The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-12-07


ment and be admitted into th'
Union on an equal footing with tn,
original States:
Be 1t enacted by the senate anC
house Of representatives Of the United
States Of America in congress as
sembled,
That the inhabitants Of all that par
of the area of the United States nov
constituting the Territory of Okla
homa and the Indian Territory, as a
present described, may adopt con
stitution and become the State of Ok
lahoma, as hereinafter provided: PRO
VIDED, That nothing contained In
the said constitution shall be con
strued to limit or impair the rights Of
person or property pertaining to the
Indians of said Territories ESQ Ions
as such rights shall remain unextin
guished) or to limit or effect the au
thorty Of the Government of the Unit
ed States to regulate the sale of spir
itous, malt or other intoxicating Ii
Quors to Indians, or to make any law
or regulation respecting such Indians
their lands, property, or other rights
by treaties, agreement, law, or other
petent to make II this act had never
passed.
Qualification Of Voters to Constitu.
tional Convention Defined
Sec 2. That all male persons over
the age of twenty-one years. who are
citizens Of the United States. or who
are members of any Indian nation or
tribe In said Indian Territory and OK
lahoma, and who have resided within
the limits Of said proposed State for
at least six months next preceding the
election, are hereby authorized to vote
for and choose delegates to form a
constitutional convention for said pro-
posed State; and all persons qualified
to vote for said delegates shall be ell
gible to serve as delegates; and the
delegates to form such convention
shall be one hundred and ten in mum.
Der.
Provisions for Holding Constitutional
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
How Determined-Dviding Terri.
tories into Districts and Fixing Pre-.
elncts and Naming Judges
The Governor and Chief Justice or
Oklahoma and the judge senior in SER
vice In the Indian Territory and the
commissioner to the five civilized
tribes of the Indian Territory shall ap-
portion the Territory Of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory into one hundred and
ten districts as nearly equal In popu-
lation as may be, which apportion-
ment shall include the Usage Indian
Reservation, and one delegate shall be
elected from each Of said districts;
and the Governor OF said Oklahoma
Territory, together with the Judge
senior in service Of the United States
courts In Indian Territory, shall by
proclamation order an election Of the
delegates aforesaid In said proposed
State at time designated by them
within sixty days after the approval
OF this Act, which proclamation shall
be Issued at least sixty days prior 10
the time OF holding said election or
delegates. That the Judges of the
United States Courts in Indian Terri.
tory shall. for the purpose Of said elec-
ton. establish and define the neces-
sary election precincts and appoint
three Judges of election for each pre-.
,cinct. not more than two OF whom
shall be Of the same political party.
which judges may appoint the neces-
sary clerk or clerks: that the said
judges OF election. so appointed. shall
supervise the election In their respec-