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Collection Name
Constitution of the State of Alaska
Identifier
UAF-2004-25-4-1
Title
Preamble
and
Article
I
:
Declaration
of
Rights
Description
In
1949
the
Alaska
statehood
committee
was
established
and
preparation
for the
drafting
of the
state
constitution
began
. On
November
8
1955
,
fifty
five
elected
delegates
from
all
over
the
state
met
in the
Constitution
Hall
at the
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
. The
session
which
was
led
by
territorial
senator
and
first
state
Governor
William
Egan
,
consisted
of
forty
nine
men
and
six
women
and
took
seventy
five
days
to
conclude
. The
document
was
adopted
on
February
3
,
1956
,
ratified
on
April
24
,
1956
and
became
effective
after
the
signing
of the
Alaska
Statehood
Act
on
January
3
,
1959
.
This
image
shows
the
Preamble
and
Article
I
of the
constitution
. The
Preamble
states
; "
We
the
people
of
Alaska
,
grateful
to
God
and to those
who
founded
our
nation
and
pioneered
this
great
land..
.
followed
by
Article
I
,
which
declares
the
basic
rights
of
Alaska's
citizens
.
While
it
corresponds
with the
United
States
Bill
of
Rights
,
it
does
make
several
provisions
not
found
in the
former
document
.
Section
3
bans
discrimination
based
on "
race
,
color
,
creed
,
sex
, or
national
origin
and
section
7
extends
protection
to "
legislative
and
executive
investigation
".
Subject.TGM
Constitutions
State rights
Statehood
State government
Writing
Region
Alaska
Time Period
1939 to 1959
Date
1959/01/03
Type
Document
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Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.;
mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu
--(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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