The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-20
Mr.. CLARK'S
NEW BILL
FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN
TO INTRODUCE NEW
MEASURE
CALLING FOR STATEHOOD
Former OkIahOmag WiIlPuSh
Joint State Legislation.

Congressman Frank Clark Of Flor
ida. a former resident Of Shawnee, has
ready single statehood bill. which
he win introduce on the first day after
congress congenes. asking joint state
hood for Oklahoma and Indian terri
tories Congressman Clark spent a
considerable part of last summer in
the two territories studying conditions,
and at that time he promised the Dem
ocrats ne would Introduce such bill.
The bin consists Of twenty-five sec
tions and resembles, so far as possible,
previous enabling acts and such addjf
tional provisions as are made neces.
sary by existing laws. Indian treaties
and local conditions. Mr. Clark main
tains that it IS strictly non-partisan,
and that under it's provisions the new
state win be admitted on Jan. I, 1907
1t provides for a constitutional eonven-
ton OF 100 members, sixty from each
territory. the delegates from oklahoma
to be apportioued among the twenty
six counties and the Usage nation by
the governor, secretary and chies jus
tice, according to present population,
providing that each county and the
Usage nation shall have at least one
delegate.
The delegates from Indian Territory
are to be apportioned among the TWEEN
ty-six recording districts, according to
present population, by the Judges OF
the court OF appeals Of lAdian Terri
tory, the delegates to be selected at
large from each county, the Usage ma
ton and each recording district 1t
creates counties out Of each recording
district and the Usage nation. and
provides that boundaries of counties
shall remain the same until changed
by the state legislature. The COVER
nor OF Oklahoma she'll name three
election commissioners for each re.
cording district and the Usage nation,
whose duties are to define election pre-
clucts and conduct The election.
The constitutional assembly shall
convene IN Guthrie on the first aion-
day in June. 1906, and be in session
sixty days The bin also provides for
the sale OF the oklahoma school lands,
with the preference right to purchase
to the lessee. and grants $10,O00,00o
additional as a permanent school fund
Il grants the college lands TO the pres
eni educational institutions, and the
public building lands are granted one
lhalf 70 the counties in which they are
located for county buildings and the
other half FOR state public buildings
yhe lands 10 be sold Immediately
The Clark hill grants 100 sections Oh
land each for the erection OF an asylum
for the blind, sctiool for the deai
mutes, an insane asylum, a capitol
building when the capital is perma
nentIy located, and university build
lngs 200 sections Of land for erecting
ituo reform schools, one each for girls
and boys, and 100 sections OF the IN
appropriated lands 10 be disposed Of
ana appropriated to such uses and pur
poses as the state legislanre may
provide
The temporary capital is placed IA
Guthrie until otherwise provided by
law The state is divided into three
judicial districts. to be known as the
northern. central and southern. The
places for holding court i'm the north
ern are Tulsa, Guthrie and Enid; il