Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-01-02

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posed state, for ratification or re-
lection at an election to be held
therein on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November,
eighteen hundred and ninety-Ohe.
At the elections provided for in
this section the qualified voters of
said proposed state shall vote di-
rectly for or against the proposed
constitution, and for or against any
articles or propositions separately
submitted. The returns of said
election shall be made to, and
shall be canvassed by, such per-
sons as said constitutional con-
vention may designate And if
majority of legal votes cast on that
question shall be "for the consti-
tuition" the persons designated by
said convention shall certify the
result to the president of the Unit
ed States, together with a state
ment of the votes cast thereon and
upon separate articles, PROPOSE
tions, and a copy Of said constitu-
iion, articles, propositions, and
ordinances. 1t shall be the duty
of the president to transmit such
constitution, articles, propositions,
and ordinances to the congress of
the United States, at the earliest
time practicable for such further
action thereon as congress may de-
termine.
SEC. 7. Until congress shall
otherwise provide the state of CO.
luInbia shall, after admission into
the union, be entitled to one rep
resentative in congress, and the
representative in the fifty
second congress may be elected
at the same time that the
constitution is submitted to the
people for ratification or rejection;
and thereafter the representative
or representatives in congress, to
which said state NAV be entitled,
shall be elected at the same time
that representatives IN congress
are elected in other states.
SEC. S. That the constitutional
convention provided for in this
act may. by ordinance, provide for
the election of officers for the full
state government, including men,
bers Of the legislature and a rep
resentative in congress; but said
state government shall remain in
allowance until the state shall, by
special act of congress, be admit
ted into the union, as provided for
in this act. In case the eOnstitu-
ton be ratified by the people, but
not otherwise, the leg:slatura<
thereof may assemble, organize,
and elect two senators of the Unit
ed States, and the governor and
secretary Of state elect shall cerh-
fy the election of the senators and
representative in congress in the
manner required by law, and when
such state is admitted into the
union, the senators and represen-
tative shall be entitled to be adj
mitted to seats in congress, and to
all the rights and privileges of
senators and representatives OF
other states in congress of the
United States; and the officers of
the state government formed in
pursuance Of said constitution, as
provided by the constitutional
convention, shall proceed to exer-
else all the functions OF such state
officers; and all laws in force with
in the limits of said state at the
time Of admission into the union
shall be in iorce in said state, or in
the respective subdivisions there
of, where such laws were hereto
fore in force, except as modified or
changed by this act, or by the
constitution of the said state.
SEC. 9. That the sum Of twen-
ty-five thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary,
is hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the treasury, not other
wise appropriated, to be expended
under the direction Of the secreta-
~ of the interior and paid out up
on his order, for the purpose of
carrying this act into effect and for
defraying the expenses Of said
convention and for the payment
of the members thereof, under the
same rules and regulations and at
the same rates as now provided by
law for payment of the territorial
legislatures
SEC. 10. That when said state
is admitted into the union as pro-
vided herein, congress will pro-
vide a United States judicial dis
trict, to be composed Of said state,
and will provide for holding a
United States circuit and district |
court therein.
SEC. IL. That ali acts and parts |
of acts in conflict with the provis-
ions uf this art ara horpbv ra