Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-28

! the disposition or the united states,
 and such Indian lands shall remain un- der the absolute jurisdiction and con. ! tIol of the congress of the United
 States that the lands and other prop
 erty belonging to citizens of the United
 States residing without the state shall
 never be taxed at a higher rate than
 the lands and other property belonging to residents thereof; that no taxes shall be imposed by the state on lands or
 property therein belonging to or which
 may hereafter be acquired by the United States or reserved for it's use;
 but nothing herein, or in the ordinance
 herein provided for, shall preclude the
 said state from taxing, as other lands
 and other property are taxed, any lands
 and other property, outside of an In dian reservation, owned or held by any
 Indian, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under an act of con
 gress containing provision exemptng the lands thus granted from taxation, | but said ordinance shall provide that all such lands shall be exempt from taxation by said state so long and to such extent as such act of congress may prescribe.
 State to Assume Debts
 Third. That the debts and liabilities of said territory of Arizona shall be | assumed by said state.
 Fourth. That provision shall be made for the establishment and main tenance of system of public schools, | which shall be open to all the children of said state and free from sectarian | control; and that said schools shall | always be conducted in English, Pro vided, That nothing in this act shall preclude the teaching of other Ian guages in said public schools.
 Fifth. That said state shall never
 enact any law restricting or abridging the right of suffrage on account of race. 1 color, or previous condition of servi- I and speak the English language sui
 ficiently well to conduct the duties | of the office without the aid of an in | terpreter shall be a necessary qualii
 cation tor all state officers.
 Location of Capital
 Sixth. That the capital of said state
 shall temporarily be at the city ot Phoenix, ins the present territory of 1 Arizona, and shall not be changed
 therefrom previous to anno Domini | 1915, but the permanent location of ! said capital may, after said year, be 1 fixed by the electors of said state, vot | ing at an election to be provided for | by the legislature.
 Seventh. That the state shall grant
 to the United States government all
 rights and powers relating thereto | necessary for the carrying out by it l of the provisions of the act of congress
 entitled An act appropriating the re- eeipts from the sale and disposal of l public lands in certain states and ter | ritories to the construction of irriga | tion works for the reclamation of arid
 lands" approved June r, 1902, and
 acts amendatory thereof, to the same | extent as if said state had remained a 1 territory.
 Voters Must Ratify
 Sec. [. That in case constitution
 and form of said government shall DC | adopted in compliance with the provi | sions of this act, the convention adopt ing the same shall provide an ordinance
 for submitting said constitution to tue
 people of said proposed state for its | ratification or rejection at an election
 which shall be held within thirty days | after the adjournment of the conven. | tion, at which election the voters oi
 said territory qualified as hereinbefore ! provided shall vote directly for or against the proposed constitution and for or against any provisions thereof | separately submitted. The returns ot said election shall be made by the cite | tion officers direct to the secretary of
 the territory of Arizona at Phoenix, who, with the governor and chief jus l tice of said territory shall constitute
 canvassing board, and they, or any | two of them, shall meet at said city of l Phoenix on the second Tuesday after said election and shall canvass the
 same; and if majority of the legal votes cast on that question shali ue | for the constitution, the said canvass ing board shall certify the result to | the president of the United States, to- ! gether with the statement of the votes
 cast thereon, and upon separate arti- 1 cles or propositions, and copy of sai@
 constitution, articles, propositions and ordinances. And if the constitution anu government or salu proposed state.
 as so adopted and ratified, are repub- lican in form, and not repugnant to l the Constitution of the United States
 and the principles of the Declaration of
 Independence, and if the provisions ;n
 this act have been complied with in
 the adoption and ratification thereof,
 it shall be the duty of the president
 of the United States, within twenty
 days from the receipt of the certiG
 cate of the result of said election and the statement of votes cast thereon and
 a copy of said constitution, articles, l propositions, and ordinances from said board, to issue his proclamation an.
 nouncing the, result of said eleetlon,
 and thereupon the proposed state shall
 be deemed admitted by congress into
 the union, under and by virtue of this
 act, under the name of Arizona. on an
 equal footing with the original sta;es, from and after the date of said pfCcla
 nation.
 1 The original of said constitution, ar
 tcles, propositions, and ordinances, and | the election returns, and copy of ] the statement of the votes cast sat said election shall be forwarded and turae1