The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-03

usfEed 20 tie people os North nakssa aK an
eaecflon % he bed therein On the Erss
Iaesday N October. Isse far r2tiSeaIioa
and re1rcs5on ay the qualified voters Of
sad ssate. and that the resuras OF said
electsnn should DC nzde to The secretary os
tlss territory Of Dakota. who. with the g0y-
erroE and chief 5ustsce Thereof. or any two
ci them. should canvass the same, and Il q
mksersty q the legal vcteS should ha for
the constitution the governor shoald GER
saty TIE reSaif to the president af the
United States, together wEsh q statement
ot the votes cast thereon aad any separate
articles Or propositions. and q copy OF said
constitution. articles, propositions and or
dlaanees. and.
Where's. e has been certified to ne hy
the governor es tie territory OF Dakota
that wsshin the tire prescribed ay said act
os congress the constitution for tae pso-
posed state of North DAKOTA has been
adopted and the same rAtiaes3 hy majority
Of the qualified voters az said propose esi
state. n accordance with the conditions
prescribed in sal. acs: and.
Whereas. it has also bssa eertEe 10 me
by said governor thai - the same time ths.
body Of the constitution Kas submitted 70
hesed - entitled Prohibition. vas also
submitted and received . majority Of al
the votes esss for ard against said article,
as vel as a majority Of all the votes cast
for and against the constitution, and was
adoptea; and,
Whereas. q duly auIhoFlzed copy oi said
constitution article. ordinance and pF0pos-
ltions required by said act has been recsvea
hy me.
Now. therefore. /. benjamin. Harrison,
president Of the United States OF America,
in accordance with the provisions ei the
act OF congress aforesaid. declare and pro-
claim the fact that the provisions imposed
by congress on tiae state of North Dakota
to enable that state to al mission 10 the
Iuion have oeen ratified and adopted, and
that the admission Of said state into the
lion is now complete.
In testimony whereof have hefeUnto set
ay hand and eaused the sea- OF the
United States TO be affixed. Done at tie
city of Washington this ID day of No
yemher. in the year OF oar Lord iSs9 and
OF the independence Of the United States
OF America the one hundred and four
teenth. BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Bg the President:
JAMES q. BLAME, Secretary Of state.
soUTH pAKoTA.
Following is the text of the proclamation
admitting South Dakota
Whereas, the congress OF the United
States did by an act approved on the I'D
day OF February Iss9. provide that the in
habitants OF the territory oi Dakota might
upon the conditions prescribed in said act
form the states OF North Dakota and South
Dakota and
Whereas, il was provided by said act
that said area comprising the territory of
Dakota should for the purposes OF the aet
lie divided on the line os the forty-seyemth
standard parallel produced from the east
ern 30 the western boundary of said terri
tory and that the delegates elected as
therein provided TO the constitutional con-
vention from districts south Of tie parallel
should at the time prescribed in the act as
semble in convention at the city of Sioux
Falls; and
Whereas, it was provided by said act
that the delegates elected as aforesaid
should meet and organize and declare on
behalf Of the people OF South Dakota that
they adopt the constitution of lhe United
States, whereupon said convention should
be authorized TO form constitution and
state government for the purpose OF the
state OF South Dakota and
Whereas, il was provided by said act that
the constitutions so adopted should be re-
publican inform and make no distinction
in civil anG political rights on account Of
race or color except as 10 Indians not taxed.
and should not be repugnaut 70 the consti-
tuition OF the United States and the princi-
MA of fag.s .af frsf{
and that the constitution should be an
ordinance irFevocable without the consent
OF the United States and the people OF said
state make certain provisions prescribed in
said act and,
Whereas, it was provided by said act
that the constitution of North Dakota and
south Dakota should respectively incorpo-
rate an agreement, 10 be reached Ia ac-
eordance with the provisions of the act, for
an equitable division Of all property be-
longing TO the territory OF Dakota, disposi-
tons OF all the public records, and also an
apportionment Of the debts and liabilities
OF said territUSS. and that each OF said
states should obligaha itself to pay it's pro
portion Of such debts and liabilities the
same as II they had been created by such
states respectively; and,
Whereas. it vas provided by said act
that in the election for delegates 10 the
constitutional convention in South DAKOTA
as therein provided, each eleetor might
hare written or printed or his ballot The
words "Eor the Sioux Fails Con.
siitution. or the words Against
the sioux Fails Constitution: that the votes
on theqaestiou should be returned And can
vassed ia the same manner as the votes for
election of delegates. and il a najority of
aiI the votes cast on this question should
be for the Sioux Fails constitution It should
be the duty ef the convention which might
assemble 81 Sioux Falls. a. provided in the
aci. to suhptt to tae people Of 5oaih Da-
. kota for ratification ar rejection, st an
election provided for in said act. tke con.
Sliiutson frames at Sioax Fails and adopted
November 8. Iss5. and also the articles and
propositions separately submitted at that
election Including The question of location
OF the temporary state government. with
such changes egisy as related n name alsd
boundary of Hhe proposed state, tae re-
appointment of jsd}eisl snd legislative dis
igicts. end such amendments IS might le
necessary in orsser to comply witn the pro-
visions 81 tue aess and.
Whereas. it waS provided by said art
that the constitution formed for tae people
al south Dakota should. WITH tire ordinance
of tlae convention forming the same. be
su6us4ttesd 70 tle psople os south Dakota
at an election - 'e hela ou the first Tues
dav In oct0ssar, SO for ratification or re-
lection bY tbe qsalliie41 voters Is sad pro
fesevl state and the resares 0{ SAID esc1-
ton aho8sId 5s made "a the secretary q
pakots. wh9. wlgh ths governor anu ehset
,g4ssca thereof. Or say two Of 5Aem. should