Graham guardian., 1909-01-15

Act shall not preclude the teach
ing of other languages IN said pub
lie schools.
Sec. 4. That in case constitu
tion and state government shall be
formed in compliance with the
provision of this Act, the conven
tion forming same shall provide
by ordinance for submitting said
constitution to the people of said
proposed State for it's ratification
or rejection, at an election to be
held at q time fixed in said ordi
nance, at which election the quail
fed voters Of said proposed State
shall vote directly for or against the
proposed constitution, and for OF
against any provisions separately
submitted. The returns of said cleo
tion shall be made to the secretary
of the Territory, who, with the
governor and chief justice thereof,
or any two of them, shall canvas
the same, and if majority of the
legal votes cast on that question
shall be for the constitution, the
governor shall certify the result to
the President Of the United States,
together with the statement of the
votes cast thereon, and upon sep
arate articles or propositions, and
a copy of said constitution, arti,
cles, proposition, and ordinances.
And if the constitution and gov.
ernment of SAID proposed State
are republican in form and if the
provisions of this Act have been
complied with in the formation
thereof, 1t shall be the duty of the
President of the United States,
within twenty days from the re.
ceipt of the certificate of the result
Of said election and the statement
of the votes cast thereon and a
copy of said constitution, articles,
propositions and ordinances from
said commission to issue his pro-
clamation announcing the result
of said election, and thereupon the
proposed State of Arizona shall
be deemed admitted by Cong ess
into the Uni"p, under and by ylr-
tue OF this Act, ON an equal foot
ing with the original States, from
and after the date of SAID procla.
nation or at the expiration OF the
time prescribed for issuing the
same.
The original of said constitution,
articles, propositions and ordl-
nances, and the election returns,
and copy of the statement OF the
votes cast at said election shall be
forwarded and turned over by the
secretary of the Territory to the
State authorities.
Sec. 5. That until the next gen.
eral census or until otherwise pro
vided by law said State shall be
entitled to Que Representative in
the House of Representatives OF
the United States, which Repre-
sentative, together with the gov
ernor and other officers provided
for in said constitution, may be
elected on the same day of the
election for the adoption OF the
constitution; and until said Stale
officers are elected and qualified
under the provision of the constl-
tuition, and the State be admitted
into the Union, the Territorial
officers shall continue to discharge
the duties of the respective Offices
in said Territory.
Sec. 6. That upon the admis.
sion of said State into the Union,
sections mum mbered thirteen, six
teen, thlrty-three, and thirty.six
~ every township of said proposed
State, and where such sections or
any parts thereof have been sold
Or otherwise disposed of by or un-
der the authority of any Act OF
Congress other lands equivalent
thereto, in legal subdivisions of
not less than one quarter section
aud as contiguous as may be to the
section in lieu of which the same
is 10 be taken, are hereby granted
to said State for the support of
common schools, such indemnity
lands to be selected within saiu
State in such manner as the legls-
lature may provide, with the APP
proval of the Secretary of the In
terror: Provided, That the thir.
teenth, sixteenth, thirty third and
thirty-sixth sections embraced IN
permanent reservations for nation
al purposes may not at time be