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  1. Overview: The Dakotas Joint Committee for the Division of Property 1889
  2. Full Record: The Dakotas Joint Committee for the Division of Property 1889
  3. Committee:The Joint Commission
  4. Session: 1889-07-30 10:30:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

The Dakotas Joint Committee for the Division of Property 1889

The Dakotas Joint Committee for the Division of Property began on July 16, 1889 and dissolved on July 31, 1889. It allowed for delegates from both the North and South Conventions to meet in Bismarck and negotiate the splitting of the Territory of Dakota.

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Session 15644: 1889-07-30 10:30:00

The Committee on the Disposition of Public Records presented their report. Resolutions on the division of the territorial records were then proposed and discussed.

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Resolution on the Division of the Records

There is 1 proposed amendment related to this document on which a decision has not been taken.

This Commission shall agree upon a division of the records, but all records that are to go to South Dakota shall remain at the Capital of North Dakota until the Legislature of South Dakota demands them and gives North Dakota reasonable time to copy such as North Dakota chooses. All records pertaining exclusively to institutions in South Dakota shall be the property of South Dakota. All records pertaining exclusively to institutions in North Dakota shall be the property of North Dakota. All other records, vouchers, and files, etc., not divided as above, shall be separated into two lots, so the records of no one office shall be divided, and each State shall have one lot. South Dakota may demand copies of any records which are the property of North Dakota. All expense of copying records shall be borne equally by North Dakota and South Dakota. It shall be decided by lot which State shall have the originals of the records and which this Commission provides for the copying of.

Decisions yet to be taken

  • Resolution on the Division of the Records (introduced on 1889-07-30 10:30:00 - CREATE - e932764) [This document]
    • Motion to Adopt Mr. Harris' Resolution for the Division of the Records Pertaining to Exclusively to One of the States (introduced on 1889-07-30 10:30:00 - PROCEDURE - e932774)

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