Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-24

convention Issued, as near as may be. in the same manner as is prescribed by the laws of said Territories, re spectyely, re sulating elections there in of members of the legislature: Pro yided, That ff-it appears from the re- turns that a majority of the qualified electors in he Territory of Arizona
 who voted on the question at the cleo tion voted in favor of the union of New Mexico and Arizona as one State, then. and not otherwise, the secretary or other proper officer of said Terri tory of Arizona into whose hands the result of said election finally comes, shall immediately transmit and certi- fly the results, as to the election of delegates to the convention to the sec retary of the Territory of New Mexico at Santa Fe, and if 1t appears from the returns from the election held in New Mexico that majority of the qualified voters aforesaid voted in favor of joint Statehood. then in that event the sec | retary of said Territory of New Mexico shall make up a temporary roll of the convention from the certified returns from both of said Territories, and he shall call the convention to order at
 he time herein required, and said ltobNShtioh NHcu SO cdlstu IO OTuSE anu ! organized shall be the sole judge O.; the election and qualification Of its own members. Persons possessing the qualifications emitting them to vote at the aforesaid general election shall
 be entitled to vote on the ratification Or rejection of the constitution if sub ri:;ted to the people of said Territo- Ifps hereunder. and on the election of all officials whose election is taxing place at the same time, under such ruIes or regulations as said convention nIay prescribe, not in conflict with this act.
 Sec. %. That if a majority in elcn of said Territories at the election aforesaid shall vote for joiL1 state hood. and not otherwise, the delegates to the convention thus elected Shali meet in the hall of the House of Repre- sentatiyes of the Territory of New Mexico, in the city of Santa Fe there in. at I2 o'clock noon on Monday, De cember Sd. 1906, but they shall not receive compensation for more than sixty days of service, and after organ ization shall be declared on behalf of the people Of said proposed State that they adopt the constitution of the United States. whereupOn the said convention shall be, and is hereby authorized to form q constitution and State government for said proposed State. The constitution shall be re- publican in form, and make no dis .tinction in civil or political rights on account of race or color. except as 10 Indians not taxed. and shall not be re- pugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the principles of the Declaration of Independence. And said convention shall provide. by ordi- nance irrevocable without the consent Of the United States and the people c, said State
 First. That perfect toleration of re- ligious sentiment shall be secured, and that no inhabitant of said Sstate shall ever be moleSted in person or property on account of his or her mode of re ligious worship; and that polygamouS or plural marriages and the sale. bar ter. or giving of intoxicating liquors to Indians are forever prohibited.
 Second. That the people inhabiting said proposed State do agree and de clare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated and ungranted public lands lying with in the boundaries thereof and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes. except as hereinafter provided, and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States, and such Indian lands shall re- main under the absolute Jurisdiction and control. of the Congress of the United States; that the lands and other property belonging to citizens of the United States residing without the said State shall never be taxed at higher rate than the lands and other property belonging to residents there of; that no taxes shall be imposed by the State on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States or reserved for it's use; but nothing herein, or in the ordinance herein pro- vided for, shall preclude the said State from taxing. as lands and other prop erty are taxed, and lands and other property owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relations and has obtained from the United States or from any person a title there to by patent or other grant, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under any Act of Congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation, but said ordi- nance shall provide that all such lands
 shall be exempt from taxation by said State so long and to such extent as
 such Act of Congress may prescribe. Third. That the debts and liabili- ! ties of said Territory of Arizona and of said Territory of New Mexico shall be i that no inhabitant of~said State shall that said state shall be subrogated to all the rights of indemnity and reim- | bursement which either of said Terri tories now has.
 Fourth. That provision shall be made for the establishment and main tenance of system of public schools,
 which shall be open to all the children
 of said State and free from sectarian
 control; and that said schools shall al-
 ways be conducted in English: Pro-
 vided, That nothing in this Act shall
 preclude the teaching of other Ian
 guages in said public schools.
 | Fifth. That said State shall never