This state was admitted into the union in 1858.
Electors. White male citizens having resided in the United States one year, and in the state four months. Also foreigners who have so resided, and declared their intention to become citizens; and persons of mixed white and Indian blood, and of Indian blood, under certain regulations.
Legislature. A senate and a house of representatives. The first legislature consisted of thirty-seven senators and eighty representatives.
Executive. A governor and a lieutenant-governor are elected for two years.
A secretary of state, a treasurer, and an attorney-general, are elected for two years, and a state auditor for three years.
Judiciary. The judicial power is vested in a supreme court, district courts, courts of probate, justices of the peace, and such other courts inferior to the supreme court, as the legislature may establish by a two-thirds vote.