SEC. 21. Said board of State canvassers shall issue their proclamation not less than twenty days next preceding each of the elections provided for in this schedule. Said proclamation shall contain an announcement of the several elections, the qualifications of electors, the manner of conducting said elections and of making the returns thereof, as in this Constitution provided, and shall publish said proclamation in one newspaper in each of the counties of the Territory in which a newspaper may be then published.

SEC. 22. The board of State canvassers shall provide for the transmission of authenticated copies of the Constitution to the President of the United States, the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives.

SEC. 23. Upon official information having been by him received of the admission of Kansas into the Union as a State, it shall be the duty of the Governor-elect under the Constitution, to proclaim the same, and to convene the_legislature and do all things else necessary to the complete and active organization of the State Government.

SEC. 24. The first legislature shall have no power to make any changes in county lines.

SEC. 25. At the election to be held for the ratification or rejection of this Constitution, each elector shall be permitted to vote on the homestead provision contained in the article on "Miscellaneous," by depositing a ballot inscribed "For the Homestead," or "Against the Homestead;" and if a majority of all the votes cast at said election shall be against said provision, then it shall be stricken from the Constitution.

RESOLUTIONS.

RESOLVED, That the congress of the United States is hereby requested, upon the application of Kansas for admission into the Union, to pass an act granting to the State forty-five hundred thousand acres of land to aid in the construction of railroads and other internal improvements.

Resolved, That congress be further requested to pass an act appropriating fifty thousand acres of land for the improvement of the Kansas river from its mouth to Fort Riley.

Resolved, That congress be further requested to pass an act granting all swamp lands within the State for the benefit of common schools.

Resolved, That congress be further requested to pass an act appropriating five hundred thousand dollars, or in lieu thereof

five hundred thousand acres of land, for the payment of the claims awarded to citizens of Kansas by the claim commissioners appointed by the Governor and legislature of Kansas under an act of the Territorial legislature passed 7th of February, 1859.

Resolved, That the legislature shall make provision for the sale or disposal of the lands granted to the State in aid of internal improvements and for other purposes, subject to the same rights of pre-emption to the settlers thereon as are now allowed by law to settlers on the public lands.

Resolved, That it is the desire of the people of Kansas to be admitted into the Union with this Constitution.

Resolved, That congress be further requested to assume the debt of this Territory.

Done in convention at Wyandotte, this 29th day of July, A. D., 1859.

JAMES M. WINCHELL,

President and Member from Osage County.

JAMES M. ARTHUR, Linn Co.
JAMES BLOOD, Douglas Co.
N. C. BLOOD, Douglas Co.
JAMES G. BLUNT, Anderson Co.
J. C. BURNETT, Bourbon Co.
JOHN TAYLOR BURRIS, Johnson
Co.

ALLEN CROCKER, Coffey Co.
W. P. DUTTON, Lykins Co.
ROBT. GRAHAM, Atchison Co.
JOHN P. GREER, Shawnee Co.
WM. R. GRIFFITH, Bourbon Co.
JAMES HANWAY, Franklin Co.
SAML. E. HOFFMAN, Woodson Co.
S. D. HOUSTON, Riley Co.
WM. HUTCHINSON, Douglas Co.
JOHN JAMES INGALLS, Atchison
Co.

SAMUEL A. KINGMAN, Brown Co.
JOSIAH LAMB, Linn Co.

GEORGE H. LILLIE, Madison Co.
CALEB MAY, Atchison Co.
WM. MCCULLOUGH, Morris Co.
J. A. MIDDLETON, Marshall Co.
LUTHER R. PALMER, Pottawatomie
Co.

ROBT. J. PORTER, Doniphan Co.
H. D. PRESTON, Shawnee Co.
JOHN RITCHIE, Shawnee Co.
EDMUND G. Ross, Wabaunsee Co.
JAMES A. SIGNOR, Allen Co.
BENJAMIN F. SIMPSON, Lykins Co.
EDWIN STOKES, Douglas Co.
SOLON O. THACHER, Douglas Co.
P. H. TOWNSEND, Douglas Co.
R. L. WILLIAMS, Douglas Co.

Attest: JOHN A. MARTIN, Secretary.

The following named delegates did not sign the Constitution:

J. T. BARTON, Johnson Co.
FRED. BROWN, Leavenworth Co
J. W. FORMAN, Doniphan Co.
ROBT. COLE FOSTER, Leavenworth
Co.

SAM. HIPPLE, Leavenworth Co.
E. M. HUBBARD, Doniphan Co.
C. B. MCCLELLAND, Jefferson Co.
Wм. C. MCDOWELL, Leavenworth

Co.

A. D. MCCUNE, Leavenworth Co.
E. MOORE, Jackson Co.

P. S. PARKS, Leavenworth Co.
WM. PERRY, Leavenworth Co.
JOHN P. SLOUGH, Leavenworth Co.
J. STIARWALT, Doniphan Co.
S. A. STINSON, Leavenworth Co.
B. WRIGLEY, Doniphan Co.
JOHN WRIGHT, Leavenworth Co.
T. S. WRIGHT, Nemaha Co.

KANSAS GOVERNMENT.

COMPLETE LIST OF TERRITORIAL AND STATE OFFICERS FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS TO JAN. 1, 1899.

KANSAS TERRITORIAL OFFICERS-1854-1861.

GOVERNORS.

Andrew H. Reeder. Term, Oct. 7, 1854, to Aug. 16, 1855. Commissioned, June 29, 1854.

Daniel Woodson. Term, Apr. 17 to June 23, 1855. Secretary and Acting Governor, Aug. 16 to Sept. 7, 1855; June 24 to July 7, 1856; Aug. 18 to Sept. 9, 1856; Mar. 12 to Apr. 16, 1857.

Wilson Shannon. Term, Sept. 7, 1855, to Aug. 18, 1856. Commissioned, Aug. 10, 1855.

John White Geary. Term, Sept. 9, 1856, to Mar. 12, 1857. Confirmed, July 31, 1856.

Frederick P. Stanton. Term, Apr. 16 to May 27, 1857. Secretary and Acting
Governor, Nov. 16 to Dec. 21, 1857.
Robert John Walker. Term, May 27 to Nov. 16, 1857. Commissioned, Mar.
30, 1857.

James W. Denver. Term, Dec. 21, 1857, to Oct. 10, 1858. Secretary and Act-
ing Governor until May 12, 1858, when he was appointed Governor.
Hugh Sleight Walsh. Term, July, 1858, and Oct. 10 to Dec. 17, 1858.
Samuel Medary. Term, Dec. 18, 1858, to Dec. 17, 1860. Appointed Nov. 19,
1858.

George M. Beebe. Term, Dec. 17, 1860, to Feb. 9, 1861. Secretary and Acting Governor.

SECRETARIES.

Daniel Woodson. Term, June 29, 1854, to Apr. 16, 1857. Commissioned, June 29, 1854.

Frederick P. Stanton. Term, Apr. 15 to Dec. 21, 1857. Commissioned, Mar. 31, 1857.

James W. Denver. Term, Dec. 21, 1857, to May 12, 1858. Commissioned, Dec. 11, 1857.

Hugh Sleight Walsh. Term, May 12, 1858, to July 1, 1860.

George M. Beebe. Term, July 1, 1860, to Feb. 9, 1861. Appointed May 1, 1860,

AUDITORS.

John Donaldson. Term, Aug. 30, 1855, to Feb. 20, 1857.

Hiram Jackson Strickler. Term, Feb. 20, 1857, to Feb., 1861.

TREASURERS.

Thomas J. B. Cramer. Term, Aug. 30, 1855, to Feb., 1859.
Robert B. Mitchell. Term, Feb. 11, 1859, to Feb., 1861.

SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.

James H. Noteware. Term, Mar. 1 to Dec. 1, 1858. Appointed, Feb. 12, 1858. Samuel Wiley Greer. Term, Dec. 1, 1858, to Jan. 2, 1861. Elected, Oct. 4, 1858. John C. Douglass. Term, Jan. 2 to Feb., 1861. Elected, Nov. 6, 1860.

TERRITORIAL CHIEF JUSTICE.

Samuel Dexter Lecompte. Term, Oct. 3, 1854, to Mar. 9, 1859.
John Pettit. Term, Mar. 9, 1859, to Feb., 1861.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.

Saunders W. Johnston. Term, June 29, 1854, to Sept. 13, 1855.

J. M. Burrell. Term, Sept. 13, 1855. Served but a few weeks, and returned home, dying in 1856.

Thomas Cunningham. Term, Nov. 19, 1856, to June 3, 1857.
Joseph Williams. Term, June 3, 1857, to Jan., 1861.
Rush Elmore. Term, June 29, 1854, to Sept. 13, 1855.
Sterling G. Cato. Term, Sept. 13, 1855, to July, 1858.
Rush Elmore. Term, July, 1858, to Jan., 1861.

elected. Resigned, Nov. 4, 1868, to take command 19th Reg. Nehemiah Green. Residence, Manhattan. Acting Governor. Lieut.-Gov., Nov. 6, 1866.

Elected,

Jas. M. Harvey. Residence, Fort Riley. Elected, Nov. 3, 1868. Served two terms.

Thomas A. Osborn. Residence, Leavenworth. Elected, Nov. 5, 1872. Served two terms.

George T. Anthony. Residence, Leavenworth. Elected, Nov. 7, 1876. John P. St. John. Residence, Olathe. Elected, Nov. 5, 1878. Served two terms.

George W. Glick.

Residence, Atchison. Elected, Nov. 7, 1882.

John A. Martin. Residence, Atchison. Elected, Nov. 4, 1884. Served two terms.

Lyman U. Humphrey. Residence, Independence. Elected, Nov. 6, 1888.
Served two terms.

Lorenzo D. Lewelling. Residence, Wichita. Elected, Nov. 8, 1892.
Edmund N. Morrill. Residence, Hiawatha. Elected, Nov. 6, 1894.
John W. Leedy. Residence, Le Roy. Elected, Nov. 3, 1896.
William E. Stanley. Residence, Wichita. Elected, Nov. 8, 1898.

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS.

Elected, Dec. 6, 1859. Took oath

Joseph P. Root. Residence, Wyandotte.
of office, Feb. 9, 1861.
Thomas A. Osborn. Residence, Elwood. Elected, Nov. 4, 1862.
James McGrew. Residence, Wyandotte. Elected, Nov. 8, 1864.
Nehemiah Green. Residence, Manhattan. Elected, Nov. 6, 1866.
Charles V. Eskridge. Residence, Emporia. Elected, Nov. 3, 1868.
Peter P. Elder. Residence, Ottawa. Elected, Nov. 8, 1870.
Elias S. Stover. Residence, Council Grove. Elected, Nov. 5, 1872.
Melville J. Salter. Residence, Thayer. Elected, Nov. 3, 1874.
elected. Resigned, July 19, 1877.

Twice

Lyman U. Humphrey. Residence, Independence. Elected, Nov. 6, 1877.
Elected, vice Salter, resigned. Re-elected, Nov. 5, 1878.

D. W. Finney. Residence, Neosho Falls. Elected, Nov. 2, 1880. Served
two terms.

Alex. P. Riddle. Residence, Girard. Elected, Nov. 4, 1884.
terms.

Andrew J. Felt. Residence, Seneca. Elected, Nov. 6, 1888.
terms.

Served two

Served two

Percy Daniels. Residence, Girard. Elected, Nov. 8, 1892.
James A. Troutman. Residence, Topeka. Elected, Nov. 6, 1894.
A. M. Harvey. Residence, Topeka. Elected, Nov. 3, 1896.
H E. Richter. Residence, Council Grove. Elected, Nov. 8, 1898.

SECRETARIES OF STATE.

John Winter Robinson. Residence, Manhattan. Elected, Dec. 6, 1859.
Took oath of office, 1861. Removed, July 28, 1862.

Sanders Rufus Shepherd. Residence, Topeka. Appointed, vice Robinson,
Aug., 1862.

Wm. Wirt Henry Lawrence. Residence, Peoria City. Elected, Nov. 4,
1862.

Rinaldo Allen Barker. Residence, Atchison. Elected, Nov. 8, 1864. Served
two terms.

Thomas Moonlight. Residence, Leavenworth. Elected, Nov. 3, 1868.
Wm. Hillary Smallwood. Residence, Wathena. Elected, Nov. 8, 1870.
Served two terms.

Thos. H. Cavanaugh. Residence, Salina. Elected, Nov. 3, 1874. Served
two terms.

James Smith. Residence, Marysville. Elected, Nov. 5, 1878.

terms.

Edwin Bird Allen. Residence, Wichita. Elected, Nov. 4, 1884.
terms.

William Higgins. Residence, Topeka. Elected, Nov. 6, 1888.
terms.

Served three

Served two

Served two

Russel Scott Osborn. Residence, Stockton. Elected, Nov. 8, 1892.
Wm. Congdon Edwards. Residence, Larned. Elected, Nov. 6. 1894.
William Eben Bush. Residence, Mankato. Elected, Nov. 3, 1896.
George Alfred Clark. Residence, Junction City. Elected, Nov. 8, 1898.