Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-21
ARIZONA STATEHOOD BILL
 NOW PENDING IN SENATE
Liberal Donations of Land For Public Schools and Other Pub
 lie lnstitutions-constitutona Conventon Would Have Fifty-two Members of Which Cochse County Would Have Ten Under Epportionment Provided For. -

Lenance or system or puDllc SchoOis- which snail be open to all the children of said State and kree from sectariaI. control; and that said schools shall always be conducted in English; Provided, That nothing in this Act snail preclude the teaching of other languages in said public schools.
 Fifth. That said State shall never enact any law restricting or abridg.ns the right of suffrage on account of race. color, or previous condition of seryituGe, and that ability to erad, write. and speak the English language sufficiently we'll to conduct the duties of the office without the aid of ah interpreter shall be a necessary quail fication for all stae officers.
 Sixth. That the capital q said State shall temporarily be at he ciIy of Phoenix. in the present Territory of Arizona. and shall not be changed therefrom previous to Ann0 Donsni nineteen hundred and fifteen. but the permanent location of said capital may, after said year. be fixed by the electors of sad State. voting at an election O be provided for by the iUa- islature.
 Seventh. That tae State shall grant to the United States Govern ment all rights and powers reiaung thereto necessary for the carrying out ct the provisions by it of the Act of Congress entitled An Act app.opri- ating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construc- tion of irrigation works for the recla- nation of arid lands" approved sey- Ienteenth, nineteen hundred and two. and Acts arnendatory thereof, to the same extent as if said State had re- mained Territory.
 Sec 22. That in case a constitution land state government shall be formed in compliance with the provisions of 1 this Act, the convention forming the same shall provide by ordinance for submitting sad constitution to the people of said proposed State for 1ts , rat tication or rejection, at an election which shall be held on the first Tues day after the first Monday Novem- Der after ae adjournment of the con venton at which election the qualified voters of said proposed State shall vote directly for or against the pro posed constitution and for or against any provisions thereof separately sub .n.ted. The returns of said election shall be made by the election of1cels direct O the secretary of tAe TerritOis of Arizona at Phoenix; who, with the governor and chitf justice of said Tcr ritory, or any two of them, shall meet at said city of Phoenix on the third Monday after said election and shall canvass the same; and if a majority of the legal votes cast on that ques tion shall be for the constitution tIi~ said canyassiug board shall certify the result the President of the United States, together with the statg- ment of the votes cast thereon. and upon separate articles or propositions, and copy of said constitution, arti- cles, propositions, and ord nances. And if the constitution and govern ment Of said proposed State are repub- lican in form. and not repugnant tG the Constitution q the United States and the principles of the Declaration
 of Independence, and If the provisions in this Act have been compiled with
 in the formation thereof, it shall be
 the duty of the President Of he Uuiteu
 States, within twenty days from the receipt of the certificate of the re.
 
 of the votes cast hsTeOn and a copy
 Cf said constitution. articles. propOsi-
 tions, and ordinances from said board. 10 issue his proclamation announcing
 the result of said election, and thei r-
 upon the proposed State snail be deemed admitted by Congress into the Union, under and by virtue of this Act. under the name of Arizona, oil
 an equal footing with the original 1 States. from and after the date Of said proclamation.
 The original of said constitution. iart.cles. propositions. and ordinances, land the election returns. and copy lof the statement of the votes cast at
 said election shall be forwarded ana turned over by the secretary of the
 Territory f Arizona to the state lauthorities.
 i Sec. g. That until the next general icensus, or until otherwise provided Dy law. said State shall be enEtled 10
 one Representative in tue House of Representative of the United States, which Representative. together with the governor and other officers provided for in said constitution. shall be Ielected on the same day Of the cleo ton for the adoption of the constitu- ton; and until said state officers are ieiecteG and qualified under the 70 O. lvisions of the constitution. and tho State is admitted into he Union. the territorial officers of said Territcry. including Delegate to Congress. shall lconttnue to discharge the duties of
 their respective ojces in said Terri ltory until the'r successors are duly Ielected and qualified.
 Sec. 24. That sections sixteen and
 thirty-six. heretofore reserved for the Territory of Aizona. and sections two land thity-two are hereby gr2nteu t~
 the said State for the support of com
 mon schools. and where sections two,
 sixteen, thirty-two, and ta'rty-s'x, or any parts thereof. are mineral. or have
 been sold, reserved. or otherwise dl.- posed of by or under the authority
 of any Act of Congress. other lands equivalent thereto in acreage are here
 by granted to the said State for tae support of common schools: Provided,
 Trat any such sections two, sixteen, lthirty.tvo. and thirty-six, or parts