(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.3960
Article I, Section 4. Freedom of Religion. No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.3961
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.3962
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.3963