Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1908-09-04
Statehood Bill.


EXTRACTS FROM THE BILL
GRANTING AN ENABLING ACT
TO THE TERRITORY OF NEW
MEXICO INTRODUCED IN THE
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES
BY DELEGATE w. H. ANDREWS
AND IN THE U. S. SENATE By
UNITED STATES SENATOR BoIES
PENR0SE, OF PENNSYLVANIA.
AND NOW PENDING IN THE
SENATE AND HOUSE COMMIT.
TEES ON TERRITORIES IN THE
SIXTIETH CONGRESS; WILL
COME UP FOR ACTION DURING
THE COMING SESSION or con-
GRESS. THE REELECTION OF
DELEGATE ANDREWS Is AL
MOST CERTAIN TO BRING ABOUT
THE PASSAGE OF THE MEASURE
Section 3. That the capital of said
state shall temporarily be at the city
OF Santa Fe, in the present territory
OF New Mexico, and shall not be chang
ed therefrom previous to Ammo Domini
nineteen hundred and twenty. but the
location Of said capital may. after said
year, be fixed by the electors OF said
state, voting at an election to be pro.
vided for by the legislature.
Section 6.-That upon the admission
of said state into the Union there is
hereby granted unto 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 nonsectarian
common schools, to-wit: Sections num-
bered 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 sub
divisions of not less than one-quar;er
section ana as contiguous as may be to
the section in lieu Of which the same is
taken; such indemnity lands to be Sc
lected within said respective portions Of
said state in the manner provided in
this act"
Section THAT three hundred Sec
tons of the unappropriated non.min-
eral public lands within said state to
be selected and located in legal sub
divisions, as provided in this act, are
hereby granted to said state for the
purpose Of erecting legislative, execu-
tive and judicial public buildings in the
same and for the payment Of the bonds
heretofore or hereafter issued therefor.
Section s.-That ten per centum OF
the proceeds Of the sales Of public lands
lying within said state which shall be
sold by the United States subsequent Ia
the admission of said state into the
Union. after deducting all the expenses
incident to the same shall be paid Ia
the said state TO be used as a perma.
nent fund, the interest Of which only
shall be expended for the support OF
the common schools within said state.
And there is hereby appropriated Out
OF any moneys in the treasury not 9th
wise appropriated, the sum Of five
million dollars for the use and benefit
OF the common schools Of said state
Said appropriation shall be paid by the
treasurer Of the United States at suci
time and to such person or persons Al
may be authorized by said state TO re
ceive the same under the laws to b,
enacted by said state, and until sai'
state shall enact such laws said appro
priatioE shall not he paid. Said appro
priaiion Of Ave million dollars shall b
held inviolable and invested by sal
state, In trust for the use and benef
of said schools,
Section II. In addition to the land
granted by this act and which hav
been granted heretofore by any prio
law, two million acres of land are here
by granted to the said state, to be sc
lected and segregated as heretofor
provided for other lands granted unde
lhls act, the proceeds from said wv