The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-06-14
CONFERENCE REPORT

Territory of New Mexico to q State
Authorities.
Sec. %. That until the next gen
eral census, or until otherwise pro-
vided by law, said State shall be en-
titled to two Representatives in the
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States, which Representatives. to-
gether with the governor and other
officers provided for in said constitu-
ton, and also all other State aud
county officers, shall be elected on
the same day of the election for the
adoption of the constitution; and IN
til said State officers are elected and
qualified under the provisions of the
constitution, and the State admitted
into the Union, the Territorial officers
of said Territories, respectively, in
Guiding delegates to Congress-, shall
continue to discharge the duties of
their respective office in said Terri
tories until their successors are duly
elected and qualified.
Sec. 2S. That upon the admission
of said State into the Union there is
hereby granted unit it, including the
sections thereof heretofore granted.
four sections Of public land IN each
Township in the proposed State for
the support of free public ~nonsectar-
ian common schools, to wit: Sections
numbered thirteen, sixteen, thirty
three, and thirty-six and where such
sections or any parts thereof have
been sold or otherwise disposed of
by Or under the authority Of any Act
of Congress other lands equivalent
thereto, in legal subdivisions Of not
less than one quarter section and
as contiguous as may be to the sec
ton in lieu of which the same is TAX
en-; such indemnity lands to be selec-
ted within sal respective portions of
said State in the manner provided in
this Act: Provided. That the thir-
teenth, sixteenth, thirty-tnird, and tnir
ty- sixth sections embraced in per-
manent reservations for national pur-
poses shall not at any time be sub
ject to the grants nor to the indem-
nifty provisions of this Act, but other
lands equivalent thereto may be Sc
lected for such school purposes IN lieu
thereof; nor shall any lands embrac.
ed in Indian, military, o. other reseI
~vations of any character be subject
to the grants of tnis Act, but such
reservation lands shall be subject tt
the indemnity provision of this Act:
Provided, That nothing in this Ac
contained shall repeal or affect an,
Act of Congress relating to the Cas-;
Grande Ruin as now defined or a
, may be hereafter defined or extende,
or the power of the United States ov
! er it. or any other lands embraced il
the State hereafter set aside by Con
\ gress as a national park, game pre-
serve, or for the preservation of OF
! jects of archaeological or chronological
\ interest; and nothing contained i
: this Act shall interfere with the RICH
: and ownership of the United State
; in n land hereafter set aside b
) Congress as national park, game pre-
. serve, or other reservation, or in tn
said Casa Grande Ruin as it now i
D or may be hereafter defined or extern
ed by law, but exclusive legislation i
D .all cases whatsoever. shall be exc
. cised by the United States, wnic
shall have exclusive control and juri
diction over the same; but nothing i
D this proviso contained shall be COZ
D strued to prevent the service with
, said Casa Grande Ruin. or nation;
parks, game preserves, and other T
. -servations hereafter established b
law, of civil and criminal process
lawfully issued by the authority
said State; and said lands shall NJ
. be subject at any time to the scho'
grants of this Act that may be en-
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