The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-02-21
THE NEW STATES.
Provisions Of the Bill Passed Yesterday by
the Senate and House.

Provisions Of the Bill Passed Yesterday by
the Senate and House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-The bill, as agreed
to in conference, provides for the admission
of the States of North Dakota, South
Dakota, Montana and Washington. The
Territory of Dakota is to be divided on the
line of the seventh standard parallel pro-
duced due west to the western boundary
of the Territory. The delegates elected to
the constitutional convention north of this
parallel shall assemble at Bismarck, and
those elected south of the parallel at Sioux
Falls The delegates to the convention in
each of the proposed new States shall be
elected on the Tuesday after the first Mon
day in May, next. and shall meet on the
4th of July and declare that they adopt
the Constitution of the United States.
They are authorized thereupon to form
Constitutions and State governments. 1t
is provided that at the election for
delegates to the convention in South
Dakota, the electors shall vote for
or against the Sioux Falls Constitution. IL
majority of the votes shall be for the con-
stitution, the convention shall resubmit to
the people of South Dakota. for ratification
or rejection, the Constitution framed at
Sioux Falls, and also the articles and prop
ositiops separately submitted, including
the question of locating the temporary seat
of government. with such changes only IS
relate to the name and boundary of thep
posed State, to the reapportionment of the
judicial and legislative districts, and such
amendments as may be necessary in order
to comply ith the provisions OF this act;
and If a majority OF the votes cast on the
shall be % for Il the CONSTITUTION, irrespective
of the articles separately submitted, the
State of South Dakota shall be admitted as
State in the Union under said reconsideration
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 ref
erence thereto is reached by said States.
But if, at the election for delegates to tho
q majority of all the votes cast shall be
against the Sioux Falls Constitution, it
shall be the duty of the convention to form
a constitution as if that question had not
been submitted TO the people.
1t is made the duty of the President to ad-
NIT the four new States by proclamation.
if the constitutions formed are ratified at
the election TO be held on the first Tuesday
in October. Each of the new States shall
be entitled to one representative in Con-
gress, except South Dakota, which
shall be entitled to two representatives,.
Section II provides that all land herein
granted for educational purposes shall be
disposed of only at public sale, and at n
| price not less than $40 per acre, the proceeds
| to constitute a permanent school fund. the
| interest of which only shall be expended
| in support of said schools; but said lands
| may, under such regulations as the legis-
| latures shall prescribe, be leased for periods
| of not more than five years. IN quantities
| not exceeding one section, 10 any one per
son or company; and such land shall not be
subject to pre-enption, homestead entry or
any other entry under the land laws of the
| United States whether surveyed or unslr
| veyed. but il shall be reserved for school
| purposes only. All mineral lands are ex-
| empted from the grants made by the act.
The two Dakotas are TO be added TO JUST
! ice Miller's circuit. the Eighth. aud WASH