. Cyclopedia of American government . abrogationof all land treaties by the Federal Governmentwith the Indians involved in the war, clearedlarge tracts of land of the Sioux and destroyedtheir claims to the soil. In the followingdecade, the Indians were placed on reserva-tions. The population of northern Dakota in-creased from approximately 2,400 in 1870, to36,909 in 1880; in 1910 it was 577,056. A poses, and the income derived from funds aris-ing from the sale of this land, at not less than$ per acre, was to be used for the supportof certain designated institutions. All min-eral lands are
. Cyclopedia of American government . abrogationof all land treaties by the Federal Governmentwith the Indians involved in the war, clearedlarge tracts of land of the Sioux and destroyedtheir claims to the soil. In the followingdecade, the Indians were placed on reserva-tions. The population of northern Dakota in-creased from approximately 2,400 in 1870, to36,909 in 1880; in 1910 it was 577,056. A poses, and the income derived from funds aris-ing from the sale of this land, at not less than$ per acre, was to be used for the supportof certain designated institutions. All min-eral lands are exempted from the operation ofthis act. The state constitutional convention was heldat Bismarck from July 4 to August 17,1889. The constitution drafted at this timewas adopted. The provision for the prohibi-tion of the sale or manufacture of intoxicatingliquor was submitted to a special vote and waspassed. The constitution is unusually long,containing much that is ordinarily included instatute law; it contains provisions for secur-. KAN- Boundaries op the State of North Dakota, Showing Territorial Changes joint boundary commission, 1872-4, fixed ex-actly the international boundary line on thenorth. By 1873 the territory had been re-duced so as to include only the present statesof North and South Dakota (see). The federal Enabling Act, approved February22, 1889, provided for the admission ofNorth Dakota, South Dakota, Montana andWashington, with the usual restrictions ontheir proposed constitutions. Provision wasmade for a permanent school fund for thestate by setting aside sections 16 and 36 ofevery township, which could not be sold forless than $ per acre, nor leased for alonger term than five years. This fund wasfurther increased by adding to it five per centof all proceeds from the sale of public landsafter the state was admitted. Besides this,676,080 acres of the public domain was grant-ed to the state, chiefly for educational pur- ing the property rights of
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