The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-11-28
STATEHOOD NEXT
will Probab bly, Be Granted al
Short Session Of Congress

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history OF New Mexico say, Kos.
well Register Trlbun" viii be- state.
hood. There IS every reason TO
believe that this great boon, tor
which the people OF the territory
have been waiting lor the past hit,
years, will become a reality at tn,
short session Of Congress.
The House Is republican, Sen.
ator Bcvcridgc had Withdrawn is
objections, Speaker Canpun u in
favor OF admitting u, and President
Roosevelt has said that h, /, anN.
lous to sign a hill giving statehood
to New Mexico and Arizona before
the fourth OF March next.
Below Is given some OF the mos,
important sections on the statehood
bill as prepared bv Delegate Nm
drews showing some pi the great
benefits which the new state will
receive.
Sec. y. That upon the admission
OF SAID state into the Union thrr,
IS hereby granted unto It. nclud.
lng the sections thereof heretofore
granted, tour sections Of school
land IN each township IN the pro.
posed state tot the support ut tree
public nUnScCtdriin common sch.
schools, tU.wlt sections numbered
thirteen, sixteen, thitty-thrcc and
thlrty.siN, and where such sections
~ any part thereof have been sold
OF otherwise disposed OF by OF un.
der authority oi an act OF congress,
other lands equivalent thereto, in
legal subdivisions OF not less than
one G.artCr section aud ~ CUntlgu.
Gus As may be- to the section IN lieu
OF which the same Is taken; such
indemnity lands 70 bc selected
within said state IN the manner
provided IN this act; Provided that
the thirteenth, sixteenth, thirty.
third and thirty.SiXth sections EN-
praced IN permanent reservations
Tor national purposes shall not at
any time he subject to the grants
nor to the indemnity provisions OF
this act, bu: other lands equivalent
therto may he selected Tor such
school purposes in lieu thereof;
nor shall any lands embraced in
Indian military or other rcSef.
vations OF any character bc subject
To the grants ri this act, but such
reservation lands shall be subject
to the indemnity provisions OF this
act.
sec. T.. That three hundred Sec
tons Ut the unappropriatcd nom
mineral lands within said state e.
bc selected and located in legal sub
division, as provided IN this act,
are hereby granted To- SAID state
Tor the purpose OF erecting lcgis-
lativc, executive and judicial public
buildings in the bonds heretofore
VI hereafter ISSUED therefor.
Sec. ). That nothing IN this act
shall be So construed except where
the satne Is specifically stated, a.
TO repeal any grant OF land hereto.
tore made by any act oi congress
to said territory, but such grants
are hereby grattled and confirmed
IN and to said state, and all OF the
land that may not, al the time OF
the admission OF said state into
the Union, have been selected and
segregated from the public domain
may be SO selected and segregated
IN the manner provided IN this act.
Sec. .. That ten %perccntum OF
the proceeds OF the sales OF public
lands lying within said state which
shall be sold by the United States
subsequent to the admission OF
said state IN the Union, after de-.
Quoting all the expenses incident
to the same shall he paid TO the
said state to be used AS a pcrma-
nent fund, the interest oil which
only shall be expended tor the sup.
bS'N VI VIC NOtiilliou o'NOOiS "ltuli
said state. And there is hereby
appropriated, out OF any moneys
in the treasury not otherwise APP
propriated, the sum OF five million
dollars for the use and IenCtt oil
the common schools OF the said
state. Said appropriation shall.
he paid by the Treasurer OF the
United States AT such times and
to such person or persons as ma
he authorized hy said state to re-,
ceive the same under the laws &c
be enacted by said state, and unit
said state shall enact such law.
said appropriation shall not h,
paid. Said appropriation OF nv,
million dollars shall be held inviol,
able and invested by said state, ia
trust, tor the use and benefit o
said schools.