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  2. Enabling Act of 1889 - Wikipedia

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    The Enabling Act of 1889 (25 Stat. 676, chs. 180, 276–284, enacted February 22, 1889) is a United States statute that permitted the entrance of Montana and Washington into the United States of America, as well as the splitting of Territory of Dakota into two states: North Dakota and South Dakota.

  3. Constitution of Washington - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of the State of Washington is the document that describes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. State of Washington. The constitution was adopted as part of Washington Territory's path to statehood in 1889. An earlier constitution was drafted and ratified in 1878, but it was never officially adopted.

  4. Admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    The use of an enabling act has been a common historic practice, but several states were admitted to the Union without one. In many instances, an enabling act would detail the mechanism by which the territory would be admitted as a state after the ratification of their constitution and the election of state officers.

  5. List of United States federal legislation, 1789–1901 - Wikipedia

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    Establishment of the Troops of the United States recognised and adapted to the Constitution. An Act to recognize and adopt to the Constitution of the United States the establishment of the Troops raised under the Resolves of the United States in Congress assembled, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Sess. 1, ch. 25 1 Stat. 95 (chapter 25) 26

  6. List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1889

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    Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in ...

  7. Idaho Constitutional Convention - Wikipedia

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    On November 5, 1889, Idaho Territory voters approved of the new constitution by a margin of 12,398 to 1,773. North Idaho had the strongest returns for adoption, while central and southeast Idaho had the weakest returns for adoption, with southeast Idaho falling in between. [4]

  8. Meiji Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國憲法; Shinjitai: 大日本帝国憲法, romanized: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kenpō), known informally as the Meiji Constitution (明治憲法, Meiji Kenpō), was the constitution of the Empire of Japan which was proclaimed on February 11, 1889, and remained in force between November ...

  9. Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1890–1894

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    This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1890 elections and the 1894 elections, known as the First Parliament.They held office under the Constitution Act 1889, which was given royal assent by Queen Victoria on 15 August 1890 [1] and took effect on 21 October 1890 with a proclamation by the new Governor of Western Australia, Sir William Robinson.