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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: 1889-07-10 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 14708: 1889-07-10 14:00:00

The Convention reads the 1885 Constitution then refers each article to the appropriate committee for approval.

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Article XXII, Compact with the United States (Sioux Falls Constitution)

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ARTICLE XXII.

COMPACT WITH THE UNITED STATES.

The following article shall be irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of this State: First, that perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of this State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship; secondly, that the people inhabiting this State do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands of the United States lying within the State, and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States, and that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States residing without this State, shall never be taxed higher than the lands belonging to residents thereof, and that no taxes shall be imposed by the State on lands or property therein belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States.

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