The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-22
FEDERAL RELATIONS.

section T. ne Hal' vi pNlhH'Hl"
is an inscpcrabe part Of the Federal
Union. and the Constitution Of the
United States is the supreme law Of
the land.
Sec. .. Perfect liberation of rcli.
rlous sentiment shall be secured, and
no inhabitant VI the state shall ever
be molested In person or properly
on account OF his or her mode Of re
Igious worship: but the tolcration OF
religious sentiment hereby secured
shall not be so construed as to cX
cusc acts Of licentiousness or inde.
ccncy. or to Justify practices incon'
sistont with good morals, good order,
peace or safety Of the state; or with
I the rights Of others; and no religious
| test shall be required for the eXet'
else of civil or political rights. Polyg-
amous or plural marriages are or'
ever prohibited.
Sec. 3. The people inhabiting the
state do agree and declare that they
| forever dlsclaim all right ana uuc
/ In or TO any unappropriated public
lands lying within the boundaries
thereof. and to all lands lying with.
In said limits owrcd or held by any
Indian. tribe or nation; and that until
the title TO any such public land shall
have been eNtinFushed by the United
states the fauc hall be and romait
suniect 20 tho juisdi"tion, disposal
and control Of the United States. Land
belonging to citizens Of the United
States residing without the limits of
the state shall never be taxed at a
higher rate than the lands belonging
TO residents thereof. No taxes shall
be imposed by the state on lands or
property belonging to or which may
hereafter be purchased by the United
States or reserved for It's use.
Sec. 4. The debts and liabilities Of
the Territory OF Oklahoma are here
by assumed and shall be paid by
the state.
See. 3. Provisions shall be made for
the establishment and maintenance of
a system OF public schools which
shall be open TO all the children of
the state and free from sectarian con-
trol; aud said schools shall always
be conducted IN English: Provided,
That nothing herein shall preclude
the teaching of other languages in
said public schools; and Provided, fur.
thor. That this shall not be construed
TO prevent the establishment and
maintenance of separate schools for
white ana colored children.
Sec. G. The state shall never enact
any law restricting or abridging the
right Of suffrage on account of race,
color or previous condition Of seryi-
tude
Sec Z The manufacture. sale, bar
ter. giving away. or otherwise furnish
ing. except as hereinafter provided,
of intoxicating liquors within Those
parts of the state heretofore known
.
Indian Reservation, and within any
other parts Of the state which existed
as Indian reservations on the first
day OF January. nineteen hundred and
six. is prohibited for n period OF
twenty-onc years from the date of
the admission OF the state into the
Union, and thereafter until the people
OF the state shall otherwise provide
by amendment to this constitution and
proper state legislation. Any person
individual or corporation, who shall
manufacture sell, barter, give away
or otherwise furnish any Intoxicating
liquor of any kind including beer, ale
and wine. contrary 10 the provisions
.uf this section, or who shall within
the ahove-descrihed portion Of tho
state. advertise for sale or solicit the
purchase Of any such liquors, or who
shall ship or in any way convey such
liquor fiNm other parts Of the state
into the portions hereinbefore de.
scribed, shall be punished, ON conyic
tion thereof. by fine not less than
fifty dollars ami by imprisonment not
less than thirty days for each uffense:
Provided. That the Legislature may
provide by law for one agency under
the supervision of the state in each
incorporated town OF not less than
two thousand population, in the por-
tions OF the state hereinhefore de
scribed. and II there be no incorpo-
rated town Of Two thousand pupma.
ton in any county I'm said portion OF
the safe, such county shall be enti.
tied to have one such agency, for the
sale of such liquors for medicinal
purposes, aud for sale, for industrial
purposes. Of alcohol, which shall have
been denaturized by some process ap-
proved by the United States commits