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  1. Overview: North Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889 [updated-6.1 v3]
  2. Full Record: North Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889 [updated-6.1 v3]
  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Friday, 16 August 1889, at 20:00

North Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889 [updated-6.1 v3]

The Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of North Dakota from July to August of 1889.

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Session 20748: 1889-08-16 20:00:00

Article XVII of the Constitution as amended was adopted. The motion to reconsider the vote by which Article XIX of the Constitution was adopted was laid on the table. Article XX of the Constitution was adopted. After the Convention took a recess of 10 minutes, Mr. Bartlett of Griggs was called to the chair by Mr. President. The Schedule of the Constitution was brought up for discussion and amended.

Membership (at session start):

Roger Allin, John Magnus Almen, Albert Francis Appleton, David Bartlett, Lorenzo D. Bartlett, Therow W. Bean, James Bell, Richard Bennett, William D. Best, Andrew Blewett, Charles V. Brown, William Budge, Edgar Whittlesey Camp, John Emmet Carland, Charles Carothers, Eben Whitney Chaffee, William J. Clapp, Horace M. Clark, Joseph L. Colton, James A. Douglas, Elmer E. Elliott, Frederick B. Fancher, George H. Fay, Alexander D. Flemington, James Bennett Gayton, Benjamin Rush Glick, Enos Gray, Alexander Griggs, Harvey Harris, Arne P. Haugen, Marthinus F. Hegge, Herbert L. Holmes, Albert W. Hoyt, Martin N. Johnson, Wiliam S. Lauder, Addison Leach, Martin V. Linwell, Edward H. Lohnes, Jacob Lowell, Michael Kenyon Marrinan, J. H. Mathews, John McBride, Patrick McHugh, James D. McKenzie, Olney G. Meacham, Henry Foster Miller, Samuel H. Moer, Virgil B. Noble, Knud J. Nomland, James F. O'Brien, Albert Samuel Parsons, Curtis P. Parsons, Engebret M. Paulson, Henry M. Peterson, Robert M. Pollock, John Powers, Joseph Powles, William E. Purcell, William Ray, Robert B. Richardson, Alexander D. Robertson, Eugene Strong Rolfe, William H. Rowe, Andrew Sandager, John W. Scott, John F. Selby, John Shuman, Andrew Slotten, Burleigh Folsom Spalding, Reuben N. Stevens, Ezra Turner, Elmer D. Wallace, Jay Wellwood, Abram Olin Whipple, Erastus A. Williams (75 total)

Representing 25 delegations:

01. First District, 02. Second District, 03. Third District, 04. Fourth District, 05. Fifth District, 06. Sixth District, 07. Seventh District, 08. Eighth District, 09. Ninth District, 10. Tenth District, 11. Eleventh District, 12. Twelfth District, 13. Thirteenth District, 14. Fourteenth District, 15. Fifteenth District, 16. Sixteenth District, 17. Seventeenth District, 18. Eighteenth District, 19. Nineteenth District, 20. Twentieth District, 21. Twenty-first District, 22. Twenty-second District, 23. Twenty-third District, 24. Twenty-fourth District, 25. Twenty-fifth District

Imported Documents

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • First Six Section of the Schedule (e1048451)
  • Sections 11-17 of the Schedule (e1051405)
  • Section 21 of the Schedule (e1051418)

Exported Amendments

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1889-08-16 Debates of ND - (file)

Digital scan of the original debates of the North Dakota Constitutional Convention 1889.

1889-08-16 Journal of ND - (file)

Digital scan of the original Journal of the North Dakota Constitutional Convention 1889.

1889-08-23 Bismarck Weekly Tribune (Discussion of August 15th, 16th, and 17th) p. 8 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, Bismarck Weekly Tribune.

1889-08-23 The Hope Pioneer (Discussion of August 15th to August 17th pg.1) - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, The Hope Pioneer.

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