The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-24
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provision exempting the land thus gre Mt
ed from taxation; but such ordinance
shall provide that all such lands shall be
exempt from taxation by said state SC
long and to such extent as such Act OF
congress my prescribe: Provided. that
the constitutional convention provided FOR
/ herein shall, by ordinance irrevocable, eX-
press the consent of the state of Okla
hoIna that congress may at any time or
from time to time. attach all or any part
of the Indian Territory to the state of
| Oklahoma after the title to said lands
in said Indian Territory is extinguished
in the tribes HOW claiming the same. and
ject TO taxation.
Third: That the debts and Liabilities of
said Territory OF Oklahoma shall be as
sumed and paid by said state
Fourth: That provision shall be made
for the establishment and maintenance
OF system of public schools, which shall
be open to all the children of said state
and free from scctarian control; and said
] schools shall always be conducted in Eng
! fish: Provided, that this Act shall not
preclude the teaching OF other languages
in the public schools.
Fifth: That polygamy and plural mar
riages shall be forever prohibited
! Section T. That in case constitution
and state government shall be formed in
/ compliance with the provisions Of this
Act the convention forming the same
| shall provide b. ordinance for submit
! ting said constitution to the people Of
! said proposed state for its ratification or
! rejection at an election to be held at q
/ time fixed in said ordinance, at which
election the qualified voters for said pro-
/ posed state shall vote directly for or
against the proposed constitution, and for
or against any provisions separately sub
mitted. The returns Of said election shall
be made to the secretary Of the Territory
who, with the governor and chief justice
thereof, or any two of them, shall can
vass the same; and il 4 majority of the
legal votes on that question shall be for
the constitution the government shall GER
tify the result to the President Of the
| United States, together with the state
ment of the votes cast thereon, and upon
separate articles or propositions, and a
copy Of said constitution. articles pro2o-
sitions and ordinances. And if the consti-
state are republican in FORM, and if the
provisions in this Act have been COM
piled with in the formation thereof, It
shall be the duty of the President of the
United States, within twenty days from
the receipt of the certificate of the result
of said election and the statement of the
votes cast thereon and a copy of said con-
stitutiou. articles, propositions, and ordi
nances from said commission. to issue
his proclamation announcing the result
Of said election, and thereupon the pro-
posed state of Oklahoma shall be deemed
admitted by Congress into the Union. un-
der and By virtue of this act on an equal
footing with the original states from and
after the date of said proclamation
The original of said constitution. arti-
cles propositions and ordinances and
the election returns and a copy OF the
statement of the votes cast at said cleo
ton shall be forwarded and turned over
by the secretary of the territory to the
state authorities.
Section ). That the sum OF thirty thou
sand dollars. or so much thereof as may
be necessary. is hereby appropriated. out
of any money in the treasury nOt other
wise appropriated. for oeIraying the ex-
penses of said election and convention,
and for the payment of the members
thereof under the same rules and regula-
tons and at the same rates as now are
provided by law for the payment of the
Territorial legislature
Section 6. That until the next general
census or until otherwise provided by
law. the said state Of Oklahoma shall be
entitled to three representatives in the
house of representatives. Of the United
States. And the said representatives to
the Tifty-ninth congress. together with
the governor and other officers provided
for in said constitution, may be elected
on the same day of the erection for the
ratification or rejection OF the constitu-
ton; and until said officers are elected
and qualified under the provisions Of
such constitution. and the said state Is
admitted into the Union. the Territorial
officers shall continue TO discharge the
duties of their respective offices in said
Territory.
Section :. That upon the admission Of
said state into the Union sections num-
bered sixteen and thirty-siX in every
township of said proposed state. and
where such sections. or any part thereof.
have been sold or otherwise disposed Of
by or unde rvirtue OF any Act OF congress,
then lands equivalent thereto are here
by granted to said state for the support
OF common schools. and such indemnity
land shall be selected in such manner as
the legislature Of the state may provide,
with the approval of the secretary of the
interior And sections sixteen and thir-
ty-six. embraced in permanent reserva-
tions for national purposes, shall not at
any time be subject TO the grant nor TO
the indemnify provisions of this Act: nor
shall any lands embraced in Indian, mill
tary. or other reservations Of any char
acter be subject To the grants or 10 the
indemnity provisions of this Act until the
reservations shall have been ex5inguished
and such lands be restored to and become
a part OF the public domain.
Section s. That section thirteen. re-
served by the President Of the United
States by proclamation ISSUED August
nineteenth. eighteen hundred and ninety
three. opening 20 settlement the land
known as the Cherokee outlet. The Tonk-
ava Indian Reservation and the Pawnee
Iniian Reservation. and by any Act or
Acts of congress since that date. and in
all other lands 20 be opened to settle
ment in the Territory OF Oklahoma or the
state TO be formed hereunder is hereby
reserved and granted 10 said state for the
use ana benefit OF the University Of Ok
lahoma the Territorial Normal schools.
and the Agricultural and Mechanical co..
leee of said Territory and state, the same
Ia he aprortioned and disposed Of Is the