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credit: Public Law 50-52, 50th Congress; General Records of the U.S. Government, National Archives and Records Administration
An Act to provide for the division of Dakota into two states and enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form constitutions and state governments (Enabling Act of 1889), February 22, 1889.
