APPENDIX REFERENCES. Following is a selected list of references to the geology, geography, history and government of South Dakota. Most of the publications of the United States Geological Survey may be purchased from the Department of Documents, Washington, D. C. ARMSTRONG, MOSES K.—Early Empire Builders of the Northwest, 1866. 456 pp. Out of print. CODES.-Revised codes of 1903, a compilation of all South Dakota laws up to that year. See "code" in Glossary. DARTON, N. H.-Preliminary Description of the Geology and Water Resources of the South Half of the Black Hills and Adjoining Regions in South Dakota and Wyoming. U. S. Geological Survey, 21st Ann. Rept., pt. IV, 1901, pp. 489-599, 55 pls., including maps. DARTON, N. H.-Preliminary Report on the Geology and Underground Water Resources of the Central Great Plains. U. S. G. S., Prof. Paper No. 32, 1905. 433 pp., 72 pls., including maps. DARTON, N. H.-Geology and Water Resources of the Northern Portion of the Black Hills and Adjoining Regions in South Dakota and Wyoming. U. S. G. S. Prof. Paper No. 65, 1909. 105 pp., 24 pls., including maps. DARTON, N. H.-Geology and Underground Waters of South Dakota. U. S. Geol. Surv. Water Supply Paper 227, 1909. 156 pp., 15 pls., including maps. GEOLOGICAL FOLIOS, containing excellent maps and much valuable information, have been published by the U. S. G. S. They are named from cities in the area described. The following have been published: Aberdeen-Redfield, Alexandria, Belle Fourche, De Smet, Edgemont, Elk Point, Huron, Parker, Oelrichs, and Olivet. HESTON, J. W.-Article "South Dakota" in Encyclopædia Americana. 222 pp., IRVING, J. D., and Others.-Economic Resources on the Northern Black Hills. U. S. G. S. Prof. Paper No. 26, 1904. 20 pls., including maps. JAGGER, T. A.-The Laccoliths of the Black Hills. U. S. G. S., 21st annual report, pt. III, 1901, pp. 163-290, 24 pls., including maps. JOHNSON, WILLIS E.-South Dakota Supplement to Frye's Grammar School Geography. Ginn and Company. JOHNSON, WILLIS E.-South Dakota articles in the New Practical Reference Library, edition of 1911. Published bv Bellows O'HARRA, C. C.-The Mineral Wealth of the Black Hills. South Dakota School of Mines Bulletin No. 6, 1902. 88 pp., 22 pls. O'HARRA, C. C.-The Badland Formations of the Black Hills Region. South Dakota School of Mines Bulletin No. 9, 1910. 152 pp., 50 pls., including map. PETERSON, FRANK E.-Atlas of South Dakota. Has many valuable maps and much information on the geography and history of the state. ROBINSON, DOANE-Brief History of South Dakota. 224 pp. American Book Company ROBINSON, DOANE.-Department of History Collections, South Dakota. Volumes I, II, III, IV, and V. These reports include many very valuable essays and papers dealing with the early history of this region. ROBINSON, DOANE.-History of South Dakota, revised by R. F. Kerr. Educator Supply Company, Mitchell. ROSS, J. A.-Civil Government of South Dakota. Educator Supply Company, Mitchell. SMITH, G. M., and YOUNG, C. M.-History and Government of South Dakota, 1898. American Book Company. SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.— Vol. I, by J. E. Todd, 1894. 172 pp. An excellent summary of the geology of the state as then known. Out of print. Vol. II, by J. E. Todd, 1898. papers. 139 pp. Contains several short Vol. III, by J. E. Todd and C. C. O'Harra, 1902. 136 pp. Describes the mineral resources of the state. Vol. IV, by several authors, 1908. 229 pp. Includes a report on the geology of the Rosebud Reservation by E. C. Perisho, and a report on the geology of the northwest-central portion of South Dakota by J. E. Todd. TALLENT, ANNIE E.-The Black Hills, or Last Hunting Ground of the Dakotas. 713 pp. TODD, J. E.-South Dakota Supplement to the Natural Advanced TODD, J. E.-The Moraines of Southeastern South Dakota and CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH DAKOTA [Adopted by popular vote October 1, 1889.] 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 tranquillity, 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. Sec. 1. The name of the State shall be South Dakota. Sec. 2. The boundaries 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 7th standard parallel; thence west on the iiue of the 7th standard parallel produced due west to its intersection with the 27th meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence south on the 27th 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. ARTICLE II. DIVISION OF THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT. The powers of government of the state are divided into three distinct departments-the legislative, executive, and judicial; and the powers and duties of each are prescribed by this constitution. ARTICLE III. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Sec. 1. The legislative power shall be vested in a legislature, which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives, except that the people expressly reserve to themselves the right to propose measures, which measures the legislature shall enact and submit to a vote of the electors of the state, and also the right to require that any laws which the legislature may have enacted shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the state before going into effect (except such laws as may be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, support of the state government and its existing public institutions). Provided, That not more than five per centum of the qualified electors of the state shall be required to invoke either the initiative or the referendum. The This section shall not be construed so as to deprive the legislature or any member thereof of the right to propose any measure. veto power of the executive shall rot be exercised as to measures referred to a vote of the people. This section shall apply to municipalities. The enacting clause of all laws approved by a vote of the electors of the state shall be," it enacted by the people of South Dakota.'' The legislature shall Lake suitable provisions for carrying into effect the provisions of this section. Sec. 2. The number of members of the house of representatives shall not be less than seventy-five, nor more than one hundred and thirty-five. The number of members of the senate shall not be less than twenty-five, nor more than forty-five. The sessions of the legislature shall be biennial, except as otherwise provided in this constitution. Sec. 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of senator who is not a qualified elector in the district from which he may be chosen, and a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and who shall not have been a resident of the state or territory for two years next preceding his election. No person shall be eligible to the office of representative who is not a qualified elector in the district from which he may be chosen, and a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have been a resident of the state or Territory for two years next preceding his election, and who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years. No judge or clerk of any court, secretary of state, attorney general, state's attorney, recorder, sheriff or collector of public moneys, member of either house of congress, or person holding any lucrative office under the United States or this state, or any foreign government, shall be a member of the legislature; Provided, that appointments in the militia, the offices of notary public and justice of the peace shall not be considered lucrative; nor shall any person holding any office of honor or profit under any foreign government, or under the government of the United States, except postmasters whose annual compensation does not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars, hold any office in either branch of the legislature or become a member thereof. Sec. 4. No person who has been, or hereafter shall be, convicted of bribery, perjury or other infamous crime, nor any person who has been, or may be collector or holder of public moneys who shall not have accounted for and paid over, according to law, all such moneys due from him, shall be eligible to the legislature or to any office in either branch thereof. Sec. 5. The legislature shall provide by law for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the state in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five and every ten years thereafter, and at its first regular session after each enumeration and also after each enumeration made by authority of the United States, but at no other time, the legislature shall apportion the senators and representatives according to the number of inhabitants, excluding Indians not taxed, and soldiers and officers of the United States army and navy; Provided, that the legislature may make an apportionment at its first session after the admission of South Dakota as a state. Sec. 6. The terms of the office of the members of the legislature shall be two years; they shall receive for their services the sum of five dollars for each day's attendance during the session of the legislature, and ten cents for every mile of necessary travel in going to and returning from the place of meeting of the legislature on the most usual route. Each regular session of the legislature shall not exceed sixty days, except in case of impeachment, and members of the legislature shall receive no other pay or perquisites except per diem and mileage. Sec. 7. The legislature shall meet at the seat of government on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January at 12 o'clock in the year next ensuing the election of members thereof, and at no other time except as provided by this constitution. Sec. 8. Members of the legislature and officers thereof, before they enter upon their official duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of South Dakota, and will faithfully discharge the duties of (senator, representative or officer) according to the best of my abilities, and that I have not knowingly or intentionally paid or contributed anything, or made any promise in the nature of a bribe, to directly or indirectly influence any vote at the election at which I was chosen to fill said office, and have not accepted nor will I accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any money, pass, or any other valuable thing, from any corporation, company, or person for any vote or influence I may give or withhold on any bill or resolution, or appropriation, or for any other official act. This oath shall be administered by a judge of the supreme or circuit court, or the presiding officer of either house in the hall of the house to which the member or officer is elected, and the secretary of state shall record and file the oath subscribed by each member and officer. Any member or officer of the legislature who shall refuse to take the oath herein prescribed shall forfeit his office. Any member or officer of the legislature who shall be convicted of having sworn falsely to, or violated his said oath, shall forfeit his office and be disqualified thereafter from holding the office of senator or member of the house of representatives or any office within the gift of the legislature. Sec. 9. Each house shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members. A majority of the members of each house shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalty as each house may provide. |