Show FIRST OF TWINS and balota to 4 he IDE OLD IS BIT of the proclamations ij ian president I 1 sharing the anin to statehood washington nov 2 the follow dispatch was ert from the executive banaio manaio this aati moon by secretary blame to and kwoh and ll alota the latest act in the admission of BO dakotas as states into the union v as completed aliis afternoon at the executive mansion at three and forty minutes by the president bi that moment the proclamation required by law tor the of the two states the article on prohibition submitted separately in each state was adopted in both the article for minority representation in south dakota was rejected by the people this h the farat in the bisto of the national government givern ment of twin baates north and south dakota entered alie union at the same moment JAMES G the following is the text of the dakota of the stales of am rica proclamation the con gleea of the united states did by act approved on the day of february one thousand eight bandied and eighty nine provide that lie inhabitants of the territory of dakota might upon conditions prescribed in said act become states north dakota and south dakota and it was provided by said act that the area comprising the territory of dakota should for purposes of lie act be divided on a line of the seventh standard parabell para lell and due west to the western boundary line of the territory and delegates elected as thiraia provided to a constitutional convention in the districts north of eid parabell para lell should assemble in contention at time prescribed in the act at lie city of bismarck and it was provided by said act that delegates elected as aforesaid should after they had met and organized declare on behalf of the people of north dakota aliey adopt the constitution ution of the united states w hereupon the said convention should be authorized from the conet tuti and the stae government for alie proposed state of north dakota and it was provided by the said act that lie constitution so adopted should ba feeling and make DO distinction in civil or practical rights on account of race or color except as to indiana not taxed and not to be repugnant to the constitution ution of alie united states and the i principles of alie declaration of independence and the convention con venton should by crdman ce bo irrevocable without cf the united states and the beope of said states make bertan provisions pre bribed in aid act and it was brov ded by said act that alie c institution 3 of north dakota aid nouh dakota should respectively incorporate an agre m in accordance with t e propion of the act for an equitable division of all public records aid also for the apportionment of debt and liabilities of said territory and eliat each of said states obligate itself to pay its proportion of the euch debts and liabilities of the same as if they bad been created by such states respectively and it was provided by said act the thus formed for the people of north dakota eli by of the convention forming the came be submitted to the people of north dakota at an election to be held therein on the first tuesday in october eighteen hundred abid nine tor the ratification or rejection by qualified voters of said proposed state and that the returns of said election should be made to the secretary of the territory of dakota who with arnor and chief justice herein or any two of them should canvass the same and it the majority of the legal votes cast should bo for the constitution the Kover cor should certify the results to the president of the united states together avith the statement of lie boea cast thereon and upon ee articles or proposition and a copy of said constitution articled propositions and ordinances and it has been certified to me by the governor of the territory of dakota that within the time pro ascribed scribed by eaid act of congress the constitution for the proposed state of north dakota has been adopted and the same rali fled by a majority of the qualified boers of said proposed state in with condi tlona prescribed in said act and WHEREAS it is also certified to me by eaid that at the aado time that the budy of the same constitution ution was submitted to a vote of tho people a separate article numbered 20 entitled prohibition nag also submitted and received a majority of all the cast for and against said article as well a n majority of nil bolea cast for and the constitution and was adopted and a duly authenticated copy of said constitution article or denance and propof irions as required by aard act have been received by me now I 1 benjamin president of the united states of america do in accor dAnco with the provia one of the act of cen tres aforesaid declare and proclaim the fact that the conditions imposed by congress on the state of north dabato to entitle that state to admission to the union leave been ratified and accepted and that admission of paid state into the union is nov complete in testimony whereof I 1 have here onto bet my hand and caused the real of lie united states to be affixed DODO at the city of washington this ad day of november in the year of conr lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine and of the independence pen dence of the united states of america the one hundred and fourteenth BENJAMIN HARRISON JAMES G BLAINE secy of state seal by the president the following is the text of the proclamation admitting south dakota isy the president unitta ij america proclamation WHEREAS the congress of the united slates did by act approved on the day of february oue thousand eight hundred and eighty nine provide that the inhabitants of the territory of dakota might upon the conditions prescribed in said act become the states of north dakota and south dakof and WHEREAS it was provided by said act eliat alio said area comprising the territory of dakota should tor the purpose of the act ba divided on aline of the seventh standard parallel produced due west to the western boundary boin dary of eaid territory and that the delegates elected as therein provided to the constitutional convention as the districts south of the parallel should at the time prescribed in the act assemble in convention at alie city of sioux falls and WHEREAS it was provided by said act that delegates elected as aforesaid should after abey met and organized declare on behalf of the people of south dakota that they adopt the constitution of the united states whereupon eaid convention should be authorized to form a constitution and state government for the purpose of the state of south dakota and it was provided by said act that the constitution so adopted should be republican in form and make no distinction in civil or political rights on account of race or color except as to indians not taxed and not to be repugnant to the constitution of the united states and the principles of the declaration of independence and that the convention should be an ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the united states aad the laople of slid states make certain provisions prescribed in said act and WHEREAS it was provided by said act that alie constitution of north aad south dakota should respectively ively incorporate an agreement to be reached in accordance w ith the provisions of the act for an equitable division cfall property pro party belonging to the territory of dakota the dispositions of all public record and also no apportionment of debts aud liabilities of said territory and that each of said states should obligate itself to pay its proportion of debts and liabilities the same as if they had been such states respectively and WHEREAS it was provided by said act that an election for delegates to the constitutional convention in south dakof as herein provided each elector might have written or printed on bis ballot the word fi r sioux falls constitution that die votes on this question should be returned and canvassed in the same manner as the votes for and the election of delegates and if a majority of all the votes cast on this question should bobor sioux falls constitution it should be alie duty of the convention which might assemble at sioux falls as provided in alie act to resubmit to the people of south dakota for or rejection jec tion at an electa provided tor in said act the constitution at sioux falls and adopted november ard 3rd eigl iteen handled and eighty five and also articles aad propositions separately submitted at which 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 a reappointment of and legislative districts and such amendments as might be necessary in order to comply with the provisions of the act and it was provided by said act that a constitution be framed for alie people of south dakota there should be an ordinance of the convention framing alie bame to be submitted to the people ot south dakota at an election to be held on the first tuesday in Otto 1889 for ratification or rejection by the qualified voters of said proposed state and that the of eaid election should be made to the secretary of the ter of dakota who w ith he governor and chief thereof or any two of them should canvass the same and it a majority of the legal votes cast ba tor the the governor should alie result to the president of the united states together with a statement of the votes cast thereon and upon separate articles or propositions ard a copy ol 01 said constitution articles proposition and ordinance aad WHEREAS there has been certified to me by the governor Ro vernor of tho territory of dakota that at the aforesaid election for delegates the sioux falls constitution waa submitted to alie people of the proposed proponed state of south dakota ai provided in said act that a majority of all alie votes cast on his question was for the constitution that said was at the time prescribed in the act rc submitted to the people of south dakota vuth the proper changes and amendments and has not been adopted and ratified by a of the qualified voters of said state in accordance v etli the cond tiong prescribed in said ait and it is alo certified to me by eaid governor that at the same time the body of said co was submitted to a vote of the people avio additional articles submitted separately to wit an article numbered twenty four entitled prohibition which received a majority of all otea cast forand agaline eaid article as well aa a majority of all the votes cast for and against the coneal tion aad was adopted and an article numbered twenty five entitle minority representation did not receive a majority of the votes cast thereon cr upon the constitution was rejected and WHEREAS A duly authenticated copy of said constitution additional articles ordinances and repositions as requested by said act have been received by me A aio oio therefore I 1 benjamin bon president of the united states of america do in accordance uth the act of aforesaid declare and proclaim the fact that the conditions imposed by congress on the state of south dakota to entitle that state to admission to the union have been ratified and accepted and eliat the admission of said state into the union is now complete in testimony whereof I 1 have hereunto set my hand aad caused ahe ecal of alie united states to be affixed done at the city of washington this ad day of november in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty nice and of the indea of the states of america the one hundred ad fourteenth BENJAMIN HARRISON SEAL by alie president JAMES G BLAINE secretary state |