The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-04-09


alike q all citizens.
That ia case constitution and
state government shall be formed in
ccmpliance wi h the provisions of this
act the convention forming the same
shall provide by ordinance for sub
mtting said constitution to the peo.
pie of said proposed state fer its RAJ
ihcaticn on rejection at an election
to be held at time fixed in said or
dinance. at which election the quail.
fed voters for said proposed S ate
shall vote directly for or against the
proposed constitution. and fer or
against any provisions separately
submitted The returns of said cleo
ton shah be made TO the secretary Of
the territory of Oklahoma who, with
the chief justice thereof and the chiet
justice or senior judge of Indian ter.
ritory, shall canvass the same; and
I II a majority Of the legal votes cast
on that question shall be fro the con.
I stiutlon the governor cf Oklahoma
territory shall certify the result to the
president of the United States, togeth-
er with the atement of the votes
cast thereon, and upon separate ar;i-
/ cles or propositions and a copy of
said constitution, articles, proposi
titns and ordinances. And il the CON
stimlon aud government of said pro-
posed state are republican in form
and if the provisions in this act have
been complied with IN the formation
thereof. it shall be the duty Of the
president Of the United States. with
in twenty days from the receipt of the
cert 'ficate of the result OF said cleo
ton and the statement of woes cast
thereon and a copy OF said constitu-
tion. articles. propositions, and ordi-
nances from said comm ssion, to issue
his proclamation announcing the re-
sui of said election and thereupon
the proposed state of Oklahoma shall
be deemed admitted by congress into
the union under and by virtue of this
act. or an equal footing with the orig +
inal sta es frcm and after the fourth
day Of March. 1906 The original of
said constitution, articles. proposi-
tions, and ordinances, and the cleo
ton returns and copy of the state
ment of the vo es cast at said cleo
tion, shall be forwarded and turned
over by the secretary of the terri
tory Of Oklahoma tol the state author
i'ies of said state
That the sum of SIS, 600. or so much
thereof as may be necessary, is here
by appropriated, out of any money
In the treasury not otherwise appro
priated. for defraying the expenses
of said election and convention, and
for the payment Of the members there
of. under the same rules and regula-
tions and at the same rates as are
now provided by law for the payment
of the territorial legislature of the
terri ory of Oklahoma.
That until the mex, general census,
or until otherwise provided by law
the said state Of Oklahoma shall be
entitled to five representatives. in the
house of representatives ~ the Unit
ed States, to- be elected from the fol-
lowing described districts. the bound
aries of which shall remain the same
until the next general census:
That district numbered one shall
comprise the counties of GrsnC Kay
Garfield, Noble, Pawnee Klngisher,
Logan. Payne Lincoln and the ter
ritory comprising The Usage and Kan
sas Indian reservations. I
Tha district numbered two shall
comprise The counties of Oklahoma,
Canadian. Blaine. Caddo. Custer Dew
ey. Day. Woods Woodward ana Beay.
er
That district numbered three shall
comprise all the territory now con !
stituting the Cherokee Creek and
semlnole nations and the Indian res
ervations lying northwest OF the
Cherokee nation. within said state
That district numbered four shall
comprise all that territory now con-
stltuting the Choctaw nation and hai
part OF the Chickasaw nation lying
east Of the nlnety.seventh meridian Of
ives longitude
That district numbered hve shall ,
the counties OF Greer Roger
Mills, Klowa, WashHa, Comanche, ,
Cleveland and Pottawatomie and /
that part of the territory comprising
the Chckasaw nation lying east OF /
the ninetyseyenth meridian Of west
longitude.
And the said representatives to the
congress. together with I
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