610 UNITED STATES: — SOUTH DAKOTA
The minerals worked are phosphate rock, granite, clay products, gold, silver, manganese, iron ore, lime, and monazite in small quantities.
The manufacturing industries of the State in 1910 had a total capital of 173,221 000 dollars ; the establishments numbered 1,854 ; their proprietors and firm members, 1,737 ; their clerks, &c, 3,257, and wage-earners, 73,046. The raw material used was valued at 66,351,000 dollars, and the output at 113,236,000 dollars. Statistics of the chief industries for 1912 are given in The Statesman's Year Book for 1917, p. 595.
In the year ending August 31, 1912, the State had 4,327,178 spindles, being 13 "7 per cent, of the total in the United States.
There are also works for making and repairing carriages, waggons, cars, iic, flour' and grist mills, distilleries, tobacco factories, and turpentine and rosin works. The turpentine and rosin industries, formerly prosperous, are now losing ground owing to the exhaustion of suitable timber.
In 1917 the length of railway in the State was 3,723 miles, and 146 miles of electric railway in 1919. The assessed value of the railroad in 1915 was 45,816,096 dollars.
There is a British Vice-Consul at Charleston.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Administrative Departments of the State. McCrady (Edward), The History of South Carolina. New York and London, 1902. Ravenel (Mrs. St. J.), Charleston: The Place and the People. New York and London, 1906.
Watson (B. J.), Handbook of South Carolina. Columbia, 1908.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Government. — South Dakota was admitted into the Union on February 22, 1889. Full rights of suffrage are enjoyed by all persons over 21 years of age who are citizens of the United States, and who have resided in the United States for one year, in South Dakota for six months, in the county for thirty days, and in the election precinct for ten days, imme- diately preceding any election.
Legislative power is vested in a Senate and a House of Representatives ; but to the people is reserved the right that not less than 5 per cent, of the electors may (1) propose measures which the legislature shall enact and submit to a vote of the general body of electors ; (2) demand a referendum in respect of laws enacted by the legislature, before such laws take effect, save in cases of urgency. The Senate consists of not less than 25 and not more than 45 members, and the House of Representatives of not less than 75, nor more than 135 members.
Amendments to the Constitution must be sanctioned by the direct vote of the people, at the first general election after such amendments have been ap- proved by a majority of the members elected to each House of the legislature.
Governor.— W. H. McMaster, 1921-23 (3,000 dollars)
Secretary of State. — Charles A. Burkhart.
The State sends two Senators and three Representatives to the Federal Congress. For purposes of local government the State is divided into 63 organised counties, which are subdivided into townships and municipal cor- porations. The State Capital is Pierre.
