chevysoldier Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 A constitutional error recently discovered shows that North Dakota has never technically fit the requirements for statehood.John Rolczynski, an 82-year old Grand Forks resident, discovered the error in 1995 and has been been campaigning to fix North Dakota's constitution ever since.http://news.yahoo.com/because-constitution-error-north-dakota-not-state-never-130642805.htmlAnd something I can across the other day and found humorous:On February 19, 1803, President Jefferson signed an act of Congress that approved Ohio's boundaries and constitution. However, Congress had never passed a resolution formally admitting Ohio as the 17th state. The current custom of Congress declaring an official date of statehood did not begin until 1812, with Louisiana's admission as the 18th state. Although no formal resolution of admission was required, when the oversight was discovered in 1953, Ohio congressman George H. Bender introduced a bill in Congress to admit Ohio to the Union retroactive to March 1, 1803. At a special session at the old state capital in Chillicothe, the Ohio state legislature approved a new petition for statehood that was delivered to Washington, D.C. on horseback. On August 7, 1953 (the year of Ohio's 150th anniversary), President Eisenhower signed an act that officially declared March 1, 1803 the date of Ohio's admittance into the Union.[59][60]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio#Statehood:_1803.E2.80.93present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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