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  1. Overview: South Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889
  2. Full Record: South Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889
  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Session: 1889-07-11 14:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

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 14711: 1889-07-11 14:00:00

The report of the Committee on Education and School Lands was taken up and adopted. The Convention then proceeded to continue the reading of the Articles of the 1885 Constitutional Convention and referred them to their respective committees. Resolutions were then submitted before adjournment.

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Resolution Relative to Religious Freedom, Public Lands, Rights of Indians and Public Schools

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That the people of the State of South Dakota hereby ordain and declare:

FIRST: That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and that no inhabitant of this state shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship.

SECOND: That the people inhabiting this State do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes, and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States, and the said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the Congress of the United States, that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States residing within this State shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to residents of this State; that no taxes shall be imposed by this State on lands or property therein belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States or reserved for its use. But nothing herein shall preclude this State from taxing, as other lands are taxed, any lands owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relations, and has obtained from the United States or from any person a title thereto by patent or other grant, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under any act of Congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation but that all such lands shall be exempt from taxation by this State so long and to such extent as such act of Congress may prescribe.

THIRD: That provision shall be made for the establishment and maintenance of systems of public schools, which shall be open to all the children of the State and free from sectarian control.

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