The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-08
The State 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 tho United States of
Amofica: A Observation-Disclosures. T:ie con-
proved on the ed day of February, 1899. pro-
vide that the inhabitants of tho territory of
,oakots might, upon the conditions. prescribed
IN said act, become tho states of North aud
'outh Dakota. And, wherens, it WAS provided
y said act that said area comprising tho ter
~, asoI Z. q di p ; q = should .ou l.. for the purposes Of the
~.,arallel, produced due west to the western
Sunday Of said territory, and TINT the dele
ntional convention in the districts south Of
.iie parallel should, at the time prescribed in
no act, assemble in convention ut the city Of
ionx Fails. And whereas. it was provided by
aid act that the delegates elected as aforesaid
hould after they met and organized, declare
n behaIf Of the people Of South Dakota that
tates; whereupon suid convention should DO
.uthoSized to form O constitution and state
oyernment for the proposed stale of South
'akota: And whereas, II was provided by sold
ct that the constitution SO adopted should be
opublican In form, and mako no distinction in
ivil or political rights on account of race or
dior. except ~ to Jndinns not taxed, and not
. be repugnant to the constitution of tho
,nited States and the principles of tho declara-
hould by ordinance, irreyocnble Without tho
'onsent Of the United States and the people Of
aid states, make certain provisions prescribed
n SAID act. And, whereas, it was provided by
iaid act TINT the constitutions of North Da-
'ota and South Dakota should, lrespectiyei5, in.
c sorSsorase an, an agreement .g, to be reached in CO.
equitable division Of all p. Dperty belonging to
the territory. OF Dakota, the dis osition Of ail
public records, and also for the superintendent
o. the debts and liabilities of said territory, and
that each of said states should obiigate itself
70 pay its proportion OF such debts and linbili-
such states respectively. And, whereas. it was
provided by sud act TINT mt the election for
delegates to the constitutional convention in
hight have written or printed on his bnllot @For
the Sioux Falls constition," or the words
Against tho Sioux Falls constitution I" that
the votes on this question should be returned
and canvassed in the same manner us the votes
for the election of delegates and il a majority
OF all the votes cast OH this question shou be
For the Sioux fGlls constitution, it should be
the duty of the convention which might assem-
Bile ut Sioux Falls, as provided i'll this act, to re-
submitt to the people Of South Dakota, for rati-
ficstion or rejection, Mt an election provided for
in said oot, the constitution framed ut Sioux
Falls md adopted November 3, 1855, and also
the articles and propositions separately SUBJ
mttted at that election. including the question
OF locattng the temporary seat of government,
with such changes only us rotated to the name
apportionment of judicial and Legislative dis
tricts, and such amendments as might be
necessary in order to comply with the proyis.
ions OF the net. And whereas. it was provided
by said act that the constitution formed for tho
people of South Dakotu should by an ordinance
Of tho convention forming the same. be sub
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election to be held on tho first Tuesday in o.
tober, 1859. for the ratification or rejection by
tho qualified voters of said proposed stutc, and
that the returns of safd election should be
made to the secretary of the territory OF Da-
kota, who, with the governor and chief justice
thereof, or my two Of them, should canvass the
same, and If a majority of the legal votes cast
should be for the constitution, the gov
Z af ssaaeme 9a 'o oi the Ssit yote sta asst t sSs,a.p With With
upon the separate articles or PROPOSE.
lions. md acopy, Of said constitution. articles,
propositions and ordinances. And, whereas,
it has been certified to mo by the governor Of
the territory Of Dakota. that ut tile aforesaid
election for delegates, the Sioux Falls consti-
posed stnte OF South Dakota, as provided in
said act: that q majority of al tho votes cast
on this question was for the Sioux Falls con.
time prescribed in the 1ct, submit TO the
people of South Dakots, with proper changes
and amendments, and has been adopted and
said proposed state. in accordance with the
conditions prescribed in said act. And where
as, It ts also certified to me by said governor
that ut the same time the body of said consti-
tuition was submitted to q vote of the people.
two additional articles We're submitted separ-
a In to.wit; An article numbered q. entitled
the votes cnst for and against said article. ma
we'll as q majority Of NIL the votes cast for and
and an article numbered Is, entitled .minoritv
representation, which did not receive q major.
1ty OF tho votes cast thereon or upon the constf.
tuition and was rejected. And wheroas, a duly
authenticated copy of said constitution, add
tionPl articles, ordinances and propositions, az
required by said act. have been received by me.
Now therefore,, I. Benjamin Harrison, nresi-
dent Of the United States of America, do, in nc.
cordsnce with the act OF congress- aforesaid.
declare and proclaim the fact that the condi.
ttons imposed by congress on the state of South
Dakota to entitle that state to admission to the
union have been ratifieda and accepted ,land that
the admission of said state into the union ia
now complete.
In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set nv
hand and caused the seal of the United states
to be affixed. '
Done ut the city of Washington, this second
day of November, in the yeur of our Lord one