The State of South Dakota acting by and through its Legislature hereby accepts the grant and gift to the State of South Dakota of lots twenty and twenty-one, block twenty-six, city of Fort Pierre, which is the site where the Verendrye plate was found and which site the city of Fort Pierre has tendered as a gift to the state. Such site is accepted for the benefit and use of the South Dakota State Historical Society in trust for the people of the state.

Source: SDC 1939, § 29.0501; SL 2021, ch 7 , § 4.