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

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SAID election and whose certlhca cs a.
election shall be prima facie evidencs
as to the election q delegates. and
the election for delegates IN the ter.
ritory of Oklahoma shall be conduct
ed the returns made, the result ascer.
tanned. and the certificates OF all per
sons elected to such convention issued
In the same manner as IS prescribed
w the laws Of said territory regulat.
ing elections for delegates tos con.
gress.
That the capital Of said states shall
temporarily be at the city CT Guthrie
In the present territory Of Oklahoma,
and shall not be changed therefrom
previous TO ammo Gornfni. 1910 but
the location Of said capital may. after
said year, be permanently fixed by
majority vote Of the elec sors of sale
state voting at an election to be pro
vided for by the legislature
That the delegates 10 the conven-
tion thus elected shall meet al the
seat of government of said Oklahoma
territory on the IF b Tuesday after
their election. excluding the day OF
election Ia case such day shall be
Tuesday, and, aztec organization.
shall declare, on behalf Of he people
q said proposed state. that they adopt
the constitution Of the United States;
whereon the said convention shall
and is hereby au horized to. form
constitution and stat government for
said proposed sta 2. The constitution
shall be republican ia iorm, and make
no distinction in civil or political
righ on account of race or color, AMI
shall not be repugnant to the consti-
tuition Of the United States and the
principles of the declaration of lnde-
pendence- And said convention shall
provide, by ordinance irrevccable
without the consent of the United
States and the people of said state.
First That perfect federation of
religious sentiment shall be seeured,
and that nc inhabitant of said state
shall ever be moles,ed in person or.
property ON account Ct his or her
mcde of religious worship, and hat
poly gamous or plural marriages are
forever prohibited
Second. That the people inhablt
ing said proposed state do agree and
declare that they forever discla,m all
right and title in or to any unappro-
priated public lands lying within said
limits owned or held by any Indian,
tribe. or nation, and that until the
title to any such public land shall
have been extinguiehed by the United
S ates, the same shall be and remain
subject to the jurisdiction. disposal,
and control Of the United States. That
land belonging to citizens OF the Unit.
ed S stes residing without the limits
of said state shall never be taxed at
a higher rate than the land belonging
TO residents thereof; that no taxes
shall be imposed by the safe on lands
or property belonging to or which may
hereafter be purchased by the United
States or reserved for its use.
Third That the debts and liabill-
ties Of said territory Of Oklahoma
shall be assumed and paid by the
state
Fourth That provisions shall be
made for the establishment of a sys
tenn of public schools, which SHAH be
open to all children of said state and
free from sec arian control; and said /
schools shall always be conducted in
English. Provided. That this act
shall not preclude the teaching oi 9th
ar languages In said public schools.
Fifth That said states shall never
enact any law restricting or abridg
ng the right of suffrage on account OF
race, color, or previous condition OF
OF ON account of any other
conditions or qualifications. save and
except on account OF iiliteracy, minor
" sex. conviction OF felony, mental
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