Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-15
Tie State of North Dakota.
Inc me following is the text of tie procla
nation admitting North Dakota.

Inc following is the text of tie nrocla.
matlon admitting North Dakota:
1,ai+ed ~ The congress of the
onitea stltes did by an act approved on The
eight hupdrsd Jay ayd o. february, one thousand
the lnnaiitants of the territory Of Dakota
mignt, upon the conditions prescribed In snid
seg, peGo4o the states Of North Dakota and
S Dahota And: whereas, it was provided
py sag ect TINT tho area comprising The tsrri.
Iorfy ef,,Dakota should for the purposs of the
aes o. divided on the line of the tn standard
pa.at1el produced due west to the restarn
boundary OF said territory and the do1ocatos -
tnereln provided to the constitutional conven.
t1on IN the districts uortn OF saia pnrnllei
nresar ssss i tb IN convention. The time
AM anu, M4ereas, 1T was provided by said net thai
the dei95ates elected as aforesaid should. aftsr
~ ~ nat met ald organized, declare on behalf
~ ~ sue PSople OF North Dakota that thew ndo7,t
the conaitution OF tho United States: wha,es
upon SAD convention should be authorized to
form Io. a. constitution and statc government
.Gp Inc Proposed state Of North Dakota. And,
vMhereas! 1t was provided by said act that
I sne consFitu01on SO adopted should be repub-
lican IN form and make no distinction ~,
civil ang political rights on account Of race
not to!be repugnant to the constitution Of the
United States and the principles of the declare,.
s s1on q III 1naegendence; and the convention
snoulat Dy ordinance irrevocable without the
consenS Of the United States and the neon,e 81
se1d suites, mako certain provisions prescribed
In said act; md, whereas it was prov;fled Nv,
sala act ghat the constitutions Of North Dakota
ana South Dakota should respectively tncorDo
fate an agreement to be reached in accordanca
with ths provisions of this act, for an euuitnble
tarr Q. Of al property belonging to the terri
records, and also for an apportionmont 81 + he
debts and liabilities of said territory, and that
eaoh OF SAID states should obligate itself to nav
had been Icrented by such states respectively.
ana Ana. whereas, 1T was provided by said act that
the constitution thus formed for the people Of
North Dakota should by the ordnance Of the
convention forming the same, be submitted to
the peopleof North Dakota at an election tn ,,e
held therein on the first Tuesday in October,
1850 Tor the ratification or rejection by the
a qua voters OF snd proposed state and that
inc returns OF said election should be made to
the secretary of the territory of Dakota. who
with the governor and chief Justice thereof or any
Two OF them, should canvass the same !; and
II majority of the legal votes cast should be
for the constitution the governor should certify
tho result to the president of tho United States
tosether with q statement of the votes cast
snereon,, and upon tho separate articles or
propositions, and q copy of said constitution,
artlcles, propositions and ordinances, And
whereas it has been certified to me by the gov.
ernor OF the territory of Dakota that within the
Time preSoribed by the said aot of congress- the
constitution for the proposed state of North
Dakota hhs been adopted aud the same ratified
Dy q majority Of the qualified voters of said
proposed state III accordance with the condi-
tons Prescribed in said net. And, whereas
it is also estitied to mo by the said governor
that at tie same time that the body Of the
Same cons tuition was submitted to vote of
the people lseparere ARTICLE, numbered 90 and
entitled Prohibition" was also submitted and
received a majority of all the votes
cast for and against said article,
as we'll as @ majority OF all tho votess
cast for and against the constitution, and was
ADOPTED. And whereas, q duly authenticated
copy of said constitution, articles, ordinances
and propositions, as required by said act, have
been received by me.
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, prcsi-
dent of the United States of America, do, in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of the act Of con
gross Aforesaid, declare and proclaim the fact
that the conditions imposed by congress on tho
state Of North Dakota to entitle that state to
admission to the union, have been ratified and
accepted, and that the admission Of said state
into the union is now complete In testimony
whereof I 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 eight -nine, and of
the independence Of the United States of
America one hundred and fourteenth
BENJAMIN HARRISON
By the president:
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.