The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07


ditions prescribed in the said act, become the
States OF North Dakota and South Dakota; ana
Whereas, 1t was provided by said act that the
area comprising the TC"rtOry OfDakOta should
for the purposes of the act, be divided ON the
seventh standard parallel, produced due west TO
the western boundary of said territory, and that
the delegates elected, us therein provided, to the
constitutional convention i'll districts south OF
said parallel, should, at the time prescribed III
the act assemble i'll convention ut the Cty "l
Sioux Falls and
Whereas, 1t was provided by the said act that
the delegates elected aforesaid should AFTER
they had met and organized. declare on behalf OIL
the people OF South Dakota that they adopt the
constitution of the United States; Wherrup"n
the said convention should be authorized t"
form constitution and state government Tor
the proposed state of South Dakota; and
Whereas, 1t was provided by said act that TN"
constitution SO adopted should be republican III
form and make no distinction i'll civil or pohlI-
cal rights on account OF race or color, except as
to Indians not taxed, and not he repugnant 10
the constitution of the United States and the
principles OF the Declaration of Independence,
and the convention should by AN ordinance II
rpvocublr without the consent of the United
states and the people of said states, make Ger
tain provisions prescribed i'll said act and
Whereas, 1t was provided 10y said act that the
constitution of North Dakota and South Dakota
to be reached i'll accordance with the provisions
OF the act, for an equitable division of all prop
erty belonging to the Territory OF Dakota, the
disposition OF all public records, and also the
upportlonment of the debts and liabilities OF
said territory, and that each OF said states
should obligate itself to pay its proportion OF
such debts and liabilities, the same as ii they
had been created by such states respectively;
and
Whereas 1t WAS provided by said act that at
the election Of delegates to the constitutional
convention i'll South Dakota, as therein pro-
Vided. each electOr might have written or printed
on his ballot the words, "FOr the Sioux Fails
constitution" or the words Against the Sioux
Falls constitutions" that the votes on this Ques,
ton should be returned and canvusSed in the same
maner the votes for the election of delegates;
and if a majority OF all votes cast on this ques
ton should be For the Sioux Falls constitu'
ton it should be the duty of the convention
which might assemble at Sioux Falls, as pro
Vided III the act, to resubmit to the people OF
South Dakota, for ratification or rejection, at
an election provided for i'll said act, the COnSti
tuition framed at Sioux Falls and adopted Nov
3, 1885, 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 related
to the name and boundary OF the proposed
state to the reappOrtiOnment OF the judicial and
might be necessary in order to comply with the
provisions OF the act, and
Whereas, 1t was provided by said act that the
constitution formed for the people OF South Da-
katO should by an ordinance of the convention
forming the same, be submitted to the people of
South Dakota at an election to be held therein
on the first Tuesday III October. 1889, for rati-
fCatiOn or rejection, by the qualified voters Of
said proposed state, and that the returns of said
Fl ShDul1 q Ia
Territory OF Dakota, who, with the governor
and chief Justice thereof, or amy two Of them,
should canvass the same, and if Il majority of
the legal votes cast should be for the conStitu-
ton the governor should certify the result to
the president OF the United States together with
Il statement OF the votes cast thereon and upon
, separate articles or propositions, and copy Of
said constitution, articles, propositions and
ordinances; and
Whereas. 1t has been certified to me by the
governor of the Territory of Dakota that at the
aforesaid election for delegates the Sioux Falls
constitution" was submitted to the people of
the proposed State OF South Dakota. as pro-
vided i'll the said act; that a majority OF all the
votes cast on this question For the Sioux
Falls constitution and that the said conStitu-
tiOn was, at the time prescribed in the act, re-
submitted to the people OF South Dakota, with
proper changes and amendments, and has been
adopted and ratified by majority of the quail
fed voters OF said proposed state i'll accordance
with the conditions prescribed i'll said act and
Whereas, 1t is also certified to me by the said
| governor that at the same time that the body
| OF said constitution was submitted to a vote of
| the people two additional articles were sub
mitted separately, to wit: An article numbered
| pa, entitled prohibition" which received ma
| jOrity of all the votes cast for and against said
| article, well majority of all the votes
| cast for and against the constitution, and was
| adopted; and an article numbered 25, entitled
| Minority representation" which did not receive
a majority of the votes cast thereon nor upon
| the constitution and rejected; and
| Whereas duly authenticated copy of said
! constitution additional articles, ordinances and
| propositions required by said act, has been
received by me;
| Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, presi
| dent OF the United States of America, do, i'll aC
| COrdanCe with the act OF congress aforesaid, de-
| clare and proclaim the fact that the conditions
| imposed by congress on the state of South Da-
| kOta to entitle that state to admission to the
| Union have been ratified and accepted and that
| the admission OF the said state into the Union
| is now complete.
| In testimony whereof, l have hereuntO set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
| to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington
this second day of November, in the year Of
| our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the one hundred and
| fourteenth.
Seal BENJAMIN HARRISON.
| By the president.
JAMES Il. BLAINE, Secretary Of State