enabling act
Britishnoun
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In 1889, President Grover Cleveland signed an enabling act paving the way for the Dakotas, Montana and Washington to become states.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2021
Each adopted a proposed constitution without waiting for an enabling act, Hawaii in 1950 and Alaska in 1956.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
If and when Congress chooses, it passes an enabling act, an act directing the people of the territory to frame a proposed State constitution.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
Gurich notes a similar provision was included in Oklahoma’s federal enabling act in 1906.
From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2015
An enabling act for Arizona and New Mexico was passed in 1910, under which both of these Territories became States in 1912.
From The New Nation by Dodd, William E.
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