Alaska (January 3, 1959) was the 49th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Alaska, adopted April 24, 1956, stated:
<Preamble. We, the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land, in order to secure and transmit to succeeding generations our heritage of political, civil and religious liberty within the Union of States, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the State of Alaska.> 1959AK001
<Article I, Section 4. Freedom of Religion. No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.> 1959AK002
<Article I, Section 19. Right to Keep and Bear Arms. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The individual right to keep and bear arms shall not be denied or infringed by the State or a political subdivision of the State.> 1959AK003
<Article II, Section 17. Bills Not Signed. A bill becomes law if, while the legislature is in session, the governor neither signs nor vetoes it within fifteen days, Sundays excepted, after its delivery to him. If the legislature is not in session and the governor neither signs nor vetoes a bill within twenty days, Sundays excepted, after its delivery to him, the bill becomes law.> 1959AK004
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1959AK001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Alaska, 1956, Constitution, Preamble. Constitutions of the United States-National and State (Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, Inc., published for Legislative Drafting Research Fund of Columbia University, Release 95-5, Issued December 1995), Vol. 1, Alaska(June 1992), p. 1. Charles E. Rice, The Supreme Court and Public Prayer (New York: Fordham University Press, 1964), p. 167; "Hearings, Prayers in Public Schools and Other Matters," Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate (87th Cong., 2nd Sess.), 1962, pp. 268 et seq.
1959AK002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Alaska, 1956, Constitution, Article I, Section 4. Freedom of Religion. Constitutions of the United States-National and State (Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, Inc., published for Legislative Drafting Research Fund of Columbia University, Release 95-5, Issued December 1995), Vol. 1, Alaska (June 1992), p. 1.
1959AK003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Alaska, 1956, Constitution, Article I, Section 19. Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Constitutions of the United States-National and State (Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, Inc., published for Legislative Drafting Research Fund of Columbia University, Release 95-5, Issued December 1995), Vol. 1, Alaska (June 1992), p. 3.
1959AK004. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Alaska, 1956, Constitution, Article II, Section 17. Bills Not Signed. Constitutions of the United States-National and State (Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, Inc., published for Legislative Drafting Research Fund of Columbia University, Release 95-5, Issued December 1995), Vol. 1, Alaska (June 1992), p. 6.