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South Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889

Following the rejected 'Sioux Falls' Convention of 1885, the South Dakota Convention met and began the drafting process in July of 1889. They used the articles of the Sioux Falls Convention as starting propositions to begin the amendment process. The South Dakota Constitution was ratified in October 1889.

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Session 14694: 1889-07-06 14:00:00

The Convention reviews the report from the Committee on Rules. The report includes the list of standing committee and the rules of the Convention. The Convention sends a message to North Dakota to determine the boundary line.

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Message from Montana Constitutional Convention President

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Helena, Montana, July 5th, 1889.

To Hon. A. J. Edgerton:

Montana, standing on the threshold of statehood, reciprocates your cordial greeting, and indulges the hope that the Constitution which you have met to frame may be based upon the virtues and intelligence of the people, and when so framed, it may survive the years to come in all its vigor, unimpaired, until a hundred sovereign states have been erected into one confederacy, there to remain an indestructible and indissoluble union.

J. K. Toole,

Temporary Chairman.

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