Bismarck, the prese At seat OF gov
eminent Of said territory, aud agree upon an
equitable division OF all property belonging
10 the territory OF Dakota, the disposition Of
all pubic records, aud also ADJUST aud agree
upon the amount OF The debts and liabilities
If the territory, which shall be assumed and
paid by each Of the above states Of North
Dakota ana south Dakota; and the agree
ment reached respecting the territorial debts
ana liabilities shall be incorporated In the re-
spectlve constitutional, aud each OF said
states shall Cblige itself TO pay It's proportion
Of such debts ard liabilities, the same as II
they had been created by such states re-
spectively.
Sec. z. If the constitutions formed Cor
North Dakota and South Dakota shall be re-
jected by the people at the elections for the
ratification or rejection Of their respective
constitutions as provided for In this act, the
territorial government OF Dakota shall con-
tinue in existence the same as II this act had
not been passed. But II the constitution
formed for either North Dakota or south Da-
kota soall be rejected by the people, that
part of the territory so rejecting is proposed
constitution shall continue under the terri
torial government OF the present territory OF
Dakota, but shall, after the state adopting ie
constitution is admitted into the Union, be
called 10y the name Of the territory Of North
Dakota or South Dakots, as the case may be
provided, That II either Of The pro-
| posed states provided for In this act
shall reject the constitution which may
he submitted for ratification or rejection at
the election provided therefor the governor Of
the territory IN which such proposed consti-
tuition WAS rejected shall issue his proclams-
tion reconvenins the delegates elected to the
convention which formed such rejected con-
stitution, fixing thu time and place at which
said delegates shall assemble; and when So
assembled they shall proceed 10 form another
constitution to amend the rejected constitu-
ton, and shall submit such new constitution
or amended constitution to the people OF the
proposed state for ratification or rejection, at
such time as said convention may determine;
and all the provisions OF this act, SO far as
applicable, shall apply to such convention 30
reassembled and TO the constitution which
may be formed, It's ratification or rejection,
anO to the admission OF the proposed state.
Sec. 8. That the constitutional convention
which may assemble in South Dakota suall
provide by ordinance for ~resubmitting the
Sioux Falls constitution OF 1885, after having
amended the same rs provided In section 3,
CT This act, to the peorle OF South Dakota for
ratification or rejection, at an election
to be held therein on the first Tuesday In
October, 1880; but IL said constitu-
ttonal convention is authorized and re-
quiz ell to form a new constitution for South
Dakota, it shall be provided for submitting
the same In like manner to the people OF
South Dakota for ratification or rejection at
an election 10 be held In said proposed state
on the said first Tuesday in October. And
tie constitutional conventions which may as
semble In North Dakota, Montana and wash
ington shall provide in like manner for sub
NIT log the constitutions formed by them to
the people OF said proposed states respective
ly, for the ratification or rejection at cleo
tions to be held in said proposed states on the
said first Tuesday in October. Al the cleo
lions provided for in this section the qualified
! voters Ct the said proposed states shah vote
directly for or against the proposed constitu-
lions, and for or against any articles or prop
ositions separately submitted. The returns
Of esid elections shall be made 10 the sccro-
tary of each of said territories,
who, with the governor and the chef Justice
thereof, or any two OF them, shall canvass the
same: and II a ma. rity OF the legal votes
cast snail be for the constitution the governor
shall certify the result to the president Of the
UGited States, together with a statement Of
the votes ca t thereon and upon separate al
ticles or propositions, and a copy OF said &rti-
, c'es, p.onos't' oca and ordinances. And II the
| constitutions and Governments CT said plo-
! posed states are republican In form, and II
AL the provisions of this act have been com-
rlied with In the formation thereof, II shall
be the duty Ct the presilebt OF the United
States TO Issue his proclamation announcing
the result Of the election in each, and there-
upon the proposed states which have adopted
constitutions and formed state governments,
as herein provided, ehsll be admitted by con-
gtCss into the uniCn under and by virtue o.
this act, on en- equal footing with the original
states, from and after the date Of said prCc,a-
nation.
Sec. 9. That until the next general census,
or until otherwise provided by Law, sail states
shall be entiiltd to one representative IN lhe
house Of representatives. OF the United States,
except South Dakota, which shall be entitled
10 Two and the representatives OF the Fifty
first cong ess, together with the governors
and other officers provided for IN said consti-
buttons, may be elected on the same day OF
the election for the ratification or rejection
Of the constitution ana until said state Of
iicers are elected and qualified under the pro-
visions Of each constitution and the states,
respectively. are admitted INTO the union, the
territorial off aers shall continue 20 discharge
TIE duties OF their respective offices In each
Of said territories.
Sec. 10. That Upon the admission Of each
Of said states into rhe Union sections num-
bered Is AMI 80 In every township Of said
proposed states, and where such sections, or
any parts thereof, have been sod or other
wise disposed OF By or under the authority OF