Articles and Amendments

Erection of a new State House – In 1891 a commission presented plans for construction of a new State House at a cost of $1,500,000. The following year the people approved a bond issue by a vote of 20,997 for as opposed to 12,225 against thus allowing a commission to be created to oversee the construction of the new State House. The cornerstone of the new State House was laid on October 15, 1896. This ticket is for the consent of the bond issue in the election of 1892. 7.4 cm X 13.0 cm