The South Dakota state constitution / / Patrick M. Garry [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787870703321
• Autore: Garry Patrick M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-19-937872-X; 0-19-937871-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Collana: Oxford commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States
• Classificazione: LAW018000LAW001000
• Disciplina: 342.78302
• Soggetti: Constitutions - South Dakota; Constitutional law - South Dakota; Constitutional history - South Dakota
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The South Dakota State Constitution; Series Page; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; PART one The History of the South Dakota Constitution; THE DRIVE TO STATEHOOD; Territorial Status; Pressures for Territorial Division and Statehood; Debate over the Territorial Capital; Factors Pushing for Statehood; Obstacles to Statehood; Statehood Achieved; CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS; The 1883 Huron Convention; The 1883 Sioux Falls Convention; The 1883 Ratification Campaign; The 1885 Convention; Additional Areas of Convention Debate; The 1889 Convention; Topics of Significant Debate at the 1889 ConventionStatehood Achieved; THE 1972 CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION; PART two The South Dakota Constitution and Commentary; Preamble; Article I Name and Boundary; Section 1Name of State; Section 2Boundaries of State; Article II Division of the Powers of Government; Article III Legislative Department; INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY; Section 1Legislative Power-Initiative and Referendum; The Legislature and Legislative Power; Initiative and Referendum; Section 2Number of Legislators-Regular Sessions; Section 3Qualifications for Legislative Office-Officers Ineligible; Section 4Disqualification for Conviction of Crime-Defaults on Public MoneySection 5Legislative Reapportionment; Section 6Compensation-Regular Sessions; Section 7Convening of Annual Sessions; Section 8Oath Required of Legislators and Officer-Forfeiture of Office for False Swearing; Section 9Each House as Judge of Qualifications-Quorum-Rules of Proceedings-Officers and Employees; Section 10Filling Legislative Vacancies; Section 11Legislators' Privilege from Arrest-Freedom of Debate; Section 12Legislators Ineligible for Other Office-Contracts with State or County; Section 13Legislative Journals-Recording of Yeas and NaysSection 14Elections Viva Voce; Section 15Open Legislative Sessions-Exception; Section 16Adjournment of Legislative Houses; Section 17Reading of Bills; Section 18Enacting Clause-Assent by Majority-Recording of Votes; Section 19Signing of Bills and Resolutions; Section 20Origin of Bills-Amendment in Other House; Section 21One Subject Expressed in Title; Section 22Effective Date of Acts-Emergency Clause; Section 23Private and Special Laws Prohibited; Section 24Release of Debt to State or Municipality; Section 25Games of Chance Prohibited-ExceptionsSection 26Municipal Powers Denied to Private Organizations; Section 27Suits against the State; Section 28Bribery and Corrupt Solicitation of Officers-Compelling Testimony-Immunity from Prosecution; Section 29Legislative Powers in Emergency from Enemy Attack; Section 30Power of Committee of Legislature to Suspend Administrative Rules and Regulations; Section 31Convening of Special Sessions upon Petition; Section 32Term Limitations for United States Congressmen; Article IV Executive Department; Section 1Executive Power; Section 2Qualification, Election and Term
• Sommario/riassunto: South Dakota was the first state in the nation's history to adopt the Initiative and Referendum, making it permissible for the people to initiate a constitutional amendment, on a statewide level in 1898. While it continues to be a controversial procedure, Patrick Garry discusses this in depth while providing the only definitive reference resource on the South Dakota Constitution, including all significant court decisions interpreting each Section.