Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-15
The Stare Of South Dakota,
The following is the text of the procla.
nation admitting South Dakota:

The following is the text of the procla-
nation admitting South Dakota:
By the president of the United States of
America: A Observation-Disclosures, Tho con-
gross of the United States did by an act ap-
proved on the 22d day of February, 1889, pro-
Dakota might, upon the conditions. prescribed
in said act, become the states of North and
South Dakota And, whereas, it was provided
by said act that said area comprising the ter
act, be divided on tho line of the Tth standard
parallel, produced due west to the western
boundary Of said territory, and that tho dele
gates elected as therein provided to the consti-
tutional convention in the districts south Of
the parallel should at the time prescribed in
the act, assemble IN convention at the city Of
said act that the delegates elected as aforesaid
should after they met and organized, declare
on behalf of the people of South Dakota that
they adopt the constitution of the United
States whercupon said convention should be
authorized to form q constitution and state
government for the proposed state Of South
Dakota. And whereas, 1t was provided by said
act that the constitution so adopted should be
republican in form, and mako no distinction In
civil or political rights on account Of race or
color, except ss to Indians not taxed, and not
United States and tho principles Of the declara-
tion of independence. and that the convention
should by ordinance, irrevocable without the
consent If tho United States and the people of
said states. mako certain provisions prescribed
in said act. And, wherens, it was provided by
said act that the constitutions Of North Da-
kota and South Dakota should respectively, in
corporate an agreement to be reached in &C.
cordance with the provisions of the act for an
equitable division OF oil property belonging to
the territory of Dakota, the disposition OF all
public records, and also for the apportionment
Of the debts and liabilities Of said territory, and
that each of said states should obligate itself
to pay it's proportion of such debts and 1abilt-
ties the same as il they had been created by
such states respectively. And whereas, it was
provided by said act that at the election for
delegates to the constitutional convention in
South Dakota, as therein provided each elector
Knight have written or printed on his ballot For
the Sioux. Falls constition," or the words
Against the Sioux Falls constitution:' that
the votes on this question should be returned
and canvasssd in the same manor MS the votes
for the election of delegates and il a majority
of all the votes cast on this question should be
sFor the Sioux Falls constitution" it should DO
the duty of the convention which might assem-
BILE at Sioux Falls provided in this act, to re-
submit to the people Of South Dakota for rati-
fication rejection, at an election provided for
III said aot, the constitution framed at Sioux
Falls and adopted Novomber3, 1855, and also
the articles and propositions separately sub
mitted at that election, including the question
of locating the temporary scat OF governments,
with such changes only as related to the name
and boundary Of the proposed state, to the re-
apportionment Of judicial and legislative dis
tricts, and such amendments us might pc
necessary in order to comply with the provls-
ions of tho act. And whereas, it was provided
Nv said not that the constitution formed for the
people Of South Dakota should by 20 ordinance