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ARTICLE VIII.

Education and School Lands.

1. Uniform system of public schools to be maintained.

2. The proceeds of the sale of public lands to be used for the public schools.

3. The interest and income of this fund together with all net proceeds of fines shall be applied to school funds.

4. Lands granted by the United States for the use of public schools may be sold upon the following conditions and no other.

5. No land shall be sold for less than ten dollars an acre.Terms of sale.

6. All sales shall be conducted through the office of the commissioner of schools and public lands.

7. The public school fund shall be perpetual.-It may be increased, but never diminished. 8. All lands mentioned in the preceding section shall be appraised and sold in the same manner as the public lands.

9. In regard to the leasing of lands mentioned in this article.

10. The law in regard to "Squatters."

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Revenue and Finance. 1. The estimated expenses of the State shall be provided for by taxation.

2. All taxes on real and personal property shall be uniform. 3. The power to tax corporation property shall not be surrendered.

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4: Moneys, credits and investments, etc., to be taxed.

5. Property exempt from taxation. 6. Other property exempt from taxation.

7. Laws exempting property from taxation other than those in sections 5 and 6 of this article, shall be void.

8. No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of law.

9. State taxes shall be paid into the State treasury.

10. The corporate authority of towns, cities and villages shall have the power to make local improvements by taxation.

11. The making of profit out of public money shall be deemed a felony.

12. A statement of receipts and expenditures of public shall be published yearly.

ARTICLE XII.

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Public Accounts and Expenditures.

1. No money shall be paid out of the treasury except upon appropriation.

2. Appropriation bills shall embrace nothing but appropriations.

3. Extra compensation shall not be granted to any public officer, etc.

4. An itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures of public moneys shall be published annually.

ARTICLE XIII.

Public Indebtedness.

1. Neither the State, nor any of its subdivisions, shall loan or give its credit.

2. The State may contract debts not to exceed $100,000.

3. Indebtedness of the State limited by section 2 shall be in addition to the debt of the Territory, assumed and paid by the State.

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4. The debt of any subdivision of the State shall never exceed five per cent upon the valuation of taxable property therein.

5. Any subdivision of the State, before incurring indebtedness, shall provide for the collection of an annual tax, etc.

6. In regard to the payment of debts and liabilities contracted by and in behalf of the Territory of Dakota, etc.

7. The State of South Dakota hereby obligates itself, etc.

8. Refunding bonds may be issued to the amount of $107,500, bearing interest at four per cent, etc.

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ARTICLE XVI.

Impeachment and Removal from Office. Section

1. The sole power of impeachment is in the House of Representatives.

2. Shall be tried by the Senate. 3. Which officers are liable to im

peachment.

4. Other officers subject to removal. 5. May not exercise the duties of office after impeachment.

6. On trial of impeachment against the Governor, the LieutenantGovernor shall not act as a member of the court.

7. To be served with a copy of impeachment at least twenty days before trial.

8. No person liable to impeachment twice for the same offense.

ARTICLE XVII.

Corporations.

1. The Legislature shall provide by general laws for the organization of corporations.

2. All existing charters under which organization shall not have taken place at the time this Constitution takes effect, shall be valid.

3. The Legislature shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation now existing.

4. The right of eminent domain. 5. In all elections for directors or

managers of corporations, each shareholder may cast the whole number of his votes for one candidate, or distribute them upon two or more.

6. Corporations to do business in this State must have one or more places of business.

7. No corporation shall engage in any business other than that authorized in its charter.

8. In regard to the right of corporations to issue stocks or bonds.

9. The Legislature shall have the

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16. Railroads may connect with other roads.

17. Laws shall be passed to correct abuses and prevent extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs.

18. Private property taken for public use shall have just compensation.

19. The term corporation defined.

ARTICLE XVIII.
Banking and Currency.

1. If a general banking law shall be enacted, etc.

2. Every banking company shall cease all banking operations within twenty years.

3. The stockholders shall be held individually responsible for the debts of the bank.

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Senate.- Term of office two years.

2. The manner of voting for the

same.

ARTICLE XXVI.

Schedule and Ordinance.

1. In order to avoid inconvenience by a change from a Territorial to State government.

2. All moneys accruing to the Territory shall accrue to the State. 3. All bond obligations and other undertakings, undertaken before this Constitution, shall remain valid.

4. All officers holding office under the Territory shall continue.

5. This Constitution shall be submitted to the electors.

6. The temporary seat of government shall be determined on. 7. The election provided for herein shall be under the provisions of the Constitution herewith submitted.

8. The votes to be counted after election and the return to be certified to.

9. Within five days after election the results of the elections shall be canvassed.

10. When two or more counties are connected in one senatorial or representative district, clerks and auditors have certain duties to perform.

11. The Secretary of the Territory shall receive all returns.

12. The apportionment made in this Constitution shall govern the election.

13. When the Legislature elected under the provisions of this Constitution shall assemble. 14. The oath of office to be taken, and the election of two United States Senators shall be made. 15. After their election the Legislature shall adjourn.

16. In regard to what is contained in the Constitution and schedule.

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17. The ordinances and schedule are held to be valid.

18. That we, the people of South Dakota, do ordain, etc.

19. The tenure of officers elected as provided for in this schedule.

20. When the first general election under the provisions of this Constitution shall be held.

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21. The form of ballot.
22. The Constitution, after being
signed by the convention, etc.
23. The agreement made by the
joint commission of the con-
stitutional conventions of
North and South Dakota in re-
gard to the Territory, is rati-
fied and confirmed.

PREAMBLE.

We, the people of South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberties, in order to form a more perfect and independent government, establish justice, insure tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and preserve to ourselves and to our posterity the blessings of liberty, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the State of South Dakota.

ARTICLE I.

Name and Boundary.

Section 1. The name of the State shall be South Dakota. Sec. 2. The boundaries of the State of South 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 seventh standard parallel; thence west on the line of the seventh standard parallel produced due west 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 along the northern boundary line of the State of Iowa to the place of beginning.

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