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  1. Overview: South Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Session: 1889-07-23 14:00:00
  5. 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.

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Session 15702: 1889-07-23 14:00:00

The reports of committees and articles as they were amended were referred to the Convention and laid on the table. The reports and articles of the previous day were then taken up for discussion, amended, and agreed upon.

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Report of the Committee on Name, Boundaries, and Seat of Government: Seat of Government

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SIOUX FALLS, July 23, 1889.

MR. PRESIDENT:

Your Committee on Name, Boundaries and Seat of Government, to whom was referred Article XX of the Sioux Falls Constitution, have considered the same and beg leave to report the following as Article XX of the Constitution, and that the same is in accordance with the Sioux Falls Constitution, and the changes thereto authorized by the “Omnibus Bill,” said Article XX being changed by substituting the words “South Dakota” in place of Dakota only.

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