- Event type: CREATE_FROM
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.
Committee on Name, Boundary and Seat of Government
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Article I: Name and Boundary (Sioux Falls Constitution)
ARTICLE I.
NAME AND BOUNDARY.
SECTION 1. The name of the State shall be Dakota.
SEC. 2. The boundaries of the State of Dakota shall be as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the western boundary line of the State of Minnesota, with the northern boundary line of the State of Iowa, and running thence northerly along the western boundary line of the State of Minnesota to its intersection with the forty-sixth parallel of north latitude; thence west alone the forty-sixth parallel of north latitude to its intersection with the twenty-seventh meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence south on the twenty-seventh meridian of longitude west from Washington to its intersection with the northern boundary line, of the State of Nebraska; thence easterly along the northern boundary line of the State of Nebraska to its intersection with the western boundary line of the State of Iowa; thence northerly along the western boundary line of the State of Iowa to its intersection with the northern boundary line of the State of Iowa; thence east long the northern boundary line of the State of Iowa to the place of beginning.
Decisions yet to be taken
Document Timeline
- Article I: Name and Boundary (Sioux Falls Constitution) (introduced on 1889-07-10 14:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e909598) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1889-07-23 14:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e937997) [view current proposal at this moment]