The copper era., 1910-06-24
mo ELECTION FOR GREENLEE
Statehood Bill VIII Not Permit an Election to
Be Held This Fall.

cal rights on account OF race OF ColoT
and shall not be repugnant to the
Constitution of the United States and
the principles of the Declaration of
Independence.
And said convention shall provide,
by an ordinance irrevocable without
the consent of the United States and
the people of said State
First. That perfect liberation of
religious sentiment shall be secured,
and that no inhabitant of said State
shall ever be molested in person or
property on account of his or her
mode of religious worship: and that
polygamous or plural marriages, or
polyga nous cohabitation, and the
sale, barter, or giving of intoxica-
ting liquors to Indians, and the in
PRODUCTION of liquors into Indian
country are forever prohibited.
Fourth. That provisions 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.
Fifth. That said State shall never
enact any law restricting or abridg-
ing the right of suffrage on account
of race, color, or previous condition
of serYitude, and that ability to
read, write, speak and understand
the English language sufficiently we'll
to cond lct the duties of the Office
without the aid of an interpreter
shall be a necessary qualification for
all state officers and members of the
state legislature.
Sixth. That the capitol of said
State shall, until changed by the
electors voting at an election pro-
vided for by the legislature of said
State for that purpose, be at the city
of Phoenix, but no election shall be
called or provided for prior to the
thirty-frst day of December, 1925.
Sec. 81. That when said constitu-
ton shall be formed, as aforesaid,
the convention forming the same
shall provide for the submission of
said constitution to the people of
Arizona for ratification at an cleo
ton which shall be held on a day
named by said convention not earlier
than sixty nor later than ninety days
after said convention adjourns, at
which election the qualified voters of
Arizona shall vote directly for or
against said constitution and for or
against any provisions thereof separ-
ately submitted. The returns of said
election shall be made by the election
officers direct to the secretary of the
Territory of Arizona\at Phoenix, who
with the governor and chief justice
of said Territory. shall constitute a
canvassing board, and they, or any
two of them, shall meet at said city
of Phoenix on the third Monday
after said election and shall canvass
the same. If a majority of the legal
votes cast at said election shall re-
iect the constitution, the said can
wasting board shall forthwith certify
said result to the governor of said
Territory, together with the state
ment of votes cast upon the question
of the ratification or rejection of
said constitution and also a state
ment of the votes cast for or against
such provisions thereof as were
separately submitted to the voters at
said election; whereupon the governor
of said Territory shall, by proclama-
ton, order the constitutional con-
yention to reassemble at date not
later than twenty days after the re-
ceipt by said governor of the docu-
ments showing the rejection of the
cons titutiOn by the people, and there.
after a new constitution shall be
framed and the proceedings shall be
taken in regard thereto in like man
uer as if said constitution were being
originally prepared for submission
and submitted to the people.
Sec. %. That when said constitu
tion and such provisions thereof a:
have been separately submitted shall
have been duly ratified by the people
of Arizona, as aforesaid, a certified
copy of the same shall be submitted
to the President of the United states
and to Congress for approval, to-
gether with the statement of the
votes cast thereon and upon any pro-
visions thereof which were separately
submitted to and voted upon by the
people. And if Congress and the
President approve said constitution
and the said separate provisions
thereof, if any, or if the President
approves the same and Congress fails
to disapprove the same during the
next regular session thereof, then
and in that event the President shall
!, certify said facts to the governor OF
Arizona, who shall, within thirty
days after the receipt of said Motif
cation from the President of the
United States, issue his proclamation
for the election of the state and
county officers, the members of the
state legislature, and epresenta tive
in Congress, and all other officers
provided for in said constitution. al
as hereinafter provided: said election
to take place not earlier than sixty
days nor later than ninety days after
said proclamation by the governor
Arizona ordering the same.
Sec. % When said election of state