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	Wyandotte County, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wyandotte County (standard abbreviation: WY) is a county located in the state of Kansas.
		Here in Wyandotte county they set up the first territorial government Kansas and Nebraska ever had, and they picked a man from their council to act as governor.
		They were here at the framing of the Wyandotte constitution, and after they saw the job was finished they helped to adopt it and to bring Kansas into the Union as a state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wyandotte_County,_Kansas (984 words)

	Lecompton Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Despite the proviso, the Constitution was rejected by Kansans, and Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state in 1861.
		The Lecompton Constitutional Convention was held on September, 1857 in Lecompton, Kansas Territory.
		The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction, and the right of the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same and as inviolable as the right of the owner of any property whatever.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lecompton_Constitution (407 words)

	KANSAS CITY (KAN.) - LoveToKnow Article on KANSAS CITY (KAN.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On the constitutional convention rested, then, all hope of saving Kansas for slavery; and that would be impossible if they should submit their handiwork to the people.
		On the 29th of July 1859 still another constitution was therefore framed at Wyandotte, and on the 4th of October it was ratified by the people.
		KANSAS CITY, a city and the county-seat of Wyandotte county, Kansas, U.S.A., on the W. bank of the Missouri River, at the mouth of the Kansas, altitude about 800 ft. It is separated from its greater neighbor, Kansas City, Missouri, only by the state line, and is the largest city in the state.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KA/KANSAS_CITY_KAN_.htm (2313 words)

	1997-030 \| 3/27/1997 \| Kansas Attorney General Opinion
		In interpreting and construing the constitutional amendment, the court must examine the language used and consider it in connection with the general surrounding facts and circumstances that cause the amendment to be submitted.
		A constitutional provision is not to be narrowly or technically construed, but its language should be interpreted to mean what the words imply to persons of common understanding.
		A constitution should not be interpreted in any refined or subtle sense but should be held to mean what the words imply to the common understanding of persons.
	www.kscourts.org /ksag/opinions/1997/1997-030.htm (2078 words)

	1997-021 \| 2/26/1997 \| Kansas Attorney General Opinion
		do not constitute an unlawful delegation of legislative authority because these statutes contain sufficient guidelines and parameters within which the delegated authority is to be exercised.
		With regard to your first question, the Kansas Constitution generally vests the legislative power of this State in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
		Wyandotte County, 111 Kan. 160, 167 (1922) (Legislature has the power to abolish counties and county organizations); In re Hinkle, 31 Kan. 712, 714 (1884) (Legislature has the power to abolish townships).
	www.kscourts.org /ksag/opinions/1997/1997-021.htm (1425 words)

	Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma
		The purpose of the Election Ordinance is to establish guidelines, rules and an orderly procedure to conduct the election of officers of the Wyandotte Nation in accordance with Article 9, of the Constitution of the Wyandotte Nation.
		The Election Board of the Wyandotte Nation is hereby established, which shall perform the duties and powers hereinafter cited, and which shall conduct the tribal elections in compliance with this Ordinance pursuant to the Constitution of the Wyandotte Nation.
		All qualified members of the Wyandotte Nation who desire his or her name to be placed on the ballot as a candidate for Elective office must file a Declaration of Candidacy in person with the Election Board Secretary or a designated representative at the Wyandotte Nation Administrative Office.
	www.wyandotte-nation.org /government/election_ordinance.html (6786 words)

	KANSAS CITY (MO.) - LoveToKnow Article on KANSAS CITY (MO.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Of these municipalities Wyandotte, the oldest, was originally settled by the Wyandotte Indians in 1843; it was platted and settled by whites in 1857; and was incorporated as a town in 1858, and as a city in 1859.
		During the Kansas struggle Wyandotte was a pro-slavery town, while Quindaro (1856), a few miles up the Missouri, was a free-state settlement and Wyandotte's commercial rival until after the Civil War.
		The convention that framed the constitution, the Wyandotte Constitution, under which Kansas was admitted to the Union, met here in July 1859.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KA/KANSAS_CITY_MO_.htm (1881 words)

	Territorial History, Part 54
		The bill to admit Kansas as a State under the Lecompton constitution failed, and the English bill finally passed Congress, under the provisions of which the constitution was again submitted to a vote of the people on the 4th of August, 1858, with the result of 1.788 votes in its favor and 11,300 against it.
		The constitutional convention, which framed the Leavenworth constitution, was provided for by an act of the Territorial Legislature passed in February, 1858, during the pendency of the Lecompton constitution in Congress.
		The Wyandotte constitution was adopted by the convention which framed it on the 29th day of July, 1859, and was adopted by the people at an election held October 4, 1859.
	www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/terrhist/terrhist-p54.html (3624 words)

	Kansas and Kansans Ch. 39 Pt. 1
		The bill for the admission of Kansas under the Wyandotte Constitution passed the Senate January 21, 1861.
		The model for the Wyandotte Constitution was that of Ohio.
		The fact is, that the Wyandotte Constitution is a genuinely, thoroughly, Western document.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/ch39p1.html (1605 words)

	Necropolis by Night - Chapter 2
		The Wyandotte Indians, no longer under the guidance of the Dreamspeaker cabal, decided to sell their land to the Federal Government in 1855, electing to become U.S. citizens.
		The city of Wyandotte was officially established by settlers from St. Louis, and was, for a time, the largest community in Missouri.
		Between the Wyandotte Constitution and the U.S. government's "Kansas/Missouri Compromise," the state of Kansas was admitted to the Union in 1859, as a free state.
	www.public.asu.edu /~gdeane/Necropolis/nbnstory/chapter2.html (773 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.2, Entry 226, KANSAS: Library of Economics and Liberty
		It sanctioned slavery in the state, prohibited the passage of emancipation laws by the legislature, forbade amendments until after 1864, and provided that the constitution should not be submitted to popular vote, but should be finally established by the approval of congress and the admission of the state.
		Governor Walker had repeatedly promised the free state voters, to secure their participation in the October election, that the proposed constitution should be submitted to popular vote; the convention evaded the fulfillment of the pledge by submitting to a popular vote, Dec. 21, only the provision sanctioning slavery.
		It was approved; the convention met at Wyandotte July 5, and adopted the "Wyandotte constitution" July 27, which was ratified, Oct. 4, by a vote of 10,421 to 5,530.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy617.html (2384 words)

	Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This constitution shall supersede all previously adopted constitutions including the Constitution of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, approved by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior on July 17, 1937, and ratified by our voters on July 24, 1937, pursuant to the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of June 26,1936 (49 Stat.
		Unless specifically reserved to the Nation Council in the Constitution, the Board of Directors is delegated all power and authority to act on behalf of the Wyandotte Nation and all actions of the Board of Directors shall be considered actions of the Nation.
		This Constitution may be amended at an election called for that purpose by the Secretary of the Interior upon a request by the Board of Directors or upon request of the Nation Council consistent with federal regulations.
	www.wyandotte-nation.org /government.html (3525 words)

	Constitution -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In some cases, such as the United States, the constitution is a specific written document; in others, such as the United Kingdom, it is a collection of documents, statutes, and traditional practices that are generally accepted as governing political matters.
		Moreover, it was, for the first time in history, a constitution that specifically limited the powers that the federal government would be able to exercise over its citizens.
		The British constitution is formed partly by statutes, or legislative enactments of Parliament; partly by common law, based on decisions of courts of law; and partly by practices and precepts, which are known as conventions.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9026011?tocId=9026011 (792 words)

	Wyandotte -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		city, seat (1866) of Wyandotte county, northeastern Kansas, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers and is contiguous with Kansas City, Missouri.
		The state is governed under its original, antislavery constitution, adopted in 1859 in Wyandotte and effective from 1861.
		The proslavery Lecompton Constitution of 1858 had been supported by President James Buchanan, but it was repudiated by the territorial voters,...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077622?tocId=9077622 (565 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Wyandotte is the name of some places in the United States of America: Wyandotte, MichiganWyandotte, OklahomaWyandotte County, KansasWyandotte Township, Minnesota Wyandotte is an alternative spelling of Wyandot or Wendat, the name of a First Nations group also called Hurons.
		The town is the tribal headquarters of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma.
		Drawn up at Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City) in July 1859, the Wyandotte Constitution was the 4th and final constitution voted on by the people of Kansas regarding the terms of Kansas' admission to the union, particularly whether as a free state or slave state.
	www.alanaditescili.net /browse.php?title=W/WY/WYA (1207 words)

	"Kansas Territory and Its Boundary Question: 'Big Kansas' or 'Little Kansas'" by Calvin W. Gower, Spring 1967
		The Wyandotte constitution put the western boundary of the state of Kansas at 102° longitude, which was considerably east of the crest of the mountains.
		The advocates of the constitution emerged triumphant, with a vote of 10,421 for the constitution and 5,530 against it.
		Even before the Wyandotte constitution had gained the approval of the people of Kansas, reports had circulated that the constitution would be turned down by congress.
	www.kancoll.org /khq/1967/67_1_gower.htm (4035 words)

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		Any child born of a marriage between a member of the Wyandotte Tribe and any other person, if such child is admitted to membership by the Council of the Wyandotte Tribe.
		The membership of the Wyandotte Council shall be all Wyandotte Indians residing in Oklahoma; males, 21 years of age; and females, 18 years of age.
		Special meetings of the Council may be called at the discretion of the Chief, and shall be called by him upon the written request of the majority of the Business Committee or the written request of 30 members of the Tribe.
	thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/wyancons.html (1234 words)

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		I. The Statute Is Constitutional: Background of Segregation in Kansas.......
		The issue presented by this case is whether the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is violated by a statute which permits boards of education in designated cities to maintain separate elementary school facilities for the education of white and colored children.
		There is a vast difference — a constitutional difference between restrictions imposed by the state which prohibit the intellectual commingling of students, and the refusal of individuals to commingle where the state presents no such bar.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/curiae/html/347-483/016.htm (6487 words)

	Constitution and by-laws of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma : a machine readable transcription.
		Constitution and by-laws of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma : a machine readable transcription.
		CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE WYANDOTTE TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA
		The object shall be to promote the general welfare of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ll/llnc/176/llnc176.sgm (1437 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Lecompton Constitution was one of four proposed Kansas state constitutions.
		A proposal for another referendum gave Kansans the opportunity to either reject or accept the Constitution in its entirety with the proviso that rejection would delay statehood.
		Despite the proviso, the Constitution was rejected by Kansans, and Kansas eventually became a free state in the Union.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Lecompton_constitution (200 words)

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		Whereas, the said Tribe, by resolution of the Wyandotte Business Committee duly authorized, has requested that a charter of incorporation be issued to the said Tribe, subject to ratification by a vote of the members of the Tribe;
		The name of this corporation shall be the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, as provided in the Constitution and By-laws of the said Tribe.
		Submitted by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for ratification by the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma in a popular referendum vote to be held on October 30, 1937.
	thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/wyanchrtr.html (1315 words)

	Constitutional Conventions
		And the Lecompton constitution was passed by a wide majority under the first vote.
		Watt: This cost a lot of votes for the Leavenworth constitution, although it did pass when it was submitted to the people for a vote.
		That took them out of the Senate, where they had their greatest power, left primarily anti-slavery senators and they approved the Wyandotte constitution and ironically, Buchanan signed it in 1861, shortly before he left office.
	ktwu.washburn.edu /journeys/scripts/1104c.html (1101 words)

	Historic Lecompton - birthplace of the civil war
		Constitutional convention met at Minneola, voted to move to Leavenworth.
		Leavenworth Constitution approved by voters; would prohibit slavery and allow fl citizenship.
		Senate approved Wyandotte Constitution; slave states had seceded.
	www.lecomptonkansas.com /index.php?doc=time.php (798 words)

	Wyandotte Breeders of America
		Section 3 - The object of the club shall be to increase interest in Wyandotte Bantams and all varieties of same: to create a demand for Wyandotte Bantams; to encourage the better breeding and improving each variety and bring together all breeders of Wyandotte Bantams into a friendly relationship with each other.
		To rule on all matters not covered by this Constitution and Bylaws and any questions or situations that may arise in the future.
		All items or questions to be considered by the Executive Committee shall be handled by mail by the Secretary-Treasurer to members of the Executive Committee and their approval or disapproval vote must reach the Secretary-Treasurer within fifteen (15) days from the day of communication to be counted.
	www.crohio.com /wyan/const.htm (2105 words)

	WhatUSA1861
		On January 21, the day on which Jefferson Davis resigned his seat in the Senate, a bill admitting Kansas as a free State under the Wyandotte Constitution was called up by Senator Seward and Kansas wag admitted as the 34th State.
		The convention then drew a Constitution, modelled after the United States, but with such changes as made what the extreme State Rights school had held the old instrument to be.
		The Convention then constituted itself a Provisional Congress, and as such passed various laws including a law forbidding the importation of slaves intended to force into the Confederacy Virginia and other border States, which would be deprived of the only market for their surplus slaves.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Oracle/9853/what_usa_1861.html (2650 words)

	Our Hoosier State beneath us: Geomorphology: Wyandotte Cave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Wyandotte Cave, about 3 miles northeast of Leavenworth in Crawford County, is Indiana's largest commercial cave.
		Old Cave, the part known before 1850, consists of a passageway extending from the cave entrance to the Pillar of the Constitution, a stalacto-stalagmite about 25 feet in diameter and 35 feet high.
		Subsequent exploration revealed many points of interest, such as Monument Mountain, a huge mass of breakdown about 105 feet high and said to be the largest feature of its kind in the United States.
	www.indiana.edu /~librcsd/etext/hoosier/GM-40.html (135 words)

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