The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-02-08
Indian Territory and Okla
hOma Admitted as
One State.
PROHIBITION FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS
New Mexico also Administrations
Must Wait Awhile.

chamber impaired, and returned
earlier by half minute, statehood
might have come In some other form,
or been defeated altogether. The
closeness OF the vote was shown when
the senate voted 80 to 38 in favor OF
Senator Foraker's motion to table
the Beveridge motion to reconsider
the vote BY which New Mexico was
added TO the bill.
THE OKLAHOMA PROVISION.
The bin authorizes the election OF
delegates to constitutional conyen-
tion composed Of 100 members. Of
whom tifty-iiye shall be elected by
the people OF Oklahoma and fifty-four
by the people OF Indian Territory.
Oklahoma shall be apportioned into
tifty-iive delegate districts, including
the Usage reservation. Indian Terri
tory into ffty-four delegate districts.
The proclamation ordering an cleo
tion Of the delegates shall be called
by the governor OF Oklahoma together
with the senior judge in service Of the
United States courts in Indian Terri
tory, within six months from the ap-
proyal Of the act.
The capital OF the state is fixed at
the city Of Guthrie and shall not be
changed previous to 1910.
The constitutional convention shall
meet az Guthrie on the fifth Tuesday
after the election to adopt the consti-
tuition OF the United States and to
form constitution and state govern
ment for the proposed state.
The state shall be entitled TO five
representatives, elected from the fol-
lowing defnd districts.
District No. !, comprising the
counties OF Grant, Kay, Garfield. No
BILE, Paunee, Kingisher, Logan, Payne,
Lincoln, and the territory comprising
tile Usage and Kansas Indian reserva-
tions.
District No. ?, comprising Oklaho-
ma, Canadian, Blaine, Caddo, Custer,
Dewey. Day, Woods, Woodward and
Beaver counties.
District No. 3, comprising an the
territory now constituting the Chero-
kee, Greek, and Seminole nations, and
the Indian reservations lying north
east Of the Cherokee nation within
said state.
District No. 4, comprising all that
territory now constituting the Choc-
taw, nation and thatpart Of the Chic
lsaw nation lying east or the range
line between ranges and ,, east of
the Indian meridian.
District No. 5, comprising Greer.
Roger Mills, Kiowa, Washita, Co
Cleveland and Potawatomie
and that part OF the terri
-0ry comprising the Chickasaw nation
ying west Of the range line between
ranges ? and 3, east OF the Indian
5000, 900 FOR SCHOOLS.
The sum Of $1,000, 600 appropriated
,ut Of the treasury Of the United
states Tor the use and benefit OF the
ommon schools in lieu Of section l6 /
nd Sc and other lands OF the Indian
Territory.
Sulphur Springs reservation as now
etined or as may hereafter be defined
I extended, is reserved by the United
tates government.
Section 13, Cherokee outlet, Tonkawa
and Pawnee reservation
nd section l3 in all other lands which
iay be opened to settlement in Okla.
oma are reserved and granted to the
tate for the benefit Of University Of
'klahoma, the university preparatory
,hool the normal schools, the agri-
altural and mechanical college and
he colcred Agricultural Normal uni
ersity.
As amended by Senator Long, theap-
ortiontment Of the school lands gives
he University Of Oklahoma and the
preparatory school one
lird, to The normal schools now es-
lblished or hereafter 10 be estab-
she'd one-tbird. and 70 the agricul-