United States. Enabling Act (1889)

United States. Enabling Act of 1889
United States. Act to Provide for the Division of Dakota into Two States and to Enable the People of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to Form Constitutions and State Governments and to be Admitted into the Union on an Equal Footing with the Original States, and to make Donations of Public Lands to Such States

found: Wikipedia, Nov. 1, 2011(The Enabling Act of 1889 (25 Stat. 676, chs. 180, 276-284, enacted 1889-02-22) is a United States statute that enabled North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form state governments and to gain admission as states of the union.)

found: Washington State Legislature website, Nov. 1, 2011:Legislature Home > History of the State Legislature > State History > Enabling Act (Enabling Act; AN ACT to provide for the division of Dakota into two States and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form constitutions and State governments and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to such States; approved February 22, 1889) - http://www.leg.wa.gov/History/State/Pages/enabling.aspx

found: Montana state government, via netstate.com website, Nov. 1, 2011(in 1889, the U.S. Congress passed the Enabling Act that allowed Washington, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota to become states) - http://www.netstate.com/states/government/mt_government.htm