St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-02

against the Sioux Falls constitutions
and the votes OH this question shall be
| returned and canvassed in the same
manner as for the election provided for
III section three of this act; and
If majority of all votes cast on
this question shall be "for the Sioux
Falls constitution" it shall be the duty
of the convention which may assemble
| at Sioux Falls, as herein provided, to
| resubmit to the people of South Dakota
| for ratification or rejection at the cleo
ton hereinafter provided for in this
| act, the constitution framed at Sioux
Falls and adopted Nov. 3, 1856,
and also the articles and propositions
| separately submitted at that election,
including the question of locating the
| temporary seat OF government, with
such changes only as relate to the name
and boundary of the proposed state, to
the reapportionment of the judicial
and legislative districts, and such
amendments as may be necessary in
order to comply with the provisions of.
this act; and if majority of the votes
cast on the ratification or rejection Of
| the constitution shall be for the consti-s
tuition irrespective of the articles sep!
| arately submitted, the state of South
Dakota shall be admitted as state in
| the Union under said constitution as
hereinafter 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. But if at the elect
ton for delegates to the constitutional
convention in South Dakota a majority |.
OF all the votes cast at that election
shall be against the Sioux Falls con-
stitutiOn," then and in that event it
shall be the duty of the conventions
which will assemble at the city of
Sioux Falls OH the 4th day of July, 1889,
to proceed to form constitution and
state government as provided in this
act, the same as if that question had
| not been submitted to vote of the
people of South Dakota.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the
constitutional conventions of North and
South Dakota to appoint joint commits
sion, to be composed of not less than
three members of each convention,
whose duty it shall be to assemble at
Bismarck, the present seat of govern
ment of said territory, and agree upon
an equitable division of all property be-
longing to the territory of Dakota, the
disposition of all public records, and
also adjust and agree upon the amount
of the debts and liabilities of the ter
ritory which shall be assumed and paid
by each of the proposed states of North
Dakota and South Dakota: and the
agreement reached respecting the terri
torial debts and liabilities shall be in
cOrpOrated in the respective con Stitu-
tons, and each of said states shall
oblige itself to pay its proportion of
such debts and liabilities, the same as if
they had been created by such states
respectively.
Sec. Z. If the constitutions formed
for both North Dakota and South Da-
kota shall be rejected by the people at
the elections for the ratification or re-
lection of their respective constitutions
as provided for in this act, the terrific
rial government of Dakota shall con-
tinue in existence the same as if this act
had not been passed. But if the con-
Stitution formed for either North Da-
kota or South Dakota shall be rejected
by the people, that part of the territory
so rejecting its proposed constitution
shall continue under the territorial gov.
ernment of the present territory of Da-
kota, but shall, after the state adopting
ing its constitution is admitted
name of the territory of North Da-
kota or South Dakota as the case NAV
be; provided, That if either of the pro-
posed states provided for in this act
shall reject the constitution which may
be submitted for ratification or reiec-
ton at the election provided therefor
the governor of the territory in which.
such proposed constitution was rejected
ShalliSSue his proclamation reconVening
the delegates elected to the convention
which formed such rejected constltu-
ton. fixing the time and place at which
said delegates shall assemble; and when
g oScan,h1Ql t;1nu hol
another constitution to amend the re.
Jected constitution, and shall submit
such new constitution or amended con!
StitutiOn 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, sc. far
as applicable, shall apply to such con-
ventiOn so reassembled and to the con-
stitution which may be formed. its
ratification or rejection, and to the adj
mission of the proposed state.
Sec. S. That the constitutional con-
vention which may assemble In South
Dakota shall provide by ordinance for
resubmitting the Sioux Falls c0nstitu-
ton of 1855, after having amended the
same as provided in section OF this
act, to the people of South Dakota for
ratification or rejection, at all election
to be held therein Oh the first Tuesday
i'll October, 1889: but if said constitu-
tlOnal convention is authorized and re-
quired to form a new constitution for
South Dakota. it shall be provided for
submitting the same in like manner
to fine people of South Dakota for rati-
tication or rejection at an election to be
held in said proposed state on the said
IrSt Tuesday in October. And the con-
Stitutional conventions which may as
Semble in North Dakota, Montana and
Washington shall provide in like man
ner for submitting the constitutions
formed by them to the people of said
proposed states. respectively, for the
ratification or rejection at elections to
held IN said proposed states Oh the
said first Tuesday in October. At the
elections provided for in this section
the qualified voters of the said proposed
states shall vote directly for or against
the proposed constitutions, and for or
against any articles or propositions
separately submitted. The returns of
said elections shall be made to the sec
rotary of each of said territories,
who, with the governor and the chief
Justice thereof, OF any two of them,
shall canvass the same; and if ma
jority of the legal votes cast shall be
for the constitution the governor shall
certify the result to the president of
the United States, together with a
statement of the votes cast thereon aud
upon separate articles or propositions,
and copy of said articles, propositions
and ordinances. And if the constitu-
lions and goyernme hts of said proposed
states are republican in form, and if all
the provisions of this act have been COM
piled with i'll the formation thereof, it
shall be the duty of the president of the
United States to issue his proclamation
announcing the result of the election in
each. and thereupon the proposed states
which have adopted constitutions and
formed state governments, as herein